We have lots of micro-bat species here in Oz, they are so cute.
We don't have many in urban areas, well not the 'bats in the belfry' type. What we do have is Fruit Bats aka Flying Foxes. These can be an issue. They flock together in their ten of thousands. The noise is horrendous and the smell is execrable. Communities and organisations try and get rid of them, but the usual do-gooders and greenies (who live elsewhere it usually turns out) jump up and down and have all sort of hissy fits about it.
In Vanuatu they have a better solution. They eat them.
Re: Come MONDAY@ the MSC
Posted: January 25, 2021 3:05 pm
by sistergoldenhair
Aloha! Spent the last couple of hours on the floor painting molding. Ouch, my legs hurt.
Re: Come MONDAY@ the MSC
Posted: January 25, 2021 3:10 pm
by bodypainter
Our main species in the eastern US is called the little brown bat. A fungus has plagued the species enough to put numbers way down. A very exclusive area on a lake one hour north has supplied bat houses to keep as many bats around as possible. They keep down the mosquitoes.
Re: Come MONDAY@ the MSC
Posted: January 25, 2021 3:31 pm
by Rabbitz
bodypainter wrote: ↑January 25, 2021 3:10 pm
Our main species in the eastern US is called the little brown bat. A fungus has plagued the species enough to put numbers way down. A very exclusive area on a lake one hour north has supplied bat houses to keep as many bats around as possible. They keep down the mosquitoes.
Awww ain't they cute - with a feisty streak too. (Just like how I like my wimmen folk )
Not sure I'd want then in my house though.
Re: Come MONDAY@ the MSC
Posted: January 25, 2021 3:32 pm
by big john
And then of course there's-----------------BATFINK!
bodypainter wrote: ↑January 25, 2021 3:10 pm
Our main species in the eastern US is called the little brown bat. A fungus has plagued the species enough to put numbers way down. A very exclusive area on a lake one hour north has supplied bat houses to keep as many bats around as possible. They keep down the mosquitoes.
Awww ain't they cute - with a feisty streak too. (Just like how I like my wimmen folk )
bodypainter wrote: ↑January 25, 2021 3:10 pm
Our main species in the eastern US is called the little brown bat. A fungus has plagued the species enough to put numbers way down. A very exclusive area on a lake one hour north has supplied bat houses to keep as many bats around as possible. They keep down the mosquitoes.
Awww ain't they cute - with a feisty streak too. (Just like how I like my wimmen folk )
Not sure I'd want then in my house though.
Nobody does! Imagine getting a fruit bat inside a house. Now, there's a problem.
Re: Come MONDAY@ the MSC
Posted: January 25, 2021 5:11 pm
by moog
I'm batty. Went to fix my tail lites on truck, dead battery. O volts. Arrrrrr
Re: Come MONDAY@ the MSC
Posted: January 25, 2021 5:37 pm
by bodypainter
moog wrote: ↑January 25, 2021 5:11 pm
I'm batty. Went to fix my tail lites on truck, dead battery. O volts. Arrrrrr
It used to so much colder here in the winter, I had to put a trouble light under both cars to keep the engines warm enough to start. Even then, a charger had to used to turn over the engine if the battery was weak.
Batteries today go DEAD immediately, unlike the old ones. Cold weather helps kill them too
Good luck, Moog.
Re: Come MONDAY@ the MSC
Posted: January 25, 2021 6:00 pm
by moog
My dome lite was left on for a week. A simple bulb change last week turned into replacing rear sockets, dead battery and 6 man hours.
Re: Come MONDAY@ the MSC
Posted: January 25, 2021 6:17 pm
by moog
Battery is desulfating. Probably will have to replace it.
Re: Come MONDAY@ the MSC
Posted: January 25, 2021 6:38 pm
by Saltx3
sistergoldenhair wrote: ↑January 25, 2021 3:05 pm
Aloha! Spent the last couple of hours on the floor painting molding. Ouch, my legs hurt.
cant wait to see it (sometime, maybe, hopefully.....)
Re: Come MONDAY@ the MSC
Posted: January 25, 2021 7:07 pm
by WVParrothead
moog wrote: ↑January 25, 2021 6:17 pm
Battery is desulfating. Probably will have to replace it.
Can't remember the last time I desulfated. Wasn't pleasant though.
Re: Come MONDAY@ the MSC
Posted: January 25, 2021 7:19 pm
by Rabbitz
moog wrote: ↑January 25, 2021 5:11 pm
I'm batty. Went to fix my tail lites on truck, dead battery. O volts. Arrrrrr
0 volts?
A battery should never show 0 volts, unless a cell has collapsed and there is an open circuit in the battery in which case it is terminally fatal.
And no I am not really the 12v Man...
Re: Come MONDAY@ the MSC
Posted: January 25, 2021 7:26 pm
by springparrot
Our county got more vaccine.
Enough for 400 shots. 400??? That isn't even enough to get started. At this rate, we won't get vaccinated until next Christmas.
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