"Bug Season" has arrived!!! - Democratic Underground

Raven

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Sun May-09-04 01:49 PM
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"Bug Season" has arrived!!!

In New Hampshire. THEY"RE HEEERE! Gnats or "midgies" as they call them up here. They are as big as B-52's and they go for your eyes and your neck. And they hurt like hell when they bite. They swarm you. They get up your pant legs and leave whelts. It is almost impossible to be outside and not be attacked.

I broke down and bought one of those army-navy store hats with the netting...I look like a goddamned para-military nut in it but it works. When I garden, I run out, throw a seed in a hole and then run back inside...my garden will take a month to plant at this rate and, by then, they'll be gone!

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flowomo

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Sun May-09-04 01:52 PM
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1. I had a plan to eliminate them.... but then New Hampster went Bush in 2000

so screw you all; you can drink Deet until you make up for your sins in 2004

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Raven

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Sun May-09-04 01:56 PM
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2. Ouch! I'm from Massachusetts, it's not my fault!

I wish the little suckers would just go after Rebups and Nader voters!

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flowomo

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Sun May-09-04 01:59 PM
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3. Harrumpph.... Bay Staters should boycott NH until they repent....

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Don_G

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Sun May-09-04 02:06 PM
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4. Try The Ohio Valley

I'm certain the Project Planners in WW II spent enough time in Kentucky to name their Fighter/Bombers the "Mosquito" and "Wildcat" along with a few other choice names that are never mentioned in the History Books.

Ft. Knox is a "Training Base", the area has been since the beginning of the Army Air Corps and never mind the Gold which may or not be there.

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trof

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Sun May-09-04 03:12 PM
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5. we got luv bugs

Black flyers about a half inch long.
ALWAYS in pairs, hence "luv bugs".
They don't bite, but they get in your eyes, nose, ears, mouth.
For some reason they are attracted to white.
My van is covered with them.

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VelmaD

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Sun May-09-04 03:17 PM
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6. They don't call mosquitos the "Texas State Bird" for nothing...

we get bugs down here big enough to carry off small children and livestock. :)

I'm gonna tell you something that's gonna make you really irritated at me too...bugs don't bother me. It's been years since anything stung or bit me. I must not taste good. ;)

Want me to come plant your garden for ya? :)

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Raven

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Sun May-09-04 03:25 PM
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8. I've known people like you and been jealous!

My mother is kind of olive skinned...they never bothered her. My father was fair and they used to just kill him! So maybe it's skin tone, perfume or lack thereof, I don't know. This year I think they adopted a non-descrimination policy!

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baldguy

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Sun May-09-04 03:24 PM
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7. I was just outside.

I saw a cicada, dead in the street. Four inches long, five inch wingspan.

He must have had a rough night.

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Raven

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Sun May-09-04 03:28 PM
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9. I'm talking about bugs...

not modern-day dinosaurs!

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supernova

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Sun May-09-04 03:41 PM
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10. Cicadas are out this year

in droves. It's the end of anyother 17yr cycle.

The noise will b deafening. I'm always surprised when urban folks think the country is quiet. :crazy:

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Raven

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Sun May-09-04 03:50 PM
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11. And the peepers!

The peepers and the bullfrogs can keep me up at night. The bullfrogs are all around this lake. They call to each other and there is a certain timing to it. Once I get into their timing, I can drift off.

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