On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:34:59 -0700, "Ed Price"
wrote:

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Wes, what's the preferred scorpion killing technique; you use a hammer or
what?


Depends. A couple of years ago I was doing some messy sheetrock work
and was wearing an old pair of shorts. When I finished for the day I
threw them on the floor and took my shower. The next morning I
slipped them back on, when out to the kitchen and got a cup of Joe and
sat down in front of the computer to read r.r.a.a.

I was sitting here when I felt a scratching on my leg. I jumped up
and exited the shorts in record time. Sure enough, there was a bark
scorpion in my drawers. We have three species here and of course the
most dangerous is the bark scorpion and they are the ones that most
like living in houses. I smacked that one with a handy book. To stay
on topic, let me say that it was probably the ARRL Antenna Book. :-)

Otherwise, it's whatever shoe is handy.