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ORIGINAL: thegreatwent

The only problem with Winnipeg is the mosquitoes. Thats why I like to be up there just after the first freeze kills them off. Personally I prefer cold to hot but that comes from being stationed at Ft. Drum and then being deployed to hottest places they could find for us[:@].

What brought me to Winnepeg was that I was working a temporary assignment at Grand Forks back when I was doing the environmental work. We sometimes went up to Winnepeg on the weekends. We had similar mosquito problems. If you stepped into the fields you would be almost instantly eaten alive. We went to one of the local supply stores and asked the guy about how to deal with the mosquitoes. He gave us some non-descript squirt bottle that simply said "mosquito repellent". It honestly looked like someone probably bottled it in their back shed. When he gave it to us, he gave us a verbal warning to, under no conditions get it in our eyes or drink it. We thought, no worries (we'd already found a great little bar called Jonsesy's Jar so the drinking part was taken care of [;)]). We put the repellent on and stepped out into the field and it was awesome! Like having your own personal force field. You could see the clouds of mosquitoes but they stayed at least a foot away.

When we finished that day we walked back to the truck and found that the bottle of repellent had spilled over onto a spare set of safety glasses and had completely melted them.

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: Mynok

ORIGINAL: Terminus




Nobody, huh...? Okay, guess the gas has gone outta the balloon.

The rifle is an AR-10. Designed by Eugene Stoner (no surprise there). This particular weapon was made in the Netherlands (in 7.92mm caliber) to be used by the Portuguese army in the 1960s and 70s...

Interesting. It was obviously a relative of the M16 (an ancestor in this case), which is why I thought AR-15 at first.

It looks really weird, with the wooden furniture and the wonky barrel.

Is it a real representation? I mean is it a representation of something real?

Absolutely. The plate is from an Osprey Publishing book of their Men-At-Arms series regarding the Portuguese attempts to retain control of Angola and Mozambique in the sixties and seventies. The AR-10 was a limited production precursor to the AR-15/M-16.

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: Mynok

ORIGINAL: Terminus




Nobody, huh...? Okay, guess the gas has gone outta the balloon.

The rifle is an AR-10. Designed by Eugene Stoner (no surprise there). This particular weapon was made in the Netherlands (in 7.92mm caliber) to be used by the Portuguese army in the 1960s and 70s...

Interesting. It was obviously a relative of the M16 (an ancestor in this case), which is why I thought AR-15 at first.

It looks really weird, with the wooden furniture and the wonky barrel.

Indeed...very AK-ish there....but the action is very much in the AR15/M16 style.

ORIGINAL: niceguy2005
We put the repellent on and stepped out into the field and it was awesome! Like having your own personal force field. You could see the clouds of mosquitoes but they stayed at least a foot away.

When we finished that day we walked back to the truck and found that the bottle of repellent had spilled over onto a spare set of safety glasses and had completely melted them.

Kinda makes you wish a skeeter had landed so you could watch it melt. [:D]

Is it just me or was the forum just down for half an hour? [&:]

Wasn't just you.

Is it the 31st already? [X(][X(][X(]

Tithe[:)]

ORIGINAL: scott1964

Is it the 31st already? [X(][X(][X(]

No..........

Sure looks that way [X(][:-][8|][:'(]

Good Evening Friends.[:)]

My new hard drive is in and ready for action. [X(][:)][8D]

ORIGINAL: Mynok

ORIGINAL: niceguy2005
We put the repellent on and stepped out into the field and it was awesome! Like having your own personal force field. You could see the clouds of mosquitoes but they stayed at least a foot away.

When we finished that day we walked back to the truck and found that the bottle of repellent had spilled over onto a spare set of safety glasses and had completely melted them.

Kinda makes you wish a skeeter had landed so you could watch it melt. [:D]

I'm thinking the stuff must have been 100% alcohol, hence the don't drink it warning. Thus, I'm not sure if the mosquito would have melted or just gotten so drunk it couldn't bite. [;)]

With the twilight zone music playing in the background, i'll ask dear thread what happened to the time stamps?[X(][X(]

Even more messed up than before...

You know, it's going to be easier to Faber...........................

how so?

There's not as much activity right now. An ever alert threadster should be able to sneek one in here and there[:D]

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

There's not as much activity right now. An ever alert threadster should be able to sneek one in here and there[:D]

Not on my watch!