Re: [IceHorses] Florida and Bugs
I gotta print this out!! Its gonna be a huge office hit! Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
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> > EEEWWW! That's rude!! > > (I hope everyone knows that we are kidding, and that we do jest at times :-)) "Rude" as in "icky," not as in "mean." :D Robyn
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> EEEWWW! That's rude!! (I hope everyone knows that we are kidding, and that we do jest at times :-)) > Just think how much your shoeing bill would be... If I do get one (Janice will have to take me to the local stables to look around; I kinda am drawn to the striped fuzzy ones), mine will be barefoot :-). Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
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> > But I don't care if the Sensation fits them fine, and that they're accepted > at the field trials. Forget it! EEEWWW! That's rude!! Just think how much your shoeing bill would be... Robyn
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> What is this with all the bugs, the size of pre-schoolers? > > Why do you have to have a pony to ride? Why not a Florida Bug? if we had a bug to ride we would have to put weighted shoes on the front Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
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>We have these GIANT spiders on > the trail here. We call them banana spiders. They are like five or > six inches in diameter if you want to count legs and all. Yeah, OK, Janice I'll be right down there to see you NOT! What is this with all the bugs, the size of pre-schoolers? Why do you have to have a pony to ride? Why not a Florida Bug? Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
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On 5/8/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I should clarify that since the subject line started about roaches in FL. > This last time I was talking about flies, mosquitoes - the sort of bugs > you'd notice while riding. I have never noticed any roaches from horseback, > no matter where I've ridden...:) oh man, wouldnt THAT be a train wreck! We have these GIANT spiders on the trail here. We call them banana spiders. They are like five or six inches in diameter if you want to count legs and all. I just happen to not be afraid of them. Not phobic at least. I dont want them running up my neck or anything but they dont bite. But I have had them run up my horse's neck toward me and just swiped it off with my hand. If it had been a roach I would have started screeching and doing the watusi and flailing around like some kinda throes of something and my horse might misconstrue that in some way and perhaps bolt. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
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>>> It's really not bug season yet - we don't normally start having a real problem with flies and bugs until late May or June even here and Asheville would be even cooler. I should clarify that since the subject line started about roaches in FL. This last time I was talking about flies, mosquitoes - the sort of bugs you'd notice while riding. I have never noticed any roaches from horseback, no matter where I've ridden...:) Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Here in the mountains of North Carolina we had a week of freezing nights in April which zapped a whole generation of flies and other insects. Riding at Biltmore yesterday was 70 degrees and almost no insects in the middle of the day. I can handle a lot of days like that. I don't know that the freeze had so much to do with that. It's really not bug season yet - we don't normally start having a real problem with flies and bugs until late May or June even here and Asheville would be even cooler. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sue McKenney wrote: > Here in the mountains of North Carolina we had a week of freezing nights in > April which zapped a whole generation of flies and other insects. Riding at > Biltmore yesterday was 70 degrees and almost no insects in the middle of the > day. I can handle a lot of days like that. It was a gorgeous day! This is definitely a beautiful time of year and the Biltmore is a lovely place to ride. Trish
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>>Well, not ALL over the south. We don't have them in the inland mid-south. We probably have more bugs than some parts of the country - although Wanda's description of her mosquitoes yesterday sounded worse than what I've ever seen here. I'm sure we have a longer bug season than cooler parts of the USA. Here in the mountains of North Carolina we had a week of freezing nights in April which zapped a whole generation of flies and other insects. Riding at Biltmore yesterday was 70 degrees and almost no insects in the middle of the day. I can handle a lot of days like that. Sue __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] The video every Icelandic Horse owner should have: http://IceHorses.net/video.html [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses [] IceHorses ToolBar http://iceryder.ourtoolbar.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > don't go anywhere in fla if they dont have chickens > or you could have > one of these in your bed! They can get up to 1- 1.5 > inches long! > janice > -- > yipie tie yie yo Oh gross. I hate bugs. We have Scorpions here. Saw one in my bathroom sink a couple of weeks ago. Guess I should have taken a pic. LOL. Happy Southwestern Trails __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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Palmetto bugs (really big flying cockroaches) live in the trees and in nests in the ground -- I spent my high school years near Miami and saw lots and lots and of them. But they are all over the south - Well, not ALL over the south. We don't have them in the inland mid-south. We probably have more bugs than some parts of the country - although Wanda's description of her mosquitoes yesterday sounded worse than what I've ever seen here. I'm sure we have a longer bug season than cooler parts of the USA. FWIW, there are several distinct climate zones within the South. http://tinyurl.com/22ns23 Anneliese is in the Upper South in KY. The mountains of NC are in the Middle south - probably considered Upper South in some areas, although at certain elevations, the climate is almost New England-ish. I'm on the border of the Middle and Lower South, while Janice is on the border of the Lower and Coastal South. Miami is tropical - a whole 'nuther ball of wax. Since I met Janice, I've watched her weather forecasts from time to time, and often, her weather is not dramatically different from ours, but her terrain and soil is quite different. Karen Thomas, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.5/793 - Release Date: 5/7/2007 2:55 PM "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] The video every Icelandic Horse owner should have: http://IceHorses.net/video.html [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses [] IceHorses ToolBar http://iceryder.ourtoolbar.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [IceHorses] Florida and Bugs
> On 5/7/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > footsteps keep coming. I get up the nerve to turn and look. I > kid you > > > freaking not-- it was a BUG!! A bug big enough to have audible > footsteps! > > > > Oh, great! > > > > I thought I'd visit Janice some day guess not! A, come on Judy, you braved the Jungles of Hawaii...and let me tell you about living with bugs in an open air Cabin. Thank god I have horse paddocks around me, yes, horse paddocks have zero bugs compared to the jungle that surrounds us.. We have chickens, I love chickens...they eat bugs so I do not have put up screens around my lanai and ruin my view. But Hawaii does not have anything that kills you...no snakes or deadly spiderswe have the dreaded centipide, and on the other side, small little sorpions...thats about it, of course misquitos, that goes without saying. Now Australia they got Bugs and stuff.yuck! S. Lee Fire Island Farms Breeding Quality Icelandic Trail Horses Certified Farrier Services 'Natural Balance' Shoeing and Trimming. Founder, Navicular options for your horse. 808-640-6080
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> > footsteps keep coming. I get up the nerve to turn and look. I kid you >> freaking not-- it was a BUG!! A bug big enough to have audible footsteps! > > >Oh, great! > >I thought I'd visit Janice some day guess not! > >Judy Palmetto bugs (really big flying cockroaches) live in the trees and in nests in the ground -- I spent my high school years near Miami and saw lots and lots and of them. But they are all over the south -- I've seen then several times while staying in the Dallas area. They are creepy, but not particularly noisy. Or it could have been a land crab (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW013) -- the little ones can climb walls, and their footsteps are definitely audible. -- Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/
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> > I dont have bugs! i got chickens! And if I had a roach crawl up I'd > > be moving out... > > > OK, we're coming to visit. Put leashes on anything that has six or more > legs. well gosh, I dont know if Sleipner would accept a leash... I might have to stall him. Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
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don't go anywhere in fla if they dont have chickens or you could have one of these in your bed! They can get up to 1- 1.5 inches long! janice -- yipie tie yie yo <>
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>> I thought I'd visit Janice some day > > I dont have bugs! i got chickens! And if I had a roach crawl up I'd > be moving out... OK, we're coming to visit. Put leashes on anything that has six or more legs. Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
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On 5/7/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > footsteps keep coming. I get up the nerve to turn and look. I kid you > > freaking not-- it was a BUG!! A bug big enough to have audible footsteps! > > > Oh, great! > > I thought I'd visit Janice some day guess not! I dont have bugs! i got chickens! And if I had a roach crawl up I'd be moving out... Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
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> footsteps keep coming. I get up the nerve to turn and look. I kid you > freaking not-- it was a BUG!! A bug big enough to have audible footsteps! Oh, great! I thought I'd visit Janice some day guess not! Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
