Re: Check in

[ABLE1 <somewhere@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/14/2020 10:20 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> On 5/12/2020 5:13 AM, ABLE1 wrote:
>> On 5/11/2020 10:58 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
>>> On Monday, May 11, 2020 at 8:58:18 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>>> On 4/4/2020 1:47 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
>>>>> Hey!
>>>>>
>>>>> How's everybody doing?
>>>>
>>>> I had a gnat fly in my mouth the other day.  He tasted like mosquito
>>>> repellent.
>>>>
>>>> HACK!  HACK!  HACK!
>>>
>>> Let's see now -----
>>>
>>> If you had a choice between eating a gnat that tasted like mosquito
>>> repellent and a green horse fly that tasted like horseshit
>>>
>>> Which would you choose?
>>>
>>> Sorry Bob, I just couldn't resist :-D
>>>
>>
>>
>> Jim,  Your resistance was futile..................
>>
>> Oh and Bob, think about it!! There has to be another choice.  Not!! :-)
>>
>> ROFLOL
>
>
> My place is surrounded by citrus and alfalfa, so gnats are a regular
> hazard.  Mosquitos for some reason not so much.  Several of my neighbors
> have horses as well, but no horse flies either.  Never heard of a green
> horse fly, but we have a big black one that I see out on the river
> fairly often in the summer time.  They will but a nasty bite on you, and
> are hard to hit with anything.  One anglers I used to knew kept a
> badminton racket in his boat for taking them out.
>
> Anyway, not the first gnat I've wound up eating or spitting out.  Just
> the first one that tasted like deet.  FYI:  Mosquito repellent seems to
> have no affect on them.  I tried back when I first moved to this place
> back in 2005/06.

Many Many years ago when I was the Maintenance Supervisor for a Plastic
Extrusion Company I had a very small office near the shop.
(maybe 11' x 9')  One summer there was this standard housefly that got
into the office.  Since he was young he was very fast and I could not
get him.  Buzz buzz buzz around and then would hide for a while.
Myself in and out of the office all day.  Drove me nuts for 3 days.  Now
the fly is 3 days older and getting slower.  He sat down on my desk and
I very quickly reached out and caught him in my hand.
Yahoo!!  Gotcha sucker!!

Due to the torture he bestowed on me for 3 frickin days there had to be
some appropriate punishment that was needed for this now captured fly.
So I pulled off a bit of Scotch Tape and gently stuck him to it.  His
legs were wiggling and his wings were trying to get loose but the sticky
Scotch Tape adhesive would not let him go.  I walked him out to the
shipping dock and gently stuck the tape with the fly to the floor.  He
continued to try and get free but he couldn't!!  I then went over to
the walk-behind forklift and positioned the left front wheel in line
with the fly.  I the slowly (ever so slowly) moved the the 4,750lb
forklift forward.  Once the tire rolled over the fly I went back and
forth a couple of time just make sure he was DEAD.  I then pealed the
Scotch Tape with squished fly off the floor and returned to my office
where I pinned it to my bulletin board.  I did not have another fly
enter my office for the rest of the summer.

Wow, just typing that, made me feel so good!!  LOL

I hope you all enjoyed reading my little fly story!!  :-)
You may now resume your normal activities................

Les