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Bags of water hung to keep flies away
United Press International ^ | UPI

Posted on 08/26/2006 12:39:07 AM PDT by carlo3b

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To: GreenAccord

If you die of fright, I guess that would be repel. I suspect the old bag is a broad spectrum cross species repellent though.


61 posted on 08/26/2006 7:39:03 AM PDT by kylaka
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To: Zechariah_8_13
They do this everywhere in TX

do _you_ do it? does it work?

62 posted on 08/26/2006 7:50:51 AM PDT by VoiceOfBruck (Why doesn't anyone ever pander to me?)
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To: pepperdog

Topic detour:

A few months ago in MI, in the parking lot of a mall, I saw a couple of huge Canada geese atop an SUV, ardently pecking at the sunroof. I had a good chuckle - they must have thought it was a frozen puddle. On my way out of the mall after lunch, they were still there, futilely pecking away, and had deposited a couple of their calling cards.

Which reminded me of a B&B that Mrs. Bruck and I stayed at, whose proprietor had a couple of pet goats. The door panels of her car were bashed in, from the goats ramming their reflections.

Moral: never wash your car.


63 posted on 08/26/2006 7:59:49 AM PDT by VoiceOfBruck (Why doesn't anyone ever pander to me?)
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To: weef

Are maggots canibals? Will a bag of dead flies get maggots?


64 posted on 08/26/2006 8:17:12 AM PDT by When do we get liberated? ((Multi-culturism, go for a dirt nap. If you cant stand behind our troops, stand in front of them.)
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To: carlo3b
We tried this at work during the summer. Smoking area outside had a zillion flies. Someone hung up a bunch of ziplock bags filled with water all over the place. The flies kept coming.

I suspect Arizona flies are more intelligent than Florida flies? Or the crap still floating in the treated Colorado River water attracts flies? I'm leaning towards the more intelligence factor.

65 posted on 08/26/2006 8:21:15 AM PDT by Tactical
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To: carlo3b
Yeah, it's been ages since there was a good, ol' fashioned MALARIA OUTBREAK in Miami.

Good grief, how f***ing stupid people are!

66 posted on 08/26/2006 9:17:10 AM PDT by dangus
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To: carlo3b

Okie's use them Wallyworld bags filled with water when snipe hunting too........


67 posted on 08/26/2006 9:21:27 AM PDT by Osage Orange (The old/liberal/socialist media is the most ruthless and destructive enemy of this country.)
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To: PjhCPA
For Heaven's sake don't mention Betty's Pies--now my wife will want to fly up to Minnesota just to have a pie.

Although I would want to stop by the BlackWoods restaurant.

And the water in Two Harbors is the best-tasting in the world.

Cheers!

68 posted on 08/26/2006 9:22:08 AM PDT by grey_whiskers
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To: carlo3b

Seems to work in TX........have em hanging near-where the dogs evacuate.


69 posted on 08/26/2006 9:27:17 AM PDT by Smartaleck
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To: Killborn

Is that the Hillary bag part or the water itself?


70 posted on 08/26/2006 9:29:32 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Only stupid people would vote for McCain, Warner, Hagle, Snowe, Graham, or any RINO)
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To: Right Wing Assault

HAHA!! I tried the stinky bags last year and they worked, but I think I like your idea the best, lol. We have two dogs, this should keep us busy for the rest of the summer. I can already see the satisfaction in this method.


71 posted on 08/26/2006 11:05:59 AM PDT by fishergirl
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To: carlo3b
Best solution I've ever found -- and yes, hang it downwind away from the house a bit...

NEW UNIT FULL OF FLIES




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72 posted on 08/26/2006 11:54:10 AM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: greyfoxx39

I don't think it deals with ticks.It seems to keep the roaches down, though.


73 posted on 08/26/2006 2:44:11 PM PDT by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE)
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To: VoiceOfBruck

We don't do it, but it might make for a good experiment. Thought you saw it when you were in TX?

We thought it was to repel mosquitos, not flies.

Every time we've asked how/if it works we've gotten a different answer. Guess it's just one of Life's Great Mysteries (tm).


74 posted on 08/26/2006 9:04:17 PM PDT by Zechariah_8_13 (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: carlo3b
Scientists say the method has no real merit...

Hell. Scientists can't even figure out if Pluto is a planet or not. So if a scientist says it won't work, then as far as I'm concerned, it works.

75 posted on 08/26/2006 9:06:13 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: carlo3b

Interesting


76 posted on 08/26/2006 9:10:14 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: gusopol3

Sadly, no. Need something else for those vampires.


77 posted on 08/26/2006 10:36:26 PM PDT by Killborn (Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
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To: bmwcyle

Heh, I use Clinton as a euphemism for feces.

But if the bags have HIldebeast in it, it would scare of everyone and everything. It would be the equivalent of ground zero nuke detonation. :)


78 posted on 08/26/2006 10:47:09 PM PDT by Killborn (Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
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To: Hazcat

APPLY THE BAG DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!!
APPLY THE BAG DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!!
APPLY THE BAG DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!!

NO FLYS WILL LAND THERE


79 posted on 08/26/2006 10:48:07 PM PDT by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: carlo3b

I've seen 'em hung in some restaurants around Austin. Works about as well as a plastic owl keeps pigeons away.


80 posted on 08/27/2006 1:03:42 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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