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Old 03-09-2010, 11:01 AM   #8311
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I had to go to work today without waking up in a hot shower and a good cup of tea...

Looks like even the power cables (which are in the ground over here) can't stand this winter... One cable broke (probably due to the expansion of the ground due to freezing...) and we were without power since 2 in the morning... I just hope we'll have power back before the freezer de-freezes completely...
Power cables above ground had no chance in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Old 03-09-2010, 11:10 AM   #8312
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Well, you see the needle, you know where it is and when its done its "helpful" deed you can rest. Not so with those pesky moskito. They hound you in hordes and it's never, never over... Not only do they steal from you but they can leave nasty virus' within you. I hate them more than spiders!!!

Pshrynk!!! treatment please!
Get over it!

$300 please. You can pay the laddy at the door, or the bar tab at Adrian's, which has gotten out of control lately.
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Old 03-09-2010, 11:51 AM   #8313
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Old 03-09-2010, 12:00 PM   #8314
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$300 please. You can pay the laddy at the door, or the bar tab at Adrian's, which has gotten out of control lately.
Thanks/nothanks...
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Old 03-09-2010, 01:05 PM   #8315
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Old 03-09-2010, 01:06 PM   #8316
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i'd sooner pay the bar tab - it must be cheaper .... (and more enjoyable)
Geoff's buying. Fill 'er up please.
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Old 03-09-2010, 01:07 PM   #8317
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Old 03-09-2010, 01:40 PM   #8318
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I had to go to work today without waking up in a hot shower and a good cup of tea...

Looks like even the power cables (which are in the ground over here) can't stand this winter... One cable broke (probably due to the expansion of the ground due to freezing...) and we were without power since 2 in the morning... I just hope we'll have power back before the freezer de-freezes completely...
it's virtually impossible to bury cable without having microscopic cracks in it. water seeps into those cracks and when there are hard freezes, it plays havoc with the cable. but as the wet doggy demonstrated, you are oh so better off than having above ground cable!

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Let's make a deal. I take any needle you have to face and I'll give you any moskito chasing me.
That would be around 20 kilos of moskitos a year...

Do you know a cheap postal service?






PS Maybe I could train them to fly to Paris?...
we just need to have every one adopt geckos as pets and hang bathouses outside!

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Mosquitoes suck. Now spiders; some of those fellows are handy to have around. I used to grab jumping spiders whenever I found them outside the house and bring them indoors. Great roach and pest control there! I no longer do that because they frighten my wife. Sheesh! She even got mad the last time we had a rodent problem and I let a kingsnake loose in the house.

Women! Sometimes there's just no pleasing them!
you SO would have been non-surgically nuetered bringing a snake into my house! spiders are cool, but NO snakes!

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the same one who let the dogs out?
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Old 03-09-2010, 01:47 PM   #8319
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we just need to have every one adopt geckos as pets and hang bathouses outside!
I spent several moments wondering how you would hang a bath-house outside. But then I realized what the word really was. Oops!
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Old 03-09-2010, 01:56 PM   #8320
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Old 03-09-2010, 01:58 PM   #8321
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Well, you see the needle, you know where it is and when its done its "helpful" deed you can rest. Not so with those pesky moskito. They hound you in hordes and it's never, never over... Not only do they steal from you but they can leave nasty virus' within you. I hate them more than spiders!!!

Pshrynk!!! treatment please!
None needed. Mosquitoes are a proven health menace. Their sheer numbers prevent studying whether they could be removed from the food chain without causing adverse consequences, but so far I haven't seen any great downside to the concept.

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Get over it!
None for me thanks; the only clear and present danger related to needles in an industrialized nation's medical facilities is the risk of cardiac arrest if you aren't expecting it. Kind of like the Spanish Inquisition.
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The hell with the hanging bathouses or bath-houses.

A hot tub on an elevated deck would be nice though.
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Old 03-09-2010, 02:06 PM   #8323
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we just need to have every one adopt geckos as pets and hang bathouses outside!
D***s (before I get touacked) are notorious for being extremely efficient flying insect hunters. Thousands of kills a day. And you can eat it! What sweet vengeance against moskitos...





Sorry Daffy!
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Old 03-09-2010, 02:20 PM   #8324
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... hang bathouses outside! ...
I actually thought of doing this at one time. Folks do, you know. A nice alternative to birdhouses; and I'll wager it keeps the mosquitoes away!

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So - I had a lovely walk at lunch in the sun - came back to work - and found some %^*())#@$%&)*&^% customer had pressed a big wad of chewing gum into the lock on our store's front door! We've had vandalism before, but this really sucks of mindless malevolence.

Fortunately I remembered the trick of turning the can of compressed air upside down and converting it into a freeze gun.

What next? Using the flower pots as urinals?
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