Interesting fly - Page 2

Pwnerator · 07-18-09, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Lionclaw

I was harassed by something looking just like this at the store a few days ago! Damn, they are persistent... but it eventually got the message and buggered off. Weird, since i've never seen anything like this before around these parts (central europe).

Blacklight · 07-19-09, 01:25 AM

EEP !! They're SPREADING !?!

Lionclaw · 07-19-09, 02:21 AM

I haven't seen one of those since I took the pictures, it had probably something to do with the very warm temperatures we had up here for a while in late June.

07-19-09, 04:44 AM

That fly is cute.

Jimbuna · 07-19-09, 07:23 AM

No need to worry....unless its parents come looking for their offspring.

Dowly · 07-19-09, 12:06 PM

I hate flies. Just came back from our cottage which was filled with them. Turned out it's their mating time or something as the little wankers were ****ing on the table, ****ing on the floor, ****ing on my knee, everywhere!

Then our cat came and ate them.

Task Force · 07-19-09, 12:51 PM

lol. the only flys we get here are those black ugly ones...

07-19-09, 02:54 PM

On the subject of insects, I now live more to the south of Finland and it's weird because when I go to the forest there is almost no mosquitos at all. In the north they will pretty much suck you dry. Well not quite but at first they are quite a nuisance. Then you learn to sort of ignore them or use lots of insect repellent.

Lionclaw · 07-20-09, 02:19 AM

Yes, mosquitos...

Most irritating thing is that for some reason they really want to enter the ears. It's the most irritating when you're sleeping and a mosquito flies by the ear. Then all you can do is get up and put on the lights and go mosquito hunting.

Minä en tykkää itikoita. Was that correctly written?

Translation: I don't like mosquitos.

My Finnish isn't too good.

Task Force · 07-20-09, 02:21 AM

Oah god now a guy from sweden Is bringing in the finnish jibber jabber... :rotfl:and on that note, im off to bed...

night peoples.

Lionclaw · 07-20-09, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

Oah god now a guy from sweden Is bringing in the finnish jibber jabber... :rotfl:and on that note, im off to bed...

night peoples.

Hehe

I was born in Sweden but my parents are from Finland so I know some Finnish but I was better at it when I was younger.

Jimbuna · 07-20-09, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Lionclaw

but I was better at it when I was younger.

Weren't we all

Dowly · 07-20-09, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Lionclaw

Minä en tykkää itikoita. Was that correctly written?

Close. Correct would be: Minä en tykkää itikoista.

SteamWake · 07-20-09, 11:29 AM

Speaking of nasty flys we here in florida have these flys called 'horse flys' they get pretty big about the size of a dime in some cases.

They are carnivorous and when they bite eyyyooowww they actually take a small chunk of skin with them. Persistant too.

I remember surfing probably a good 100 yards off shore and along comes a horse fly buzzing about trying to grab a snack. So I dive underwater and try to swim off towing my surboard behind me. I stay down as long as I can and when I come up... there is that damn fly again looking for a snack. The only way to evade the pest was to surf in to shore and then paddle back out again. But... another one would show up eventually starting the whole routine over.

Lionclaw · 07-20-09, 03:48 PM

@ Dowly: Thanks. Finnish is quite tricky with all the endings that are added to the words.

--

I don't know how much difference there is between the species of horse flys in Florida and Sweden, but they're all equally annoying though.

Especially when they're orbiting around you constantly. bzz bzzzz... Yes yes, find someone else to bother!

07-19-09, 01:25 AM	#17
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	EEP !! They're SPREADING !?! __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

07-19-09, 07:23 AM	#20
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,712 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	No need to worry....unless its parents come looking for their offspring. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-19-09, 12:51 PM	#22
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	lol. the only flys we get here are those black ugly ones... __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

07-20-09, 02:21 AM	#25
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Oah god now a guy from sweden Is bringing in the finnish jibber jabber... :rotfl:and on that note, im off to bed... night peoples. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

07-20-09, 11:29 AM	#29
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Speaking of nasty flys we here in florida have these flys called 'horse flys' they get pretty big about the size of a dime in some cases. They are carnivorous and when they bite eyyyooowww they actually take a small chunk of skin with them. Persistant too. I remember surfing probably a good 100 yards off shore and along comes a horse fly buzzing about trying to grab a snack. So I dive underwater and try to swim off towing my surboard behind me. I stay down as long as I can and when I come up... there is that damn fly again looking for a snack. The only way to evade the pest was to surf in to shore and then paddle back out again. But... another one would show up eventually starting the whole routine over. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

07-19-09, 02:21 AM	#18
Lionclaw Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,006 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I haven't seen one of those since I took the pictures, it had probably something to do with the very warm temperatures we had up here for a while in late June.

07-19-09, 04:44 AM	#19
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	That fly is cute.

07-19-09, 12:06 PM	#21
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I hate flies. Just came back from our cottage which was filled with them. Turned out it's their mating time or something as the little wankers were **ing on the table, ing on the floor, **ing on my knee, everywhere! Then our cat came and ate them.

07-19-09, 02:54 PM	#23
OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	On the subject of insects, I now live more to the south of Finland and it's weird because when I go to the forest there is almost no mosquitos at all. In the north they will pretty much suck you dry. Well not quite but at first they are quite a nuisance. Then you learn to sort of ignore them or use lots of insect repellent.

07-20-09, 02:19 AM	#24
Lionclaw Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,006 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Yes, mosquitos... Most irritating thing is that for some reason they really want to enter the ears. It's the most irritating when you're sleeping and a mosquito flies by the ear. Then all you can do is get up and put on the lights and go mosquito hunting. Minä en tykkää itikoita. Was that correctly written? Translation: I don't like mosquitos. My Finnish isn't too good.

07-20-09, 03:48 PM	#30
Lionclaw Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,006 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	@ Dowly: Thanks. Finnish is quite tricky with all the endings that are added to the words. -- I don't know how much difference there is between the species of horse flys in Florida and Sweden, but they're all equally annoying though. Especially when they're orbiting around you constantly. bzz bzzzz... Yes yes, find someone else to bother!