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Karen Chuplis - 11 Jan 2005 12:35 GMT
Check out the amazing photo and video on apba. Holy cow. Can you believe all
that moth dust??
badwilson - 11 Jan 2005 13:16 GMT
This has got to be the first time ever that I've been glad that I
don't get binary groups ;-)
--
Britta
Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's
covered in fur!
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

> Check out the amazing photo and video on apba. Holy cow. Can you believe all
> that moth dust??
Howard Berkowitz - 11 Jan 2005 14:59 GMT
> This has got to be the first time ever that I've been glad that I
> don't get binary groups ;-)

There must be a mother or two who can deal with this.
TBird - 11 Jan 2005 19:17 GMT
> Check out the amazing photo and video on apba. Holy cow. Can you believe all
> that moth dust??

SO glad I can't see that.

I've hated moths all of my life because of that.  Gross gross gross!

TBird <--- has been known to scream and run from moths
jmcquown - 11 Jan 2005 19:27 GMT
>> Check out the amazing photo and video on apba. Holy cow. Can you
>> believe all that moth dust??
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>
> TBird <--- has been known to scream and run from moths

I found it rather odd that the OP on the other ng (Rod in the Outback) said
he has the light lit at night to keep the moths from getting to the house.
Uh... they tend to gather around light... wouldn't it be best to turn the
light off?  Or did he mean they'd swarm *inside* the house without the
light?

Yet another reason I'm glad I'm in the good ol' USA :)

Jill
Yowie - 11 Jan 2005 20:56 GMT
> >> Check out the amazing photo and video on apba. Holy cow. Can you
> >> believe all that moth dust??
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> light off?  Or did he mean they'd swarm *inside* the house without the
> light?

If you keep a light on outside, the moths won't try to come in through the
flyscreens to your lounge room lights. Turn it off, and they'll find their
way in, flyscreens or no.

(It being summer here, you want to keep you solid doors open to let the cool
air in at night)

Yowie
PS, Since I don't get the binary groups, can somebody invite Rod in the
Outback here, please? I"ve read his stuff on Flippy's page and he's
hilarious.
Karen - 11 Jan 2005 21:07 GMT
> > >> Check out the amazing photo and video on apba. Holy cow. Can you
> > >> believe all that moth dust??
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> Outback here, please? I"ve read his stuff on Flippy's page and he's
> hilarious.

He posted THE funniest one ever the other day. That one about Toiletto in
the outhouse and he turned out the light and then Toiletto attacked him? OMG
I thought that was hysterical. He's such a good writer.
Yowie - 11 Jan 2005 22:40 GMT
> > > >> Check out the amazing photo and video on apba. Holy cow. Can you
> > > >> believe all that moth dust??
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> the outhouse and he turned out the light and then Toiletto attacked him? OMG
> I thought that was hysterical. He's such a good writer.

Flippy sent that one out - and I'm glad she did. Please beg the guy to join
RPCA - or at least, crosspost his stories!!!

Yowie
badwilson - 12 Jan 2005 01:15 GMT
> > Check out the amazing photo and video on apba. Holy cow. Can you believe
> all
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>
> TBird <--- has been known to scream and run from moths

Yay!  Another mothophobe!  Welcome sister :-)  Now that TJ has
disappeared, we mothophobes have to stick together!
--
Britta
Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's
covered in fur!
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album
TBird - 12 Jan 2005 15:43 GMT
> > TBird <--- has been known to scream and run from moths

> Yay!  Another mothophobe!  Welcome sister :-)  Now that TJ has
> disappeared, we mothophobes have to stick together!
> --
> Britta

Oh good GOD yes!  Mothophobe!
They are so insane and erratic and all that dust and ARGH....

Every 10-15 years or so Colorado gets and infestation of Miller Moths and
it's a damn miracle I lived through one.  The doors to the building where I
worked were alive with swarms of the damn things.  I would sit in my car and
shudder, trying to steel myself for the mad dash out of the car and through
the moths to get into the building.

It was three weeks of pure hell for me.

Somehow, we had none in my apartment.

And I will NEVER own a blue Spruce tree, they love the things.  My inlaws
had one next to their driveway.  As soon as we slammed the car doors, the
tree would come alive with moths.

That same year they were so bad cats were getting sicking from "kitty potato
chip" overload.  And one flew into some old geezers ear (there's a nightmare
for ya) and the doctor had to pull it out with tweezers.  But as soon as he
let it go, it flew RIGHT BACK INTO THE GUYS EAR!!!!

I swore I am leaving town the next time they swarm like that.  Or I simply
won't live through it.

TBird <--- mothophobe extrodinaire
badwilson - 13 Jan 2005 03:45 GMT
> > > TBird <--- has been known to scream and run from moths
>
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>
> It was three weeks of pure hell for me.

I will have nightmares for weeks imagining the pure hell you must have
endured.  Shudder.  I think I would have died...that or left town
anyways ;-)

> Somehow, we had none in my apartment.

Whew!  At least there's that.

> And I will NEVER own a blue Spruce tree, they love the things.  My inlaws
> had one next to their driveway.  As soon as we slammed the car doors, the
> tree would come alive with moths.

Good to know, I'll try to remember that.

> That same year they were so bad cats were getting sicking from "kitty potato
> chip" overload.  And one flew into some old geezers ear (there's a nightmare
> for ya) and the doctor had to pull it out with tweezers.  But as soon as he
> let it go, it flew RIGHT BACK INTO THE GUYS EAR!!!!

Good gawd!  I would go insane and turn into a babbling idiot if that
happened to me.  I might not be able to recover.

> I swore I am leaving town the next time they swarm like that.  Or I simply
> won't live through it.

Yes, I can see that.  Purrs that you won't get another swarm.

When Dennis and I went to Australia to get married, almost 9 years
ago, we were both unemployed and so we stayed at backpacker hostels.
This one place had this shared bathroom and there was this huge moth
on the wall.  It had a wingspan of at least 6 inches.  I was too
terrified to go in there and ended up sneaking into the men's room to
pee and showered in my bathing suit by the pool instead.  Thank
goodness we only stayed there 2 nights.
--
Britta
Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's
covered in fur!
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album
Christina Websell - 13 Jan 2005 20:54 GMT
>> > > TBird <--- has been known to scream and run from moths
>>
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> --
> Britta

It must be awful to be afraid of moths.
The first thing I want to do when I see a moth is to get out my book and see
which one it is.  Sorry, I actually like them.

Tweed
Adrian - 14 Jan 2005 16:13 GMT
>>>>> TBird <--- has been known to scream and run from moths
>>>
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>
> Tweed

When I was a kid, I saw a very large spider crawling up my bedroom wall,
so I got my camera and took a photo. I wonder where that picture went?
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