What do ya love?

[beelzebub]

Of all the things I love I think that I love Insects, Beetles, the most.

Here are two of my favorites::D

http://i19.ebayimg.com/04/i/07/73/0d/2e_1.JPG

http://i10.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/7b/d2/95_1.JPG

[Paisleyspeaker]

Beatles huh? They are kinda cool, creepy, but cool. My aunt used to collect Butterflies and moths. I am a rock hound. I love crystals and minerals. I would love to show you my collection, But it's not online yet.

[Brains_Behind_Operation]

I used to collect frogs back when I was like 14....but now I don't really collect anything that I don't have to pay for, I guess the monetary value of things really means something to me.:o

[Nobody]

I used to collect frogs back when I was like 14....but now I don't really collect anything that I don't have to pay for, I guess the monetary value of things really means something to me.:o
............You would get nervious in front of a pay toilet. wouldn't you? you pedophile you!

[tommygun]

hahahahahahaha

[melanie]

i love to watch the rain and the play of lightning across the sky. looking at these makes me realize how nature can be friendly, so calm and at the same time unleash its power & fury

[freakazoid]

I love the ocean. Been scuba diving for years. And I love flying. Been a pilot for years. Most of all, besides my family, I love God. :)

Oh oh, almost forgot, I love women too!!

[Paisleyspeaker]

I have always wanted to learn to scuba, have you dived anything cool?

[freakazoid]

Beatles huh? They are kinda cool, creepy, but cool. My aunt used to collect Butterflies and moths. I am a rock hound. I love crystals and minerals. I would love to show you my collection, But it's not online yet.

Maybe put them on a blog? www.blogger.com

[freakazoid]

I have always wanted to learn to scuba, have you dived anything cool?

A lot around Catalina Island (off the coast of Southern California) and some in Hawaii. It's awesome both places.

[General Septem]

I love the ocean. Been scuba diving for years. And I love flying. Been a pilot for years. Most of all, besides my family, I love God. :)

Oh oh, almost forgot, I love women too!!
You're a pilot? That's awesome, I never knew that about you.

I love movies, good works of fiction (I can't read though, er, what I mean is that I can never get in a good position for reading. It hurts my back and neck. Shame though because if it didn't hurt my back and neck, I'd read a lot more). And as we all know, like you, I love women, and above all else God. =D

I love going out, too. Like places where I can meet people. Every time I go out I always meet someone new (girls of course ;)).

For example, when I took my 5-hour prelicencing course. It was basically a school type thing, only without the control-freak-ism and more lighthearted. There were maybe fifteen of us in the class at the most.

Now, the instructor liked to get the class involved, as many teachers do, by asking the class "does anyone know...?" questions. And I'm pretty smart so I usually have the answer. There's an art to being that smart though, you have to know when to answer, when not to, and how to. This way, you get the class's respect rather than being thought of as a know-it-all. Anyway. I definitely got the class's respect. But there was this other girl whom I noticed was also pretty smart.

I also noticed that at lunch time, whilst we all went across the street to get food at the strip mall, she stayed behind because she'd brought her lunch. Well nobody likes to eat alone, so while everyone else ate at the bagel place, I decided to take it out and run back to the office. She was already finished eating and had gone back inside when I got back, but when I finished eating and went inside, we still had a lot of time to talk. So we did, and now she's a good friend of mine.

This happens pretty much any time I go to any kind of non-recurring social situation where there's people (cute girls) that I don't know. Most of the time it doesn't go very far. We'll add each other on MySpace but that's it. But every once in a while I get a girl like Heather (the girl from the prelicencing class) that ends up being someone I talk to a lot. But hey, just knowing I can go anywhere and command respect from all kinds of cute girls basically just by looking at them makes me feel pretty good.

I also love building things. :D

[freakazoid]

You're a pilot? That's awesome, I never knew that about you.

Hey General, yeah, been flying small aircraft for a few years from 1989. I am a private pilot IFR (Instrument rating) and I fly equipment like Pipers, Cessnas, Mooneys , etc. It's a blast, man, I really love it! :)

[General Septem]

1989? So you've been flying as long as I've been alive then. :D

[freakazoid]

1989? So you've been flying as long as I've been alive then. :D

:) Cool, I guess so! :D

[beelzebub]

1989? So you've been flying as long as I've been alive then. :D

Yeah thats when I started college! Wow thats GREAT!

I wish I could fly a plane. Unfortunatly I'm color blind.

But I have other loves as well.

[General Septem]

Yeah thats when I started college! Wow thats GREAT!

I wish I could fly a plane. Unfortunatly I'm color blind.

But I have other loves as well.
So that would make you about 35?

[beelzebub]

So that would make you about 35?

What makes you think that?

[General Septem]

What makes you think that?
I was assuming you were 18 when you went to college, which was in 1989. 2006 - (1989-18) = 35.

[beelzebub]

I was assuming you were 18 when you went to college, which was in 1989. 2006 - (1989-18) = 35.

:-) correct!

[freakazoid]

Yeah thats when I started college! Wow thats GREAT!

I wish I could fly a plane. Unfortunatly I'm color blind.

But I have other loves as well.
Not completely sure, I know you can be "color blind" and get a private pilot's license medical which is a "3rd class medical." You can't get a "commercial" or "transport" license because for a commercial license (like a corporate pilot) you need a 2nd class medical, and for a transport license (the big jets like 747s) you need a 1st class medical.

I am very slightly red / green color blind (about 30% of males are) and it has never been an issue to get a 3rd class medical needed to have a private license. It does affect the 2nd and 1st class qualification, but in many cases, if it is not too severe (like me), you can still get a 2nd class medical and in some rare cases maybe a 1st class medical "color blind exemption." If you only want a private license it should never be a problem unless you are 100% color blind which almost no one is. And I am not totally sure what the FAA regs. are in that case. Since it has never been an issue with me, I might not have all the details correct. I am a private pilot and fly for fun only, so the best thing to do is ask a flight school instructor to get the most updated FAA regs on color blindness.

[beelzebub]

[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Not completely sure, I know you can be "color blind" and get a private pilot's license medical which is a "3rd class medical." You can't get a "commercial" or "transport" license because for a commercial license (like a corporate pilot) you need a 2nd class medical, and for a transport license (the big jets like 747s) you need a 1st class medical.

I didn't know that. I thought if you were even mildly colorblind you couldn't fly.

When I took the ASFAB & medical exam they tested me. They told me that due to my form of colorblindness I wasn't able to fly. Perhaps my form condition is acute?

[freakazoid]

I didn't know that. I thought if you were even mildly colorblind you couldn't fly.

When I took the ASFAB & medical exam they tested me. They told me that due to my form of colorblindness I wasn't able to fly. Perhaps my form condition is acute?

Hmmmm, well, if you are like me, slightly color blind, you can for sure get a license and a 3rd class medical. Did they mean you can't fly at all, period? Or just for a living like a commercial and transport pilot? What degree of color blindness did they say you have? Mine is slight and has no affect on my flying.

Check it out... http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.html

And... http://colorvisiontesting.com (http://colorvisiontesting.com/)

[joshua]

i always like to be tickled ,,by different persons its like a group orgy i think ,,just lots and lots of fun ,,and i like to taste exotic fruits:D

[melanie]

i just love turtles. the lazy way they walk that seems helpless and kinda lonely. it makes me wonder how they are feeling when they walk with their shell on their back.

[beelzebub]

i always like to be tickled ,,by different persons its like a group orgy i think ,,just lots and lots of fun ,,and i like to taste exotic fruits:D

Have you ever tried the fruit of the cashew?

http://www.theconservative.info/assets/images/cashew-fruit.jpg

One of the most exotic I have ever tried.

[REPTILE]

I like MARTIAL ARTS!!! THE FAST PACED SPARRING, THE FIRE OF YOUR WILL EXPLODING WHEN YOU GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU GOT! THE END OF THE BOUT WHEN YOU SHOW RESPECT AND HUG YOUR DOJO BROTHER OR SISTER! THE KATA/FORM PRACTICE! THE SLOW, INTENSE, FLUID MOTIONS MIXED WITH HARD, SHARP, SNAP LIKE MOVEMENTS. But most importantly, at the end of the day when you realize you've forged your body and will. When you realize your better than you were the day before. I also like... LE PARKOUR!!! the ART OF MOVEMENT! JUMPING BUILDING GAPS, VAULTING RAILS AND FENCES, CLIMBING EVERYTHING, JUMPING OFF HEIGHTS! THE PRECISION, COURAGE, AND FLUIDNESS IT REQUIRES!!!

SORRY, G2G HAVE SOME NOW!!!

[Quentin_11C]

I love my job

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=829454221
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1041712227

That's me firing it :D and my platoon assaulting a town...you can't see much but by the sound, you can use your imagination ;)

[beelzebub]

I love my job That's me firing it :D and my platoon assaulting a town...you can't see much but by the sound, you can use your imagination ;)

Quentin!??!?! ... you're so butch!

[Quentin_11C]

Ya I know :D

[Dakota]

Hey - sorry to join this late, but anyways - I love horses! My horse in particular of course :), but also the rest of them.
I worked with a totally wild mustang mare a while ago - it was a trip. Nobody had ever touched her. The fools who owned her, before my friend bought her, dragged her around on a lasso trying to tame her. Obviously she wouldn't have that. Since then nobody could get close to her.
We first coaxed her into a trailer - with food - then we unloaded her in a round pen, and there I negotiated with her for days and days - and one day - she finally let me touch her, pet her and later even put a halter on. It was amazing to see this entirely wild creature gain trust in me and allow me to be with her.
Horses are awesome!!! And all it takes is getting to know them!

[REPTILE]

^ Hey that sounds kool. I like horses, too bad the only time i rode one it bullied me off against a fence. It was fun thought, I'll never forget it. Can't wait to do it again (the riding part that is)

[Dakota]

^ Hey that sounds kool. I like horses, too bad the only time i rode one it bullied me off against a fence. It was fun thought, I'll never forget it. Can't wait to do it again (the riding part that is)


Yeah - they definitely have their own mind and will. If they want you off - you're off. I would know - I probably fell off about 40 times or so. When I first started to work with and learn about horses, I worked for an old cowboy, who would sent us into the field on his half-wild horses that hadn't been ridden, with nothing but a halter. They bucked and reared and more than anything just ran off to wherever they thought was cool.
Yeah, I fell off A LOT - at some point I guess my riding got good enough and with every fall my determination bigger to not do that again - so I stopped falling.
Also, a Native American horse trainer taught me a lot about horses and how to negotiate with them to where they'll trust and respect you and won't even think of pulling any of that nonsense.

I hope you'll get back on a horse.
The old cowboy always said - "there's nothing better for the inside of a person, than the outside of a horse" :)

[REPTILE]

I definetely look foward to riding a horse again soon. The more Clint Eastwood movies I see, the more I want to ride LOL. I have a lot of respect for them, guess they just need to know you a trust you enough.

[beelzebub]

Goliath cacius
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m245/retsetevets/MainDisplayGc.jpg

Goliath orientalis
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m245/retsetevets/MainDiaplayGo.jpg


IN DA HOUSE
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m245/retsetevets/DSCN0152.jpg

[beelzebub]

After 6 years of work it is finally complete. I have an entire collection of Goilathus beetles. I love them.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m245/retsetevets/MainDisplay.jpg

Goliath regius
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m245/retsetevets/MainDisplayGr.jpg

Goliath goliathus
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m245/retsetevets/MainDisplayGg.jpg

Goliath albosignatus
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m245/retsetevets/MainDisplayGa.jpg

[REPTILE]

Nice collection man! Those are some cool insects you got there. I like snakes personally, I dont know why I'm not afraid of them. Grabbed one in my neighbors front lawn the other day.

[REPTILE]

I'll post up pictures of my Dragon collage/collection as soon as I'm done with it. I have a Midieval Dragon, an oriental Dragon, a Dragon dating back to the dinosaur age, and a Komodo Dragon. There all alive and well, I love my companions!

[Dakota]

[QUOTE=beelzebub]After 6 years of work it is finally complete. I have an entire collection of Goilathus beetles. I love them.

WOW - I am DEFINITELY NOT a bug person, but man those are BEAUTIFUL!!!
CONGRATULATIONS! Where did you get them?

[beelzebub]

WOW - I am DEFINITELY NOT a bug person, but man those are BEAUTIFUL!!! CONGRATULATIONS! Where did you get them?

I collected 3 in Ghana and Kenya myself. The other 2 I bought off of Ebay.

[Dakota]

I collected 3 in Ghana and Kenya myself. The other 2 I bought off of Ebay.

Wow - that's way cool. How much time did you spend in Ghana and Kenya?

[beelzebub]

Wow - that's way cool. How much time did you spend in Ghana and Kenya?

I lived in Ghana for 2.5 years and in Kenya for 0.5 years and Malawi for 2 months.

[Dakota]

I lived in Ghana for 2.5 years and in Kenya for 0.5 years and Malawi for 2 months.


Wow - that's awesome! How did you come to do that???
Which did you like best and why - if you don't mind me asking.

[beelzebub]

Wow - that's awesome! How did you come to do that???
Which did you like best and why - if you don't mind me asking.

I lived in Ghana because I joined the Peace Corps after college. I taught math & science at a girls high school. After, that tour was done I joined Crisis Corps and went to Kenya and trained teachers on HIV-AIDS education. A few years ago I wnt to Malawi and lead a team of HIV-AIDS educators working with villages, schools and sex-workers.

It has been great. I love Africa.