Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
May 7th 2006, 4:14 am
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Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
Ok so when I arrived in October it was like an English summer and I was lulled into a false sense of security. So a couple of weeks ago it was stormy and since then we have a frog chorus every night, plagues of ants, cockroaches and other bugs. Birds singing all night. I know we live on a reclaimed swamp but its more like being in the jungle.
Oh and we went to the beach and everyone had to get out of the sea cos someone thought they saw a shark!
I've been warned the only place I walk has cottonmouths and its nearly hurricane season. Its apparently gonna be 20 degrees hotter soon so what else am I missing?
Oh and we went to the beach and everyone had to get out of the sea cos someone thought they saw a shark!
I've been warned the only place I walk has cottonmouths and its nearly hurricane season. Its apparently gonna be 20 degrees hotter soon so what else am I missing?
May 7th 2006, 4:19 am
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Re: Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
Originally Posted by Bradford Lass
...Its apparently gonna be 20 degrees hotter soon so what else am I missing?
May 7th 2006, 5:25 am
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Re: Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
Originally Posted by dbj1000
Not missing much really... just need a flat cap and the Victor Meldrew impression will be complete!
May 7th 2006, 10:54 am
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Re: Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
Originally Posted by Bradford Lass
...so what else am I missing?
May 7th 2006, 12:07 pm
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Re: Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
Originally Posted by Bradford Lass
Ok so when I arrived in October it was like an English summer and I was lulled into a false sense of security. So a couple of weeks ago it was stormy and since then we have a frog chorus every night, plagues of ants, cockroaches and other bugs. Birds singing all night. I know we live on a reclaimed swamp but its more like being in the jungle.
Oh and we went to the beach and everyone had to get out of the sea cos someone thought they saw a shark!
I've been warned the only place I walk has cottonmouths and its nearly hurricane season. Its apparently gonna be 20 degrees hotter soon so what else am I missing?
Oh and we went to the beach and everyone had to get out of the sea cos someone thought they saw a shark!
I've been warned the only place I walk has cottonmouths and its nearly hurricane season. Its apparently gonna be 20 degrees hotter soon so what else am I missing?
You'll learn two new words. DOPPLER RADAR and by the end of the season you'll be extremely familiar with it.
If you're an atheist, I can guarantee that by the end of hurricane season you will believe in 'something' up there...
(Oh god, please let the track veer to the right a bit so that Tampa gets the brunt of it, please)The wonders of gardening between 6 and 8 am. Not a soul to be seen outside before 4 or 5 pm because of the humidity.
Your first true lightning storm will freak you out.
May 7th 2006, 12:59 pm
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Re: Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
Originally Posted by Bradford Lass
Ok so when I arrived in October it was like an English summer and I was lulled into a false sense of security. So a couple of weeks ago it was stormy and since then we have a frog chorus every night, plagues of ants, cockroaches and other bugs. Birds singing all night. I know we live on a reclaimed swamp but its more like being in the jungle.
Oh and we went to the beach and everyone had to get out of the sea cos someone thought they saw a shark!
I've been warned the only place I walk has cottonmouths and its nearly hurricane season. Its apparently gonna be 20 degrees hotter soon so what else am I missing?
Oh and we went to the beach and everyone had to get out of the sea cos someone thought they saw a shark!
I've been warned the only place I walk has cottonmouths and its nearly hurricane season. Its apparently gonna be 20 degrees hotter soon so what else am I missing?
May 7th 2006, 1:02 pm
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Re: Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
Originally Posted by kiwichild
Relocation to a more people friendly state might be the go
and that does not include texas..huge unfriendly mozzies here, snakes plus all the op mentioned...not nice, not nice at all
May 7th 2006, 1:09 pm
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Re: Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
Don't be a wuss, it's great fun 
Have you not googled brown recluse spider?
Have you not googled brown recluse spider?
May 7th 2006, 1:32 pm
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Re: Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
My leg after Brown Recluse bite 2 years ago in Tampa Florida.
Last edited by vegas; May 7th 2006 at 1:34 pm.
May 7th 2006, 1:42 pm
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Re: Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
So why does anyone want to live in Florida?
Isn't the place also full of tourists and born-again Christians and Bush supporters?
Isn't the place also full of tourists and born-again Christians and Bush supporters?
May 7th 2006, 3:26 pm
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Re: Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
ok now i am scared-- have a job offer in naples florida is it really that bad there? will be re locating from north wales!!! so i do expect some huuuuuuuuuge differences any tips as what to do/not other than pack insect spray
May 7th 2006, 3:34 pm
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Re: Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
Oh behave it spat you out didn't it?
May 7th 2006, 3:36 pm
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Re: Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
Originally Posted by sharonl
ok now i am scared-- have a job offer in naples florida is it really that bad there?
May 7th 2006, 3:51 pm
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Re: Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
Originally Posted by vegas
My leg after Brown Recluse bite 2 years ago in Tampa Florida.
WOW!! Impressive dermonecrotic arachnidism !!
May 7th 2006, 3:57 pm
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Re: Frogs and Bugs and sharks in Florida
Originally Posted by sharonl
ok now i am scared-- have a job offer in naples florida is it really that bad there? will be re locating from north wales!!! so i do expect some huuuuuuuuuge differences any tips as what to do/not other than pack insect spray
Apparently the British are healthier than Americans (although they can't figure out why
) so you might want to re-think the move.