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  2. Put me on your list. Keep an eye out for a 04 Ford crew cab pickup. Needs to be a diesel and under 100k miles. Email me if you get one within the next couple weeks. If you do not I will probably already found one local.

  3. I always chuckle when in line at a fast food restaurant and someone orders enough food for 2 and then tops it off with a small diet coke. Like they are at least trying to be healthy. Just skip the food and pound a energy drink.

  4. Well said Shaft.

     

    What happens when technology starts to become a larger force than nature itself? Can you say ubiquitous computing?

  5. Zombie Fire Ants...

    May. 13, 2009 06:42 AM

    Associated Press

     

    FORT WORTH, Texas - Researchers in Texas are trying an unusual approach to combat fire ants - deploying parasitic flies that turn the pesky and economically costly insects into zombies whose heads fall off.

     

    The biting, territorial fire ants cost the Texas economy about $1 billion annually by damaging electrical equipment, according to a Texas A&M study. They can also threaten young calves.

     

    But now the researchers are trying a tiny phorid fly, native to a region of South America where the fire ants originated. Researchers have learned that fire ants in their home region are kept under control by as many as 23 phorid species.

     

    The flies lay eggs on the fire ants, and the eggs hatch into maggots inside the ant and eat away at the pest's tiny brain.

     

    The ant will get up and wander for about two weeks while the maggot feeds, said Rob Plowes, a research associate at the University of Texas at Austin.

     

    "There is no brain left in the ant, and the ant just starts wandering aimlessly," he said.

     

    About a month after the egg is laid, the ant's head falls off - and a new fly emerges ready to attack another fire ant.

     

    "They're not going to completely wipe out the fire ant, but it's a way to control their population," said Scott Ludwig, an integrated pest management specialist with Texas A&M's AgriLife Extension Service in Overton, in East Texas.

     

    Four phorid species have been introduced in the state since 1999. They don't attack native ants or other species and have been introduced in other Gulf Coast states, Plowes told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

     

    But it will take time to determine if the flies are effective in Texas, perhaps as long as a decade.

     

    "It's not an immediate silver-bullet impact," Plowes said.

  6. Look me up on Steam "ThurX"

     

    I tried to play VS today on blood harvest. First round after all the infected beat us they left. Would not play as survivors.

  7. Well I have been reading more and more, mostly to get tired and go to sleep. Just finished up the Dark Tower series from S. King. I thought it was excellent. The charecters developed well.

     

    I noticed the sticky about GC book club. Is this happening? If it is not, we should decide what to read. I just picked up Elegant Universe by B. Greene. Mind blowing statements and predictions here. Next on my list is almost all of Micho Kaku's books and a few of S. Hawking's. So if anyone would like to pick one of these up, we can discuss some of our findings. Or, If anyone has any good suggestions let me know.

  8. I have some games from awhile ago. Only played them all a few times. I do no expect much for them, make offer you pay shipping.

     

    Red Dead Revolver

    ATV: Quad Power Racing 2

    Amped

    MotoGP 2

    Manhunt

    MX Unleashed

    Dead or Alive 3

    Dead or Alive Xtreme beach volleyball O.o

    Dukes of Hazzard

    Outlaw golf game

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