Brian-

It stunk for a week (until the new one came and I shitcaned it). Mrs. Raptor said I was damn lucky I didn't take out the whole microwave.

Oh, and fishing around for that dead mouse in a big bin of mostly decomposing table scraps was a real delight.

To top it off, our prize albino PacMan frog, Sadaam, died yesterday and we had a formal burial in the back yard right next to the composter. I had to put two cinderblocks on top of his grave to keep some wild animal from digging him up. God, I loved that frog.

 

All in all, this has been a real pisser couple of weeks, so far.

 

Damn George.....at least you have your STOOK things could be worse......there's alway's that damn puke green geo metro...

 

Since I'm baring my soul about stupid things I've done lately, here's a real doozy. When we went to Puerto Vallarta last month for the solar eclipse, we allowed a full three hours at LAX. One carry on bag apiece -- I carried my hard case with hard foam cutouts for telescope and camera optics, Mrs. Raptor carried a large camera bag with many pockets for everything else. We waited in line almost an hour to check in and check through bags. Then we waited almost an hour to clear security. Hard case, no problem. Then I set off the metal detector with my straw Stetson with a hatband with silver in it. Then they looked at my camera bag and went absolutely berserk. A security guy starter digging around and pulled out three screwdrivers, two wrenches, and two long screw-in photo tripod knobs. He said, well, that's seven weapons. They had me up against a wall with metal detectors, shoes, the whole nine yards. I felt like a real criminal.

They said I had two choices: (1) they could confiscate all of it -- not an option -- or (2) I could go back through checkin and check the stuff through in a box and go back through security. I went straight to the checkout counter and the check in guy pointed to the back of another hour line. I said "Bullshit, let me talk to your supervisor, now" He understood, put the stuff in a box, and gave me a claim tag. Then I had to wait in line through security again for an hour. We made the flight with five minutes to spare.

Mrs. Raptor, waiting to board at the gate and, by now very nervous we were going to miss our flight, said "How could you be so stupid?" (She says this a lot.)

Maybe we should rename thius thread "Stupid Things The Raptor Has Done Recently."

 

I love that one... say it a LONG time ago but still think of that pic when someone say's "not my job". :0

George! How could you be so stupid.

I'm so paranoid about security I didn't even bring a safety razor on my last trip.

 

Speaking of possums, I was driving home Mon. night and the biggest, ugliest looking possum was right in the middle of the road, just staring at cars and hissing at them. I'm surprised no one ran it over.

George - maybe we can get a nice waterproof cardinal and gold case for your pager.

 

Mark-

That's the best suggestion I've heard in a long while. One with pager music choices of "Fight On" or "Conquest." What do you want to bet you can get such a thing at the bookstore.? Ha.

 

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