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From: mpm on 25 Apr 2010 18:25 On Apr 25, 1:29 pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My- Web-Site.com> wrote: > On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:12:33 -0700, Tim Wescott <t...(a)seemywebsite.now> > wrote: > > >Jim Thompson wrote: > >> 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? > > >Call your local police force, and complain that the gnats are illegal > >immigrants. > > >When they get there, demand to see birth certificates (be sure to have > >yours handy). > > Now! Now! Be nice! The law simply says that in addition to the > normal "show your driver's license" during a traffic stop or similar, > UPON SUSPICION, because you can't produce ID, the officer can ask if > you're a legal immigrant. > > Personally I think, instead of jail time, we need to institute > "rock-pile" service... a year on the rock pile, particularly if > administered by Arpaio should stop this nonsense. > > ...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 RE: Illegal Immigration (er, "invasion") -- I would support yet another litmus test: If you pull someone over and they can't speak English, ask to see their birth certificate or passport (with valid entry visa)!! And if they're here legally and can't speak English (doubly so if they can only speak Spanish!), deport them until they learn the language. That goes for Florida too! As for the gnats - bug spray. Plus, it helps if you can ID and remove their food supply. They don't eat much, so it can be a challenge...
From: mook johnson on 25 Apr 2010 18:29 "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? > > ...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 at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | > > I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. Avon Skin-so-Soft is better than DEET stuff (Off) hands down. Used to go fishing down the off and deepwoods off and that seemed like it attracted the gnats. Switched to skin so soft and it went WAY down. Also helps to puff a nice green cigar in the room. :)
From: Jim Thompson on 25 Apr 2010 19:38 On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:18:15 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >J.A. Legris wrote: >> On Apr 25, 1:42 pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My- >> Web-Site.com> wrote: >>> 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? >>> >>> ...Jim Thompson [snip] >> >> DDT works great. Don't worry about all that leftist anti-DDT "science" >> - it's perfectly safe for humans. My uncle had an atomizer installed >> on this forced-air HVAC system so could just set-and-forget. >> > >Personally I wouldn't so that. If it kills gnats I can't imagine it >being harmless for pets etc. > >Gnats are attracted to food but most of all to moist places. So make >sure there is no "smellable" food anywhere and also that there are no >indoor plants with very moist soil. That-a-boy. Give up all human frivolity to avoid gnats. Where can you get DDT now-a-days? Isn't it forbidden? Though forbidden does have its good points, it's ridding Africa of people :-) ...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 at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy
From: Michael A. Terrell on 25 Apr 2010 19:41 Jim Thompson wrote: > > On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:12:33 -0700, Tim Wescott <tim(a)seemywebsite.now> > wrote: > > >Jim Thompson wrote: > >> 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? > > > >Call your local police force, and complain that the gnats are illegal > >immigrants. > > > >When they get there, demand to see birth certificates (be sure to have > >yours handy). > > Now! Now! Be nice! The law simply says that in addition to the > normal "show your driver's license" during a traffic stop or similar, > UPON SUSPICION, because you can't produce ID, the officer can ask if > you're a legal immigrant. > > Personally I think, instead of jail time, we need to institute > "rock-pile" service... a year on the rock pile, particularly if > administered by Arpaio should stop this nonsense. You're just waiting for 'someone' from D.C. to show up without the proper papers, aren't you? ;-) -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: Joerg on 25 Apr 2010 19:48
Jim Thompson wrote: > On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:18:15 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> > wrote: > >> J.A. Legris wrote: >>> On Apr 25, 1:42 pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My- >>> Web-Site.com> wrote: >>>> 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? >>>> >>>> ...Jim Thompson > [snip] >>> DDT works great. Don't worry about all that leftist anti-DDT "science" >>> - it's perfectly safe for humans. My uncle had an atomizer installed >>> on this forced-air HVAC system so could just set-and-forget. >>> >> Personally I wouldn't so that. If it kills gnats I can't imagine it >> being harmless for pets etc. >> >> Gnats are attracted to food but most of all to moist places. So make >> sure there is no "smellable" food anywhere and also that there are no >> indoor plants with very moist soil. > > That-a-boy. Give up all human frivolity to avoid gnats. > Only until the problem subsides. It ain't that hard to put potted plants outside for a week or two :-) WRT pesticide you can't anything powerful these days. Even "Home Defense" is a far cry from what it used to be a few years ago. [...] -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. |