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Buckeye_Democrat

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10. There was a "dead" titan beetle found in a big package...
Wed May 5, 2021, 10:29 PM
May 2021

... of raw material delivered from South America to one of my past employers.

The guys in shipping & receiving placed that gigantic thing next to a woman who was skittish around bugs anyway. She finally saw it, then let out a shriek that was absolutely ear-splitting! That poor woman was trembling and looked like she was ready to cry as the guys in shipping laughed and assured her it was dead.

Then one of the laughing shipping guys picked it up again, and the giant bug moved its legs! Then he also let out a yell, and some curse words, before dropping it!

So it was still alive, but just barely. Those guys kept it in their work station for awhile, and it never moved again after the next day.

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I had a cicada summer decades ago MerryHolidays May 2021 #1
Just a month? I never was aware of the span, seemed to go on forever when I was young!1 And LOUD UTUSN May 2021 #2
It's not long at all. MerryHolidays May 2021 #3
Y'all were young AND loud?!!1 sprinkleeninow May 2021 #4
Not so LOUD as YOU!!!!!!!!1 UTUSN May 2021 #7
Guilty as charged11!1! sprinkleeninow May 2021 #8
Dedicated to you: sprinkleeninow May 2021 #11
Wow, thanks but aren't your crushes going to... never mind!1 UTUSN May 2021 #12
What. Crushing interfere with my reasoning/logic? sprinkleeninow May 2021 #13
What does Reason have to do with emotional French things?!1 UTUSN May 2021 #14
I KNEW IT! I just KNEW it. sprinkleeninow May 2021 #15
You have a lot of competition for that one!1 UTUSN May 2021 #16
Mb, mb not. sprinkleeninow May 2021 #17
DU needs an emoticon for cartoon large STEPPING *out* of a discussion! UTUSN May 2021 #18
I was just gonna ask forgiveness from the Original Poster. sprinkleeninow May 2021 #19
If the mysterious OP is moi, no plea is needed. & thanks for the fun and song dedication! UTUSN May 2021 #21
Ah, well.You got me inna tizz. Ahm just a mixed up kiddo. sprinkleeninow May 2021 #22
give 'em a few days to get up to strength. dixiegrrrrl May 2021 #5
I'm wondering if my memory of them is big because I was young?? happybird May 2021 #6
Murder Crickets!!! ret5hd May 2021 #9
There was a "dead" titan beetle found in a big package... Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #10
1964ish madamesilverspurs May 2021 #20
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