What's in your pits?

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What's in your pits?

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Thu Sep 19, 2002 11:34 am

Our pits are infested with fire ants! Good times :P

What's in your pits right now?

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Unread postby Azbeachboy1 » Thu Sep 19, 2002 4:03 pm

We get new pits almost every other year so, umm foam and soft stuff I guess! :confused:
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Thu Sep 19, 2002 6:25 pm

Up in Bellingham, when they redid Civic, the pits were in storage for a year or so, and they had a nice family of mice inside of them!

At the high school I practiced at in Florida, we had cute little frogs that lived right around, if not in the pits. I was always saving them from the plant box :)

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Unread postby xtremevaulter » Sat Sep 21, 2002 1:12 pm

We have had a couple of nasty things found on our pit. During the summer when i came to practice one time i found a used condom just lying on the pit Talk about Gross. :eek:

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Unread postby lavasteal » Sat Oct 12, 2002 10:05 pm

every time you land on our matts, you have to shut your eyes or else little things get all in them. the bottom of it retains water so it smells like mildew, the cover is rusted through and when it freezes well, you can't get it off. oh wait, we only have to worry about the pitts, no more mats, they finally realized when the wind carries them on top of people they are a death trap.
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Unread postby h2ojunkie42 » Sun Oct 13, 2002 1:17 am

well they aren't exactly in our pits, but our little firends (our coceroaches) live under t here. and their spider friends!

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What's in your pits?

Unread postby RamVault09 » Sun Oct 20, 2002 2:33 am

Hmm, let me see........

Back in Laredo, TX (high school) you had the occasional chicken make his way up underneath the mat. You could only imagine how we'd find that out. And if there wasn't a chicken, you could always count on the goat distracting practice....... :dazed:

SWT, you had the ants and earthworms. Those were always fun top mess with. :)

The ol Pole Vault Ranch in San Marcos seemed to be inhabited by a Possum. :dazed: Hey kris! Since there's going to be a bonfire and all......catching my drift? I'll bring the spices, no wait, don't possums carry leprosy? Hmm, I think it's armadillos........ :confused:

Texas Tech, Come to think of it.......they're pretty darn good! No complaints yet.

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Unread postby lonestar » Sun Oct 20, 2002 10:37 am

Actually Bobby, with everything that lives in and around the PV Ranch pit, we could have a genuIne gourmet meal, including:

the possum that lives under the runway

the fire ants that live under the runway

the grass snake that lives under the runway

the stray cats that live under the pit

the armadillos that visit around the pit

the deer that visit around the pit

the various scorpions, spiders, 12" walking sticks, assasin bugs and other unidentifiable insects living in and around the pit

It's a regular jungle at the Allison PV Ranch!
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Unread postby VaultFreak » Sun Oct 20, 2002 11:57 am

We've had a couple rabbits run out from under our pit one time, that's it though. :eek:
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Unread postby wacky274 » Sun Oct 20, 2002 12:19 pm

i feel bad for you guys out at texas, lol, i mean all we have are coach roaches really, well that and black widows....black widows can be kinda AHH though, lol
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Unread postby thornhillj » Sun Oct 20, 2002 8:51 pm

ive had snakes, racoons, rabbits, rats, all kinds of insects and spiders.....i guess thats just an incentive to get off the mat ASAP!.......good old west texas.....

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Unread postby Azbeachboy1 » Tue Oct 22, 2002 12:07 am

yeah here in AZ we have dust under our matts.
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