A section of the road to hell is paved with netter trees!
1 posted on
09/07/2019 7:16:04 PM PDT by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
Ten million people a year??? What the hell???
2 posted on
09/07/2019 7:17:02 PM PDT by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: DUMBGRUNT
When a human is stung by an asp, it can cause localized pain that is compared to blunt-force trauma or a bone break. That's one nasty caterpillar!
6 posted on
09/07/2019 7:27:56 PM PDT by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
8 posted on
09/07/2019 7:30:14 PM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
("If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.")
To: DUMBGRUNT
Sometimes you just don’t try to fool mother nature.
To: DUMBGRUNT
I was stung by one of these little guys about 11 years ago.
Unpleasant. And it hurt for several days.
Not that big a deal, though. Certainly not as painful as a hornet sting.
10 posted on
09/07/2019 7:33:05 PM PDT by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Now that the cause and effect is clearly understood, how many years will it take for this city to change it’s custom of netting those trees? My guess is at least 15 years.
No bureaucrat wants to admit that they are wrong, that they have, in effect, been barking up the wrong trees.
To: DUMBGRUNT
First time I saw one of those Asps was in 2015, during the last presidential campaign. Guess who people were saying the caterpillar reminded them of?
To: DUMBGRUNT
16 posted on
09/07/2019 8:00:32 PM PDT by
Disambiguator
(Keepin' it analog.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
No way they see 10 million people per year.
That’s 30% of the population of the entire state of Texas.
18 posted on
09/07/2019 8:13:23 PM PDT by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Aka the puss caterpillar...really!
Yet another good reason to live where there is a four season climate, including that nice killing frost.
21 posted on
09/07/2019 8:24:51 PM PDT by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Clipped off first part of sentence:
Live oak trees lining sidewalks in the
Texas Medical Center (TMC) - which is visited by 10 million people seeking health care each year - are routinely netted to discourage pesky birds such as grackles and pigeons.
25 posted on
09/08/2019 1:43:06 AM PDT by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: DUMBGRUNT
They're just freaking out because the caterpillars remind them of Donald Trump.
26 posted on
09/08/2019 3:14:01 AM PDT by
dangus
To: DUMBGRUNT; All
which is visited by 10 million people seeking health care each yearYes, that IS true. "The largest medical complex in the world." They don't all go to one building. There are over 60 facilities. (And, of course, they aren't all there due to caterpillars.)
https://www.tmc.edu/about-tmc/facts-and-figures/
29 posted on
09/08/2019 5:54:06 AM PDT by
Right Wing Assault
(Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
To: DUMBGRUNT
The toxin would make a great weapon, as long as the other guy doesn’t have it, too.
30 posted on
09/08/2019 5:58:28 AM PDT by
Right Wing Assault
(Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Most painful thing I endured as a child was an asp sting.
35 posted on
09/08/2019 9:18:02 AM PDT by
wildbill
To: DUMBGRUNT
Learned real fast not to mess around in trees with asp nests after getting stung when I was kid.
IIRC, household ammonia solution eased the pain?
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