Mr Whippy
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 07:44 AM |
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Evil is among us!
Last night I heard a funny noise I haven’t heard before, well only on the telly. Then the dogs went nuts and started chasing something down the hall
so off I went to see what it was…a Mosquito… ! Now for those who live in hotter climes you probably wondering what’s the big deal but I have lived
here 35 years and never seen one before, never, this is Scotland land of snow and rain what is a thing like that doing here?! Infact no one believed
me till I showed them (fortunately I resisted the temptation to flatten it) and it is one. Oh dear the result of global warming (natural  ), no
doubt. I must say too that yesterday was meltingly hot, I went out on my push bike and nearly passed out in the heat It’s all going wonky 
Oh and to avert local panic I should add they are as noise as an old vw and rubbish at flying, you could do a Jedi eye’s closed swat and still whack
it 
[Edited on 15/7/08 by Mr Whippy]
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 07:51 AM |
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Amazed that you managed to spot a mozzie in amongst all the midgies!
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r1_pete
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 07:53 AM |
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Yep, mosquito's are getting quite common over here now, we no longer have the long cold winters which used to kill the few off which managed to
get here. I have been bitten by them several times over the last couple of years, they like it warm and damp so beware when watering yoiur garden
under the hot sun...
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simoto
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 08:38 AM |
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Yep too, We had a lot at work last year hatching from the ultrasonic tanks.
They are evil and the bites last for days and swell quite badly. Itchy and oozing all the time.
The health and safety lot denied they were mozzies to avoid a massive cleanup and tank change out and resultant time wasted.
If i had my choice i would get rid of them useless fuggers before i started on the insects!
striker/blade now complete, thanks to all on this site.
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mackei23b
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 08:42 AM |
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I've just noticed, Mr Whippy is off line, is this a first????
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 08:45 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mackei23b
I've just noticed, Mr Whippy is off line, is this a first????
sorry for the panic, the machine crashed when I connected my mobile
Hmm how do we start an iceage??
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 08:49 AM |
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quote:
Hmm how do we start an iceage??
Leave the freezer door open?
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scotty g
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 08:51 AM |
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well according to Hollywood we just need to stop the Gulf Stream and Hey Presto, instant blockbuster
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 09:19 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scotty g
well according to Hollywood we just need to stop the Gulf Stream and Hey Presto, instant blockbuster
Pour piles of rock salt from ships into the sea at the North pole, that will totally Knacker it no more pesky mosquitoes, just the odd polar bear…
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trogdor
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 10:44 AM |
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apparently a load of iron deposited in the southern ocean would help cause an ice age.............
There are parts of the ocean that have high nutrient values but no phytoplankton growing in them. The reason for this was unknown for many years until
it was realised that iron deficency was responsible. If you could get iron into the upper ocean the phytoplankton would go mad and draw down CO2 thus
creating a Ice age apparantly.
Its never that simple though as these phytoplankton will then die and about 90% of the CO2 drawn into the ocean will come back out via bacteria
respiring while decomposing the phytoplankton.
This is what annoys me about all this nutsack about carbon offsetting, planting trees etc it doesn't work as when the tree dies it will release
more CO2 than it drew from the atmosphere in the first place. The only exit for CO2 is from the deep sea to the sediments which is about 1% of the CO2
that enters the ocean.
Plus CO2 doesn't appear to control the temperature of the planet, but i have realised that i am going on abit so will stop.
Is nice to remember stuff from my masters, don't need it for my job at the mo.
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trogdor
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 10:46 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
quote:
Originally posted by scotty g
well according to Hollywood we just need to stop the Gulf Stream and Hey Presto, instant blockbuster
Pour piles of rock salt from ships into the sea at the North pole, that will totally Knacker it no more pesky mosquitoes, just the odd polar bear…
ironically pouring salt in to the sea in the artic circle would probally help the gulf stream.........
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 11:25 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by trogdor
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
quote:
Originally posted by scotty g
well according to Hollywood we just need to stop the Gulf Stream and Hey Presto, instant blockbuster
Pour piles of rock salt from ships into the sea at the North pole, that will totally Knacker it no more pesky mosquitoes, just the odd polar bear…
ironically pouring salt in to the sea in the artic circle would probally help the gulf stream.........
I think its big experiment time 
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carpmart
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 11:32 AM |
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I'm sure that I read somewhere that 'mankind' has the ability to eradicate mosquito's by releasing a genetically modified
batch at various key sites. No mosquito's no malaria so on the face of it, all seems OK. I think the issue is that no one really understands
the dependency that exists between mossies and the rest of the food chain? Also, if 'x' number of people don't die each year from
Malaria this will impact large pharmaceutical companies sales of mosquito related medicines so they probably want mossies around! Cynical but
probably true!
You only live once - make the most of it!
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'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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trogdor
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 12:03 PM |
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I think its big experiment time
Sounds like a plan, i live by some salt mines
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 12:20 PM |
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 12:37 PM |
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It's all daft anyway - a few centuries ago the Cambridgeshire fens were infamous as malaria-infested marsh land!
Before that, in times of Roman occupation, the British isles were renowned as a good place for vinyards.
The climate in this country varies from century to century...
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trogdor
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 01:38 PM |
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Exactly it pisses me off when scientists say that this amount of CO2 is safe against climate change, but it wouldn't matter if we emmited no CO2
the climate would still change!
It does irrate me when people say we must produce less CO2 to save the Earth. The Earth will be fine, but i wouldn't be so sure about us
though...........
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 02:44 PM |
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I was reading that Antarctica during the time of the dinosaurs and in its current location on the earth surface was so hot there were dinosaurs
roaming about with an average temperature equal to the uk summer. Indeed till that rock life was doing very well and there were many huge animals.
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trogdor
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 03:21 PM |
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yeah it used to be full of life, and the county where i live cheshire has lots of sandstone because it was once a desert! would be good for sand
railing! is that what you do when you drive a sand rail?
But climate change has many factors, CO2 being one of the lower influences.
There used to bigger animals because the oxygen content of the air used to be 30% so it could support much bigger lifeforms.
Forestfires were pretty common tho.........
[Edited on 15/7/08 by trogdor]
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coozer
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 03:43 PM |
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CFC's, that's what we need. They got rid of them because it was causing a hole in the ozone layer that was bringing on an ice age to
freeze us all to death.
I wonder if that hole has healed up, OR as I suspect the whole thing is a load of bo$$ocks...
Solar flares, thats what it is, goes in cycles so in 30 years time we'll be back to cold snowy winters again.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 04:00 PM |
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It has also been pointed out that other planets appear are undergoing an apparent increase in their temperatures, mars for example -
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/55741367.html suggesting that it is the suns output that is increasing.
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trogdor
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| posted on 15/7/08 at 05:25 PM |
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Yep the solar output is increasing, and there are also the milankovitch cycles effecting the climate too. Am sure i spelt that wrong but its basically
the spin and orbit of the Earth varying over time.
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 16/8/08 at 02:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
It has also been pointed out that other planets appear are undergoing an apparent increase in their temperatures, mars for example -
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/55741367.html suggesting that it is the suns output that is increasing.
Bloody martians. They just dont care about anyone else....
Anyway, i cant beleive theres a thread on "Environmental Issues" with no mention of CARS!???? Have we all been sucked into the political
realms of environmental debate with complete disregard as to why we are here in the first place? 
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Simon
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| posted on 16/8/08 at 06:17 PM |
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Largest ever mass sickness from mosquitos was in........
Siberia.
Nowt what so ever to do with the climate!!!!!!
ATB
Simon
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splitrivet
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| posted on 16/8/08 at 06:42 PM |
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Mosquitoes, rubbish, I thought you were on about the most evil thing of all............X factor starting again. At least it keeps the Beetches
happy.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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