| Archive for scabies.myfreeforum.org Southern California Arachnid, Bug, Invertebrate, Entomological Society |
| cacoseraph |
Bar-Bug-Que AUGUST 11th, SATURDAY (2007)Bug Bar B Que!!!One of our new members has volunteered his house for the Bar-Bug-Que!!!!! AUGUST 11th, SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY!!!! a great big huge thanks to John (Johnnyster on scabies forum, AB) for letting us meet at his house! we need to get on top of who is going to come, and what foods people are going to bring. it has been my experience that if we don't organize who brings what then we are going to end up with 17 bags of chips and enough plasticware for 100 people. I'll bring a salad as long as Nesh will be in charge of tossing it. Heh, just kidding. I will bring some kind of meat product to cook. I can also buy paper plates, paper towels/napkins, and flatware from the 99c store. so the dishes/stuff to bring is looking like this: meat1: andrew/caco meat2: meat3?: salad: side1: joe (egg rolls) side2: drinks: chips/snacks1: chips/snacks2: dessert1: joe napkins/plates/flatware: andrew EDIT by NBond1986: Don't forget the DESSERT!!! rsvp to me or other officers to get the address and let us know what you would like to bring! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!! |
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| izjodei |
Sounds like a plan, I can bring eggrolls and dessert.
PS> Andrew what city John located? |
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| cacoseraph |
sweet!
i'm glad somebody is thinking of these little details Glendora, CA 91740 we don't have a solid time yet... but i expect we will meet sometime between 10am and noon. |
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| NBond1986 |
I can NOT make it to the BBBQ if it is to be on August 11.....
I'm *unfortunately* going to be in Cancun from the 8th to the 12th. My sister and I EACH won two round trip tickets (4 total), and each won a 5 day, 4 night stay at our own individual suites in the M.E. Cancun resort......on the Ellen Degeneres Show......not even joking. Sorry, no room for anyone, as the two extra tickets have already been claimed by friends of ours from Vermont. Poor me, I know....::lol:: But, believe it or not, I'd rather be at the BBBQ.......tossing Andrew's salad, as it were. Well, unless you change the date.....I can't make it. But, y'all have a great time! Have Warren take plenty of pics 
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| cacoseraph |
i feel real, um, bad for you, nesh.
take lots of pics of EVERYTHING you see in cancun. and i'm not even completely talking about bugs her... *wink*wink* we will almost certainly have another bbbbbq so hopefully you can make the next one |
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| jen650s |
Sorry all, I'm working 
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| ~Abyss~ |
I work too but you guys are having it in the afternoon right? I'll be there if it's after 3pm. I can bring plates, cups, sodas ( i can go really ghetto and get those really huge bottles of mexican cola for like 99 cents ) and maybe umm rice...beans...and some little tostadas my family makes at our carne asadas. Basicly it's a corn tortilla with a layer of fried beans covered in chesse and put on the grill 'till the cheese melts. I can get some salsa too i suppose. *cough* alcohol*cough*. Or are we being legal here and I won't be able to drink?
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| DavidRS |
Count me in, and probably my daughter, also. How about a pot of 2nd place chili? | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny |
PlusThere is a pool for whoever wants to jump in. My 13 yr old daughter will be there to keep an eye on your kids.There is a trail a few blocks away with plenty of bugs that would be a good show 'n tell for the kids or Arac-kno-nothings. I could use some help before and after the event. (cleanup, prep, errands, etc etc). Nesh, too bad you cant make it. Would've been cool to have you and Earl here. Cant you send one of my single friends in your place? ....::lol::, jk |
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| Jules |
Count me in!Hey i would love to come and my niece as well. My brother will come if he isn't working. i can bring a HUGE homemade potatoe salad, homemade 7 layer dip & some chips! If my brother can make it i'll bring along another side of food or drinks or desert or something.Hey, would this be a good time to pick up out P. regalis slings and hopefully B. smithi slings? That would be cool. i also have a female L. hesperus with an egg sac she just made last week i was going to see if anyone in SCABIES was interested in. Did i miss what time this is going to be? Looking forward to it! jules <edit> Looks like my brother is going to make it. i'll bring a couple 12 packs of soda as well. |
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| cacoseraph |
meat1: andrew/caco
meat2: meat3?: Dave's CHILI!!!!!!! salad: Jules (homemade potato salad!!!) salad; Warren (Italian Pasta Salad!!!) side1: joe (egg rolls) side2: abyss (all that awesome mex stuff!!!) side3; johnny (rice!!!) drinks: Paul ronin chips/snacks1: Jules (HM 7 layer bean dip) chips/snacks2: dessert1: joe napkins/plates/flatware: andrew EDIT by NBond1986: Don't forget the DESSERT!!! prep: andrew can do everything except errands. his car sucks. cleanup: andrew (could always use more!) Jules... don't worry about soda. The home made stuff is MORE than enough! We are working on a start time anyone who wants to pick up slings let us know, so we can bring them |
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| Johnny |
Put me down forShrimp Ceviche (I wont make it too spicy)**** If anybody has a Carolina Wolf Spider or Lynx spider for sale please bring it down. |
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| Ronin |
What kind of drinks do you guys want? | ||||||||||||||||
| Earl |
grrr... curse you nesh and your contest winning, Ellen Degeneres Show watching ways ::lol::
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| WBurke17 |
Itailian Pasta Salad is what my wife will be making. W | ||||||||||||||||
| Jules |
Trading?
Is anyone else bringing anything to trade?? i am planning to bring my MM OBT for David if he still wants him. i also posted a thread in BB for a MF L. hesperus with egg sac if anyone is interested in her. Any possibility our B. smithi slings will be ready for pick up by then? Lots of food and bugs - this is going to be fun!! Can't wait!! |
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| NBond1986 |
nnnnnOMG i never said that i watched the show....hehehehe |
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| Johnny |
AddAndrew,Add - - Rice, that my girlfriend will make. I could also setup a room thats within reach of the BBQ area as a Show "n Tell area. What about inviting non hobby friends with kids to see if we tweak their interest up a bit? ......Andrew? How about if I donate a starter kit and purchase a sling and give it as a prize ? (the only drawback is putting the sling in unexperienced hands) Just ideas but Im getting pretty excited. |
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| WBurke17 |
regular and diet would be good! |
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| WBurke17 |
meat1: andrew/caco
meat2: meat3?: Dave's CHILI!!!!!!! salad: Jules (homemade potato salad!!!) salad; Warren (Italian Pasta Salad!!!) side1: joe (egg rolls) side2: abyss (all that awesome mex stuff!!!) side3; johnny (rice!!!) drinks: Paul ronin chips/snacks1: Jules (HM 7 layer bean dip) chips/snacks2: dessert1: joe napkins/plates/flatware: andrew EDIT by NBond1986: Don't forget the DESSERT!!! prep: andrew can do everything except errands. his car sucks. cleanup: andrew (could always use more!) Jules... don't worry about soda. The home made stuff is MORE than enough! We are working on a start time anyone who wants to pick up slings let us know, so we can bring them also anybody that wants to bring and trade put it in the Bizzare section under the BBBQ thread, that way its simpilar updated by Wburke |
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| Pulk |
is this the thing with which there will be a hike associated? | ||||||||||||||||
| cacoseraph |
maybe a little nature walk, but i don't think there will be a full hike attached to this BBBQ |
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| Steven |
Hey this is "buthus".
Andrew, ok ...im finally here. 
I see that the BBQ is on the 11th. ...was for some reason thinking it was scheduled for this Saturday. Ok.. sorry bout the email. |
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| NBond1986 |
hey steven! |
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| DavidRS |
Chili Cookoff Sunday, 08/05 - Good News/Bad NewsThe good news:I will be testing out a new recipe for chili at the Beverly Hills Chili Cookoff tommorow, Sunday 08/05. Judging is at about 11:00am, then free tasting for all who show up. If anyone can come by, email me for directions. Free to get in. Here's a map: http://www.beverlyhills.org/prese...on+and+Parks/LG-RP-Farmers+Market The bad news: This will be the chili that I will be bringing to the Bar-Bug-Que. Good, bad or ugly. |
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| jen650s |
Is any from the San Diego area going to the BBQ? If so could you please pick up my B. smithi slings since I will be working?
---Jen |
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| Johnny |
Dont forget the .........Recipe.
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| cacoseraph |
if no one from SD is going do you want me to take them or try to get them to someone closer to you that wouldn't mind taking care of them until you can get up to get them? perhaps you could give someone who is attending your cellphone number so that we could coordinate something to get them down to you? p.s. i don't have a cell phone. heh. |
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| Pulk |
for organization purposes, I have the same San Diego/no BBQ problem. |
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| DavidRS |
Unless I missed something, what is the time for our shindig, and the address? | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny |
We were waiting for Andrew for the time and he was going to send you the address via email to the peeps that will be attending. I guess I can mail it tomorrow if Caco hasnt yet...... | ||||||||||||||||
| ~Abyss~ |
that'll be awesome. 
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| lizmotobike |
well looks like mike and i can come as well. johnny / andrew is it okay if i bring chicken? or should i bring burgers and buns? is there a working BBQ? is it coal or propane? or should i bring precooked?
aprox whats the head count? can i bring all my unsexed T's? |
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| Jules |
Chicken, chicken, chicken!! Yeah for Chicken!! Actually, its the only meat i eat. i didn't think about volunteering for chicken until after i bought the makings for the other dishes i'm bringing. Actually, i can always bring a couple pieces of chicken for myself. i just got excited when i saw you mention chicken!! Actually, i'll probably bring a pack of chicken dogs so there will be a meat i can eat. i don't know who is going to be there for sexing T's but surely somebody there can help. That would be really cool to see what you have too! i would definitely be interested if anyone could sex your E. murinus. So far i'm not having any luck finding a mature male for my girl. All i have found are other people also looking for MM's. Maybe we'll get lucky if you have a boy and we could doing a breeding loan when yours matures. Lastly, do we have any details yet as far as time and location for directions yet? P.S. Add a large watermellon for me to bring too! Is anyone bring catsup, mayo, mustard, relish, condiment type stuff? |
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| cacoseraph |
meat1: andrew/caco (burgers and buns. enough for like ~20)
meat2: liz (chicken) meat3?: Dave's CHILI!!!!!!! salad: Jules (homemade potato salad!!!) salad; Warren (Italian Pasta Salad!!!) side1: joe (egg rolls) side2: abyss (all that awesome mex stuff!!!) side3; johnny (rice!!!) drinks: Paul ronin chips/snacks1: Jules (HM 7 layer bean dip) chips/snacks2: dessert1: joe napkins/plates/flatware: andrew EDIT by NBond1986: Don't forget the DESSERT!!! prep: andrew can do everything except errands. his car sucks. cleanup: andrew (could always use more!) Jules... don't worry about soda. The home made stuff is MORE than enough! We are working on a start time anyone who wants to pick up slings let us know, so we can bring them also anybody that wants to bring and trade put it in the Bizzare section under the BBBQ thread, that way its simpilar updated by caco
i am cool with any start time. i have slated the day for this 
let me know if you want me to bring the bugs to my house. let me know how many etc.
ALL: email me cacoseraph@yahoo.com with subject BBQ or PM me here with same subject for Johnny's address, if you still need it.
chicken good. headcount is 20ish. that would be the maximum you should bring. i think chicken for like 10 would be more appropriate, though. i really don't want anybody breaking the bank over this! like, i would hope no one has/will spend more than like ~$20 I REALLY LIKE THE BRINGING UNSEXED T'S IDEA. I WILL TRY TO REMEMBER TO BRING A FEW OF MY 5/10/15X MAGNIFIERS FOR PEOPLE TO USE. I ASSUME YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT LIVE VENTRAL SEXING? I AM CONTEMPLATING BRINGING MY 1.1 P. REGALIS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A LITTLE MATING ACTION GOING ON
i can bring condiments if i remember to buy them at the 99c store |
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| WBurke17 |
lets try to do an official head count, that way we will know if we all have enough....
warren, wife, 3 kids =5 |
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| cacoseraph |
andrew = 1
war = 5 total = 6 |
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| Johnny |
Andrew,
You had mentioned that one of yous' was going to be the Grillmeister right? If so, is he/she bringing a grill? I have a propane one as a backup. Im not much of a grill guy and will happily turn that task over to anyone. I will set that critter room then, and whatever hits the floor will be mine after the 5 second rule (10 seconds for arboreals and 20 seconds for true spiders)...,,....::lol::, jk Andrew, anytime after 12 is kewl with me, just set a time. I can go pick you up if you could get a ride back. Earlier is ok with me if you want to use the pool or help out. Johnny + GF + daughter = 3 |
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| Jules |
Jules + niece + brother = 3 Total = 12 |
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| ~Abyss~ |
abyss
Adrian (abyss' borther) [possibly, depends on behavior] Sandy [abyss' friend] (says she's hungry )
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| WBurke17 |
Warren =5
Andrew =1 Johnny =3 Jules =3 Eddy =3 _ 15 |
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| izjodei |
Me , Myson and my Wife
3 for Joe Itchy It Is!! |
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| What |
Almost sure I will be there. | ||||||||||||||||
| lizmotobike |
okay chicken it is.....
johnny do we need to bring propane or coals? is there some where nearby that sells it? how big is the grill area? 4 burgers, 8 burgers, 12 burgers? that would let me know if there is room for chicken. it takes longer time and if i run out of time i will have twenty lbs of semi cooked sad looking chicken. orange juice, pineapple, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, allspice and onions,. if there are any allergy allerts let me know. yes i will bring a bottle of K.C. for those that want real sugar. |
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| cacoseraph |
Warren =5
Andrew =1 Johnny =3 Jules =3 Eddy =3 Joe =3 Dave = 2 _ 20 ronin =? (him, he has a wife and babyish son, iirc. dunno if he meant to bring them or not. or other ppl or what) lizmoto =? ((+mike(?)), two though) ~24 total i think
if you make it would you be coming by yourself or what, what? heh. i have plates, flatware, and cups for ~40 and bowls for about half that many (for ppl who don't like their food to mix before they eat it... i plan to have the chili on my plate like regular =P ) i have ketchup, a couple kinds of mustard, some pickle slices, mayo type stuffs. they are all like, analog/cheap brands so if you are particular you might want to bring a few of those foil packet type things or something =P i am thinking we might have a little bit of fun with bugs. i bought some rulers to take "offical" measuring shots of your bugs with me or someone to help you wrangle and take pictures if you would like.... bring your unsexed bugs for the group to take a look at... maybe there might even be a little tiny raffle. it would be TINY though 
START TIME setup 11:30 (andrew arriving around then) start 12:00 cooking start 12:30-1 eating ~2:00 bug stuff ~3:00: (sexing demonstration and discussion (round table, i'm not going to be giving a paper, hehehe) , maybe mating my regalis, measuring discussion end 5:00 (caco and ??? stay to clean up) how does this look John? once again, email or pm me or Johnnyster or wburke17 for the address! also, i will be putting my contact info in the "Deal Me In!" and "Locale Color" forums for everyone who can access those |
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| What |
I will mostly be alone, one of my parents might hang around but not the whole time...
I also forgot to mention, I will be bringing my own food b/c of diet restrictions that are kinda hard to manage with groups. So dont worry about cooking anything for me.
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| cacoseraph |
Warren =5 Andrew =1 Johnny =3 Jules =3 Eddy =3 Joe =3 Dave = 2 what = 1.5 (0 for food totals, though) _ 21.5 (20 for food totals) ronin =? (him, he has a wife and babyish son, iirc. dunno if he meant to bring them or not. or other ppl or what) lizmoto =? ((+mike(?)), two though) ~25.5 total i think (24 for food totals) |
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| Johnny |
Actually, there is a BBQ pit (whats it called? with bricks and stuff) and one on wheels but do bring propane.
I think 5pm would be too early to end it? Maybe at that time we should go for that lil hike ? |
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| cacoseraph |
i am always down for more bug stuff. i just didn't want to impose any more than we already are. we could keep doing bug stuff if the discussions or exercises/demonstrations are going well and people are still interested or we could do the walk. we can play it by ear. i will try to remember to bring my blacklight... just in case
@ALL: i have only had like one or two people get the address from me... what's up with that? if you are getting the addy from war or john that is cool... but don't wait till the last minute in case something gets messed up! |
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| ~Abyss~ |
IF we're going on a hike afterward is it safe to say I'm gonna need my blacklight. I just got payed today too so if you guys want anything else let me know I think i said possible rice, tostadas to grill (it's a mexican pizza:)), salsa (mild), What do we have for meat. I LOVE MEAT. I can bring more meat if we need it. Cus lord knows I do. | ||||||||||||||||
| ftorres |
BBBQHEllo ALl,I was wondering if we could start around 10nish since I can't stay for the whole event (too bad) Anyways I will be going alone Luis will be coming with me most likely and he will be bringing his son Alex So Ftorres 1 Luis 2 we are still debating what to bring what is missing??? What else do we need???? Any Idea???? |
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| Ronin |
It'll most probably just be me. At the most with my son but count on only me right now.
Let me know what else to bring too if something else is needed. |
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| WBurke17 |
Warren =5
Andrew =1 Johnny =3 Jules =3 Eddy =3 Joe =3 Dave = 2 what = 1.5 (0 for food totals, though) Fransisco =1 Luis =2 Paul =1 poss.2 _ 25.5 (24 for food totals) lizmoto =? ((+mike(?)), two though) |
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| cacoseraph |
Re: BBBQ
hello francisco the earliest we can do the BBQ would be a setup starting at 11 the actual BBQ starting at 12 i will see what needs to be brought still @ALL: i would say we might need more meat to cook. more snacks. dang, there is going to be kind of a lot of food i think! maybe i should bring some tupperwares so people could like, pack plates to bring home so no food gets wasted. |
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| cacoseraph |
ok, there has been a request to start a little earlier
old schedule: START TIME setup 11:30 (andrew (and hopefully DavidRS, heh) arriving around then) start 12:00 cooking start 12:30-1 eating ~2:00 bug stuff ~3:00: (sexing demonstration and discussion (round table, i'm not going to be giving a paper, hehehe) , maybe mating my regalis, measuring discussion end 5:00 (caco and ??? stay to clean up) NEW SCHEDULE START TIME 11:00a setup 11:00 (andrew arriving around then) 11:30a cooking start 11:30 12:00p start 12:00 12:00p-12:30p start eating 12:00-12:30 12:30p MEALTIME ENTERTAINMENT AND ???? YOU DO *NOT* WANT TO MISS THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~1:00p bug stuff ~1:00: (sexing demonstration and discussion (round table, i'm not going to be giving a paper, hehehe) , maybe mating my regalis, measuring discussion ~5:00p "end" 5:00 (caco and ??? stay to clean up) ~6:00p bug walk 5:30-6:00 (after cleaning, you bums! hahahaha) how does this look John? |
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| cacoseraph |
don't forget.... we will be buying, trading, and selling at the BBQ!
http://scabies.myfreeforum.org/about52.html p.s. see you folks in like ~48 hours! |
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| Johnny |
Sounds great!
What about you EARL ?? .... cant you take the bus or metrolink? ...::lol:: and what about David "Twirl" ?? Who will be taking pics? |
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| cacoseraph |
i'm beginning to think earl is actually just a psychic projection of Neshan... something like a child hood imaginary friend brought to life by Nesh' desperate need for a friend. =P twirl... i don't know about. i think he said he can't go. he usually works on at least one of the weekend days. warren has a nice camera (actually, nesh bought his cuz he liked war's so much) and i believe a few other ppl will too Oh, and bearing in mind i can not condone anything illegal on the forum... THOSE OF LEGAL DRINKING AGE MAY BYOB!!!! |
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| WBurke17 |
I'll have my camera
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| Jules |
i have a feeling we definitely are going to need a camera for this!! |
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| lizmotobike |
I bought 20lbs of chicken as it was .59 alb.do not know if that is enough. it does take time to cook you know. i don't know how big the grill is so idon't know if the sched is realistic. no worries its the weekend. it will get cooked. | ||||||||||||||||
| Pulk |
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| Johnny |
So is everyone set with with the address? If not, email me (johnnysterrr@hotmail.com). Cross streets are Juanita & Sunflower.
Francisco, so youre gonna show up early then? its coo |
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| Johnny |
Does anyone have
small shade tent/tarp, maybe 12 ft or smaller |
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| ~Abyss~ |
okay i got some hot dogs today but forgot the buns. If anyone wants to bring any that'll be cool let me know by tonight so I wont have to make a stop at the store manana. I also got two kinds of pie, good ol' american apple pie and Cheesecake(strawberry swirl). Two kinds of Duritos and some Tostidos. A few sodas (mexian favorites) Sangria, cidral, and pepsi. Umm I'm still thinking about the rice but will definatly take some of my tostadas. They will have to be put on the grill tough. Is anyone bringing meat? If not please let me know by 10pm tonight so I can buy some tomorrow morning. | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny |
CIDRAL Mundet !!YESSSS.....thats some good stuff. | ||||||||||||||||
| Steven |
Andrew and gang, I waited til last minute as usual because I wasnt sure about work status, but got called in this morning (after 0 sleep!! ...god Im tired) for some studio plaster work. Have to finish up tomorrow and then get back to the web crap Im supposed to have done by tuesday. :rolleyes:
Hope I can meet all you guys/gals sometime soon, but it aint gonna be tomorrow. Sounds like you're going to have a heck of a meal! Somebody please drink a few extra beers for me. :wink: |
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| WBurke17 |
I have the address as well, if you need.....W |
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| WBurke17 |
hey all i misplaced my red rechargable flashlight it may have been mixed up w/ someones stuff, if you could check and let me know if you find it, i would be very grateful.....W | ||||||||||||||||
| Steven |
Had a great time! Glad I could make it after all.
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| Steven |
bump...
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| Ronin |
It was a success for sure. It was great meeting new SCABIES members & seeing the others again. Great food (my hat's off to all the chefs) & company. Special thanks to:
- Johnny (johnnyster) for his hospitality - Andrew (cacoseraph) for his contribution to the raffle & demonstrations - David (DavidRS) & Warren (wburke17) for their contributions to the raffle, our trade & sale - Francisco (ftorres) for his contribution to the raffle & letting us play with the A. gigas & T. blondis - Jules for her closing the B. smithi deal & carefully packing/delivering them - Steven for his widow demonstrations - Devhyn (sp?) for pulling my name out during the raffle I'm sure I missed some folks. Already looking forward to the next one. |
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| Jules |
Okay - and now for my slightly more honest ScabiesCon post... ::lol:: - David you almost killed me last night!!!!!
WOW!!!! My whole family had an AWESOME time!!!! i feel i have so many people to thank, i'm afraid i'm going to forget somebody. i can't even believe how much i came home with. i wasn't even planning on that. It was totally awesome!!! i can't wait for our next event. We hope to go on the evening hike next time if somebody will be home to let my dogs out! Okay, here it goes, i hope i don't forget anyone, you were all awesome. i would like to especially thank:
- Liz (lizmotobike): Thank you for spending literally hours over a hot grill out in the equally hot sun. I wanted to offer to help but I can’t even make Mac & Cheese. My niece made the potato salad and deviled eggs we brought – ::lol::. Your chicken was beyond splendid!! - Andrew (cacoseraph): for your demonstrations & most of all for the very cool P. striata's, pede and scorp!! AND... for donating 10 G. pulchra slings towards Kassie's science project!!! oh wait, i think i posted that incorectly on AB. i believe they are G. rosea slings. None-the-less, much gratitude! They all ate like little champs last night and Kassie LOVES her Scorp who was eating a cricket when i woke up this am. - David (DavidRS): Dude... i have been recovering from some cough thing in my lungs forever and i'm a lot better. However, Laughing too hard really gets me coughing hard. You almost killed me with your post on AB. i literally thought i was going to hack up a book lung for sure! That was beyond hysterical. In fact, everyone else had gone to bed and i woke them up laughing and coughing so they read your post too. (Liked your one about knowing how to make a body disappear too!!) i really do love my end of the trade even if she isn't a P. miranda - ::lol::. i saw your Curly's when i first got there but didn't realize they belonged to you. She's awesome!! i got her all set up in her house last night. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! Let me know how the MM OBT does. - Francisco (ftorres): Wow! i can't thank you enough for letting me take the male E. murinus home. i will keep you up to date. Who knows, maybe we'll get lucky and i'll be bringing you lots of little skeletons to a future Scabies Event!! Those skeletons are crazy man! They were both in separate burrows when we got home so i left them for a while. Later they were both up on top but not mating - EATING more crickets!!! i moved your little guy back to his house and he took his big wad of crickets with him! i filled his water and gave them both a couple more crickets and by this morning those crickets were gone too. i guess he just wanted to wine and dine her first - either that or raid her fridge!! Either way, niether one of them will have any excuses next time. i'll keep you up to date! Thanks so much! - Warren (wburke17): for taking care of my P. regalis slings Steve (buthus): for your widow demonstrations and the 3 awesome widows!! Thanks!! - Kassie (my niece): for making the potato salad & deviled eggs AND especially for helping me unpack and rehouse all those cute, tiny B. smithi!! - B. smithi Buyers: Thanks everyone for following through with their purchases. i would definitely be willing to do this for the group again. Wow! i'm sure i forgot some people. It was just a great time seeing a lot of you again and meeting even more people. i can't wait to see some of the pics. Especially the ones with Andrew's special hair art!! Thanks everybody! |
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| lizmotobike |
W - checked my gear and did not see it. hope you find it! i also unpacked 2 very old books i meant to show. and 1 not so old. (1) the life of the spider by J.H. Fabre Dodd, Mead and company 1913 (2) injurious insects by W.C.O'Kane the macmillan company 1912 1 - not so important as more mammialian in orientation the managegment of wild animals in captivity circa 1964 bought at a yard sale but interesting in what sort of record keeping is done with regards to zoos and statistics. well maybe if there is enough time next time.............. |
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| NBond1986 |
sounds like i missed an awesome time!!!
hopefully ill make it to the next one. (i would use a smiley.....but I can see andrew still hasnt fixed that for me....::lol::) =P |
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| izjodei |
Testing Streaming WebcamHey guys! First of all just want to say thanks to everybody that participated in BBUGQUE! Specialy offcourse to John ! Cheer !for allowing us to used his Casa to such an event like this! And for those that didn't make it! Dont worry folks we are just started we are growing and we are getting strong. Just dropping by to add my link to my live webcam feed. Hope this work.http://mycast.orb.com/orb/html/qs?mediumId=O007jGmI&l=izjodei Let me know if its doesnt work. Thanks JOE Matthew & Maria |
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| DavidRS |
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| Johnny |
Hello,
Just want to thank you all for the fun time we had on Saturday. Everyone was real cool and alot of interesting bugs. David's chili was "POOF"!!! ...gone as soon as it was ready for gut. (I confess, I saved about a cup or two for later....im gonna send it to a lab and have the recipe deciphered). The food was great. The kids swimming and searching the yard for spiders with their cups....that was funny. Joe, im guessing you didnt get your "bite" picture. Buthus, thanks for the white ladies and for bringing the kukulcanias. The hike was great too. We didnt have to go far for some good findings, specially the one with the slings. Virgie later told me that she got there late because she went to the mall and other places because she thought they'd be like 4 or 5 guys just talking spider talk and she'd be bored. She was surprised to see so many people all over. She actually had a great time. Msg to Andrew: "Oh man, Im beginning to really like the p. irmina that Virgie won. (I still cant believe that).Very cool and fast little thing. I took it out of the cup and it teleported on me.... I hadnt done any reading on it and didnt know about the speed. I was looking moving the cup so it would come out and it didnt so I was like "WTF?" and it was already on the tank screen top..... amazing! " |
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| cacoseraph |
dang, i would have liked to see the books. i think i did see one of them at a previous hike though? i meant to bring my book/lit collection along but ran out of time. @ALL thanks to everyone who helped and came. the whole thing was AWESOME! i wish i hadn't forgotten to bring my hunting pack though. heh. |
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| lizmotobike |
thanksI had a great time. It was so nice to see all of you face to face j/k
1. special thanks to Johnny the perfect host. he opened his house to us like we were family. a real gentleman. (I am so sure he is crying about that now! - j/k hopefully) 2. Andrew for being the brain child. deal maker, demonstrations, organization without hysteria. also being so patient with the kids. getting them excited about bugs (without shrieking .....well almost). 3. the people that donated their time to give interesting and fun lectures. Steve (buthus): wow you are the most trusting soul. 4. oh my god the food.......... award winning chili, potato salad and deviled eggs! ( most bbq's its one or the other but we had both) tostadas/quesadillas (again most bbq's, it's one or the other but we had both!) shrimp ceviche, carne asada, spring rolls with the most amazing dipping sauce, an assortment of cookies, I have not even touched upon the beverages! or the desserts! cakes........ cheesecakes and a rolled torte our scabies people are very generous. the sf bats are twisting in the wind with jealousy the great thing was there was so much great food from so many cultural back rounds it really was amazing. special thanks to all that put up with my bad memory for names. Maria, Monica esp. sorry if i left any one out! all in all many generous trades were made! thanks I love my new silver slings! p.s ftorres what is my E.murinus chopped liver? j/k and thanks to abyss_X3 for spelling me at the Q! |
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| Johnny |
Hi,
No, it wasnt too bad.....mostly because people were picking and cleaning stuff up here and there. Someone suggested that we do the grilling on the grass and I thought that was funny, but now that I see the spots im thinking it was actually a good idea,,, he he And the pictures?? we're anxiously waiting for the pics..... Hasta la pasta, John |
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| cacoseraph |
i've already told tons of people about the bbq and they want to see pics too! | ||||||||||||||||
| WBurke17 |
okay okay , i've been having comp. troubles latley and just got my home PC working again, and i need to transfer all the pic files from my laptop to my home pc....... |
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| cacoseraph |
woohoo! |
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| lizmotobike |
dawn dish washing liquid will break it down. sorry i thought the bucket would cover it.
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| luis138 |
Thank youI had so much fun Saturday. I want to thank John for allowing a whole bunch of wackos use his house. It was nice meeting all of you and finally putting a face to a screen name.I specially like the fact that I won the raffle 3 times, ::lol::. Well, 2, since once it was my son. He named his first tarantula Spooky. I look forward to the next one. I can't imagine it being possibly better. By the way, I seemed to have misplaced one big (4" - 5") G. rosea so if somebody has an extra one and it is wondering where it came from is probably mine. Maybe it is next to Warren's flashlight, ::lol::. Thank you all of you for such a good time. Thank you Andrew for organizing this event. Luis |
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| Johnny |
Oh great !
Funny thing, yesterday when I got home I felt my pinky finger burning and swelling and the sensation moving up the finger. It lasted for about an hour until the gang showed up. I immediately checked the collection for any escapees but found everything ok. Today, there is still a red 3/4" red circle but no punctures. Hmmm,,,, coincidence probably...... |
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| WBurke17 |
PICTURESOkay I finally got all my comp. problems fixed(knocking on wood)First off I’m terrible w/ names (Liz can contest to that ) so if I miss one or get it wrong let me know and I'll fix it. So here goes;
First off here’s the table and counter that we were using to display our goods. 
And here’s are cook, Thanks again for standing in that sun and cooking up some delicious foods
And here’s a pic of everybody enjoying it. 
Next up we have Steven(buthus) do a show and tell on his impressive widow collection. 
Here’s when we started the raffle(and when I’ll start screwin up names) Johnny's girl friend; 
Eddie(abyss);(watch that middle finger there Buddy )
Luis’s son I think? 
Luis; 
Eddies friend; 
Paul(ronin); 
Joe; 
Monique(my wife); 
Devhyn(my daughter); 
Joe’s son? 
Our host, Johnny; 
Johnny's daughter; 
Eddies lil brother; 
David(davidrs); 
there’s more that I missed, sorry if I didn’t get you
After the Raffle there was a breeding attempt w/ Jules and Francisco’s E.murinus. Didn't have my camera for this.( I think I was eating again) then we had Andrew try to handle some of his Pokies. His female didn’t want anything to to w/ this so he moved onto the male; 
at his point it was getting a little X-Rated(I seen the male try an insertion) 
So after that the testosterone or the alcohol was kicking in so he moved on to the T.blondi's 
Now Steven wanted some of the action; 
Trying to sex it! 
Then after all the manhandling it went straight to the nearest refreshment it could find! 
Well that’s about it, I didn’t get a group shot(Neshans Job) and I forgot to take my camera on the lil hike we did.....W |
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| Ronin |
Very cool. Thanks for sharing them Warren. | ||||||||||||||||
| ~Abyss~ |
aww can't see the pics from here:( but It does sound like me...middle finger ehh. | ||||||||||||||||