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2997. concerned - 5/9/2005 7:42:32 AM 
Looks like a great place for a flower gathering expedition!
2998. thoughtful - 5/9/2005 1:40:42 PM Just 2999. thoughtful - 5/9/2005 1:40:50 PM wanting 3000. thoughtful - 5/9/2005 1:41:03 PM to make the millennial.
Yeah! 3001. Magoseph - 5/9/2005 1:44:02 PM 
The oldest tree in Paris is propped up by a slab of concrete and stands in the center of the Square Vivani in front of Eglise Saint Julien le Pauvre in the 5th arrondissement. Dating back to 1602, the "Robinia pseudacacia" was brought from Virginia to Europe and planted there by herbalist to King Henri IV and director of the nearby Jardin des Plantes, Jean Robin. 3002. PelleNilsson - 5/9/2005 3:56:03 PM concerned
That picture was posted by magoseph in Message # 2977. 3003. Magoseph - 5/9/2005 8:28:03 PM 
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3008. thoughtful - 5/9/2005 10:09:27 PM Neat birds...we don't have a woodpecker like that around our way that I've ever seen... 3009. Magoseph - 5/9/2005 10:13:06 PM You see in 3004, thoughtful. how my son managed to get the birds with their wings open? 3010. alistairConnor - 5/9/2005 10:27:15 PM Pretty damn good pictures through a closed window - I suppose that's the best way to avoid scaring them off.
The other day I heard a hell of a racket in a friend's garage -- yeah that's the nest of faucons crécerelle on the window ledge, she said. We saw the mother but not the babies.
Kestrels : I had to look it up. 3011. concerned - 5/10/2005 7:21:38 AM Anybody use any of the new mosquito traps such as Mosquito Magnet, Mosquito Deleto, Skeeter Vac, etc.?
Reading the reviews of them by users, they seem to be most effective in more northern latitudes - I was wondering if that's because it gets cooler at night so the mosquitos are more attracted to the heat produced by these traps. 3012. Macnas - 5/11/2005 9:50:39 AM We don't have 'skeeters in this part of the world con, so I cannot help you.
I remember once, when I was a young lad, we had bees establish a nest in one of our out buildings. We were in a quandry as to what to do with them, as we had calves in there that needed tending and the constant traffic in and out of the place made the bees agitated.
My Father arrived home, and seeing us gathered outside the calves house, came over to see what was the to-do. We told him of the bees nest and of our lack of ideas as to shift them without destroying the nest and getting ourselves stung into the bargain.
He said "No problems lads, I'll get rid of them for ye". He then struck a prize fighter pose at the door of the calves house and said "Right, go in there and send them out to me, one at a time". 3013. arkymalarky - 5/11/2005 4:23:05 PM You don't know how lucky you are, Mac. Mosquitoes are awful in most of AR, but I don't know anything about the success of the devices Con'd describes. Repellents are most effective. You just can't get to enough mosquitoes to make an impact with that other stuff.
Anyone in here remember "No-Pest Strips"? I thought about them after reading Con'd's post. A strip of dead flies, hanging right from the ceiling fan/light fixture in the living room, really adds to the decor. Ugh. 3014. Macnas - 5/11/2005 4:29:26 PM Ah yes, fly paper strips. A house where I used to work during the summer would have them everywhere.
You'd come in from work for the dinner, and you'd have to eat it while 6 inches in front of your face a blue bottle was slowly dying and waving his legs at you.
3015. arkymalarky - 5/11/2005 4:32:34 PM Hahaha!
(Gross-out alert)
Never use those sticky mouse traps, either. Bob did once in the barn and when he caught a mouse, he felt guilty and tried to pry it loose to let it go--the mouse pretty much came apart. A friend's father did the same, not out of guilt, but because he wanted to reuse the trap, and the mouse's little feet came off onto the paper. 3016. Macnas - 5/11/2005 4:40:54 PM I've seen them here at work. Never, ever, ever trod on one.
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