Killing midges by the thousand

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Ah, laywers! One of the very few creatures more irritating than the midge!

LOL

Great to hear that there are now 1500 of these fine machines working
away defending you and me!

Richard Webb

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Quoted message said:

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Ah, laywers! One of the very few creatures more irritating than the

midge!

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LOL

Great to hear that there are now 1500 of these fine machines working
away defending you and me!

Where though? Probably in; Hotel Beer gardens etc. Where the Wee Beasties
are minimal;-) Not a realistic solution for hillwalkers or climbers
though:-0
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Rodders said:

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=977892004

Interesting article.

Rory

Ah, laywers! One of the very few creatures more irritating than the midge!

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Where though? Probably in; Hotel Beer gardens etc. Where the Wee Beasties
are minimal;-) Not a realistic solution for hillwalkers or climbers
though:-0

Well this hillwalker climber spends a lot of time in beer gardens...
And have had some rough times with midges in some of them. (Martin
Arms nr Ingleton especially)

No way are these things going to impact on the midge population...
but it would be nice to see one in the campsite I am staying in.,.

Richard Webb

RJ Webb <[email hidden]> wrote

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Quoted message said:

Where though? Probably in; Hotel Beer gardens etc. Where the Wee Beasties
are minimal;-) Not a realistic solution for hillwalkers or climbers
though:-0

Well this hillwalker climber spends a lot of time in beer gardens...
And have had some rough times with midges in some of them. (Martin
Arms nr Ingleton especially)

No way are these things going to impact on the midge population...
but it would be nice to see one in the campsite I am staying in.,.

How about a wasp machine? We were out on Sunday and when we stopped
for lunch there were wasps everywhere, especially pestering a group of
girl cyclists on the next picnic bench. Of course they all had brought
fruit drinks and had spilled some...... They killed four while we
were there, and I killed a couple, and discouraged them with a Boots
Repel spray. Later when we stopped at a pub and sat in the beer garden
they were buzzing round us again. I covered my pint with my Tilley
hat between slurps, and my companion did the same with her hat.

Then she had a blonde moment and spilt the half-a-Guinness as she picked
up the hat.
I replenished it for her as she had bought the drinks anyway......
--
Gordon

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Where though? Probably in; Hotel Beer gardens etc. Where the Wee

Beasties

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

are minimal;-) Not a realistic solution for hillwalkers or climbers
though:-0

Well this hillwalker climber spends a lot of time in beer gardens...
And have had some rough times with midges in some of them. (Martin
Arms nr Ingleton especially)

No way are these things going to impact on the midge population...
but it would be nice to see one in the campsite I am staying in.,.

Yes....it will be surrounded by tents! Perhaps they can stop arguing
and get on with the job of making one that straps to your wrist, with
optional extras like telling the time....

Graham

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Perhaps they can stop arguing
and get on with the job of making one that straps to your wrist, with
optional extras like telling the time....

.....and a midgecounter ;-)

Theo

Gordon said:

How about a wasp machine?....

Wasp traps exist. Sugary gloop in the upturned rim of a glass
bell-like thing.

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....Later when we stopped at a pub and sat in the beer garden
they were buzzing round us again. I covered my pint with my Tilley
hat between slurps, and my companion did the same with her hat.

Hmmm. I had to fish one out of my pint on Saturday, why it prefered
Greene king IPA to my walking companion's lemonade is a mystery.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Phil Cook said:

Quoted message said:

....Later when we stopped at a pub and sat in the beer garden
they were buzzing round us again. I covered my pint with my Tilley
hat between slurps, and my companion did the same with her hat.

Hmmm. I had to fish one out of my pint on Saturday, why it prefered
Greene king IPA to my walking companion's lemonade is a mystery.

Sounds like it knew what it was doing...

--

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cook.RfErMeOeVsEeCrAvPeS.co.uk says...

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Gordon said:

How about a wasp machine?....

Wasp traps exist. Sugary gloop in the upturned rim of a glass
bell-like thing.

Quoted message said:

....Later when we stopped at a pub and sat in the beer garden
they were buzzing round us again. I covered my pint with my Tilley
hat between slurps, and my companion did the same with her hat.

Hmmm. I had to fish one out of my pint on Saturday, why it prefered
Greene king IPA to my walking companion's lemonade is a mystery.

And here we are labelling them as pests, when they are actually an
intelligent life form.

Why your companion was drinking lemonade rather tan IPA is a bigger
mystery (OK, maybe driving ...) ;-)
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Darren

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RJ Webb <[email hidden]> wrote

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Where though? Probably in; Hotel Beer gardens etc. Where the Wee

Beasties

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are minimal;-) Not a realistic solution for hillwalkers or climbers
though:-0

Well this hillwalker climber spends a lot of time in beer gardens...
And have had some rough times with midges in some of them. (Martin
Arms nr Ingleton especially)

No way are these things going to impact on the midge population...
but it would be nice to see one in the campsite I am staying in.,.

How about a wasp machine? We were out on Sunday and when we stopped
for lunch there were wasps everywhere, especially pestering a group of
girl cyclists on the next picnic bench. Of course they all had brought
fruit drinks and had spilled some...... They killed four while we
were there, and I killed a couple, and discouraged them with a Boots
Repel spray. Later when we stopped at a pub and sat in the beer garden
they were buzzing round us again. I covered my pint with my Tilley
hat between slurps, and my companion did the same with her hat.

Then she had a blonde moment and spilt the half-a-Guinness as she picked
up the hat.
I replenished it for her as she had bought the drinks anyway......

Lol, Wasps? What's the problem! They've had a good breeding season, that's
all. People do tend to think, wasps CAN harm you, certainly can if you
disturb them. But being paranoid about their sting makes me laugh, as seen
yesterday.
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Lol, Wasps? What's the problem! They've had a good breeding season, that's
all. People do tend to think, wasps CAN harm you, certainly can if you
disturb them. But being paranoid about their sting makes me laugh, as seen
yesterday.

It depends entirely on the degree of reaction their sting causes.
I witnessed a very painful one when the same lady was stung a couple of
weeks ago at a gymkhana. Her shoulder swelled up within a minute or
two, but I had some antihistamine cream in the rucksack. It must have
been painful enough to not want another, and neither of us wanted one in
our drinks!
--
Gordon

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Lol, Wasps? What's the problem! They've had a good breeding season, that's
all. People do tend to think, wasps CAN harm you, certainly can if you
disturb them. But being paranoid about their sting makes me laugh, as seen
yesterday.

I reserve the right to be paranoid about wasp stings as I have
allergies that could result in anaphylaxis. Whether wasp or bee
stings would have the same effect is not something I'm
particularly anxious to find out.
--
I try to be a good example to my children, but instead they see
me as a dire warning.

Quoted message said:

How about a wasp machine? We were out on Sunday and when we stopped
for lunch there were wasps everywhere, especially pestering a group of
girl cyclists on the next picnic bench. Of course they all had brought
fruit drinks and had spilled some...... They killed four while we
were there, and I killed a couple, and discouraged them with a Boots
Repel spray. Later when we stopped at a pub and sat in the beer garden
they were buzzing round us again. I covered my pint with my Tilley
hat between slurps, and my companion did the same with her hat.

Pub in Garvald had glasses of beer covered in clingfilm with a wee
opening in it placed around the beer garden. My wife said it was
cruel!

What do you do with folk who think wasps are cute.

Mind given the number of flies they kill, I rather like them too, but
not in my food.

Richard Webb

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:38:03 GMT, [email hidden] (RJ

Webb) said:

What do you do with folk who think wasps are cute.

I had a wasps nest in my garden for almost two years, they made it
themselves, underground, digging the hole from scratch, trimming the
vegetation around the entrance, etc.. Kept a very tidy hive they did
and never once bothered the house. It was fascinating watching them,
yes from close range. Nature took its course and the nest collapsed in
on itself over this past winter.

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Mind given the number of flies they kill, I rather like them too, but
not in my food.

Hey! Don't knock local enterprise, it took real lateral thinking by
that chef to think about cooking with all his locally available
prouce!

SteveO

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Lets hope they were all crushed, every little helps
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:38:03 GMT, [email hidden] (RJ

Webb) said:

What do you do with folk who think wasps are cute.

I had a wasps nest in my garden for almost two years, they made it
themselves, underground, digging the hole from scratch, trimming the
vegetation around the entrance, etc.. Kept a very tidy hive they did
and never once bothered the house. It was fascinating watching them,
yes from close range. Nature took its course and the nest collapsed in
on itself over this past winter.

Quoted message said:

Mind given the number of flies they kill, I rather like them too, but
not in my food.

Hey! Don't knock local enterprise, it took real lateral thinking by
that chef to think about cooking with all his locally available
prouce!

SteveO

NE Climbers & walkers chat forum;
http://www.thenmc.org.uk/phpBB2/index.php

NMC website: http://www.thenmc.org.uk

RJ Webb <[email hidden]> wrote

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Pub in Garvald had glasses of beer covered in clingfilm with a wee
opening in it placed around the beer garden. My wife said it was
cruel!

I would have thought that the pub would have had a few traps around for
the benefit of those eating outside on a sunny day...

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What do you do with folk who think wasps are cute.

Cover them with jam, and watch.

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Mind given the number of flies they kill, I rather like them too, but
not in my food.

I don't think I've seen any in my garden this year, where they might
have been useful, but in previous years I've taken an almost empty jam
jar, pierced the lid a few times and half filled it with water. That
works if the holes are the correct size.
--
Gordon