Saturday 3 August 2019

Lord of the Flies

Flies !!!  UURRRGGGHH  we are plagued with flies this year , we always get loads this time of year joys of living in the countryside im afraid , but this year theyre a real tough bunch , not helped by other halfs wanting every door and window open , normal fly spray doesnt do a lot for these tough critters , so i ordered a case of the good stuff off Amazon its lasted 2 weeks , now other half has announced we arent to spray it if hes in the house he doesnt like it , but hes in the house pretty much all the time , i have pointed out there is a chair just outside the front door and he can stagger there if he cant stand it . We have an electric fly light but theyre just ignoring it . Its all a bit third world as they head for your eyes .
He went fishing yesterday with his brother and it was plague of dragonflys day when i took lunch down to them . never seen so many different sizes and colours . managed to get a huge one hit me in the forehead thought someone had thrown a stone at me ..lol
So the third plague in the area is the tourists , my annual gripe , its really busy this year which is a good thing for the local economy , but not such a good thing for the local residents , we just smile nicely , nod and shake our heads as they leave , we fen trolls are like that .
Yesterday we had a whole bunch of late teen Americans in town , you can spot them quite easily all tall , wearing pricey labels towering over us , with amazing braces and a baffled expression, polite kids though under your feet when your a harassed local, double parked to do the bread and milk run .
The middle class prick leading them was a stunner , hes stood outside the Coop with his herd telling them that this is the local shop a bit like a sweet shop to get soda and a sandwich from , no prick this overpriced wine emporium is our only shop for miles , we are all so damned poor that we only shop there if we have to and we have to . Our other shop in the village has virtually empty shelves except on delivery day. most of our employment is seasonal and minimum wage , all the residents are aging and the young have to leave to get on with their lives . I managed to avoid opening my mouth and just stood on his toes in passing for fun and jollies .  Nice kids though, very polite and very baffled

10 comments:

  1. We sometimes meet foreign tourists on our canal travels, they are usually polite but baffled too, especially when they realise we live on our boat. I refer to them as grockles which is what they are called in Blackpool, in Cornwall they call then emmets I think.

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    1. they never quite grasp the countryside do they , its muck spreading season here that baffles them as well

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  2. I know these aren't common over there - but would it be possible to get screens for your windows - and what we call a storm door - it's usually a metal and glass door that fits inside your regular one and the glass slides up and down to reveal a screen - that way doors & windows can be open but flies & other critters stay out. It would drive me mad to have all those flies in the house!

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    1. i remember screen doors from my grans house , sadly in state housing we are not allowed them its a fire hazard

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    2. Why would glass & metal be considered a fire hazard? The majority of homes have them here and we have some pretty strict regulations. Just curious as to the reasoning...

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    3. Because councils are generally pretty moronic and come up with hundreds of strange and bizarre local byelaws to be ignored every year

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  3. Yuk,i hate them. If i buy fly killer abroad its brilluant stuff. Buy the same in the UK and its like it's watered down.

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    1. the stuff in the blue tin is good all others seem to just give them a headache then theyre up again and inviting their relatives

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  4. I have heard good reports about red top fly traps .
    We use fly papers old school and not very pretty but effective .

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    1. fly papers are full in an hour this year so theyre a non starter

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