Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Golf
Tomorrow, I will golf for the first time in several years and not just for the heck of it...in a tournament! Fun, but not pretty. That will be the best way to describe it.
Friday, August 3, 2007
Thursday, August 2, 2007
TEN THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT MOSQUITOES:
As promised...
#1.) The world's largest mosquito statue is in Komarno, Manitoba, Canada. . . which calls itself the Mosquito Capital of Canada. It was made in 1984, it's steel and its wingspan is 15 feet.
#2.) The phrase "mosquito bite" is a malapropism. . . mosquitoes never bite, they only suck.
#3.) It would take 1.2 million mosquitoes, sucking simultaneously, to drain all of your blood.
#4.) Mosquitoes have chemical signal in their brain that tells them when they're full of blood. If that signal isn't working, they'll keep sucking until they EXPLODE.
#5.) The buzzing sound that mosquitoes make is actually their MATING CALL.
#6.) Mosquitoes can mate in MID-AIR. . . and usually go from start to finish in 15 seconds.
#7.) Millions of years ago, mosquitoes were three times chubbier than they are today.
#8.) Mosquitoes are slow. . . they can only go 1.5 miles per hour.
#9.) Mosquitoes can pass a lot of diseases from human-to-human. . . including malaria, yellow fever and West Nile virus. . . but HIV isn't one of them. Their digestive system kills off any HIV-infected blood particles.
#10.) Only female mosquitoes suck blood, to get protein to make eggs. Male mosquitoes are actually vegetarians who live on nectar and plant juices. (Discover Magazine)
#1.) The world's largest mosquito statue is in Komarno, Manitoba, Canada. . . which calls itself the Mosquito Capital of Canada. It was made in 1984, it's steel and its wingspan is 15 feet.
#2.) The phrase "mosquito bite" is a malapropism. . . mosquitoes never bite, they only suck.
#3.) It would take 1.2 million mosquitoes, sucking simultaneously, to drain all of your blood.
#4.) Mosquitoes have chemical signal in their brain that tells them when they're full of blood. If that signal isn't working, they'll keep sucking until they EXPLODE.
#5.) The buzzing sound that mosquitoes make is actually their MATING CALL.
#6.) Mosquitoes can mate in MID-AIR. . . and usually go from start to finish in 15 seconds.
#7.) Millions of years ago, mosquitoes were three times chubbier than they are today.
#8.) Mosquitoes are slow. . . they can only go 1.5 miles per hour.
#9.) Mosquitoes can pass a lot of diseases from human-to-human. . . including malaria, yellow fever and West Nile virus. . . but HIV isn't one of them. Their digestive system kills off any HIV-infected blood particles.
#10.) Only female mosquitoes suck blood, to get protein to make eggs. Male mosquitoes are actually vegetarians who live on nectar and plant juices. (Discover Magazine)
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