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Unfinished Junk, Crap, and Assorted Accessories!
Topic Started: Feb 28 2009, 12:37 AM (5,026 Views)
Benny
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I can see why they accepted you into college there...
They're so desperate for students they'll take anyone who asks :P You're going to be part of a year of like, 50 lol
All the cool kids are going to the colleges you see in the movies... Mmm... I wish our Uni was more like that :wub:
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tinker
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May 1 2009, 08:12 AM
Well, in other news, I picked up a pack of kid's plastic toy bugs the other day. Guess what? I'll have some new radscorpions, rhino beetles, giant roaches, giant ants, gargantuan tarantulas, and perhaps some grasshoppers/manti/bot flies.
I was surprised at the fact that
A: The sculpts looked decent,
B: They adhere with supergue, and
C: Cost $2.50 before tax for a pack of 30+.

Can't go wrong there.
No, ya can't go wrong. Was it at a dollar store ya found these bugs? I want to get a batch of bugs.

I was seriously collecting the exoskeletons of Cicadas from trees near work last year, probably had nearly 200 at one point. I couldn't figure out how to handle closing up the split exoskeleton so I could paint it. I tried glue and a couple other ideas but my job took too much of my attention away so I abandoned the project and tossed all the exoskeletons.
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Benny
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You were walking around outside your work picking up dead bugs?
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mattblackgod
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You were walking around outside your work picking up dead bugs?


Its better than eating them! :D
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mattblackgod
May 3 2009, 10:31 AM

Its better than eating them! :D
Not as tasty though.... :(|thumbs:
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Ross
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Well he did have the empty shells, perhaps he was walking around sucking them out and keeping the rest?
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I did get some questionable looks regarding my sanity. Actually the Cicadas spend years in the ground and when the time is right they climb up a the trunk of the host tree climbing as their exoskeletons are drying out. Then they emerge. http://recipe.cicadayear.com/article.aspx?pageId=36

As for eating them I discussed with a fellow worker, Professor Ellis, that the exoskeletons could be dipped in butter and sprinkled with Brown sugar. Kind of a sweet bug "Pork Rind". http://recipe.cicadayear.com/article.aspx?pageId=36 The website is a great example of an academician's horrid spelling, but it's NOT mine.
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Benny
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That is truly disgusting. You are a horrible man :P
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tinker
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Laugh it up now, after the Apocalypse, you'll kill to get my "Cockroach au gratin" recipe!! :lol:
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Actually, I got accepted into the school due to high test scores. That aside..

I found the bugs in a Fred's toy section, right alongside the plastic Cowboys and Soldiers.
You can probably pick 'em up in any dollar/general store; just keep an eye out in the toy section. If people give you crap, just say "I'm looking for some (insert event) presents for my Nephew/Son/Grandson/whatever."

Shuts 'em up every time.
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mattblackgod
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When I was younger I got funny looks. Now I am of the married man with a kid age, no seems to be bothered. :D As we are not lucky enough to have kids I do have my (un)god son, nephew and neice excuses! :D
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Dimitri
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Actually, I could use the 'son' excuse myself... Most people marry at around 18 in this area, so kids at 20 would be expected..

*Shudder*

Still, it's always amusing to see the little old ladies glaring at me in the craft section when I'm bulk-buying paint and various other bits. Heh. Old ladies are funny.
(Yes, I'm tired again. Methinks the keyboard shall be put away, soon. Or coffee brewed in great strength and volume.)
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Or coffee brewed in great strength and volume.


Go with option 'C'
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The joys of old biddies! I dont have many problems with them, often they enlist me to get things they can reach at the store. Usually they ignore me as I they think I am going to eat them. A smile usually helps.

Laura on the other hand has lots of problems with them. As she is 4' 8" they assume she is a kid and often push her out of the way. For some reason they dont see the stick and she often nearly falls. They dont care (mothers with kids in prams/buggies are just as bad). That infurates me. Which is one reason I go shopping alone, as it stops me ripping peoples arms off!
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If your ripping off arms I can see why you have to reach for stuff :lol:

You win, my wife is 4'10" and the step-daughter is 4'9". I say my was only attracted to me because I'm so big she got caught in my gravitational pull!
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mothers with kids in prams/buggies are just as bad


Working in retail I've noticed that also!


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I say my was only attracted to me because I'm so big she got caught in my gravitational pull!

:rofl:
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Benny
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Heh... That's what she said ;)

Not quite sure if that worked lol
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Dimitri
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Oh god.. I -hated- women who had their kids in the carts with them back when I worked at that damn grocery store... 95% of the time, the little buggers would scream their heads off, rip things off the shelves, and generally make my life a miserable hell, and the mum wouldn't do a thing. Not to mention that they were normally -very- rude. I never quite got that last bit, but it was there.

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Alright, back on topic after a month..

Well, I needed something a bit grim, so, I'm sure you can figure out what it is from the pic. (r the title. :P )
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mattblackgod
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Very nice bits. The small stuff makes a table. I need to get my arse into gear and get some small items made up.
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