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(@nate-the-surveyor)
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That lands on your arm, and you shoo it off, and it comes right back. Incessantly. Repeatedly. One of those that is determined to show you that his/her acrobatic ability is superior to your swatting?

I am not sure what makes them do this kind of thing, but once in a while, there is one of those determined flies.

WHAM!

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N

 
Posted : July 30, 2014 12:07 pm
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A: Not long for this world.

You must have some good stuff there that he can't risk missing.

 
Posted : July 30, 2014 12:27 pm
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What do I call him............?

Well, Wendell and Angel would terminate my connection if I answered that correctly.

 
Posted : July 30, 2014 12:33 pm
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Sounds like most any annoying fly, black flies are really so.

There is a bee around here dubbed the "good news bee" that will really get your attention because of its size and the fact that it will get in your face and would land there if you would let it. They are very large, pestering and for the most part harmless.

 
Posted : July 30, 2014 5:18 pm
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> There is a bee around here dubbed the "good news bee" that will really get your attention because of its size and the fact that it will get in your face and would land there if you would let it. They are very large, pestering and for the most part harmless.

Good news bees :good:

 
Posted : July 30, 2014 5:43 pm
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I remember Deer Flies

I used to to really hate those little guys.
Not any more.
Haven't seen a one in California.

Don

 
Posted : July 30, 2014 6:14 pm
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YOU NEED THE BUG-A-SALT

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Posted : July 30, 2014 7:26 pm
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YOU NEED THE BUG-A-SALT

That's great!

When can I get one at Wally World?

 
Posted : July 30, 2014 7:52 pm
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YOU NEED THE BUG-A-SALT

Now that is cool!

Thanks. Maybe now I KILLZ de flies!

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N

 
Posted : July 31, 2014 1:33 am
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YOU NEED THE BUG-A-SALT

I got one last Christmas. They are made very well and they do kill flies and moths. I would say that I have killed flies 2 feet away, but more likely a foot or less is the range.

 
Posted : July 31, 2014 5:28 am
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A Horse's a.ss fly...

Reminds me of an old story...

One day a too young farm boy got pulled over by a rookie State Trooper for driving down a rural road without a license, no seat belt, taillights not working on the old farm truck and a host of other violations. As the Trooper was writing him a ticket, a fly kept buzzing around the Trooper's face, trying to land on his nose. No matter how many times the Trooper stopped to swat the fly away, it kept coming back to his face.

The obviously aggravated Trooper blurted out "What the heck kind of fly is this? It's about to drive me crazy!'

The farm boy calmly said, "Well officer, that's what we call a Horse's A.ss fly."

The Trooper looked back at the farm boy and said "...so Sonny, are you now inferring that I'm a Horse's A.ss?"

The farm boy politely replied "No sir, Officer - I would never do that - but it IS real hard to fool a Horse's A.ss fly...."

 
Posted : July 31, 2014 5:41 am
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A Horse's patoot story..different version

A trooper pulls a fella over for doing 42 mph in 40 mph zone. The driver is immediately aggravated.

As the officer is writing the ticket the driver asks, "It's against the law for me to cuss you out, isn't it?"

"Yes sir, it is", replies the officer.

"But I can THINK anything I want, right?" says the driver.

"Yes sir, your thoughts are your own." says the officer.

"Good," blurts the driver, "Then I THINK you're an assshole!"

 
Posted : July 31, 2014 5:58 am
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Flyswatter pistols

I have 7 kids. About 25 years ago I took the wife and family on a short trip to purchase a new target pistol for myself. While there, my kids saw some Flyswatter pistols on sale and I purchased one for each of my children. On the drive back home which took about 40 minutes, they started shooting each other and then complaining ... by the time we got back home, their mother had confiscated all 7 pistols.

But ... they DID keep occupied on the ride back.

I got one for myself, too. It works within a range of about 12 inches.

 
Posted : July 31, 2014 6:38 am
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Flyswatter pistols

If they look like this:

We keep several at the office. They are extremely functional and a good distraction from reading abstracts that look like a D/FW phone book.

PS - I'd take them away from the kids, too. 😉

 
Posted : July 31, 2014 7:13 am
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Nate, you could just go old school..

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Posted : July 31, 2014 7:19 am
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Or you could handle it Presidentially

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Posted : July 31, 2014 7:23 am
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Flyswatter pistols

Yep, that's the ones. (With string attached from pistol to swatter.)

 
Posted : July 31, 2014 7:25 am
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My weapon of choice

I like to use one in each hand to lay waste to hordes of flies and mosquitoes. When you nail a fat skeeter, they'll sometimes explode in a brilliant flash and most satisfying pop. My neighbors must think I'm doing some exotic tennis tai chi on the deck when the air is thick with skeeters.

 
Posted : July 31, 2014 8:50 am
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My weapon of choice

Cool. Where do you get those?

 
Posted : July 31, 2014 11:25 am
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My weapon of choice

I was skeptical that 2 AA batteries could generate enough oomph to fry an insect, so I touched the grid and pulled the trigger. I'm not skeptical anymore.

 
Posted : July 31, 2014 11:39 am
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