Bubba Steps on and Kills the Geico Salamander

[boris bubbanov]

It was still raining, after Midnight atop the plateau south of Buford, Colorado, and we were in the tent and most high and dry, but Daisy insisted she had to go out again and do what doggies like to do. And I would go with her.

And then it happened.

I stepped on this 6 inch long green Colorado salamander in the soaked vegetation and did him mortally wound. And I looked at him very close and he looked like the Geico Salamander. Except kinda beautiful, actually. And then he died.

So, for ya'll with Geico, you might want to check. Your insurance policies may no longer be valid.

Just Sayin'.



http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...7g9ksz15qT5eM:;feCWf-rRpIGkzM;77g9ksz15qT5eM:

 

[vjf1968]

I think he would be classified as a Gecko and not a salamander so I think your in no danger of being dropped.

 

[gpasq]

Cool find, sorry you stepped on it!

Knowing that I'm into all kinds of snakes, lizards, salamanders, etc., my lead singer called me a few years ago, and said "You need to come over here immediately... there's a monster in my window well." I drove over and poking out from under some leaves was the head of an _enormous_ tiger salamander.

Brought it home and my oldest son kept it in his terrarium for a few years. Just died this summer. He named it "Dale", after Dale from King of the Hill

 

[tap4154]

Geckos & salamanders are not even in the same family, so rest assured that no insurance mascot met his maker under Bubba's boot. Though I haven't seen Flo without makeup, and she is said to be amphibious like a salamander, and last seen vacationing in CO...

 

[stratofortress]

Geico is the worst automotive insurance company out there. Seriously.
At least you did not step on a Caveman

 

[Big_Bend]

I'm just jealous that you're camping in Colorado, and I'm stuck in my office in Houston.

You have no idea how much I wish I was up in the mountains right now. Well, maybe you do.

Sorry about the lizzard tho.

 

[Blinky]

Now you've done it, PETA and the Sierra Club will probably get camping banned on that plateau now because of the endangered species

 

[boris bubbanov]

Geico is the worst automotive insurance company out there. Seriously.
At least you did not step on a Caveman

Allstate is far worse, basically is THE worst. Geico does some inexplicable things but they're as tolerable as most. I'd say more about Allstate but I don't want their lawyers descending on this Board.

I'd rather I stepped on the Piggie or the Caveman. I was kinda shocked the creature was harmed so easily. Seems like he's made almost entirely of water. By morning, something had gotten to his body and he was almost unrecognizable, poor little guy. He blended in too dam well.

 

[boris bubbanov]

Now you've done it, PETA and the Sierra Club will probably get camping banned on that plateau now because of the endangered species

These guys are not endangered. Maybe the biggest pressure on them is ATV traffic in that area, and areas like it. The wheels have access to a lot more backcountry places than you think. IME ATVs are proliferating really fast; probably smashing lots of lots of these little critters. The other pressure would be livestock, since lots of areas are under lease and cows and sheep trample areas to dust, and the water table recedes and not much can thrive there.

Besides, PETA wants to open the entire world to dogs like Daisy. They're concerned about her rights, too, would you say?

 

[tcadam]

Reminds me of the time I stepped on and killed a large toad on my back porch. Barefooted.

 

[gypsy jim]

reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-wUdetAAlY

 

[getbent]

Hey Boris, is the sleepy cat ranch still open? I have driven the Buford rd many a time from New Castle over the top and to the Sleepy Cat... some good eats back then!

 

[boris bubbanov]

Hey Boris, is the sleepy cat ranch still open? I have driven the Buford rd many a time from New Castle over the top and to the Sleepy Cat... some good eats back then!

I was told that place closed. I don't think I even knew to look for it last time I passed through Meeker.

There was a decent amount of water in the White upstream from Buford last week, and a few commercial hospitality places as well as the public access for the trout fishing. I'm always a little puzzled that everyone wants to spend time in the valley bottom when there's backcountry to be explored.

I was unhappy to see my favorite eating place in Buena Vista also changed hands. Time marches on. But on the other hand the "South Main Street" development that Jed and Kate Selby started, by the Arkansas, is still doing real well.

 

[tap4154]

Geico is the worst automotive insurance company out there. Seriously.
At least you did not step on a Caveman

Geiko & Progressive spend SO much money on ads, I'd never go near either. Been with Mercury for decades through my independent agent, and the occasional years when I shop around to try to get a better rate, they still win.

 

[boris bubbanov]

Geiko & Progressive spend SO much money on ads, I'd never go near either. Been with Mercury for decades through my independent agent, and the occasional years when I shop around to try to get a better rate, they still win.

Ads can be wasteful but to me, the test is, will the company actually honor most valid claims in a reasonable manner.

Allstate likes to "go nuclear" against the other guy and even their own policyholders as a matter of course. They start from the assumption a claim is either:

1) Not proven; or

2) Fraudulent.

The boss guys made promises to the shareholders that can't be kept except in a rare year, unless you purposely refuse to pay massive numbers of claims. They have a reputation so feared, that someone like my Mom gets hurt and she's told the at fault guy had Allstate, and she tells her son: "Your father and I have money; we'll pay the doctor's bills and the therapy and the prescription bills and you nevermind about making a claim. I'll find someone to teach Sunday School in my place for six months and we'll cancel the trip back east to see my dying sister but it'll be OK". People have concussions, broken bones, surgeries but they're so bullied, they don't make claims and the gutless lawyers often choose not to challenge this company because it is understood one must work very hard for every successful claim.

None of the others are quite like this.

 

[getbent]

I was told that place closed. I don't think I even knew to look for it last time I passed through Meeker.

There was a decent amount of water in the White upstream from Buford last week, and a few commercial hospitality places as well as the public access for the trout fishing. I'm always a little puzzled that everyone wants to spend time in the valley bottom when there's backcountry to be explored.

I was unhappy to see my favorite eating place in Buena Vista also changed hands. Time marches on. But on the other hand the "South Main Street" development that Jed and Kate Selby started, by the Arkansas, is still doing real well.

the cafe at the trailer park (apple tree) in New Castle is good for breakfast.. there is a german or scandanavian place in Glenwood springs that is also good...

After that... sheesh.. the blue moon in grand junction... used to be a decent place in cedaredge... nothing in hotchkiss....

the mexican place in silverton (family owned) is crazy good...

I lived not too far from Buford for 10 years.. (near Rifle) having done volunteer work in the woods... my take was that generally EVERYBODY was in the wrong place... the wrong people were in the flats and too many of the wrong people were up high... hence... lots of rescues....

Hope the fishing is good!

 

[tap4154]

Ads can be wasteful but to me, the test is, will the company actually honor most valid claims in a reasonable manner.

Allstate likes to "go nuclear" against the other guy and even their own policyholders as a matter of course. They start from the assumption a claim is either:

1) Not proven; or

2) Fraudulent.

The boss guys made promises to the shareholders that can't be kept except in a rare year, unless you purposely refuse to pay massive numbers of claims. They have a reputation so feared, that someone like my Mom gets hurt and she's told the at fault guy had Allstate, and she tells her son: "Your father and I have money; we'll pay the doctor's bills and the therapy and the prescription bills and you nevermind about making a claim. I'll find someone to teach Sunday School in my place for six months and we'll cancel the trip back east to see my dying sister but it'll be OK". People have concussions, broken bones, surgeries but they're so bullied, they don't make claims and the gutless lawyers often choose not to challenge this company because it is understood one must work very hard for every successful claim.

None of the others are quite like this.

Well, I'm with Mercury... not Allstate, Flo, or the Aussie lizard

 

[backporch guy]

Boris,
You didn't run into the "Hump DAYYY!" Camel while you were up there, did you?

 

[boris bubbanov]

Well, I'm with Mercury... not Allstate, Flo, or the Aussie lizard

Mercury doesn't write policies anywhere I've had experience with. And, somehow I never had to fool with the guys with Farmers and a few others, very little with Nationwide also.

There's regional and state to state variations, as the companies try to decide if they might lose lots of money ( like in Louisiana! ) and maybe should stay away.

Some folks in NOLA think I am personally responsible for driving USF & G nuts, so much so that they left town. If that's true, they owe me dinner because they would've lost large large sums in Katrina and thanks to me, they didn't!

 

[boris bubbanov]

the mexican place in silverton (family owned) is crazy good...

Oh, yeah.

I knew there was a reason I had to go through Silverton (I went by way of Lake City instead, going up and never got South/West of Newcastle on the return run). But I went brain dead. Next time, I guess.

I must confess I stopped at Moe's in West Glenwood Springs and put the chicken tacos in the ice chest for later and didn't really "eat out" anywhere up that way this time. I just hate to sit and eat and know my dog is stuck waiting in the automobile. Even when it isn't sunny or hot.