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Old Sep 16, 2005 | 09:35 PM
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Old Sep 16, 2005 | 09:46 PM
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Man, I'd like a dream like that!

I'm scared crazy of bees. Can't explain it, can't really do much about it. Even those tiny little wasp nests, even the ones that I know are dead, still freak me out.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2005 | 10:21 PM
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Luckily im not really scared of anything, midgets do creep me out though, sorry to any that get offended by that!
 
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Old Sep 16, 2005 | 11:08 PM
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I am scared of snakes.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2005 | 11:48 PM
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Nothing some scary movies lol
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 12:36 AM
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CLowns, LARGE bugs, and most bees.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 12:45 AM
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What scares me????????


Ugly people
Ugly people driving Fords
Ugly people wanting a ride in your Ford
Uglier people
Going home with a ugly girl
Going home with a even uglier girl
Getting a call from the ugliest girl a few weeks later & hearing her say "I'm Pregnant"
And Snakes
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 08:34 AM
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Parks, your worries are over, I'll send you some paper bags, I'll even send some large ones in case your date is fat and has a big head

I hate spiders, I especially get freaked when I stumble right into a big web, cause I had my head down and wasn't looking.
It isn't really a Phobia, just something that freaks me out.

Parks you might empathize with another phobia of mine...I get scared when driving my rig thru pouring rain, or when it is snowing, and the road is wet and the spray from all the other trucks is making it impossible to see. Then, of course, there is always a couple of yahoos that are speeding and need to pull right in front of me because they didn't want the spray from my truck in their face. I get very tight-fisted on the steering wheel.
It is definitely un-nerving. I hate that freaky feeling that if I am going to have to hit the brakes hard the whole back-end will be passing me by.

I can say with confidence that snakes are A-OK, I just saved one from my swimming pool this morning, grabbed it right out of the water and carried it back to the woods where it belongs. Can't work a firewood pile if you're afraid of snakes either. Snakes love hiding in the spaces between the stacked cord.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 09:08 AM
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Parks, Good God that's funy! lol
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 10:59 AM
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Parks, Good God that's funny! lol
That's what I'm here for. Gotta make people laugh, I guess all the comedians I listen to & see rubbed off on me.

And if anyone was offended by my previous comment.......

924X2150 sad he had a variety of bags.



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Parks, your worries are over, I'll send you some paper bags, I'll even send some large ones in case your date is fat and has a big head
Sure, knowing you I will end up with a whole bunch of clear zip bags with breather holes cut in them.


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Parks you might empathize with another phobia of mine...I get scared when driving my rig thru pouring rain, or when it is snowing, and the road is wet and the spray from all the other trucks is making it impossible to see. Then, of course, there is always a couple of yahoos that are speeding and need to pull right in front of me because they didn't want the spray from my truck in their face. I get very tight-fisted on the steering wheel.
It is definitely un-nerving. I hate that freaky feeling that if I am going to have to hit the brakes hard the whole back-end will be passing me by.
To be honest, rain doesn't bother me to much. I just hit the hammer lane & keep cruising unless some scared 4-wheeler gets over there at 30 mph & hazzard lights flashing. Then I have to slow down & do everything I can do to keep from practicing road rage. I do change my wipers every month when my pm service is due, that helps alot.

Snow, another thing that doesn't bother me. I just keep cruising but I do adjust my keep for visibility concerns. Flurrries & I'm hammered down, white out conditions is another story.
I did tear into a wyoming officer a few years ago with questions as to why I-80 between Rock Springs & Laramie wasn't shut down. There was at least 9-10 inches of snow accumulated on the road & they kept it open. I had to keep driving because other trucks had already takinen up 2-3 spaces in the truck stops & rest areas. Then there were the trucks that were spun out on the road or ditched. I just adjusted my speed, whited knuckled the steering wheel, road down the center of the road, & nearly pee'd my pants because I wasn't going to take the chance of stopping & not be able to get rolling again.
I couldn't understand, they shut Wyoming down for a snow storm in Denver but never did for that Storm in Wyoming.

Ice, I will be sitting in the truck stop drinking coffee & telling lies like alot of other driver's. Then look out the window, see a passing truck on the big road & wonder what CDL mill or Company insisted that the driver keep driving.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 12:21 PM
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My wife gets absolutely freaked by the mere hint of a snake. It is beyond any rational control, and she doesn't know exactly why. Even just pictures on tv freak her...
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 01:08 PM
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I am only concerned about three things:

1. Snakes.
2. Fire. I don't want to burn.
3. My wife. (With her around, I don't have to worry about the other two.)

Everything else in life is a piece of cake.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 01:47 PM
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My wife gets absolutely freaked by the mere hint of a snake. It is beyond any rational control, and she doesn't know exactly why. Even just pictures on tv freak her...
LMAO! Ex #1 is like that. We were driving a 2 lane highway and saw an obviously dead snake stretched across the lane, she lifted her feet off the floor as we drove over it.

My phobia? THE MUZZLE! I grew up with firearms, that sense of respect was instilled at a very early age. Been in the right place at the wrong time on a few occasions, not my idea of a good time. When the twins were 8 or 9 I took them wheelin out in the stix, got out of the truck below a hill top and heard slugs whizzing overhead-very short trip.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 02:06 PM
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LMAO! Ex #1 is like that. We were driving a 2 lane highway and saw an obviously dead snake stretched across the lane, she lifted her feet off the floor as we drove over it.
Yep, sounds pretty familiar... She runs one over and half expects it to come slithering up to her inside the car...
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 02:50 PM
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I left a nice snake skin by the front door last week, it was about 20 inches long, boy, my wife was upset!
I found it 20 yards from the house but couldn't resist bringing it up near the house.
I love watching my wife do the snake dance. She even screams when I have a 4 inch long baby garter snake in my hands.
 
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