Huge evil mutant mosquito

[Hangtime]

LOL Boroda.. I have a capitalistic twist for yah, based on a similar experience.

One upon a time, almost 30 years back, I had a Wynns route.. for those of you clueless as to what Wynns is, it's an oil additive to decrease engine wear.. kinda like Slick50 before there was Slick50. In any case, up in the great state of maine, this stuff was available at almost every gas station, sitting on lil wire display racks out between the pumps. It sold fer a buck a can.

I'd drive through the towns of southern maine, talking to cranky old down-eastern station operators, refillin the racks and supplying a wide variety of repair shop snake oil stuff, like hand cleaner, fuel treatments, radiator stop-leak and Carburator cleaners.

My distributor made a mistake on a resupply order once.. wound up with 20 cases or aerosol carb cleaner he couldn't move. He gave me a heluva price on it tho, so i took the 20 cases and set out on my route. 4th or 5th stop in that day was a big Ford Dealership in South Portland.

Now, in the springtime up in maine, they get a plauge of these lil tiny black biting flies that fly in clouds.. literally thousands of 'em all wizzin around... and in the big open service dept of this ford dealership was two such clouds.. and i grabbed up a can or the carb cleaner, my trusty ronson lighter and i proceeded to 'iwo-jima' the lil buggers. The mechanics saw THAT and proceeded right over to the parts cage and said.. "gimme some of that wynns carb cleaner toejam... quick!!" The results were spectacular.. no bugs in that shop in 5 min flat; and 2 cases of carb cleaner gone on that stop. By the end of the week; all 20 cases were gone, and i had orders for 12 more...

Thought I had a gold mine till the Agusta Chevy dealership burned to the ground about 3 weeks later.

Oh well.. boom and bust. Thats capatilisim fer yah.

[Elfenwolf]

Originally posted by Hangtime

Thought I had a gold mine till the Agusta Chevy dealership burned to the ground about 3 weeks later.

 

Obviously a suspicious fire started with aerosol carburetor cleaner I bet.

[Kanth]

When I was in the army and we had to go out into the field we'd bring "Skin so Soft" it was like a lotion that smelled really flowery but man the mosquitos wouldn't come near it.

Great stuff.

Kanthy

[Hangtime]

Obviously a suspicious fire started with aerosol carburetor cleaner I bet.

Jeeze elfie, no flies on you, enh?



(can't believe yah left me a straight line like that )

[loser]

Originally posted by Animal

Wouldnt a mosquito be much more agile?
I know dragonflys eat mosquitos, but these things would never be able to catch one.

yes animal, but what if the mosquito lumbered slowly in on the mosquito hawk's 6 at 30 K?    hmmm....    

[Saurdaukar]

The crane fly is uber - itll outturn everything below 10 feet.    Oh.. and this distubed me - "daddy long legs" have enough venom to kill a human but its mouth cant open far enough?  Damn.. I used to pull legs off the damned things when I was a kid.. scary - how come they dont tell you this stuff in school?

[Tracer-15]

ahh yes...the midsummer nights spent in the backyard with a can of insect killer.....(aka poison gas).....and trying to hit flying mosquito swarms with the minimal amount of spray.....that was hard until me and my friend discovered moms hairspray and a lighter lol  FWOOOOSSHHH:D

[mjolnir]

Hangtime, you still up in the Maine area?  I live about 20 minutes from South Portland, and believe me, I know exactly which bugs you're talking about.  Wish I'd been there to see that little spectacle.

[Horn]

Originally posted by Saurdaukar
Oh.. and this distubed me - "daddy long legs" have enough venom to kill a human but its mouth cant open far enough?  Damn.. I used to pull legs off the damned things when I was a kid.. scary - how come they dont tell you this stuff in school?

'Cause it ain't true....?

http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html

dh

[Hortlund]

Originally posted by Horn


'Cause it ain't true....?

http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html

dh

What kind of boring school did you go to?

[Horn]

Originally posted by Hortlund
What kind of boring school did you go to?

Sorry, man. When I graduated, they said I knew everything there was to know. It is why I post here, to share this bounty with you unfortunate, under-educated souls. It's the least I could do.

dh

 

[Animal]

Originally posted by Horn


'Cause it ain't true....?

http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html

dh

I am not sure if its true. On one hand, you link to a page saying it aint. If its on the internet, it has to be true.
On the other, I saw on Discovery Channel that is IS true. If its on TV it has to be true.

[Hangtime]

Mjollnir

keerist, I bet you get nexta NO six calls on AH voice.

Nah.. left maine almost 20 years ago. Had a nice lil place on Sebago Lake, just up past the Sabre Yacht factory off of hawthorne road.. out route 302. Loved it up there... but it was pretty apparent that if yah didn't cut trees, make shoes or have a lobster license yah wuz gonna starve. Yah can't eat the view. Hangin out at Scarborough Downs in the pits was fun or friday nights.. resta the time it was fediddlein booooooorrrring as all hell fer me.

Might go back up there someday... I hear it's become a mite more populated.

[Pongo]

you ANIMALS..
dissing the crane fly..
when all it wants to do is entertain your cat and...


catch you fish.

[Horn]

Originally posted by Animal
I am not sure if its true. On one hand, you link to a page saying it aint. If its on the internet, it has to be true.
On the other, I saw on Discovery Channel that is IS true. If its on TV it has to be true.

Since the referenced page was from the University of California Riverside, Department of Entomology, I figured the credentials would stand by themselves; however, I understand your need to believe everything broadcast on the television so please, carry on--if you hurry I think you can still catch that real life drama "Married with Children"............    

dh