So... Whats for lunch?

[Michel]

Ah OK, never heard that thing about green water, I think mosquitoes are just everywhere.

[Sportsdude]

if its green that means algea grows and the water doesn't move those little bitters need water that doesn't move at all to breed. So if you are at a park and see a pond that looks like this:

go the other direction.
 

[Sportsdude]

 mosquitoes need [font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"]stagnant water [/font]  

[Michel]

Yeah, OK, never really made the connection with the green water. Anyway, here, stagnant water = mosquitoes, running water = black flies. Wouhou !

  For a reason or another, a lot less around Van than in the East, I don't know why. North of BC however, they litterally airborne you and bring you to feed their larvaes lol.

[Russ]

True SD. Thats why in rain barrels at my relatives place thta sometimes sit for a while we dump a few drops of used oil on the top to kill the larvae.

  Lise.. I pee when I want where I want. Comes from being on a ship I guess, no shame. lol.

[Michel]

Yeah, OK, never really made the connection with the green water. Anyway, here, stagnant water = mosquitoes, running water = black flies. Wouhou !

  For a reason or another, a lot less around Van than in the East, I don't know why. North of BC however, they litterally airborne you and bring you to feed their larvaes lol.

  Here's an archives pic if you don't believe me young man !

   

[Sportsdude]

lol michel.
bugs used to be as big as us. But that was like 10 million years ago. They found some fossilized remains in a coal mine in Illinois.
 

[Michel]

Mosquitoes and black flies, for one reason or another, the only wildlife you're allowed to feed in national parks.

[Michel]

bugs used to be as big as us

  LOL are you a midget big boy ?

  2 feets long dragonfly, OK, but not as big as us. lol

[Michel]

Some say the mosquito is the real State bird of Alaska...

[Sportsdude]

I'm not joking.
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it was before dinosaurs.

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 Three hundred million years ago, before dinosaurs, gigantic insects roamed the Earth.
 
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[Michel]

Yeah I know what the Carboniferous era is, but still Dragonfly-like insects the size of hawks are exacly what I was talking about. Millipedes are not insects. lol (when you wanna be right, you wanna be right).  

[Sportsdude]

only one more bored out of my mind weekend to go after this one and then no more bored out of my mind weekends. woot.    

[Lil Me]

Evening!  Had to take someone to the airport, so I went to Richmond.  Afterwards, took Heckyl and Jeckyl biking at Iona Beach park.  Really nice bike path over the sewer pipe!
 
 Dinner is salmon burger patties (frozen from Costco), veggies and potato salad.
   

[P.C.]

Sounds good Lil Me.  Dinner here will be steak.  Sawdust thought it would be a good idea to buy a cow from Costco and butcher it himself.  My poor teeny freezer is bursting at the seams.  So, steak, mushrooms and caramelized onions, salad, baby cukes and a baked potato.

  Did you rescue your bike yet ?