nickster, I did look into one once, through one f hole while shining a light through the other. There was a volleyball sized queen cockroach inside, with hundreds of normal roaches running around, in and out, bringing her garbage. she looked at me with her evil eye and whirred inside my head, "just leave me be or I promise ye, ye'll wish that ye were dead." in a minute or two, I swear to you, I was ten miles from that place, and I swore right then that never again would i touch a stand up bass.

sorry. that just came out. i couldn't stop it. My apologies also to Robert W. Service. and to the queen, for bothering her. --seed