tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post405030610829401343..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: FirefliesRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-19740876505909143572012-06-07T20:48:42.670-04:002012-06-07T20:48:42.670-04:00Glowelks would just suck. All we have are hooved ...Glowelks would just <i>suck</i>. All we have are hooved rats, who refuse to announce themselves in any way before smashing into cars. Upside: less massive than an elk. Downside: still too big to be anything you'd want to run into.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-76299217828052033212012-06-07T12:13:04.931-04:002012-06-07T12:13:04.931-04:00Holy Hell!! You have Lightning Elks?Holy Hell!! You have Lightning Elks?Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778737553770514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-71145366666235900172012-06-07T12:09:46.690-04:002012-06-07T12:09:46.690-04:00Hailing from the heavily forested parts of the Nor...Hailing from the heavily forested parts of the North-'Wets', I was subject to much mirthful ridicule from extended family on a recent road trip due to being overly reactionary to flashes of fireflies alongside the road as dusk eased toward dark.<br /><br />I told them "Laugh all you want...where I come from we don't have fireflies, and flashes on the side of the road at night can <i>KILL</i> you!"<br /><br />To prove my point, three days after I got home I sent a local news article about a State Trooper who kissed a tree 'at speed' after ricocheting off an elk .Phssthpoknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-16095529713452101852012-06-07T10:40:34.084-04:002012-06-07T10:40:34.084-04:00We don't have them here in Utah, so I've n...We don't have them here in Utah, so I've never seen them other than in pictures.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-42123300126251106012012-06-07T10:37:23.466-04:002012-06-07T10:37:23.466-04:00One of my favorite things about summer, since I wa...One of my favorite things about summer, since I was about five.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-25958766350207615732012-06-07T10:06:04.312-04:002012-06-07T10:06:04.312-04:00The other night the Mrs and I held hands on the ba...The other night the Mrs and I held hands on the back porch and watched the fireflies in the dark.Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778737553770514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-57007861487728275902012-06-07T08:19:54.081-04:002012-06-07T08:19:54.081-04:00And here I was, digging through the closet for my ...And here I was, digging through the closet for my brown coat.<br /><br />Insects, not space ships.<br /><br />Got it.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-5363041027055724582012-06-07T05:28:34.423-04:002012-06-07T05:28:34.423-04:00we don't have 'em out here. :-( In fact, ...we don't have 'em out here. :-( In fact, I referred to lightning bugs and fireflies and had people who grew up out here look at me like I was nuts. Poor left coasties...<br /><br />I remember going camping in the UP and chasing them, helping kids catch them in jars to sell to 3M for bioluminescence research. (The pay was too low to try and actually sell any myself...) <br />That's where chemlights come from.Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-81537738630412700472012-06-07T00:43:21.378-04:002012-06-07T00:43:21.378-04:00Seems like, in years gone by, on June nights the f...Seems like, in years gone by, on June nights the fireflies were thick as thieves. <br /><br />For the last few years (I'm not saying it was co-incident with Fox's ill conceived cancellation of the best show ever) there seemed to be less and less every year.<br /><br />I'm glad to say, this year it seems like they're back in force again.Joe Allenhttp://www.bigatomproductions.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-21892799107609124732012-06-06T22:40:35.876-04:002012-06-06T22:40:35.876-04:00They have been here for a month. They are truly so...They have been here for a month. They are truly something to behold.Keadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982258812373127063noreply@blogger.com