Leeches

[corvus]

RUANALIAN

yep

Though you must have been
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[flyfisher]

A naked alian at that, watch out for the leeches -----don't say you wern't warned
FF

[Macca81]

dont wanna even think bout that...

[Son of a Beach]

So I thought "I'm missing something here" and looked up RUANALIAN on Google. The number 1 item returned in the search was this link which explains all - NOT. One of the other two links returned gave me a bit of a clue. Life sure is hard in this day and age of SMS for those of us who still prefer correct english.

[tasadam]

So I thought "I'm missing something here" and looked up RUANALIAN on Google. The number 1 item returned in the search was this link which explains all - NOT. One of the other two links returned gave me a bit of a clue. Life sure is hard in this day and age of SMS for those of us who still prefer correct english.

Nik. Come on. Get with it. Why can you not understand this stuff? ARE YOU AN ALIEN?

For the benefit of Google, the definition of
RUANALIAN
is a question fairly asked of someone that holds the criteria of have a body that doesnt itch or bleed from leech bites

[Macca81]

we should make a wikipedia article on this...

infact, im bored, i may just do that



mmm aliens....

[tasadam]

we should make a wikipedia article on this...

infact, im bored, i may just do that



mmm aliens....

If you do that, you are going to have to give the credit to Corvus, though you are the self-confessed title-holder, so I guess you do get author rights.
Another link back to the Bushwalk Tasmania forum - why not!

[Macca81]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruanalien

feel free to add and edit the page, and we can see how long it takes before it leaves wikipedia and ends up on uncyclopedia instead... keep it 'factual' tho!

[corvus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruanalien

feel free to add and edit the page, and we can see how long it takes before it leaves wikipedia and ends up on uncyclopedia instead... keep it 'factual' tho!

that was quick its been deleted already
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[Macca81]

well it didnt really contain much in the way of content... if any at all!

[ashlee]

All creatures great and small deserve their place ,Snakes frighten me Leeches make me itch for days if they get to suck but the only thing I will go out of my way to destroy would the European Wasp and our Mossies nothing else worries me.
corvus

Oh my god - European Wasps!! They hate me. I swear it. Everytime one sees me it wants to kill me lol...
But no, leeches definately freak me out, spiders too. Problem is, my usual bushwalking friend is so petrified of leeches that I have to be the brave one otherwise she gets totally hysterical and runs away!

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[tasadam]

I am quite neutral to leeches and I reward my leeches with a salary when they turn-up (ok I am playing on the entomology of salary rather than using SMS to create confusion and chaos with the English language).

OK I'll go first.
I speak English, but you lost me on this one.
I assume there's a meaning for "salary" here that I'm not getting.

[sml_12]

etymology of the word salary: from the latin "salarium" - a payment made in salt...

[tasadam]

Ah, yes, I knew it. Latin. Not English. That's why I didn't get it...
S'pose it would help if I knew more of the word "etymology" too!

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[flyfisher]

ËTYMOLOGY" Isn't that the pub in Ned and his neddy
FF

[corvus]

Nah!! thats in Chatinnougat oh pardon me Roy
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[Macca81]

However getting stuck in a section called from "rat-hole" is something that encouraged me to take more of an interest in panoramic vistas.

Cheers

you know, there is a way to get to the other side of rat hole without going thru rat hole... i know this because with my frame, i would be lucky to get 10% of my body thru it. my shoulders are at least 50% wider than the hole is...

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[tasadam]

Rat hole? Nah. Call me woosy. Something about standing on a mountain and being able to breathe tells me that I don't really desire to crawl through such places.
Not that I would have much trouble with my 61kg frame...

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[MrCAMEL]

<snip> It was the first leech I have seen on a bushwalk as such.

Crikey, what rock have you been hiding on top of?
Get out there in the mud, the buttongrass etc and experience, man!

Either that or you are just blessed and I am taking you to Mary Creek Plains to see whether or not you really are a good luck charm

I'm still pleased with my own leech evasion.
In April, walking around the Walls with a mate, he had about 5 leeches for the journey. Me none.
And then the day after that, visiting East Pillinger on the West Coast with the family, father and 3 brothers all had leeches. Which was amusing.
I had none.

[tasadam]

I'm still pleased with my own leech evasion.
In April, walking around the Walls with a mate, he had about 5 leeches for the journey. Me none.
And then the day after that, visiting East Pillinger on the West Coast with the family, father and 3 brothers all had leeches. Which was amusing.
I had none.

Ruthless and cold blooded?

[corvus]

[quote="MrCAMEL"]I'm still pleased with my own leech evasion.

Another Alien lurkus" woo wo war wo woo wo war woo war woo "
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[flyfisher]

Tís that a Scottich war cry.
FF

[corvus]

Tís that a Scottich war cry.
FF

No its the phonetic equivalent of "de da dee wee de da dee wee" think lost in space
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[tasadam]

Another Alien lurkus" woo wo war wo woo wo war woo war woo "

You got no idea to how close I came to spraying my monitor with a good mouthful of Margaret River cabernet.

And for anyone who thinks this is off-topic, I invite you to stand at Mary Creek Plains, Never Never, or your designated leech-infested place, see the leeches avoid you, and be accused (quite rightly, perhaps) of being from extra-terrestrial origin

[corvus]

The Never Never was but a pup for the Leech when it came to our Decent from Cathedral to Wadleys in the wet ,I had them on my head (under hair) and almost ear nose and throat so much so that I required a copious amount of medicinal spirits when we got to the Hut which saved me
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[Macca81]

After Rathole I do not think I would call anyone woosy for not venturing into caves. Me at 107 kilograms (propably at the time 95 kilograms) just do not fit well. When my mates were struggling and worming their way around I was stuck! It must be fun face down in a cave coming across something that wants to get out, like a large possum! Then again they would have more sense than that! At your weight and size you would be a natural, we call you canary.

No there is pleanty of beauty above ground for me nowadays. Still to those that do it it is great fun, for them!

at 110kg and standing only 5'10", i dont exactly appear to be built for caving, yet strangely, im one of the fastest and most agile within our little group... i think adam would do quite well down a little hole tho...