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PuppyLovinNurse · 05-20-2007, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by TatumsMom

Sorry.... just now seeing this post. I was going to pass but I just had to comment (and I'm sure some flamin' is comin' my way - I just couldn't keep this to myself). Yes, maybe us here in Texas are just more used to these kinds of things/bugs and I'm glad you finally killed the thing but honestly, do you think you might have been overreacting just a tiny bit? I feel bad for the person being blamed. I'm sure she would have noticed a roach inside a box that she was packing. I'm quite sure this roach had to have gotten in the box while in transit so it's certainly not fair to blame her/him. And you say you THREW AWAY the items that were sent? Come on..... couldn't they have been washed or sanitized in some way maybe? I'm sorry, I think that's going a little far. I guess being a "country girl" in TX has just made me a little more lax with these things. Not that I "welcome" these things into my life/house but I certainly wouldn't make such a deal over it. It's not like it was some big-a** rat or something.

Now that would have sent me running (especially a TX-sized one!)......

No way in hell was I overreacting lol

I have a major (cry-uncontrollably-when-they-come-near-me) spider phobia & cockroaches are WAY bigger & WAY grosser!

Honestly, I would have rather seen the rat...I have absolutely no tolerance of big old bugs

I grew up in the foothills in North Carolina and there were roaches there, of course, but mainly there were these BIG flying Japanese beetle things w/ pinchers (they looked like roaches with big old pinchers on their heads) and I could hardly go outside in the summer time when those things were around!

Absolutely terrified of spiders, though.

kalina82 · 05-21-2007, 03:04 AM

i am never leaving the northern states every again. you guys are giving me the hibbity jibbities. yuck!

red98vett · 05-21-2007, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by kalina82

i am never leaving the northern states every again. you guys are giving me the hibbity jibbities. yuck!

LOL !! Again - you all are a bunch of WOOSIES !!! LOL

They do have them on the east coast girl - I don't want to give you nightmares but I was in New York in a tunnel once and saw tons of monster roaches

But PuppyLovinNurse- you didn't have to throw out your stuff ..unless it was edible I wouldn't have done that - they really can't hurt anything. It's very possible the critter snuck a ride in the box or was just hiding in the folds - any of us could have done the same thing when using cardboard boxes....they're very good at hiding.

xxmxaxrxyxx · 05-21-2007, 04:50 AM

eww...

mistyinca · 05-21-2007, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by red98vett

LOL !! Again - you all are a bunch of WOOSIES !!! LOL.

LOL V,

Count me in with the woosies!

The last time I saw one was at the Riverwalk in San Antonio. It was just getting dark, and we were going over a bridge over the river. I stopped along the brick wall to set my purse down and look for some eyedrops. Out from in between the rocks crawled this 3.5" (or was it 3.75"?) cockroach

. It tried to get in my purse! Had that happened, I really woulda died.

Just died.

red98vett · 05-21-2007, 05:25 AM

Ok. YOU ALL JINXED ME. I can't believe this - I haven't seen a tree roach in 6 months at least ...was outside this morning drinking coffee and HOLY COW - this is what was crawling around on the outside of my house

I totally blame you guys......We were dissing them so bad, one came to get me !

and cause I'm such a nice guy - I took a picture for you - this is a medium sized Tree Roach....a little Ant Spray and he flipped over so fast you couldn't even Finish the words "HOLY (fill in the blank)"

and to show how BRAVE I am LOL - I actually picked him up by his creepy legs cause the girls wanted to play with him (I had sprayed it) so I had to get rid of it FAST.

red98vett · 05-21-2007, 05:37 AM

aded...I can't BELIEVE I took a picture of a freakin Roach. I figured out why I saw one ...I had sprayed the edges of my house for bugs and must have disturbed his hiding place. Good riddance !

simonandhallie · 05-21-2007, 05:38 AM

Thanks for the pictures! Are they crunchy bugs?

Shadow · 05-21-2007, 05:42 AM

Yep, they are crunchy and ooze white stuff when smashed.

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Originally Posted by simonandhallie

Thanks for the pictures! Are they crunchy bugs?

TatumsMom · 05-21-2007, 05:55 AM

Okay, although I say the OP may have "overreacted" by throwing away the items from the package, that was said in a teasing manner. I remembered an incident with a roach that happened to me that I just have to tell to show that I'm not a "roach lover"!

At our old house, there was always construction going on around us (new subdivision) so we would see critters that would get displaced from the empty lots. Well, one time I was in the kids' bathroom (pretty small area) and I saw a roach... actually a waterbug thing (like a roach but much bigger I think - at least that's how I understand the difference). Well, this thing was between me and the doorway. The only thing in the room that I could try to kill it with was my husband's size 12 tennis shoe. I grabbed it and swung (it was on the floor) and when I did, the dang thing jumped up and came right at me. I screamed like a "girl" and hopped around like an idiot. Our poodle came running screaming and yapping thinking his mommy was being attacked. It took both of us quite a while to calm down from that trauma!

daisy mae06 · 05-21-2007, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by red98vett

Ok. YOU ALL JINXED ME. I can't believe this - I haven't seen a tree roach in 6 months at least ...was outside this morning drinking coffee and HOLY COW - this is what was crawling around on the outside of my house

I totally blame you guys......We were dissing them so bad, one came to get me !

and cause I'm such a nice guy - I took a picture for you - this is a medium sized Tree Roach....a little Ant Spray and he flipped over so fast you couldn't even Finish the words "HOLY (fill in the blank)"

and to show how BRAVE I am LOL - I actually picked him up by his creepy legs cause the girls wanted to play with him (I had sprayed it) so I had to get rid of it FAST.

LOL that what florida calls a palmeadow bug! YUCK!

Little Bit · 05-21-2007, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by red98vett

Ok. YOU ALL JINXED ME. I can't believe this - I haven't seen a tree roach in 6 months at least ...was outside this morning drinking coffee and HOLY COW - this is what was crawling around on the outside of my house

I totally blame you guys......We were dissing them so bad, one came to get me !

and cause I'm such a nice guy - I took a picture for you - this is a medium sized Tree Roach....a little Ant Spray and he flipped over so fast you couldn't even Finish the words "HOLY (fill in the blank)"

and to show how BRAVE I am LOL - I actually picked him up by his creepy legs cause the girls wanted to play with him (I had sprayed it) so I had to get rid of it FAST.

You touched it with your bare hands???? I think I would have grabbed the girls first and put them inside then come back with a kleenex or something. I HATE roaches!!!

Txgurl06 · 05-21-2007, 06:01 AM

i agree it bugs and stuff are not a big deal down here. i mean its so hot down here that when we get rain they come pouring out. now i dont believe in having them in your house but like spiders and water roaches it does happen and they look just like cockroaches . i wouldnt be upset if just one came out of the box because if she had her house infested with cockroaches there would have been hundreds of tiny ones coming out of it not just one big one. just wanted to let you know that. sorry that this happened but things happen and we live on.

red98vett · 05-21-2007, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Little Bit

You touched it with your bare hands???? I think I would have grabbed the girls first and put them inside then come back with a kleenex or something. I HATE roaches!!!

LOL .....again - Ya'll are WOOSIES

and yes I barehanded it.

I didn't think the girls had seen it and had to move fast since I ant sprayed it. no worries -I washed my hands after lol

This thread was just too funny. you guys do not want to know what's in our FOOD that we eat everyday I bet ???? ....Crunch...crunch.....

Little Bit · 05-21-2007, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by red98vett

LOL .....again - Ya'll are WOOSIES

and yes I barehanded it.

I didn't think the girls had seen it and had to move fast since I ant sprayed it. no worries -I washed my hands after lol

This thread was just too funny. you guys do not want to know what's in our FOOD that we eat everyday I bet ???? ....Crunch...crunch.....

Now I really am sick!!!! Ooooooh, I don't even want to think about it. I have heard those stories about chocolate factories, etc. Yuck!

05-21-2007, 03:04 AM	#62
kalina82 Phantom Queen Morrigan Donating Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: with my yorkie baby Posts: 10,141 Blog Entries: 1	i am never leaving the northern states every again. you guys are giving me the hibbity jibbities. yuck! __________________ Kellie and Morgan

05-21-2007, 04:50 AM	#64
xxmxaxrxyxx Missing Yoshi Everyday! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 15,110 Blog Entries: 3	eww... __________________ Yoshi Mei Ling Ting Ting Ting Ki Sun Hye Yukio Kioshi

05-21-2007, 05:37 AM	#67
red98vett Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Houston TX Posts: 33,590 Blog Entries: 1	aded...I can't BELIEVE I took a picture of a freakin Roach. I figured out why I saw one ...I had sprayed the edges of my house for bugs and must have disturbed his hiding place. Good riddance ! __________________ Villette, Chanel & Cheri www.DesignsByVillette.net Custom Address Labels and Note Cards using YOUR Photos! Just Click HERE!

05-21-2007, 05:55 AM	#70
TatumsMom Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: TX Posts: 2,799	Okay, although I say the OP may have "overreacted" by throwing away the items from the package, that was said in a teasing manner. I remembered an incident with a roach that happened to me that I just have to tell to show that I'm not a "roach lover"! At our old house, there was always construction going on around us (new subdivision) so we would see critters that would get displaced from the empty lots. Well, one time I was in the kids' bathroom (pretty small area) and I saw a roach... actually a waterbug thing (like a roach but much bigger I think - at least that's how I understand the difference). Well, this thing was between me and the doorway. The only thing in the room that I could try to kill it with was my husband's size 12 tennis shoe. I grabbed it and swung (it was on the floor) and when I did, the dang thing jumped up and came right at me. I screamed like a "girl" and hopped around like an idiot. Our poodle came running screaming and yapping thinking his mommy was being attacked. It took both of us quite a while to calm down from that trauma! __________________ ~ Angie

05-21-2007, 05:38 AM	#68
simonandhallie *I Love My Monkeys!* Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Falling Waters, WV Posts: 11,166	Thanks for the pictures! Are they crunchy bugs?

05-21-2007, 06:01 AM	#73
Txgurl06 RIP Skoshi! Love You Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wichita falls,tx Posts: 3,383	i agree it bugs and stuff are not a big deal down here. i mean its so hot down here that when we get rain they come pouring out. now i dont believe in having them in your house but like spiders and water roaches it does happen and they look just like cockroaches . i wouldnt be upset if just one came out of the box because if she had her house infested with cockroaches there would have been hundreds of tiny ones coming out of it not just one big one. just wanted to let you know that. sorry that this happened but things happen and we live on.