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  1. 30-06-2004, 11:42 PM #1
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    flippy-flappy-whizzlebugs ag!

    I dont know about you guys'n'gals, but tho only ting that ruins summer for me ( apart from football and big brother) is those damn flippy-flappy buzzy biting monsters that doodlebug through ur windows as soon as the sun gets near the horizon.....grr . for some reason i absiloutley ph34r them... esp daddy longlegs! help! run!

    With two comps and 3 monitors in my room, (not to mention my feet and bottom) it gets pretty hot and stuffy in this room in summer and i simply must have my window open.....

    anyway i may have found a solution! As part of striving for that 'amsterdam' feel, i put 2 fireglow red bulbs in lamps and have been working tonight by authentic firelight (tm). The rooms fairly well lit up, all in red.

    curtains open, windows right open off their latches - and not a single flapping menace has rammed itself into my monitor all night!

    Could it be the case that bugs just don't get attracted to red light??

    if anyone else has seedy lighting, try it and post ur results!


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  2. 30-06-2004, 11:46 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by funnelhead
    t 2 fireglow red bulbs in lamps and have been working tonight by authentic firelight (tm).
    This probably isnt a good idea 0 you have been warned
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  3. 01-07-2004, 12:09 AM #3
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    why ERU? so far no flies and no hookers
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  4. 01-07-2004, 01:59 AM #4
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    damn, 1 just flew in. turned my monitor off and it flew right out science isn't dull!
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    You need one of thm zapper blue light they have in chip shops - sorted then
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    ^ and entertainment to boot!

    I hate the damn things too... esp in this flat, it has a huge vaulted ceiling, which means they hide in the roof until i'm not looking, then mount their attack!

    Grrr
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    Quote Originally Posted by funnelhead
    damn, 1 just flew in. turned my monitor off and it flew right out science isn't dull!
    How did it turn your monitor off?
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    Quote Originally Posted by funnelhead
    damn, 1 just flew in. turned my monitor off and it flew right out science isn't dull!
    Fly or hooker?
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    Quote Originally Posted by nichomach
    Fly or hooker?
    I know which I'd prefer

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    You can catch nasty diseases from both!

    I'd be careful what you wish for!
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    Daddy Longlegs are completely harmless. Don't be a nancy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rave
    Daddy Longlegs are completely harmless. Don't be a nancy.

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