posted 06-02-2002 08:52 PM            

[Edited 7 times, lastly by mark sky on 10-08-2002]

posted 08-30-2002 10:37 AM            

I was six years old at the time, and at about 9 am, I went outside to put some mail in the mailbox.

On my way down the driveway, I glanced at the front lawn and noticed that there was an enormous 'spider-web' covering the entire lawn (which was about 2 acres).

Since I have a rather intense case of arachnophobia, I told my Dad that huge spiders have infested our lawn and the grass was going to die soon.

I can't remember what he told me, though.

posted 09-13-2002 10:10 PM            

Ballooning spiders cause scare
By Ralph Montaņo -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 a.m. PDT Wednesday, September 11, 2002
The Sept. 11 jitters started in Elk Grove one day early.

A woman called 911 shortly after noon Tuesday because a plane was circling her neighborhood. She said tiny packages with streamers attached were coming out of the plane and drifting to the ground.

"It sounded plausible at first," said Sacramento County Sheriff's Sgt. Tommy Taylor, who was on patrol in Elk Grove at the time. "It made us a little nervous for about 20 minutes."

Turned out, the plane was a student pilot getting some practice, and the "tiny packages" -- which didn't come from the plane -- were just baby spiders surfing the Delta breeze.

Drifting on webs, or ballooning as it is called, is a preferred mode of transportation for many kinds of baby spiders, said Steve Heydon, senior museum scientist at the University of California, Davis, Bohart Museum of Entomology.

"Walking isn't very practical," even with eight legs, he said.

Ballooning spiders were behind a few terrorist scares last year after Sept. 11, Heydon said. More false alarms are expected in the coming days, according to law enforcement officials.

"We expect the next 48 hours to be very busy," said sheriff's Sgt. James Lewis.

Last year, in the wake of Sept. 11, there were reports of low-flying aircraft, strangers lurking near bridges, and hundreds of white-powder scares.

Trying to avoid a scare of its own, the Governor's Office issued a warning that low-flying California National Guard jets will be part of today's memorial service.

Each scare will be taken seriously, officials said, just as Taylor seriously checked out Tuesday's report.

Taylor tracked down the plane and spoke to the pilot.

"He happened to work for the Public Defender's Office, so I had some explaining to do," he said.

He also visited the woman who made the call and explained the spiders to her.

"She was pretty embarrassed," he said.

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About the Writer
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The Bee's Ralph Montaņo can be reached at (916) 321-1909 or rmontano@sacbee.com.

posted 09-20-2002 11:31 PM            

no spiders just
poly mer

posted 09-30-2002 09:32 PM            

i went up the river on a sunday afternoon
after a drizzle in the morning
and webstrands glistened of the river rocks

the wind blew so hard today
towards offshore
so cold in the AM
but they sent in the creamy smudge at dusk
from the pacific

posted 09-30-2002 09:38 PM            

you could have voted for oxidental (a gore)
and had "terrorists" from Venesvalia

posted 10-02-2002 12:55 PM            

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I hope that the voters have more sense and vote for the best candidate and not party lines.

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Well if the best candidate is not the corrupt whiner who relies on voting fraud and deception to get elected...then it's certainly not the DemocRat party

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Most people I talk to do not want to esculate the war into Iraq and want to try more peaceful measures.

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It's been tried, now the house just gave Bush a bipartisan resolution to conduct the war as he sees fit if Sadam does not immeditately go along with disarmament. Gephardt was in full support. The Senate will soon follow. The American people overwhelmingly support the president because they understand that to do nothing will result in a major catastrophe in the future, and many American deaths.

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I did not vote for this president and do not believe in his policies.

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What policies might those be? The war on terrorism? Lower Taxes?...Did you vote for Gore the emarrassment?

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He is way out of line in telling the citizens that we will back him up. I do not believe this.

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Believe it because it is the reality. Polls also indicate this.

posted 10-02-2002 01:42 PM            

That's of course, assuming that there are two parties at work. There is one party. Big Corporation running that party with the illusion of liberal and conservative sides, with both greasing each others butts.

"What policies might those be? The war on terrorism? Lower Taxes?...Did you vote for Gore the embarrassment?"

The war on Terrorism is Cheney's plan for world conquest. Lower taxes? Who will be paying for this Orwellian Eternal War? The outcome of war can never be predicted.

"Believe it because it is the reality. Polls also indicate this."

posted 10-02-2002 02:38 PM            

Do you know what an unqualified statement is? That's when you just say stuff regardless of the actual truth or fact.

For example, if I said "SG is a flaming homosexual pedophile who likes to dress up in drag and rape nuns and small farm animals..." Just because I say that, does it make it true? No. That, and what you just wrote are unqualified statements. They have no bearing on actual truths...

posted 10-02-2002 02:58 PM            

And speaking of removal...

Cy, you (for some unknown reason) previously forced your own removal by your childish antics, as you readily admit. These antics, including the immature deletion of the content of your previous posts, are equiv to defacing public property. You have also broken the forum rule regarding posting under multiple IDs and registering new IDs to circumvent your banning. Your motivations I do not understand, however I don't want to see a repeat performance of your previous meltdown.

posted 10-02-2002 06:32 PM            

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The American people overwhelmingly support the president...

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Overwhelmingly support?! Where the hell did you take your poll....Langley? Or have you not turned CNN off yet? Here's Time Magazine's poll:

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Should the U.S. attack Iraq?
Yes: 16.9%
No: 83.1%
Total Votes Cast: 607287
NOTE: This is an unscientific, informal survey for the interest and enjoyment of TIME.com users, and may not be indicative of popular opinion.

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Hmmmmm......wonder why CNN has completely opposite numbers. You can vote yourself somewhere on this page: LINK

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.....because they understand that to do nothing.....

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To do nothing? Why do you think that opposing war automatically means "doing nothing"? Ever hear of alternatives to war? Such as shutting our borders down? Shutting aid off to terrorist countries (like Isreal)? Hey, I got it---how about stop screwing around with other people's countries so the terrorists will go home? Never thought of that, did you?

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.....will result in a major catastrophe in the future, and many American deaths.

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This upcoming war in Iraq WILL be the major catostrophe in the future, resulting in many American deaths, not unlike a future terrorist attack.

posted 10-08-2002 10:50 PM            

of spagattie threads was sean
under bionocular recording the very underbelie of the region just benieth the tail was painted orange
the "emmisZions" that came off of the tail
were sean to coalese into two (from 4)
s[pagettie like tracks
which much like deborahas photos
broke up into cromosome like X's dashes
and saged
into
yet less than 20 minutes later i got uto the tractor
with webstrands between the steering wheel and the controls
so i know
i am a frigginn damned farmer
bringing in the harvest
we had a "non FAA" plane again at noon come in turn on the juice
do a full turn around over our populus
then turn off the juice
and high tail it elsewhere

tell me its global war ming
tell me the sun has gotten pissed off
tell me

posted 10-08-2002 11:13 PM            

[Edited 1 times, lastly by mark sky on 10-08-2002]

posted 10-15-2002 08:43 AM            

Spider webs float through Santa Cruz

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Long, floating spider webs are bobbing through the skies of Santa Cruz this week, confusing some community members concerned about biological weapons, UFOs and other phenomena.

The gossamer-thin, shimmery "sky webs" are between 18 inches and several feet long, and have been seen drifting through the sky, sailing along the coastline and, at times, catching on fences or draping on trees.

The webs come from young spiders that launch themselves on their homemade parachutes after hatching to be blown to a new home.

Independent television producer Bob Andruszkiewicz said he called police after becoming worried about biological weapons, "but then I thought, why would they pick Santa Cruz?"

People looking for UFOs have called the gossamer webs "angel hair" and "aerial anomalies." Web sites say it could be an indication of extraterrestrial beings or a spirit presence.

No such thing, said University of Wyoming molecular biology professor Randy Lewis, a leader in spider web research.

"It's not a government plot or anything," he said. "This is just a way for spiders to get out and find a new place to live."

In Wyoming, said Lewis, dozens of the webs can been seen floating across the prairie in the spring.

posted 11-03-2002 11:01 PM            

time to shine or stink the weavers of drip
elope unto the previouse gray weave
and hide high above where
"{citizen} VoTerZ can elect the next
\piece of _crap_ legislator
who can not "see"
butt the money and good timez
and not even thought of yet their very
breath
for shame
but i forgot how i got hear knot yet
once i came again
know i can knot figure out
oh there it is
i see it all now
can you\yes you do