Everything is frozen, the nice building people shoveled and machined all the snow from last night/this morning off of their sidewalks
Then the freezing rain came and made every nice clean shoveled surface an ice slick
I almost couldn't shuffle uphill to get to the train
Yea, I'm calling in a work from home today. The road in immediate sight seems not terrible, but my car was encased and I don't trust the whole 40 minute drive to be clear.
My first real job after college was in a town about 20-30 minutes north from where I lived. There was a winter storm one morning, but it stopped by 6-7ish and everything seemed fine on the roads, so me and my carpool mate drove up to work, and about 5 miles away the roads started getting really icy.
We got to work, the parking lot was almost completely empty and a solid sheet of ice. We get inside, pretty much the only people there are the owners, the whole town it's in is without power.
We felt really stupid for not calling ahead to check how the storm affected them.
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Andy JoeWe claim the land for the highlord!The AdirondacksRegistered Userregular
My car had an ice coating this morning too, but fortunately it was thin enough I just had to yank on the doors a bit to get them open.
Counterpoint. There was a rash of gonorrhea cases around here recently due to a party at a local college. So yeah...
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18 year old gymnast, Marisa Dick, from Trinidad and Tobago created a fancy new maneuver for her gymnastics performance at the World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow last year.
It requires leaping off the springboard and landing on the balance beam in the splits position — toes pointed and arms stretched in the air.
It is now a legally recognized feat in the official Code of Points for the sport. And she got it named after her!
So now, if you are able, it's no longer a bad thing to do The Dick Move.
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Indie Winterdie KräheRudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered Userregular
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A crop farmer has captured this photo of a baby brown snake caught and killed by a daddy long-legs spider on his farm at Griffith, NSW. Australia.
How did a long-legs do that? Aren't they basically harmless to anything that isn't an insect?
It might have just got stuck and died. I though daddy long legs were venomous but too small to bite anything much larger than them? But I could be wrong.
Or it could be another spider ...now they're working together ...
Daddy Long legs have fangs two small to pierce the skin
but a lot of things in Oz are venomous.
Actually that is a myth. Their fangs are perfectly capable of piercing skin, and their venom is relatively mild enough that it doesn't hurt people.
Before following any advice, opinions, or thoughts I may have expressed in the above post, be warned: I found Keven Costners "Waterworld" to be a very entertaining film.
How did a long-legs do that? Aren't they basically harmless to anything that isn't an insect?
It might have just got stuck and died. I though daddy long legs were venomous but too small to bite anything much larger than them? But I could be wrong.
Or it could be another spider ...now they're working together ...
That'd be the sensible move, really. That snake's big enough to feed an entire crew of spiders.
Oh man, we're gonna need a collective noun for a group of spiders now. I recommend "horror". A horror of spiders.
On the bright side, Australian brown snakes are deadly motherfuckers, so overall I'd say there's a good chance that spider is on our side. The enemy of my enemy, and all that.
On the bright side, Australian brown snakes are deadly motherfuckers, so overall I'd say there's a good chance that spider is on our side. The enemy of my enemy, and all that.
I suppose if I had to pick one of the two to invade my house, a cadre of spiders would be preferable to a deadly, deadly snake.
"Daddy long legs" is a name that's applied to a variety of different arthropods so what might be a "Daddy long leg" in North America might be different from Australia.
In New England the name is applied to Opiliones (or Harvestmen), which aren't even spiders, but a different kind of arachnid. One of the key differences between Opiliones and spiders is that they don't have venom glands, so it's a myth about them having stronger venom than spiders. It seems like the "Daddy Long legs" spider in Australia is actually a kind of cellar spider.
"Daddy long legs" is a name that's applied to a variety of different arthropods so what might be a "Daddy long leg" in North America might be different from Australia.
In New England the name is applied to Opiliones (or Harvestmen), which aren't even spiders, but a different kind of arachnid. One of the key differences between Opiliones and spiders is that they don't have venom glands, so it's a myth about them having stronger venom than spiders. It seems like the "Daddy Long legs" spider in Australia is actually a kind of cellar spider.
I've seen both types here and both have been called Daddy Long Legs because most people don't look past dem gams to realize that they have significantly different abdomens.
A Daddy long-legs in australia is definitely a spider. But mostly they're beneficial and eat mosquitoes and things. Only downside is that white-tails prey on them, so when I lived in white-tail territory we were warned not to leave too many DLL's in the house in case nastier things took up residence.
"Daddy long legs" is a name that's applied to a variety of different arthropods so what might be a "Daddy long leg" in North America might be different from Australia.
In New England the name is applied to Opiliones (or Harvestmen), which aren't even spiders, but a different kind of arachnid. One of the key differences between Opiliones and spiders is that they don't have venom glands, so it's a myth about them having stronger venom than spiders. It seems like the "Daddy Long legs" spider in Australia is actually a kind of cellar spider.
I've seen both types here and both have been called Daddy Long Legs because most people don't look past dem gams to realize that they have significantly different abdomens.
Um maybe you shouldn't be staring at anyone's abdomen, sir.
"Daddy long legs" is a name that's applied to a variety of different arthropods so what might be a "Daddy long leg" in North America might be different from Australia.
In New England the name is applied to Opiliones (or Harvestmen), which aren't even spiders, but a different kind of arachnid. One of the key differences between Opiliones and spiders is that they don't have venom glands, so it's a myth about them having stronger venom than spiders. It seems like the "Daddy Long legs" spider in Australia is actually a kind of cellar spider.
I've seen both types here and both have been called Daddy Long Legs because most people don't look past dem gams to realize that they have significantly different abdomens.
Um maybe you shouldn't be staring at anyone's abdomen, sir.
"Daddy long legs" is a name that's applied to a variety of different arthropods so what might be a "Daddy long leg" in North America might be different from Australia.
In New England the name is applied to Opiliones (or Harvestmen), which aren't even spiders, but a different kind of arachnid. One of the key differences between Opiliones and spiders is that they don't have venom glands, so it's a myth about them having stronger venom than spiders. It seems like the "Daddy Long legs" spider in Australia is actually a kind of cellar spider.
I've seen both types here and both have been called Daddy Long Legs because most people don't look past dem gams to realize that they have significantly different abdomens.
Um maybe you shouldn't be staring at anyone's abdomen, sir.
But ogling their legs is fine?
They got eight legs and eight eyes, you do the math
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Who doesn't enjoy a nice pair of pair of pair of sweet gams?
How did a long-legs do that? Aren't they basically harmless to anything that isn't an insect?
It might have just got stuck and died. I though daddy long legs were venomous but too small to bite anything much larger than them? But I could be wrong.
Or it could be another spider ...now they're working together ...
That'd be the sensible move, really. That snake's big enough to feed an entire crew of spiders.
Oh man, we're gonna need a collective noun for a group of spiders now. I recommend "horror". A horror of spiders.
I believe it's a Clutter or a Cluster of Spiders. Although the rules on how collective nouns for animals get generated have always seemed kind of spurious to me, so a Horror of Spiders seems just as valid.
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Then the freezing rain came and made every nice clean shoveled surface an ice slick
I almost couldn't shuffle uphill to get to the train
Splat as it falls to the ground and you just stare
Japanese Star Wars ticket stub from 1978
The ones I have heard of, you're not allowed to use pins or any other ancillary devices to hold it on, just the bedsheet by itself.
So basically, as people get drunker, they are more likely to slip and accidentally get naked.
Yea, I'm calling in a work from home today. The road in immediate sight seems not terrible, but my car was encased and I don't trust the whole 40 minute drive to be clear.
We got to work, the parking lot was almost completely empty and a solid sheet of ice. We get inside, pretty much the only people there are the owners, the whole town it's in is without power.
We felt really stupid for not calling ahead to check how the storm affected them.
Which is ridiculous, honestly
College parties should be about people intentionally getting naked
It requires leaping off the springboard and landing on the balance beam in the splits position — toes pointed and arms stretched in the air.
It is now a legally recognized feat in the official Code of Points for the sport. And she got it named after her!
So now, if you are able, it's no longer a bad thing to do The Dick Move.
A crop farmer has captured this photo of a baby brown snake caught and killed by a daddy long-legs spider on his farm at Griffith, NSW. Australia.
How did a long-legs do that? Aren't they basically harmless to anything that isn't an insect?
It's Australia
Spiders are everywhere and Spiders are the true rulers of the land
glory to the spiders!
It might have just got stuck and died. I though daddy long legs were venomous but too small to bite anything much larger than them? But I could be wrong.
Or it could be another spider ...now they're working together ...
but a lot of things in Oz are venomous.
Actually that is a myth. Their fangs are perfectly capable of piercing skin, and their venom is relatively mild enough that it doesn't hurt people.
That'd be the sensible move, really. That snake's big enough to feed an entire crew of spiders.
Oh man, we're gonna need a collective noun for a group of spiders now. I recommend "horror". A horror of spiders.
I suppose if I had to pick one of the two to invade my house, a cadre of spiders would be preferable to a deadly, deadly snake.
they don't even register as spiders to me, just funny gangly walking bugs
In New England the name is applied to Opiliones (or Harvestmen), which aren't even spiders, but a different kind of arachnid. One of the key differences between Opiliones and spiders is that they don't have venom glands, so it's a myth about them having stronger venom than spiders. It seems like the "Daddy Long legs" spider in Australia is actually a kind of cellar spider.
(Did I do good @BugBoy ?)
I've seen both types here and both have been called Daddy Long Legs because most people don't look past dem gams to realize that they have significantly different abdomens.
What a silly thought.
Of course it is not a bird.
It's a big horrible spider.
Um maybe you shouldn't be staring at anyone's abdomen, sir.
But ogling their legs is fine?
They got eight legs and eight eyes, you do the math
This is one of your better post/av synergies.
Especially because Zap would be totally into that
I believe it's a Clutter or a Cluster of Spiders. Although the rules on how collective nouns for animals get generated have always seemed kind of spurious to me, so a Horror of Spiders seems just as valid.