On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 06:59:06 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

> On 7/15/2014 2:42 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 00:10:57 -1000, dsi1
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> The house we grew up in was next to the biggest preservation wetland in
> >> the state. As such, the place was crawling, slithering, and hopping with
> >> the local wildlife. Cane toads and African snails were the most
> >> prevalent and noticeable. The African snails were quite impressive to
> >> see and they overran our backyard. In order to reach our house they had
> >> to cross the road and this is where a lot of them met their doom. The
> >> street was literally paved with the squashed bodies of toad and snail.
> >> Eventually man won out over nature and these days, we rarely ever see a
> >> large African snail or cane toad. You guys in CA got nothing to worry
> >> about. Take that, nature!
> >
> > We get a Gypsy moth scare occasionally, but we have lots of chemicals
> > to use.
> >
>
> It was mosquito hell at our place for the first few years. We used to
> have DDT trucks come down our street spraying the neighborhood. I can't
> say if it really was DDT though. Evidently, that stuff we were breathing
> was completely harmless. Most things were harmless back then. Not like
> today... :-)

If you believe in the bible as it was written, don't you wish Noah had
swatted those two mosquitoes?

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