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From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:17:21 -0400
OK, you win :-)  I think I'll restrict my driving in clouds of bugs to 
central Florida instead of central WA.  Toilet paper, geo pick, shovel 
and trowel generally not required.

Chuck Norcutt


Ian Manners wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
> 
>> Well, it's clear that you don't have lovebugs then.  If you had to go 
>> 250km to the next station you'd never be able to do it through a lovebug 
>> swarm.  Even 50km would be a tough slog as the windshied and headlights 
>> would be totally plastered over and you wouldn't be able to see to 
>> drive.  But lovebugs originated in Central America and have spread 
>> around the states surrounding the Gulf of Mexico.  Wet places.  Not too 
>> much danger of spreading to Western Australia.  :-)
> 
> We do had locus's in WA, those with all the other insects is why we use
> flywire over the air intakes and the radiators on cars and trucks here.
> 
> When it gets to bad on the windscreens you use newspaper to
> scrap and clean so you can see out again. There are also
> wire mesh windscreen protectors, though I never bothered with
> them myself. I also suspect they might be illegal now.
> 
> Anyone that has done bush or driving though central WA
> normally always packs a large container of water, a towel,
> toilet paper, geo pick, shovel, newspapers, and a trowel.
> 
> Cheers
> Ian Manners
> (House packed up (Victoria, Australia) and looking at new
> abodes in Perth, Western Australia)
> 
> I'm kinda tired.  I was up all night trying to round off infinity.
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