What do you do about flies ?
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I visit my fiancée's family once a week more or less, they live on a dairy and chicken farm in West Limerick. They are nice, simple people and are tolerant of me and my "city" ways. With so many cattle around there are alot of flies, particularly now with the warm weather and the mother of the family with each passing year is getting more and more aggravated by the problem. I said there has to be a solution to this problem in the world. So I was wondering what other CPians did about flies ? We have CPians from all over the world here, and large proportion from countries that are far hotter than Ireland. I can only presume you guys have a fly problem as well, if so what do you do about it?
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
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I visit my fiancée's family once a week more or less, they live on a dairy and chicken farm in West Limerick. They are nice, simple people and are tolerant of me and my "city" ways. With so many cattle around there are alot of flies, particularly now with the warm weather and the mother of the family with each passing year is getting more and more aggravated by the problem. I said there has to be a solution to this problem in the world. So I was wondering what other CPians did about flies ? We have CPians from all over the world here, and large proportion from countries that are far hotter than Ireland. I can only presume you guys have a fly problem as well, if so what do you do about it?
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
Ray Kinsella wrote:
there has to be a solution to this problem in the world.
Lots of insecticide?
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Ray Kinsella wrote:
there has to be a solution to this problem in the world.
Lots of insecticide?
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Blog - My Photos - ScrewTurn Wiki
Tried that and the electric fly swatter[^], it didn't help.
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
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Tried that and the electric fly swatter[^], it didn't help.
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
Well, yes, the problem with insects is that there are lots of them, so if you kill, say, 10,000, there are still lots. Almost nothing changes.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Blog - My Photos - ScrewTurn Wiki
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I visit my fiancée's family once a week more or less, they live on a dairy and chicken farm in West Limerick. They are nice, simple people and are tolerant of me and my "city" ways. With so many cattle around there are alot of flies, particularly now with the warm weather and the mother of the family with each passing year is getting more and more aggravated by the problem. I said there has to be a solution to this problem in the world. So I was wondering what other CPians did about flies ? We have CPians from all over the world here, and large proportion from countries that are far hotter than Ireland. I can only presume you guys have a fly problem as well, if so what do you do about it?
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
We used Tortoise mosquito coils here in India under such circumstances ( long back :) ) .. they were very effective..... you may have some other brands there.... or import those from here :-D Found a review here : http://www.mouthshut.com/review/Tortoise_Mosquito_Coil-25887-1.html[^]
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I visit my fiancée's family once a week more or less, they live on a dairy and chicken farm in West Limerick. They are nice, simple people and are tolerant of me and my "city" ways. With so many cattle around there are alot of flies, particularly now with the warm weather and the mother of the family with each passing year is getting more and more aggravated by the problem. I said there has to be a solution to this problem in the world. So I was wondering what other CPians did about flies ? We have CPians from all over the world here, and large proportion from countries that are far hotter than Ireland. I can only presume you guys have a fly problem as well, if so what do you do about it?
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
when you have lots of flies, nothing beats lots of fly tape... basically it is sweet smelling, so attracts them unlike the electric one that just zaps them. When it fills up, toss it, keep lots on hand.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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when you have lots of flies, nothing beats lots of fly tape... basically it is sweet smelling, so attracts them unlike the electric one that just zaps them. When it fills up, toss it, keep lots on hand.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Anup Shinde wrote:
wudnt it be better to attach these to the cattles?
Nope, outside just use the electric ones. Flies breed more flies, its an endless cycle. To stop the flies you have to kill all the flies in one fell swoop along with all the maggots before they turn into flies.... but even if you did, they fly in from your neighbors farm. And so, outside the electric one works best, you just leave it and get as many as you can, that is all you can do. Inside, for humans use the tape.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I visit my fiancée's family once a week more or less, they live on a dairy and chicken farm in West Limerick. They are nice, simple people and are tolerant of me and my "city" ways. With so many cattle around there are alot of flies, particularly now with the warm weather and the mother of the family with each passing year is getting more and more aggravated by the problem. I said there has to be a solution to this problem in the world. So I was wondering what other CPians did about flies ? We have CPians from all over the world here, and large proportion from countries that are far hotter than Ireland. I can only presume you guys have a fly problem as well, if so what do you do about it?
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
I encourage spiders, and never let anyone kill them. We have spiders that live in specific rooms of the house, a spider or two live in my ute, they are everywhere.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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Anup Shinde wrote:
wudnt it be better to attach these to the cattles?
Hang the fly tape from the horns. :) Marc
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I encourage spiders, and never let anyone kill them. We have spiders that live in specific rooms of the house, a spider or two live in my ute, they are everywhere.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Christian Graus wrote:
they are everywhere
:~ :-D
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Blog - My Photos - ScrewTurn Wiki
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I visit my fiancée's family once a week more or less, they live on a dairy and chicken farm in West Limerick. They are nice, simple people and are tolerant of me and my "city" ways. With so many cattle around there are alot of flies, particularly now with the warm weather and the mother of the family with each passing year is getting more and more aggravated by the problem. I said there has to be a solution to this problem in the world. So I was wondering what other CPians did about flies ? We have CPians from all over the world here, and large proportion from countries that are far hotter than Ireland. I can only presume you guys have a fly problem as well, if so what do you do about it?
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
I used to work on a Hog farm in Ky. while I was attending College and we used to use a product that looked like Corn Meal. We would scatter it in the morning and sweep up the stuff and the dead flies later in the day. I can't remember what we called it but it really worked. Mike
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I visit my fiancée's family once a week more or less, they live on a dairy and chicken farm in West Limerick. They are nice, simple people and are tolerant of me and my "city" ways. With so many cattle around there are alot of flies, particularly now with the warm weather and the mother of the family with each passing year is getting more and more aggravated by the problem. I said there has to be a solution to this problem in the world. So I was wondering what other CPians did about flies ? We have CPians from all over the world here, and large proportion from countries that are far hotter than Ireland. I can only presume you guys have a fly problem as well, if so what do you do about it?
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
My parents use citronella candles, and they seem to work pretty well as a repellent.
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I encourage spiders, and never let anyone kill them. We have spiders that live in specific rooms of the house, a spider or two live in my ute, they are everywhere.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Aye. I never kill spiders, either. I think it is bad luck to kill a useful animal. Other than that, they are fascinating creatures. And if they had our dimensions, they would rule the world. And there would be no male dominace, trust me on that....
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I visit my fiancée's family once a week more or less, they live on a dairy and chicken farm in West Limerick. They are nice, simple people and are tolerant of me and my "city" ways. With so many cattle around there are alot of flies, particularly now with the warm weather and the mother of the family with each passing year is getting more and more aggravated by the problem. I said there has to be a solution to this problem in the world. So I was wondering what other CPians did about flies ? We have CPians from all over the world here, and large proportion from countries that are far hotter than Ireland. I can only presume you guys have a fly problem as well, if so what do you do about it?
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
The Simpson's solution would be to get yourself a flea collar, as long as they don't know what that is or they don't think you're into S&M, you'll be okay. Just tell them it's for your neck problem. :-D
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Christian Graus wrote:
they are everywhere
:~ :-D
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Blog - My Photos - ScrewTurn Wiki
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I visit my fiancée's family once a week more or less, they live on a dairy and chicken farm in West Limerick. They are nice, simple people and are tolerant of me and my "city" ways. With so many cattle around there are alot of flies, particularly now with the warm weather and the mother of the family with each passing year is getting more and more aggravated by the problem. I said there has to be a solution to this problem in the world. So I was wondering what other CPians did about flies ? We have CPians from all over the world here, and large proportion from countries that are far hotter than Ireland. I can only presume you guys have a fly problem as well, if so what do you do about it?
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
Back in the early 80's I had a girlfriend who lived on a farm near Rome, NY. She noticed that the year after the nuclear anomaly at Three Mile Island, that the number of flies on the farm was down tremendously. Do you have any nuclear power plants near by? Is the farm located down wind? If so, ...
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I visit my fiancée's family once a week more or less, they live on a dairy and chicken farm in West Limerick. They are nice, simple people and are tolerant of me and my "city" ways. With so many cattle around there are alot of flies, particularly now with the warm weather and the mother of the family with each passing year is getting more and more aggravated by the problem. I said there has to be a solution to this problem in the world. So I was wondering what other CPians did about flies ? We have CPians from all over the world here, and large proportion from countries that are far hotter than Ireland. I can only presume you guys have a fly problem as well, if so what do you do about it?
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
Screens and fly tape. Also, at night, they tend to settle down and land on the ceilings - walk around with a fly swatter and you can kill a lot of them quickly. Mostly, don't freak out about them - it's just something you get used to.
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I visit my fiancée's family once a week more or less, they live on a dairy and chicken farm in West Limerick. They are nice, simple people and are tolerant of me and my "city" ways. With so many cattle around there are alot of flies, particularly now with the warm weather and the mother of the family with each passing year is getting more and more aggravated by the problem. I said there has to be a solution to this problem in the world. So I was wondering what other CPians did about flies ? We have CPians from all over the world here, and large proportion from countries that are far hotter than Ireland. I can only presume you guys have a fly problem as well, if so what do you do about it?
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
I read the subject as "What do you do about files" :sigh:
Ray Kinsella wrote:
e have CPians from all over the world here, and large proportion from countries that are far hotter than Ireland. I can only presume you guys have a fly problem as well, if so what do you do about it?
My Grandfather's house had a lot of these flies and they use to clean up the place 2 times a day, used screens and meshes facing the cattle shed.
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I encourage spiders, and never let anyone kill them. We have spiders that live in specific rooms of the house, a spider or two live in my ute, they are everywhere.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Christian Graus wrote:
a spider or two live in my ute
What's a ute? After ruling out the My Cousin Vinny's "two utes" I looked it up Wikipedia. Much as I would like it to be "C-6 Ute and U-21 Ute, military variants of the Beechcraft King Air Model 90" I suspect that what you actually own is the much more mundain "colloquial term used in Australia and New Zealand to refer to a pickup truck"
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