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Postby bs » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:04 pm

Why is it in my intake???

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Okay so I havent used it in a wile but still lol.

And how much rust would fail me on a warrent. Got a little bit on the passengers floor pan, and a little bit in the courner of the fire wall.
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Postby TRD Man » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:03 am

Climbing out of the water pump on a Humber 90 (about 33 years ago) after removing the radiator hose.
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Postby RunningRich » Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:56 am

When I was five I bought a weta into the house. It escaped. Three months later my mother found it, on the back of a jar she had just removed from the bathroom wall-cabinet.

The screams were reported across the country... :lol:
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Postby Dirtbag » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:27 pm

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Postby Elmendorf » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:38 pm

In my gumboot, felt it after I'd been walking for 30 minutes from home to my old mans workshop. Stopped outside a church wondered what was in my gumboot and out fell a rather worse for wears weta, had been doing firewood that weekend :lol: I was 8
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Postby pc » Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:40 pm

Found one in a sump when pulling apart an engine that had been running... deep fired weta anyone?
Must have got into the sump when the engine was put together last.
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Postby AE86less » Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:57 pm

Under my pillow.

I always check before getting in bed now.
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Postby Stinger » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:30 pm

I was in bed and my leg was hanging out the side because it was pretty hot one night. I moved my leg and i felt something sharp hit me, so i moved my leg over it and it felt like something was trying to climb onto me. So i turned the light to investigate... i think i set a world record for quickest person to get out of bed :lol:
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Postby Lloyd » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:46 pm

Harlet wrote:In my gumboot, felt it after I'd been walking for 30 minutes from home to my old mans workshop. Stopped outside a church wondered what was in my gumboot and out fell a rather worse for wears weta, had been doing firewood that weekend :lol: I was 8


Wetas favourite places: gumboots and firewood
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Postby slammed_integral » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:26 am

Stinger wrote:I was in bed and my leg was hanging out the side because it was pretty hot one night. I moved my leg and i felt something sharp hit me, so i moved my leg over it and it felt like something was trying to climb onto me. So i turned the light to investigate... i think i set a world record for quickest person to get out of bed :lol:


i could rival that when i heard a pitter patter sound on my sheets then turn of light to find spider bout 8cm in diameter in middle of my bed. fell asleep in a haze of flyspray that night
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Postby neo » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:49 am

Slightly OT, I woke up to find our pet rat in bed with me one night :?
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Postby Skin » Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:15 am

slammed_integral wrote:
Stinger wrote:I was in bed and my leg was hanging out the side because it was pretty hot one night. I moved my leg and i felt something sharp hit me, so i moved my leg over it and it felt like something was trying to climb onto me. So i turned the light to investigate... i think i set a world record for quickest person to get out of bed :lol:


i could rival that when i heard a pitter patter sound on my sheets then turn of light to find spider bout 8cm in diameter in middle of my bed. fell asleep in a haze of flyspray that night


Workmate over here in oz woke up one night with a huntsman spider in his mouth..... 8O
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Postby sleeektoy » Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:12 am

8O huntsman in the mouth 8O

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We found a weta in the bottom of the microwave still alive and well after a good 10+ mins of zapping some food in there - resilient little(sometimes big) suckers
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Postby sero_mon » Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:37 pm

i had a white-tail living behind the screen of my LCD monitor for a couple of weeks
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Postby 2LTR Rona » Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:48 pm

Not a Weta.....but the arse end of a bumble bee in the intake / carb of a Hilux, stopped the Hilux dead in its tracks 8O :lol:

Clarkson couldn't do, but a bumble bee could :lol:
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Postby RedGoesFaster » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:32 pm

Weirdest place I've found a Weta... on my tummy. I didn't know it was there, must have hopped on off the tree by the letterbox when I got home and checked the mail, and when my b/f went to hug me hullo, Mr Weta must not have liked the squashy-ness of the situation so he bit me!



neo wrote:I woke up to find our pet rat in bed with me one night :?


Awww, ratties are sweet. I miss my ratties :(
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Postby Bling » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:03 pm

on trademe while looking for punga logs just now......

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Ou ... 646040.htm

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Postby NOLAW » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:51 pm

our house must have been a breeding ground for wetas at one stage, went outside to take the rubbish out and happend to look up and see about 4 of them above the door, then went through the door downstairs as i didnt want the other ones jumpn on me and looked up again and hello there were another 4 or 5 more.......freak me out those bloody things
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Postby UZZ30 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:58 pm

AE86less wrote:Under my pillow.

I always check before getting in bed now.


:oops: That would be nasty!
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Postby RomanV » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:06 am

Went to a party a long time ago and we were camping in the property.

Mate went to bed fairly drunk complaining "Ow, I think something's biting me!" But we told him to shut up/stop whinging/etc.

Woke up in the morning to find a weta in his pants. 8O :lol:
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