[SEL] Shop Question - Sort of On Topic

[John Culp]

I've had fly plagues like that here in the past. The whole basement 
floor would be covered with them, and plenty got in the house. One 
night after we'd gotten the kids in bed, I turned out all the lights 
behind me as I went to bed. Well, the flies all followed the light and 
ended up in our bedroom. They were still trying to buzz around in the 
dark, and a couple bumped into my face. That ticked me off. I got up 
and hunted up a stored-away bug zapper, hung it up in the bedroom and 
plugged it in, turned out the lights and went back to bed. Boy, did 
Jane and I get a show as all those flies flew into the zapper and 
fried!

The bug zapper doesn't work in the daytime, as they're not particularly 
attracted to UV light. It's hard to sneak up and swat them. It's a lot 
easier to use a Dust Buster or vacuum cleaner and suck them up! They 
don't seem afraid of the approaching vacuum wand until it's too late.

John

On Oct 2, 2004, at 7:38 PM, Judge Tommy Turner wrote:

> I went out to do some work in the shop this afternoon but found it 
> almost impossible to do any work on the old iron.  The problem I had 
> was flies, millions of them.  I've never seen so many in my life.


John Culp
Bristol, Tennessee, USA