Recently I had an old computer that I wanted to reuse for an old vinyl cutter, I cracked it open to clean and found a dead cricket! Lol.
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Aw cāmon guysā¦doesnāt anybody but me like a challenge? 
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I wish that were the worst thing Iāve found inside someoneās computer.
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We had an old stereo system we bought while living in married student housing at Texas A&M (where they were so overrun with roaches that all the local pest control companies went there to test their methods). Somehow a roach managed to crawl into the tuning bar that ran the length of the front and die, and forever after when you wanted to change the radio station, the dead cockroach would skitter back and forth with the indicatorā¦ 
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I spent a summer at Texas A&M and (my apologies to anyone who loves it there) that is pretty much my own personal version of hell. So many little critters everywhere. And the heat! Ugh. I had gone to spend the summer with my boyfriend (who had also decided to act like an ass, so thereās that). Oh, and the AC on his black car was broken. Roaches are one of the few things that really freak me out. I would never have touched that stereo again.
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Yeah, Texas likes to try to kill you. Heat, flash floods, biting things, stinging things, venomous snakesā¦not quite Australia, I guess, but bad enough! 2 years ago I came home with Rocky Mountain spotted fever, THAT was fun. (Not!)
This year I had to brave the July temperatures for my parentsā 60th, but when I have a choice I try to mostly only go when itās not quite so blazing hot ā late March / early April is my favorite time; great temperatures and wildflowers everywhere. 
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We get most of what Texas gets plus tornados and earthquakesā¦ I hate bugsā¦my son was spending the night at his dadās and I get a call at 1am saying he wanted to come because his dadās apt had bedbugsā¦ 
Dad didnāt want to drive him all the 20 mins home so he slept on the couch downstairs but apparently the couch had them tooā¦
Dad dropped him off at my office today and I fumigated him, my son, not his Dadā¦lmao
His bag will be spending the night outside in a trash bag and clothes are going into the hot washer when we get homeā¦
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Ugh, now youāll be feeling things crawling on you for days. 
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I took a Q-tip to one fin and decided it wasnāt dirty enough yet for that hassle. Sorry.
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Iād say thatās good.
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Like exercise, you have to start slowlyā¦donāt you?
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Oh, NO. Bed bugs are AWFUL. Burn it all down.
Iām in Massachusetts. We have snow and ice, but other than being annoying, itās typically not so bad. If something is going to kill you here, itās more likely to be a bad (or angry) driver.
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Wasnāt there an old story at one time that a certain amount of smoke was built into every appliance just waiting to be released?
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They can be anywhere, all they need is a start. I had a friend come over and sat on the bed while I showed him something on the computer. The next morning I had a bunch of bites. I tracked the culprit down and killed it but if there had been two of them it would have been a major disaster.
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Thatās British autos 
Lucas Electrics are famous for letting the magic smoke leak out leaving the car stranded.
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This thread is making me itchy.
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Okā¦ I didnāt read every line, but I read most.
Just out of curiosity, is there something blocking the access to the fan blades from the outside? Canāt you just use a q tip and reach the inside of the blade thru the fan blades? Use the camera to see it?
I donāt remember what it looks likeā¦
Yeah, thereās a finger guard that prevents getting to the front side of the fan from behind. 
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Good thingā¦ you donāt want blood stains from chopped fingers on your project LOL
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Wellā¦ Halloween is coming soon ā¦ 
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