"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

Peregrin said:
I'm sure you've investigated all of your options but if not here are a few from the googler.....
Groundhogs don't like basil, chives, lemon balm, mint, sage, thyme, rosemary, oregano, or Epsom salts.
If that fails and you go with the trap they have some tasty-looking recipes for groundhog stew! 😂 ;)

I've got a raccoon that bothers my bird feeders now and then. I've considered trapping it but we have some feral cats in the neighborhood. I don't want to catch the cats, which also bother my birdfeeders. My neighbor puts out food for the darn things! I'd like to avoid a dispute with my neighbor.

Speaking of pests.
I noticed this colony of hornets on the side of my house. The nest is about two feet high! I'll need to get out there one calm dry evening with a can of hornet spray.
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The Spotted Lantern Fly, ( https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/invertebrates/spotted-lanternfly ) has been infesting its way across Pennsylvania from east to west the past several years. They're pretty destructive to forests, orchards, etc. Last year they made it to our part, and they were all over the place. I wrapped our trees with this fly paper that I got at Tractor Supply, and had to change the paper almost every week, because it would fill up with the little buggers trying to get up the tree.

This year, they're not as bad, because of the dry spell we had the Spring & early Summer, but the Dept of Agriculture says they're not going away. I don't think they've come up with an effective spray that doesn't kill things they don't want killed yet, so the state eradication program so far is, "If you see them, step on them." DUH!!

(Note: Those aren't the lantern flies on the paper. They're just pictures of flies)
Edit: A pic of the spotted lantern fly is at the link to the USDA site above.
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Ironbut said:
The Spotted Lantern Fly, ( https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/invertebrates/spotted-lanternfly ) has been infesting its way across Pennsylvania from east to west the past several years. They're pretty destructive to forests, orchards, etc. Last year they made it to our part, and they were all over the place. I wrapped our trees with this fly paper that I got at Tractor Supply, and had to change the paper almost every week, because it would fill up with the little buggers trying to get up the tree.

This year, they're not as bad, because of the dry spell we had the Spring & early Summer, but the Dept of Agriculture says they're not going away. I don't think they've come up with an effective spray that doesn't kill things they don't want killed yet, so the state eradication program so far is, "If you see them, step on them." DUH!!

(Note: Those aren't the lantern flies on the paper. They're just pictures of flies)
Edit: A pic of the spotted lantern fly is at the link to the USDA site above.
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I first saw them at a mall in Freehold, NJ 2 years ago. This year in the NW part Nassau County, NY you could call it an infestation. IMG_0614.jpeg
 
I was unjust to my local authorities! (That never happens.)
I thought all those trucks and rollers were just pimping my manhole covers, but they seem to have chip-sealed my whole street.

Time to go grocery shopping.
 
Peregrin said:
For all of us Camillus Cutlery fans. This is the site of the old factory today.
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Sooo - am I seeing that correctly? They turned it into yuppified business or residential condo space, with just a cheesy sign as a nod to the original industrial use and architecture?

Or is it still the business headquerters?

They have ruined so many old industrial sites by turning them into condos and craft beer pubs around here, I’m scarred by the experience…🤣
 
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Just Tom. said:
Sooo - am I seeing that correctly? They turned it into yuppified business or residential condo space, with just a cheesy sign as a nod to the original industrial use and architecture?

Or is it still the business headquerters?

They have ruined so many old industrial sites by turning them into condos and craft beer pubs around here, I’m scarred by the experience…🤣
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Apartments, businesses, and some shopping. Camillus went out of business in 2007. A fire destroyed the factory, leaving only the headquarters building. They've put up new buildings on the factory site. Some memorabilia from the company is displayed in the old headquarters building. We hated to see them go out of business but we appreciate the fact that there's some acknowledgment of the Company that operated there for 100 years. It could have ended up a used car lot or worse.
 
This is a waterfowl identification request. What kind of ducks (or non-ducks) are these? Every morning, I see 2-8 of them right outside the dining room window of the cottage we're renting on Lake Huron. They're not very big (probably 1/4 to 1/2 the size of a mallard), they're constantly diving under water, usually stay under from 15-30 seconds, and come up somewhere from 10 to 30 feet away from where they dived, so they swim under water. Can anyone identify them for me?
(I've looked in a bird book we have, and the closest thing I see is a "juvenile pie-billed grebe", but I've never seen anything like mature versions.)
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- GT
 
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