Ralph:  The worst damage inflicted by the Ohio crickets is inflicted by the
ones who lodge behind baseboards and sing -- sporadically -- at night.  No
AC, high temps, 98% humidity, and a cricket =  formula for madness.

I left the Great Swamp of NJ for the Black Swamp of O-Y-O.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Walter <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: Something about [painting wood shingles at] Mary['s]


>Maura,
>
>Uh, thanks for the cat barf news and world report.  Our Joisey camelback
>crickets are some thing more revolting than regular crickets; ours have big
>bodies about 1/2" diameter and 1 1/4" long, with big monster legs that must
>be 1 1/2" long per section.  Although they'll crawl sometimes, the little
>bastards jump all over the place and scare the shit out of you when you try
>to crush them with a 4x4 or something equally stiff. Why we have them in
our
>current drought condition, God only knows. You'd think He'd dehydrate the
>sons of bitches before He made our lawns look like Southern California in
>September, but no.....
>
>Ralph