What meteorological phenomenon (phenomena) affects you this day ?

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Well, think of it this way: it means they don't drown their grapes in insecticide. I have never found any spider in French grapes. Is that a good thing? I don't know.

I also remember that when I was a kid, we would regularly find an insect in peaches (un perce-oreille - Google translate says earwigs?). Where have they gone? I haven't seen one in years. Not that I miss them as such, but I don't like what it means.

you know, i'm starting to think my aversion to insecticides is misguided.

(perce-oreilles : :shudder: i hate those things worse than spiders !!!! i haven't seen one in years either but i certainly don't miss them !)

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Memo to zelda: For total safety, restrict all communication/contact with florence to internet ONLY. If you receive any packages from florence, call the bomb squad and have them blow it up!

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

that seems like good advice right now !

Are you quite sure, Zelda?

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Are you quite sure, Zelda?

hm. well, maybe not *all* packages ! (i'm sure about the raisins though !!!)

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

I must have eaten a few I guess. I hear they are full of vitamins

my dad always says if you eat a bug by accident you shouldn't worry, it's just a bit of extra protein. that doesn't make me any less cautious though, i still go out of my way to avoid it.

[FlorenceArt]

What I really hate is to breathe in those tiny motes. Yuck.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

What I really hate is to breathe in those tiny motes. Yuck.

you mean the moucherons ? the ones that you find in clouds near the canal, in summer ? gah, i hate those too !!!

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

you mean the moucherons ? the ones that you find in clouds near the canal, in summer ? gah, i hate those too !!!

Yes, that's what I mean, but maybe I got the English word wrong. Google says gnats, or midges.

[zelda_pinwheel]

hm, i think they must be gnats, i've heard stories about scottish midges and they sound *mean*. those moucherons are annoying but they've never bit me...

[omk3]

People, will you stop talking about insects already?
A few nights ago the discovery of one fat spider in the bedroom kept me awake ALL night and extremely irritable (not to mention irrationally terrified and ridiculously cautious whenever I had to touch something) all the next day.
If you keep it up, I will start feeling like that while on MR too!

*sigh*
and spring is here to stay... with all the little bugs it brings...

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by omk3

People, will you stop talking about insects already?
A few nights ago the discovery of one fat spider in the bedroom kept me awake ALL night and extremely irritable (not to mention irrationally terrified and ridiculously cautious whenever I had to touch something) all the next day.
If you keep it up, I will start feeling like that while on MR too!

*sigh*
and spring is here to stay... with all the little bugs it brings...

oooh boy, i can really sympathise with that ! to avoid adding to your trauma i won't tell you why, but the llounge llamas who were reading a few months ago might remember. sorry, i'll stop now. (if it helps, gnats are annoying but definitely not scary !)

[omk3]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oooh boy, i can really sympathise with that ! to avoid adding to your trauma i won't tell you why, but the llounge llamas who were reading a few months ago might remember. sorry, i'll stop now.

Do I want to know? Must.fight.perverted.sense.of.curiosity!

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

(if it helps, gnats are annoying but definitely not scary !)

I know, I found one in my eye, one on my teeth (I'll never open my mouth again!) and millions on my t-shirt while cycling...

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by omk3

Do I want to know? Must.fight.perverted.sense.of.curiosity!

i recommend against it, but if you must know, i suggest you do an attachment search on my name. it's several pages back (it's from last august) but you'll know when you find it.

but seriously, i recommend against it. STRONGLY. it still gives me a chill in my back just to think about it, much less see the photo.

I know, I found one in my eye, one on my teeth (I'll never open my mouth again!) and millions on my t-shirt while cycling...

see, it's things like this that make me not want to try the free bicycles the city has set up in paris.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by kennyc

... Back Yard:



That "swoop" across the middle is my internet cable with 4 inches of snow/ice on it. Can you say "Frozen Electrons" :lol:

Just a few degrees more and perhaps super-conductivity will kick in and you can have an ultra-fast Internet connection!

EDIT: Crud! Pshrink beat me to the punch!

[omk3]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i recommend against it, but if you must know, i suggest you do an attachment search on my name. it's several pages back (it's from last august) but you'll know when you find it.

but seriously, i recommend against it. STRONGLY. it still gives me a chill in my back just to think about it, much less see the photo.

I couldn't help it... Of course I didn't enlarge the picture, but I still got goosebumps... You poor thing!

...in fact i was seriously considering taking the cats and moving to a hotel and setting fire to the place on my way out.

this made me laugh so much, because of course it describes my thoughts in similar situations to a T... (except for the cats, I only have dogs And shouldn't the cats be able to do something about the *&$# beast?)

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

you know, i'm starting to think my aversion to insecticides is misguided. ...

The good news is that scientists are developing pest-specific pesticides that are keyed to the DNA of particular species. The goal is to develop pesticides that only target what you wish to eliminate while being harmless to all other species of insects, plants, and animals.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...our-genes.html