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Off-Topic => Chatterbox => Topic started by: ACAMS on July 01, 2009, 09:46:12 PM
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(http://myfolderz.com/pics/obongoeconomy.jpg)
Q: What do you say to a black man in a suit?
A: Will the defendant please rise.
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As much as I support Obama that is pretty damn funny!
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As much as I don't support Obama, that is really funny!
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(http://myfolderz.com/pics/obongoeconomy.jpg)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/37329george-bush-eats-a-kitten.jpg)
Didn't this guy put the economy in the toilet?
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Didn't Bush try to get the economy from the tubes from the Clintons?
Anyway, this isn't a politics thread.
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Didn't Bush try to get the economy from the tubes from the Clintons?
Anyway, this isn't a politics thread.
Wasn't Clinton dealing with the sh** from the Reagan/Bush era? See, this could go on forever.
The truth is, the president has little control over the economy. It's up to you, the consumer, to fix it by buying more sh**. If you buy more sh**, more people get more hours at work, and consumer confidence is raised. Thus, the economy goes up.
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When the bastard gives BILLIONS & BILLIONS & BILLIONS of our tax dollars to rich bankers and the second and thirteenth largest auto makers in the whole damn world.....AND THEY STILL END UP BANKRUPT then something is WRONG with that president! Hell, I see nothing wrong with the economy.....every body I know is STILL working and still doing good. I am even thinking about buying a new truck.....A FORD, because I refuse to support obongo motors and fiat (or ever who ever ended up with Chrysler....junk anyway)
Here is kinda what I want....this is good pictures thread anyway.
(http://myfolderz.com/Automobile/Trucks/2009_white_sand_F-150.jpg)
Actually here is my build sheet
I really like the new White Sand Tri Coat Metallic paid job....it is like Pearl White and really looks good.
Since I stay dirty I want black interior with Leather-Trimmed Captain's Chairs w/Heated/Cooled Seats
(http://myfolderz.com/Automobile/Trucks/2009_F-150.jpg)
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My Ford Truck was decent until the new england rust ate it away...
I know I am gonna get flamed for this... but this is what I want.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/26339Mahindra_Appalachian.jpg)
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No matter what happens I will never revert to ford. I will get a Toyota before I get a ford.
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1994 Mustang GT Yellow
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I'm a Ford truck guy too.
Toyota is ok quality, but I wanted to keep buying domestic over foreign.
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Third Automobiles thread ??
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I have always been Chevy.....well my newest truck is a GMC, but I have ALWAYS been chevy. I have owned a few fords, but they were old back in the old days. I had a 1953 Ford Victoria (2 dr HT) a 1955 Town Sedan (foe doe) a 1956 Ford Victoria (2 dr HT) a 1962 galaxy (elcheapo 2 dr post hot water six) and a 1963 Galaxy XL 500 factory 390 4 speed.......damn I hope that is all, because that is too many already!
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I have a '72 Red Gran Torino, my mother has a Honda Something, and our family van is a 2007 Nissan Quest with 5 sunroofs, a DVD player, and custom red covering on all seats and surfaces.
The GT is used and was pretty beat up when I got it, but I've worked on it for a while and I get to drive it next year. Looking forward to it.
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When the bastard gives BILLIONS & BILLIONS & BILLIONS of our tax dollars to rich bankers and the second and thirteenth largest auto makers in the whole damn world.....AND THEY STILL END UP BANKRUPT then something is WRONG with that president!
No, something is wrong with the auto manufacturers. If they can blow quote "billions and billions" of dollars, then they are morons. They screwed them selves over in the first place.[/political]
What does this forum define as a good picture?
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We're commenting on the pics. C-33.
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Please lets not turn this into a plitics thread. Or an automobiles thread. Whatever happened to the good pictures??
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(http://images44.fotki.com/v1449/photos/8/892548/6116196/1236588486723-vi.gif)
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Oooh... Moving picture...
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I have a lot.
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Now THAT's a good picture
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(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/50189corvair.JPG)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/70399spider.JPG)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/69683shroom.JPG)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/15338mitsu.JPG)
Some random pics I have taken. The last one is from the Gran Turismo Photo taking bonus. It apparently was not a very popular feature, but I had a lot of fun with it.
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(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7023/2010ss000.jpg) (http://img40.imageshack.us/i/2010ss000.jpg/)
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*drools*
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I hope UrJack passes by this thread again...
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/5966Spider1.JPG)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/13401Spider2.JPG)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/81520spider3.JPG)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/87605spider4.JPG)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/1502spider5.JPG)
I have an old porch/breezeway on the back of my house that is falling apart. I am probably going to tear it down at some point. But for the time being, I just let the Spider populace flourish there and damn do they know how to make abandoned structures their home!
While I was outside grilling a steak, I took the camera out to catch some of these 8 legged baddies. This is only an inkling of how many live around my house. I dig spiders, they tend to keep the ants away from the house, amongst other pests. My basement and attic are riddled with webs.
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Hey, those are some nice pictures. Crisp focus, reasonably high resolution, better than most people can do with a regular point and shoot camera. How many shots did it take to get a good one of those little guys?
Insect/arthropod photography is kind of a hobby of mine... though as much as I like every other kind of bug, I must admit that spiders still inexplicably creep me out a bit.
I have a folder full of 268 jpg's on my computer (I just checked.) Here's some of my better ones. (Many of them are too big to post here.)
A bumblebee on a thistle in a park near my house:
https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/16359bombus6.jpg
A bee (I'm pretty sure she's a mining bee in the genus Andrena) coming out of her underground burrow.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/11632bee1.jpg)
A water strider walking on water:
https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/63461gerrid1.jpg
A Mourning Cloak butterfly I just shot a couple weeks ago: (The Mourning Cloak is my favorite butterfly and I've always wanted to get a photo of one)
https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/34310nymphalis_antiopa1-1.jpg
A cool katydid I found sunning on a path last fall:
https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/14303orchelimum1-4.jpg
A VERY lucky shot I captured of an Immigrant Green Leaf Weevil just as it was taking flight:
https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/90926polydrusus_sericeus1-1.jpg
And, lastly, a jumping spider for Urjak.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/61429salticid2-2.jpg)
Oh yeah, and also the click beetles in my avatar and sig are from my own photos :mrgreen:
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I've got some little spiders out where I live, not bigger than -|.....|- that, and I can't identify them.
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(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/4278yay.jpg)
I took it :3
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Amateur photographer coming through...
Note: Imageshack is being slow. I'm going to post links to my deviantart instead.
Homeowner's Insurance (http://kill343guiltyspark.deviantart.com/art/Homeowner-s-Insurance-84272743)
Playbike (http://kill343guiltyspark.deviantart.com/art/Chainguard-128057546)
Snow Shed (http://kill343guiltyspark.deviantart.com/art/Snow-Shed-76830892)
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Craaig thats actually a pretty good picture!
one of my best pictures I have ever took in my life
https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/19336mr crab.jpg
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/40667hermitcrab.jpg)
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Craaig thats actually a pretty good picture!
Thanks ^_^ I took it with my crappy phone camera, so I was pretty amazed when it turned out like that.
On another note, yes your picture is huge. :P
EDIT: but it isn't anymore :D
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SPIDER PORN!
(http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/images/8505spider2.jpg)
You'll have to read a lot of science to figure it out.
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Hey Clickbeetle, look what I found today. This guy makes a sqeaky sound when frightened, it seems. He seemed kinda weak, are they all sorta lazy like that?
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/39039DSC02439.JPG)
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Can you make it a bit bigger? I can't see it.
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Can you make it a bit bigger? I can't see it.
I just made it smaller, I sense sarcasm lol
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I could be wrong... but that looks like a Roach.
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Oh yeah, didn't think of that, probably is
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That is most definitely not a roach, it is a Longhorned Beetle, I'd say in the genus Prionus. They don't bite and they're not pestiferous so there's no need to worry. Nice find; big beetles like that are cool.
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I found some big beetle about 2 inches long when I was about 6, kinda looked like that beetle without the antenna. And it had fairly large horizontal mandibles. Aaaand it bit me. =P Then it got loose in our house and probably died and we haven't found it since.
I have no idea what it was, and I haven't seen one like it other than that.
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Some from me:
http://www.wakarishin-jujitsu.co.uk/geoghegan.html
Taken at a Ju-Jitsu course some time back.
Photos by me :P
Im proud of the action shots :D
EDIT: My club has the title of having Britains oldest person to get a black belt in Ju-Jitsu, 89 y/o John Flemming!
http://www.wakarishin-jujitsu.co.uk/video12.html
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I was out doing some work in the yard today... mowing the lawn, cutting down weeds and bamboo, and various other tasks. I noticed this little guy on a flower and he seemed totally content with me taking a few pics.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/93381HOPPA.JPG)
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That's a bush katydid! They're usually really hard to find because they hide in trees and bushes, where they look like just another leaf.
Really nice picture, do you have experience with macro photography?
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Been a while since I posted anything, so I saw this thread and figured, what the hell ....
One of my fleet of pocketbikes, and the most modified, The Rat:
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/The%20Rat/TheRat-COLLAGE.jpg
Wrench chain guard: "flat-bar" wrenches - top one is a 19mm/22mm from a Yamaha tool kit.
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/The%20Rat/WrenchChainGuard02.jpg
Brass knuckle fender: Okay I lied - it's not really brass. From left to right, those are box-ends from a 5/8", 11/16", 5/8", and 9/16" wrenches. Crossbar on back is rest of handle from 9/16" wrench, supports between main body and crossbar are Allen wrenches, brackets to fork legs are gate hinges.
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/The%20Rat/BrassKnuckleFender02.jpg
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/The%20Rat/BrassKnuckleFender01.jpg
Some of my welded artwork (picked up a little Harbor Freight MIG welder, 90-amp, 110v fluxcore wirefeed, no gas):
Something for Urjak - my big spider, built from bicycle rims:
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/Picture001-3.jpg
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/Picture007.jpg
Scorpion: needlenose pliers for claws, under-cabinet mug holder for underbody and legs, electrical panel cover for body, spike is from a meat tenderizer
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/Picture001.jpg
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/Picture005-2.jpg
The Eye of Horus (Egyptian symbol): bicycle rims - the "eyeball" is a 12" rim
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/EyeofHorus01.jpg
Fred, my rusty rattlesnake and shop mascot: chain body, serving spoon head, bearings and washers for eyes, fondue fork tongue.
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/Fred01.jpg
George, Fred's little brother: bicycle chain body, tongue and eyes made from extra links and roller bearings, spring tail
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/Picture001-1.jpg
My rusty roadrunner: GM wrench body, fireplace poker head, spatula for wings, rear triangle from bicycle frame for legs and feet, gate hinge tail.
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/Picture001-2.jpg
Wrench-o-saurus: Monkey wrench body, smaller wrenches for legs/feet/arms, bicycle chain for spine and tail.
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/Picture002.jpg
Dual-purpose tailgater silverware: 'Nuff said.
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/Picture031.jpg
Celtic Tri-Knot: 27" bicycle rims
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/Picture099-1.jpg
For all you hippies out there ... Peace And Love: 20" bicycle rim, wrenches, bendix gear sliced in half.
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/Picture093.jpg
New Mexico sun symbol (Zia) (screwed up - symbol has four bars on every side, not three): 12" bicycle rim, tubes are from rear triangle of bicycle frames.
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/Picture098.jpg
iPod Belt buckle: 2" square tube cut lengthwise, small cabinet hinge, nuts and bolts, endplates and locking plate are scrap steel plate.
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/iPod%20Belt%20Buckle/Picture037.jpg
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/iPod%20Belt%20Buckle/Picture040.jpg
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/iPod%20Belt%20Buckle/Picture046.jpg
The Rose: tablespoons welded around hanging file support rod, "leaves" are handles from spoons.
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/The%20Rose/Rose01.jpg
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/The%20Rose/Rose03.jpg
Dieselpunk logo: front sprocket from bicycle, wrench, two big washers on either side, one edge ground down to fit flush against wrench.
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/Welding%20And%20Metal%20Art/My%20Welding%20Stuff/DieselpunkLogo.jpg
More pictures of all of the above are here:
http://s404.photobucket.com/albums/pp127/SpyGuy/
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That's a bush katydid! They're usually really hard to find because they hide in trees and bushes, where they look like just another leaf.
Really nice picture, do you have experience with macro photography?
My digital camera has two macro settings on it and I use them often with insect photography. I guess that has given me some experience. I could do wonders with a Canon Rebel, but I can't afford one.
@spyguy: Wow that is a ton of stuff to look at! Awesome!
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That is some amazing artwork SpyGuy. You like bicycle parts, don't you.
Dare I say it...? Your scorpion has an extra pair of legs; they have 8 legs but the front two are modified into claws. And the Rose is actually a tulip.
But that's nitpicking; it's great work.
@Jack: Wow, a fellow hobby insect photographer. If you have more pictures I'd be interested in seeing them.
You can actually do some incredible stuff with regular point and shoot cameras these days. I use a Canon PowerShot A720IS with a close-up lens, and I am quite pleased with it. Except when I want to photograph a bug indoors, or when I'm photographing something really tiny. Then I wish I had a digital SLR with a ring flash.
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Clickbeetle: This weeks Sports Illustrated Magazine has a really good pic of a praying mantis that was at some baseball stadium. I could probably post a pic of it, or you could just pick it up at a store.
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Some fellow i saw close from my vacation's house. (Sorry for bad quality. That's my Macbook's integrated webcam.)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/88501beeetle.JPG)
I am guessing female Lucanus cervus (stag beetle) but that's pretty small for one.
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Just thought i would post these, not sure if you guys will like them but...
https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/58059IMG_1988.JPG
Sir Killalot
https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/82874IMG_1994.JPG
Matilda
I tried to think of, if they where real, what theyre back story would be like and how they ended up like that.
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lol at matilda, it looks like jesus with a mutant blue beaver costume...
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Lol, my idea for her story was:
Matilda was cursed at a young age, growing up would make her ugly.
Simple :P
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THAT CHAINSAW DOES NOT LOOK PHALLIC AT ALL...
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sir killalot reminds me of the marine strogg in quake2
edit: fixed it
double edit: skalot is probably from when the strogg ran out of guns.
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Don't call him the guy with the claw hand, call him Sir Killalot.
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THAT CHAINSAW DOES NOT LOOK PHALLIC AT ALL...
I would've inserted Tool's pic here, but that's too offensive.
Looks more of a vestigial tail to me. Besides, I don't know which side is facing front. :P
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(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/37329george-bush-eats-a-kitten.jpg)
Didn't this guy put the economy in the toilet?
Poor kitty.Lawl.
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It only took me ten minutes...
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/66173Dmemotivate SFTW.JPG)
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more like
SFTW
you know you are a noob
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that took you ten minutes? wow. you have no skill at photo editing.
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I was out doing some work in the yard today... mowing the lawn, cutting down weeds and bamboo, and various other tasks. I noticed this little guy on a flower and he seemed totally content with me taking a few pics.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/93381HOPPA.JPG)
found one of those today, same place the beetle was, I fed him a carrot and he ate it for hours! pics will be soon
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Some better pics...
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/87847Pic one.JPG)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/47457Pic two.JPG)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/39383Pic three.JPG)
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MOAR BEETLES
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/25598beetle2.jpg)
I know what it isn't (Not a scarab neither a carabid - too slow), but not what it is...
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dung beetle. :D
lol i have no idea.
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(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/93635bug.jpg)
Box elder bug
Found on a Gmod server's forum.
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To keep the beetle tradition alive:
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/9205aaaaaaa.JPG)
^Now this is a good picture.^
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*Remembers to quote this pic if Urjak beats Click in a DSL tournament*
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lol
if urjak goes into a tourney with click, that should be his bots skin
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That's a really horrid looking spider!
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MOAR BEETLES
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/25598beetle2.jpg)
I know what it isn't (Not a scarab neither a carabid - too slow), but not what it is...
Could be a darkling beetle (family Tenebrionidae). Possibly one of the ironclad beetles in that family; they're characterized by having fused elytra (wing cases) and very hard bodies. But I'm not sure. The pic is a little blurry.
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(http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/tutorial/tumblebug.jpg)
(http://www.dirtdoctor.com/pics/content_img.2071.img.jpg)
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OMG I WAS RIGHT. IT IS A DUNG BEETLE!
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OMG I WAS RIGHT. IT IS A DUNG BEETLE!
Sage wins again! :smiley:
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(http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/tutorial/tumblebug.jpg)(http://www.dirtdoctor.com/pics/content_img.2071.img.jpg)
Cool pics.
I have some clients that cling and hold onto to the same stuff, and never move beyond it...
....and then are 'surprised' and even 'angry' when all their efforts end up being only crap.
Edit: What size is their brain???
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OMG I WAS RIGHT. IT IS A DUNG BEETLE!
Not necessarily.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/62328/bgpage
http://bugguide.net/node/view/169935/bgpage
http://bugguide.net/node/view/246630/bgpage
All of those look similar too. (Though, Naryar's beetle being from France, it is almost certainly a different species.)
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Naryar's beetle being from France, it is almost certainly a different species.)
Le'Tumblebug?
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forgot the sarcasm tags... >.>
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Could be a darkling beetle (family Tenebrionidae). Possibly one of the ironclad beetles in that family; they're characterized by having fused elytra (wing cases) and very hard bodies. But I'm not sure. The pic is a little blurry.
You sure know your beetles.
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You sure know your beetles.
Oh my god! LRA2 just made a decent post with a capital letter and a full stop. That is actually amazing.
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Oh my god! LRA2 just made a decent post with a capital letter and a full stop. That is actually amazing.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/64009images.jpeg)
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The end is near...
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So he gets flamed for posting like crap and now he's gonna get flamed for posting well? Good way to inspire him, guys.
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So he gets flamed for posting like crap and now he's gonna get flamed for posting well? Good way to inspire him, guys.
I don't know about everyone else, but my problem is that he makes too many posts that contribute nothing. That last one for example, I think it's pretty obvious that a guy named "Clickbeetle" knows a thing or two about, oh I don't know, beetles?
Incidentally, I DO know a thing or two about Animal Crossing, just mentioning that before anyone thinks of being clever.
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(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/64009images.jpeg)
Now that makes me want.....
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On second thoughts,I'd best not say it.
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Now that makes me want.....
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On second thoughts,I'd best not say it.
Eheheh- hang on, you're 8!?!
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he shouldn't know that babies are born by gahdl gaklj fhadfj kghals khgla skdlhgks adghkhgs khg.
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sry for the dp
here are two things i made with tux(linux penguin) on them
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/650770330091112a.jpg)
that one was my name-tag in art. i took the photo w/ my phone w/o service from under the art table so the teacher wouldn't see.
this one is a flag that i had to do for an imaginary country
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/552570502091738a.jpg)
yes i did cut each and every piece of tux and then sew then(handmade!) onto the thing.