h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

You're lucky it's only during late night.

I agree Paul, but there's no real deterrents because of "goodie goodies"

What's it like during daylight hours?

not bad as such, because it's a public park and druggies like secrecy but it's the disguarded needles that can be found. I once found one in my front garden under the hedge - my fears of one of my young kids at the time picking it up. Luckily I found it first

I like to tease you, prof, but I will never needle you.

"I like to tease you"

NEVER stop

I learn! I add to my "repertoire" I can only get better (or dafter) = Who cares ? - I don't

Daftness and creativity are joined at the hip.

with superglue, it can join anywhere

Prof, I notice that you are very active here lately, and that your material is usually first-rate. Can I assume that you are feeling better?

I'm a lot better in a sense Paul a few week back, the "prit nurse" They deal with respiratory issues and the (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)) machine I use. She adjusted the timing set up from 1 sec to 1.5 sec and now I'm not "fighting it" It would pulse at the wrong time when I was breathing in or out, now it's in time with me. So I'm sleeping 100% better

Thanks mate

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I have a shot of at least fifty Green-bottles (and they are not hanging on the wall but something less appetizing; naturally I won't send you the photograph). I remember in my youth it would be Bluebottles but maybe they are the dominant species in Scotland or the balance has changed in the last twenty years since I lived there

Yes, I’ve definitely seen more greenbottles this year than in the past, and correspondingly fewer bluebottles...

I confess to enjoying the colors of flies as I aim my flyswatter at them . I respect them more more than I used to, though.
In the Arctic, which is too cold for bees, flies take over the pollination chores
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-flies-key-pollinators-high-arctic.html

http://www.majman.net/flyswatter/


practice makes perfect

It would be amusing to see a headline like "Arctic Circle running out of flies."

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Arctic+Circle+running+out+of+flies&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJ2reh7cfcAhWLKMAKHWxdDncQsAR6BAgDEAE&biw=1536&bih=732

don't know if it'll "work/go to" ?

Chinese McDonald's employee to customer in Anchorage: "You want flies with that?"

I've just sent a rant to the Post about idiots cutting down live trees and expecting them to burn. If it doesn't get accepted will post it here in the Lounge

And yet live trees sometimes burn during forest fires.

Maple, poplar, and cherry trees are less flammable than most conifers.
http://www.readyforwildfire.org/Fire-Safe-Landscaping/

Fire-resistant shrubs include hedging roses, bush honeysuckles, currant, cotoneaster, sumac and shrub apples.

Of course, if a fire is hot enough, it can overcome their defenses.

large, tall trees like Ponderosa Pine are very fire-resistant because its flammable needles are far above the lames. Live oaks, horse chestnuts, American mountain ash, southen magnolia are fire-resistant. The most fire-resistant tyree is the mediterranean Cypress.
http://www.frontlinewildfire.com/can-name-fire-resistant-trees-answers-may-surprise/

But if you really to cut down a tree and burn it immediately, you can try Acacia, bamboo, Douglas Fir, eastern Red Cedar, Palms, Pines, many Junipers, and Arborvitae