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From: WarmUnderbelly on 27 Apr 2010 15:48 On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:52:05 -0700 (PDT), mpm <mpmillard(a)aol.com> wrote: >On Apr 27, 9:25�am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My- >Web-Site.com> wrote: >> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:32:29 -0400, Spehro Pefhany >> >> >> >> >> >> <speffS...(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote: >> >On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:30:57 +0100, the renowned "ian field" >> ><gangprobing.al...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >> >> >>"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terr...(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >> >>news:4BD645B9.38D7F996(a)earthlink.net... >> >> >>> Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> >>>> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:23:39 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" >> >>>> <mike.terr...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> >>>> [snip] >> >> >>>> > �That's interesting. �One type of rat trap is a five gallon bucket of >> >>>> >soapy water with a pop can on a rod, over the water. �A little peanut >> >>>> >butter is used for bait. The vermin climbs up on the rod, then the can >> >>>> >to eat the bait. �It's weight makes the can turn on the rod which drops >> >>>> >the vermin into the water, where it drowns. �Politicians are just big >> >>>> >rats, they just need a different bait. >> >> >>>> That's an interesting gimmick. �Another seasonal problem... jack >> >>>> rabbits. �Any cute tricks to trap and/or kill? >> >> >>> � Scale it up to a 55 gallon drum and find the right bait? �The soapy >> >>> water keeps the vermin from climbing out of the container. �What do they >> >>> like to eat? >> >> >>Carrots. >> >> >What's up with that? Google sez young grass. >> >> >Best regards, >> >Spehro Pefhany >> >> That's what they're eating here... AND my succulents, a variety of >> plant, looking cactus-like... >> >> � � � �http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succulent_plant >> >> which kills them. �Thus the need to return the pleasure :-) >> >> � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � ...Jim Thompson >> -- >> | James E.Thompson, CTO � � � � � � � � � � � � � �| � �mens � � | >> | Analog Innovations, Inc. � � � � � � � � � � � � | � � et � � �| >> | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems �| � �manus � �| >> | Phoenix, Arizona �85048 � �Skype: Contacts Only �| � � � � � � | >> | Voice:(480)460-2350 �Fax: Available upon request | �Brass Rat �| >> | E-mail Icon athttp://www.analog-innovations.com| � �1962 � � | >> >> � � � The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > >I don't know about you guys, but "Succulent" sounds like a pretty good >name for the next SciFi channel original.... :) Lexx.
From: Don Klipstein on 27 Apr 2010 18:18 In article <XIABn.44605$uf6.30402(a)newsfe28.ams2>, ian field wrote: > >"Don Klipstein" <don(a)manx.misty.com> wrote in message >news:slrnhtc5ap.sad.don(a)manx.misty.com... >> In article <ougBn.103664$Hv2.32974(a)newsfe22.ams2>, ian field wrote: >>> >>>"PeterD" <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote in message >>>news:2db9t557ecch4jud76kaga36abtq4iqppk(a)4ax.com... >>>> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:26:25 +0100, "ian field" >>>> <gangprobing.alien(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote >>>>>in >>>>>message news:5kv8t5t1olbu8avqhonkdtrn15atkduils(a)4ax.com... >>>>>> This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here >>>>>> in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up. >>>>>> >>>>>> They're even getting into the house. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any convenient solutions? >>>>> >>>>>If a swarm forms indoors, suck them up with a dust buster vacuum >>>>>cleaner - >>>>>squirt some fly spray into the nozzle before switching off, >>>> >>>> Do NOT do that! Some vacuums use the air from the vacuum outlet to >>>> cool the motor, and the motor has exposed brushes. The fact that 'fly >>>> spray' is usually flammable, and brushes spark, will help prove the >>>> big bang theory quite effectively! >>> >>> >>>What a complete and utter load of bollox! >>> >>>A year or two ago some nut posted vids of his antics when he had a pile of >>>old vacuum cleaners to play with, he set one up on a table in his back >>>garden, switched it on and stuffed the hose into a bucket of petrol. >>> >>>Sure enough the sparks from the brushes ignited the fumes and the vacuum >>>cleaner did a fair impersonation of a jet engine with a lick of flame out >>>the end, it kept going quite a long time before the bearings siezed and >>>the >>>motor whent phut. >>> >>>I have a small mains powered (220V) handheld vacuum cleaner that I used to >>>catch wasps, moths and other flying insects, and I always gave it a squirt >>>of fly spray, that never once ignited and even if it did it wouldn't do >>>any >>>more than singe any accumulated fluff. >> >> I wish your good furtune in that area to continue. >> >> However, there is Murphy's Law, along with the wisdom of repeating your >> achievement of having a vacuum cleaner impersonate a jet engine with >> flame coming out. >> >> If I were to spray bug spray into a vacuum cleaner, I would take it >> outdoors first, with the hose plugged or blocked by something, such as a >> wad of toilet paper or a plastic bag and a rubber band. This requires a >> 50 or 100 foot extension cord, and I would advise carrying along a >> portable fire extinguisher or a 5 gallon bucket of water or otherwise be >> prepared for the worse. Maybe wear safety goggles in the unlikely event >> that they will actually be necessary. > >Do you wear a crash helmet all the time in case you fall over? I don't weat safety goggles all the time, but I do when I am risking blowing something up. (Sometimes I rely on my polycarbonate large-lens eyeglasses unless I am doing something really serious.) And I do wear a crash helmet all the time that I am riding my bike. - Don Klipstein (don(a)misty.com)
From: Michael A. Terrell on 27 Apr 2010 18:25 baron wrote: > > Michael A. Terrell Inscribed thus: > > > > > ian field wrote: > >> > >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >> > > >> > Or miniature bear traps that snap shut, when they try to retrieve > >> > their balls. > >> > >> Speaking of golfers, balls and bear traps...................... > > > > > > 'Miniature bear traps'. > > > > Or a ball trap, as the French say... The French were always weird! -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida http://www.flickr.com/photos/materrell/
From: Don Klipstein on 27 Apr 2010 18:26 In <ilcdt5pmm48i7db08s6h1vfbmb3pm6iab3(a)4ax.com>, Archimedes' Lever wrote: >On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:02:33 -0400, PeterD <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote: > >>On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:26:25 +0100, "ian field" >><gangprobing.alien(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >> >>>"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote in >>>message news:5kv8t5t1olbu8avqhonkdtrn15atkduils(a)4ax.com... >>>> This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here >>>> in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up. >>>> >>>> They're even getting into the house. >>>> >>>> Any convenient solutions? >>> >>>If a swarm forms indoors, suck them up with a dust buster vacuum cleaner - >>>squirt some fly spray into the nozzle before switching off, >> >>Do NOT do that! Some vacuums use the air from the vacuum outlet to >>cool the motor, and the motor has exposed brushes. > > Stupid, untrue claim. Such "air" is POST filter. > > Think of debris hitting the brushes, not just flies, idiot. THEN you >will realize the stupidity of the claim you derived with your bent >"common sense" guess of what takes place. ANY air that passes over ANY >motor in ANY vacuum cleaner is POST filter. > >> The fact that 'fly spray' is usually flammable, > > More utter bullshit. MAYBE the propellant is a low flammability >propane mix, but even that would be relatively safe. <SNIP from here> The propellant is close enough to entirely liquified hydrocarbon gases. I would not call that a low flammability mix. Combine that with any vapors from petroleum distillates, and that sounds risky to me. Especially if the filter should have any holes that pass through droplets of the liquid. - Don Klipstein (don(a)misty.com)
From: Michael A. Terrell on 27 Apr 2010 18:38
"Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote: > > Spehro Pefhany wrote: > > > > On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:32:03 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > > > >Spehro Pefhany wrote: > > >> > > >> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:26:55 -0400, Spehro Pefhany > > >> <speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote: > > >> > > >> >On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:34:46 -0400, the renowned JW <none(a)dev.null> > > >> >wrote: > > >> > > > >> >>Fill a bowl with some vinegar. Cover it with plastic wrap and poke lots of > > >> >>holes in it that are just big enough for them to enter. Gnats are > > >> >>attracted to vinegar and will find their way in, then die. > > >> > > > >> >Dish soap and water will work too. > > >> > > >> Oh, you have to put a bit of ripe banana peel in there too. > > > > > > > > > Would that work on dirty politicians if you used a couple dollars in > > >change, instead of the banana peel? > > > > Unmarked hundreds, maybe. > > That isn't species-specific. If you want Democrats, you'll have to use > women. For GOP, altar boys. Don't you mean ugly women? -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida http://www.flickr.com/photos/materrell/ |