Do you guys have "acid flies" in US?

[Raubvogel]

My dog loves June Bugs, eats em like M+Ms.

[AKIron]

Originally posted by Hortlund
Bah... In Sweden we have 900 pound Moose lurking along the roadsides...you definitively do NOT want to get one of those in your eye while riding a bike (or a car).

We have mosquitos that big in Texas.

[straffo]

If I see flies when I'm under acid does it count too ?

[icemaw]

I have been hit by all kinds of bugs and yes them june bugs are hard! On the way home from my 2nd Laughlin run we ran into a swarm of butter flys. Lucky me I had my full face simpson on. The rest of the people on the road where not so lucky.  You should have seen the unhappy faces at the next gas stop. It was not a pretty sight. I still have bug stains on the jacket I was wearing.

[Corwin]

I used to own a Hondda v45 Magna (750 - shaft drive).  I loved to ride it in the country and decided one year to do a little road trip.  The weather was great the whole time and one particularly nice day I'm cruising down a tree lined road when...I pass this giant damn hog farm.  The smell almost choked out the carbs.  This thing was huge and fronted for what seemed like miles along this county road.  As the stench bored through my skull it occured to me that "smell" is actually caused by minute particles of whatever you are sensing.   The next thought was, "oh...and my body is being bombarded by 80 mph micro pig poop particles...".  I closed my visor.

...and that's why I am pursuing a career in banking.

[Hortlund]

Originally posted by AKIron
We have mosquitos that big in Texas.

heh...do they have hornes?
(trust me, the moose are vile fearsome creatures)

[Nifty]

Originally posted by Hortlund
(trust me, the moose are vile fearsome creatures)

yes, we know.  The credits in Monty Python and The Holy Grail taught us about the moose.  

[crowMAW]

Including the majestic møøse

  A Møøse once bit my sister ...

  No realli!  She was Karving her initials on the møøse
  with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given
  her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and
  star of many Norwegian møvies:  "The Høt Hands of an Oslo
  Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst
  Nordfink".

We apologise for the fault in the
  subtitles.  Those responsible have been
  sacked.

  Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...

  We apologise again for the fault in the subtitles.  Those
  responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked
  have been sacked.

[Krusher]

Originally posted by Hortlund
Bah... In Sweden we have 900 pound Moose lurking along the roadsides...you definitively do NOT want to get one of those in your eye while riding a bike (or a car).

Back on my cross country tour in 1990, I almost ran into a moose and a buffalo on the same DAY !!! The Buaffalo knew who had the right away lol.


Krushed

[LePaul]

Eeek, June bugs....nasty...

I had a small bird implode on my first two knuckles while on the highway.  I think it was my Yamaha FZR...but he mashed into the brake lever, then into my hand, thrashed into my should, then up and away onto the pavement.  Man, that hurt!

This time of year, the Maine black flies are out in force.  Generally, before we take the Cessna's up, we take furniture polish to the leading edge of the wing so when we land, its easier to wipe all those nasty things off.

[icemaw]

Reading all these just reminded me of what happened to a buddy of mine on an enduro years ago. We was running along and he got too close to a salamanderly pair cactus and a big chunk stuck to his hand. OUCH we all stop and try to help him.  Another bud gets 2 sticks and prys it off his hand it flys off and hits our 4th on the leg. He prys it off of him and it ends up stuck to my belly. Once the 3 of us finally get all the stickers off us we spent the rest of the race chasing down the fool with the sticks.

[Syzygyone]

Acid Flies, Sunburn scald!
What next?  Swarms of locust and the apocalypse!

I'd consider staying in bed for a year or two if I was you.

j/k  

[Syzygyone]

Originally posted by GScholz
LOL Hortlund

ROFL GS!:D

[Reschke]

Originally posted by icemaw
Reading all these just reminded me of what happened to a buddy of mine on an enduro years ago. We was running along and he got too close to a salamanderly pair cactus and a big chunk stuck to his hand. OUCH we all stop and try to help him.  Another bud gets 2 sticks and prys it off his hand it flys off and hits our 4th on the leg. He prys it off of him and it ends up stuck to my belly. Once the 3 of us finally get all the stickers off us we spent the rest of the race chasing down the fool with the sticks.

That one kinda reminds me of why I quit racing off road bikes. I was in a National Qualifier Harescramble at a race area not far from here. I was separated about 100 yards from the lead group with less than 5 laps to go on my XR250 and the 2nd carb had just kicked in pushing me well past 75mph down the side of the pasture. When I see the trail judge on his 4 wheeler pull out about 10 feet in front of me.

I hit him on his left side and broke every bone in his left leg; his pelvis; shoulder and 3 bones in his left arm. All I had was a concussion and a nasty cut on my right knee where my handle bars bent together and broke then sliced through my pants and knee protector. The judge nearly died before they could get the helo in from Birmingham to fly him out and my bike was a complete loss.

Moral of that story you can hit people on bikes also and they leave a really big mess.

[Curval]

Originally posted by Syzygyone
Acid Flies, Sunburn scald!
What next?  Swarms of locust and the apocalypse!

I'd consider staying in bed for a year or two if I was you.

j/k  

They say things come in threes...I'm being cautious.



Well, now that I think about it, the third thing may well be my wife going through the old morning sickness and "boo-hoo..I'm tired" routine at present.  But that is sort of on-going thing so I'm not sure it counts.

Caution returns.