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From: Jim Thompson on 25 Apr 2010 19:53 On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:41:35 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >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? ;-) Now! Now! You know that I'm quite prim and proper... bang! ...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: Jim Thompson on 25 Apr 2010 19:54 On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:48:55 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >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. > >[...] The nanny state is what took away DDT. So the solution is mosquito netting ?:-) ...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: Don Klipstein on 25 Apr 2010 21:38 In <5kv8t5t1olbu8avqhonkdtrn15atkduils(a)4ax.com>, 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? I do remember homebrewing bugzappers in the late 1970's. As I remember, I could not find any light that was good at attracting gnats to their doom. Then again, any that fly at night appeared to me to be attracted well to a F20T12B fluorescent lamp. The broader band spectrum appears to me to work better than BL, 350BL, and BLB. One more thing - I attracted more flying insects powering the lamp with DC than with AC. But for attracting to their doom gnats other than ones endangering themselves with a nightlife - best I can think of is a nice warm cup of some sort of tea. It appears to me that they like moisture. If that does not work, then all I can think of for now is that the lower elevation Arozina heat and aridity will do them in sometime in May.
From: Don Klipstein on 25 Apr 2010 21:42 In article <tP%An.83327$pV1.79181(a)newsfe21.ams2>, ian field 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, otherwise >they'll just fly back out again. I might worry about the spray being flammable and getting to the sparking brushes in the motor. Instead, I would put the dustbuuster in an oven and heat it to about 130-140 F. And cap the nozzle with one of my hands along the way, or plug the nozzle with a wad of toilet paper or paper towel or trash paper. - Don Klipstein (don(a)misty.com)
From: Spehro Pefhany on 25 Apr 2010 21:53
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:48:55 -0700, the renowned Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >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. > >[...] http://www.gardensalive.com/product.asp?pn=3440 It must be effective if it's banned in two states! Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff(a)interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |