Random Thought Thread

The Chinese Historical Society in San Francisco is currently showing an exhibition of Bruce Lee memorabilia called "We Are Bruce Lee."

See: We Are Bruce Lee: The Exhibit

Here are a just few pics that I took of the exhibition:

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The last photo is just a single shot of a constantly changing 25x10 foot wall sized video exhibit.

Of course, I didn't think to shoot a video of it. 🤷‍♂️
 
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So we've had a house fly bloom. They're ganging up in the house. They're everywhere.

Smashing them on the kitchen counter is nasty. Exploded fly guts.

Then I got tired of it. Mixed up a fly spray. I'm not spraying poison because the house is full of animals.

The spray goes as follows. Rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide. 50/50. It'll knock them out the air. Their wings are instantly wet and soggy. With the alcohol finishing them off in what can only be described as an enjoyable to watch slow death of seconds.

Little basturd flies. I got their number and said number has been called. I am the nightmare of house flies.
 
Grasshopperglock said:
So we've had a house fly bloom. They're ganging up in the house. They're everywhere.

Smashing them on the kitchen counter is nasty. Exploded fly guts.

Then I got tired of it. Mixed up a fly spray. I'm not spraying poison because the house is full of animals.

The spray goes as follows. Rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide. 50/50. It'll knock them out the air. Their wings are instantly wet and soggy. With the alcohol finishing them off in what can only be described as an enjoyable to watch slow death of seconds.

Little basturd flies. I got their number and said number has been called. I am the nightmare of house flies.
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I had an infestation of weird flies a few months ago. Like big fat sluggish flies, like they’re drunk annd they’re all over the damn place?
 
Grasshopperglock said:
So we've had a house fly bloom. They're ganging up in the house. They're everywhere.

Smashing them on the kitchen counter is nasty. Exploded fly guts.

Then I got tired of it. Mixed up a fly spray. I'm not spraying poison because the house is full of animals.

The spray goes as follows. Rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide. 50/50. It'll knock them out the air. Their wings are instantly wet and soggy. With the alcohol finishing them off in what can only be described as an enjoyable to watch slow death of seconds.

Little basturd flies. I got their number and said number has been called. I am the nightmare of house flies.
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I keep 2 types of UV flying insect traps active 24/7 until we've had a good, deep frost that kills off the bugs outside.

One of them is a bug zapper, except the one I have doesn't do the ZZZZZZTTTTTTTT thing. It just gives one LOUD snap, like a small firecracker going off. Anytime I hear that SNAP, I smile on the inside 😅 *** also doesn't seem to produce the 'fried bug' smell, the way the ZZZZZZTTTTTTTT types do.

The other is the Katchy trap. Basically a fan powered mini vacuum with a sticky adhesive pad inside, and a UV light that attracts the flying bugs. The UV attracts the bugs. Small ones get sucked in by the fan and blown onto the sticky pad.

I found that the bug zappers don't work well on the tiny gnats, fruit flies and no-see-ums, because they're often too small to bridge the zapper grid. OTOH, the Katchy doesn't work well on bigger bugs, like even adult house flies, because the suction isn't strong enough, and the grid the bugs get sucked through is too small.

But together, they do a fantastic job of eliminating any flying bugs that get inside.

If you like having fruits on the countertop (eg. bananas etc.), you can place the Katchy right next to them. Pretty much guarantees zero fruit flies.

Don't place bug zappers near fruits/food, unless you like some bug guts flavoring 😂

*** both were on Amazon. I don't see the particular zapper I got (I have 2 of them), but they're USB-C powered, and claim to be 3600V. Based on the way they work, I'm betting they use capacitors that are charged via the USB-C input, then dumps the charge at anything that bridges a gap.
 
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I have no idea where they're coming from. Once you think you've killed them all. There's three more. Then two more. Then another three.

There's nothing that attracts them besides dog food. The garbage can is clean. No food or anything left out. Nothing nasty outside.

And Yet, there they are.

I've been thinking of a bug zapper, myself. We have two of those sticky traps with a light you plug in. But, they're not making a dent in this fly population.
 
Grasshopperglock said:
I have no idea where they're coming from. Once you think you've killed them all. There's three more. Then two more. Then another three.

There's nothing that attracts them besides dog food. The garbage can is clean. No food or anything left out. Nothing nasty outside.

And Yet, there they are.

I've been thinking of a bug zapper, myself. We have two of those sticky traps with a light you plug in. But, they're not making a dent in this fly population.
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The larvae are coming from somewhere. If it's not a missed food source, it could be a dead mouse hidden somewhere etc.

The UV sticky traps with a small fan don't work well on anything except the very small flying bugs. I'd use a combo of bug zapper(s) and those sticky fly straps hung up high (so the animals don't get to them).

If there's a sudden infestation of them inside, there's a source somewhere, where the larva have been laid, and maggots are feeding. Dead animal. Piece of food one of the pets tried squirreling away somewhere...
 
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The larvae are coming from somewhere. If it's not a missed food source, it could be a dead mouse hidden somewhere etc.

The UV sticky traps with a small fan don't work well on anything except the very small flying bugs. I'd use a combo of bug zapper(s) and those sticky fly straps hung up high (so the animals don't get to them).

If there's a sudden infestation of them inside, there's a source somewhere, where the larva have been laid, and maggots are feeding. Dead animal. Piece of food one of the pets tried squirreling away somewhere...
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Nah, there’s this weird kind of fly that looks like a black housefly but acts drunk, they’re slow, you can swat them easily with your hands. They go away in a few days. No decaying refuse required in order for them to show up.

Just looked it up, they’re called “cluster flies”
 
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Sooooooo......

I'm at home doing online courses required by work , first one is on sexual harassment....

They showed a scene where a younger lady is giving a guy a neck rub and him resisting... then she says he can return the favor when she is done...

All of a sudden the question pops up " is this sexual harassment"


I'm still looking for the answer that says "this is the beginning to most early 90s porn" hahahaha
 
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yoko said:
Sooooooo......

I'm at home doing online courses required by work , first one is on sexual harassment....

They showed a scene where a younger lady is giving a guy a neck rub and him resisting... then she says he can return the favor when he is done...

All of a sudden the question pops up " is this sexual harassment"


I'm still looking for the answer that says "this is the beginning to most early 90s porn" hahahaha
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Some of those trainings are so painful…between the bad acting and awkward situations and having to kinda-sorta pay attention. I like the ones where you can either test out or switch to a sub-title version and just skip through to the test or attestation.
 
yoko said:
Sooooooo......

I'm at home doing online courses required by work , first one is on sexual harassment....

They showed a scene where a younger lady is giving a guy a neck rub and him resisting... then she says he can return the favor when she is done...

All of a sudden the question pops up " is this sexual harassment"


I'm still looking for the answer that says "this is the beginning to most early 90s porn" hahahaha
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I tested out of that class by showing the instructor just how good I am at harassing people sexually
 
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