Cicadas are emerging

[Bonnie]

Hi All,
The cicadas are emerging in my backyard. I was filling the
bird feeders and noticed four without even looking for them.
Their red eyes are really weird! Should be getting noisy by
late this afternoon.
--
Bonnie
NJ

[Ka30P]

Bonnie, this is really exciting from a
distance's point of view. I wonder if
the fish will enjoy them for a treat?


kathy :-)
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[joe]

Bonnie,

Are you in one of the places where they are coming out in the seventeen year
cycle? That just sounds creepy!

Joe

On 5/22/04 8:50 AM, "Bonnie" > wrote:

> Hi All,
> The cicadas are emerging in my backyard. I was filling the
> bird feeders and noticed four without even looking for them.
> Their red eyes are really weird! Should be getting noisy by
> late this afternoon.
> --
> Bonnie
> NJ



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[Bonnie]

joe wrote:
> Bonnie,
>
> Are you in one of the places where they are coming out in the seventeen year
> cycle? That just sounds creepy!
>
> Joe
>
Yes I am, the last cycle I remember people actually pulling
off Interstate 78 thinking they had car trouble - that's how
loud these little critters can get.
It's not really creepy, it's just that they're everywhere.

--
Bonnie
NJ

[Bonnie]

Ka30P wrote:
> Bonnie, this is really exciting from a
> distance's point of view. I wonder if
> the fish will enjoy them for a treat?
>
>
> kathy :-)
> <A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/">Once upon a pond</A>

I'll let you know if the cicadas make good
fish food ;-)

--
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NJ

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In >, on 05/22/04
at 03:50 PM, Bonnie > said:

>The cicadas are emerging in my backyard. I was filling the bird feeders
>and noticed four without even looking for them. Their red eyes are really
>weird! Should be getting noisy by late this afternoon.

It's noisy here, and the clumsy things keep falling in the pond.


Alan

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[Robyn Rhudy]

I live near Alan but a little more in the country. It's really starting
to get loud around here. I can't think when I'm outside! You can't hold
a conversation anymore either. There are dead cicadas all over. The pool
cover has a few hundred. I don't see any in the pond. Hum? I think the
fish might have eaten some. My 3' lizard and 4 chickens LOVE to eat them
and go bonkers when I bring some. I've noticed about 20% of them start to
come out of their shells and harden too quickly, dying half in and half
out. The ants are going to have a mega population explosion. It's really
a sight to behold so I feel sorry for those of you who will never
experience this!

On Sat, 22 May 2004 wrote:

> In >, on 05/22/04
> at 03:50 PM, Bonnie > said:
>
> >The cicadas are emerging in my backyard. I was filling the bird feeders
> >and noticed four without even looking for them. Their red eyes are really
> >weird! Should be getting noisy by late this afternoon.
>
> It's noisy here, and the clumsy things keep falling in the pond.
>
>
> Alan
>
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like a horror movie! Say the birds or something similar. Bugs everywhere,
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"Robyn Rhudy" > wrote in message
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>
> I live near Alan but a little more in the country. It's really starting
> to get loud around here. I can't think when I'm outside! You can't hold
> a conversation anymore either. There are dead cicadas all over. The pool
> cover has a few hundred. I don't see any in the pond. Hum? I think the
> fish might have eaten some. My 3' lizard and 4 chickens LOVE to eat them
> and go bonkers when I bring some. I've noticed about 20% of them start to
> come out of their shells and harden too quickly, dying half in and half
> out. The ants are going to have a mega population explosion. It's really
> a sight to behold so I feel sorry for those of you who will never
> experience this!
>
> On Sat, 22 May 2004 wrote:
>
> > In >, on 05/22/04
> > at 03:50 PM, Bonnie > said:
> >
> > >The cicadas are emerging in my backyard. I was filling the bird
feeders
> > >and noticed four without even looking for them. Their red eyes are
really
> > >weird! Should be getting noisy by late this afternoon.
> >
> > It's noisy here, and the clumsy things keep falling in the pond.
> >
> >
> > Alan
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[jammer]

On Sat, 22 May 2004 17:58:57 GMT, Bonnie >
wrote:

>joe wrote:
>> Bonnie,
>>
>> Are you in one of the places where they are coming out in the
seventeen year
>> cycle? That just sounds creepy!
>>
>> Joe
>>
>Yes I am, the last cycle I remember people actually pulling
>off Interstate 78 thinking they had car trouble - that's how
>loud these little critters can get.




>It's not really creepy, it's just that they're everywhere.

THAT IS THE CREEPY PART!! I'm with joe...

[jammer]

Uh, you don't have to feel sorry for me! They would petrify me!




On Sat, 22 May 2004 19:10:30 -0400, Robyn Rhudy >
wrote:

>
>I live near Alan but a little more in the country. It's really
starting
>to get loud around here. I can't think when I'm outside! You can't
hold
>a conversation anymore either. There are dead cicadas all over. The
pool
>cover has a few hundred. I don't see any in the pond. Hum? I think
the
>fish might have eaten some. My 3' lizard and 4 chickens LOVE to eat
them
>and go bonkers when I bring some. I've noticed about 20% of them
start to
>come out of their shells and harden too quickly, dying half in and
half
>out. The ants are going to have a mega population explosion. It's
really
>a sight to behold so I feel sorry for those of you who will never
>experience this!
>
>On Sat, 22 May 2004 wrote:
>
>> In >, on 05/22/04
>> at 03:50 PM, Bonnie > said:
>>
>> >The cicadas are emerging in my backyard. I was filling the bird
feeders
>> >and noticed four without even looking for them. Their red eyes are
really
>> >weird! Should be getting noisy by late this afternoon.
>>
>> It's noisy here, and the clumsy things keep falling in the pond.
>>
>>
>> Alan
>>
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[Mosfunland]

I'm over in Phila, have the annual cicadas every year.....not too bad, I look
forward to them.....waiting for the 17 years now......I

Remember them as a child down Maryland one year....ewwww they were
everywhere...and noisy like Bonnie describes.

Had tent catapillars one year on everything....you couldn't even sit outside
without one or two crawling up your leg....now that was gross.
Maureen

>>
>>I live near Alan but a little more in the country. It's really
>starting
>>to get loud around here. I can't think when I'm outside!

[Bonnie]

This morning when I went out to feed the koi I couldn't help
but find the casings of the cicada all over the tree trunks
and every upright including the posts for the swing! Yes
Kathy the koi do love the newly emerged bugs, but only the
larger koi - the smaller fish are frighten off by the
fluttering wings ;-)
There is a definite hum in the air. Between a car alarm
going off in the distance and severe static on the radio.

--
Bonnie
NJ

[Francis]

Someone should take a picture or record them or video them to show us
underprivileged! I'm in Toronto and there are none here :(

- Francis

[Ka30P]

I remember one year we had a ton of grasshoppers hatch out. And preying mantis
seem to be abundant also.
I had a couple of habitats set up on the kitchen table for preying mantis and
frogs that the neighborhood kids brought me. (There was a method to this I'm
sure thought out by their parents ;-)
I would send forth a posse of boys to catch grasshoppers and we'd feed them to
the preying mantis and frogs.
I'll always remember Ricky (out of college now) turning to me, all thrilled, as
he fed a grasshopper to a preying mantis, and telling me,
"Mrs. P, Mrs. P, you've got to see this, it's sucking its guts out!!!"
Kind of a catch phrase around here now.


kathy :-)
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In . edu>, on 05/22/04
at 07:10 PM, Robyn Rhudy > said:


>I live near Alan but a little more in the country. It's really starting
>to get loud around here. I can't think when I'm outside! You can't hold
>a conversation anymore either. There are dead cicadas all over. The
>pool cover has a few hundred. I don't see any in the pond. Hum? I

It's loud here, too, because we have woods along the neighborhood. Owings
Mills apparently is quiet due to all the development in the past 17 years.


Alan

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[Bonnie]

Francis wrote:
> Someone should take a picture or record them or video them to show us
> underprivileged! I'm in Toronto and there are none here :(
>
> - Francis
>
>

If you get any tv programs out of NY they'll most likely
have some sort of coverage. I know the last time it was
on our national news.

--
Bonnie
NJ

[David Modine]

"Mosfunland" > wrote in message
...
> I'm over in Phila, have the annual cicadas every year.....not too bad, I
look
> forward to them.....waiting for the 17 years now......I
>
> Remember them as a child down Maryland one year....ewwww they were
> everywhere...and noisy like Bonnie describes.
>
> Had tent catapillars one year on everything....you couldn't even sit
outside
> without one or two crawling up your leg....now that was gross.
> Maureen

Hello ponders, Marylander here. Man o man, they are everywhere, and
singing up a storm. I liken the sound to The Outer Limits. My frogs are
all looking extra fat & happy. My dogs go crazy trying to figure out which
ones to chase. All in all,,pretty cool!
David

[Nedra]

I just can't imagine life with cicadas ... only I knew
them as locusts. I've often wondered where the name
"cicadas" came from. (I know - I know .. scientific names
and all)

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
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"Bonnie" > wrote in message
...
> Francis wrote:
> > Someone should take a picture or record them or video them to show us
> > underprivileged! I'm in Toronto and there are none here :(
> >
> > - Francis
> >
> >
>
> If you get any tv programs out of NY they'll most likely
> have some sort of coverage. I know the last time it was
> on our national news.
>
> --
> Bonnie
> NJ
>

[Nedra]

LOL!! My sentence should have read ....
".... life withOUT cicadas ..."

Nedra
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"Nedra" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> I just can't imagine life with cicadas ... only I knew
> them as locusts. I've often wondered where the name
> "cicadas" came from. (I know - I know .. scientific names
> and all)
>
> Nedra
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
> http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118
>
> "Bonnie" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Francis wrote:
> > > Someone should take a picture or record them or video them to show us
> > > underprivileged! I'm in Toronto and there are none here :(
> > >
> > > - Francis
> > >
> > >
> >
> > If you get any tv programs out of NY they'll most likely
> > have some sort of coverage. I know the last time it was
> > on our national news.
> >
> > --
> > Bonnie
> > NJ
> >
>
>

[dkat]

I agree. It is magical. I never stop being amazed at how incredibly
complex and varied living things are.

"Robyn Rhudy" > wrote in message
. umbc.edu...
>
> I live near Alan but a little more in the country. It's really starting
> to get loud around here. I can't think when I'm outside! You can't hold
> a conversation anymore either. There are dead cicadas all over. The pool
> cover has a few hundred. I don't see any in the pond. Hum? I think the
> fish might have eaten some. My 3' lizard and 4 chickens LOVE to eat them
> and go bonkers when I bring some. I've noticed about 20% of them start to
> come out of their shells and harden too quickly, dying half in and half
> out. The ants are going to have a mega population explosion. It's really
> a sight to behold so I feel sorry for those of you who will never
> experience this!
>
> On Sat, 22 May 2004 wrote:
>
> > In >, on 05/22/04
> > at 03:50 PM, Bonnie > said:
> >
> > >The cicadas are emerging in my backyard. I was filling the bird
feeders
> > >and noticed four without even looking for them. Their red eyes are
really
> > >weird! Should be getting noisy by late this afternoon.
> >
> > It's noisy here, and the clumsy things keep falling in the pond.
> >
> >
> > Alan
> >
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[Francis]

Here are some links ....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3707599.stm
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=5150401
http://keyetv.com/topstories/topstoriestv_story_137095732.html

Yummy ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/metro/051804-22v.htm

http://www.wcpo.com/news/2004/local/03/10/cicadas.html

- Francis

[Snooze]

> wrote in message
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> In >, on 05/22/04
> at 03:50 PM, Bonnie > said:
>
> It's noisy here, and the clumsy things keep falling in the pond.

Isn't Darwin funny? Your a bug that hangs out in the dirt for 17 years. You
wake up one morning to realize it's your time to reproduce so you climb up
and begin your quest to find a cute lady bug. Wrong! you made a wrong turn
and end up in the mouth of a frog, bird or just fall into a pond.

Snooze

[Benign Vanilla]

"Bonnie" > wrote in message
...
> Hi All,
> The cicadas are emerging in my backyard. I was filling the
> bird feeders and noticed four without even looking for them.
> Their red eyes are really weird! Should be getting noisy by
> late this afternoon.

The swarm started in our neighborhood this past weekend. We've heard the
noise coming for days.

BV.

[Benign Vanilla]

"Just Me "Koi"" > wrote in message
...
> Please don't feel sorry for us! I can picture those of you living it
almost
> like a horror movie! Say the birds or something similar. Bugs
everywhere,
> not my idea of COOL!
<snip>

It's actually kind of interesting. Every day the noise gets closer, much
like the Langoliers. The swarms are starting in my area now, and I95 is
littered with corpses. BTW, the worst part seems to be the smell from the
dead rotting acada's (as my 3 year old calls them).

BV.

[Benign Vanilla]

"David Modine" > wrote in message
...
<snip>
> Hello ponders, Marylander here. Man o man, they are everywhere, and
> singing up a storm. I liken the sound to The Outer Limits.
<snip>

Where in MD? I am in Ellicott City.

BV.

[dkat]

"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
> "Bonnie" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi All,
> > The cicadas are emerging in my backyard. I was filling the
> > bird feeders and noticed four without even looking for them.
> > Their red eyes are really weird! Should be getting noisy by
> > late this afternoon.
>
> The swarm started in our neighborhood this past weekend. We've heard the
> noise coming for days.
>
> BV

I liked this letter to the editor in the NYTimes -

Cicadas, Marking Time

Published: May 24, 2004

To the Editor:
Re "The Orgy in Your Backyard," by Jeffrey A. Lockwood (Op-Ed, May 20): I am
enjoying the cicadas' low hum and knowing that by midsummer, the hum will
become a roar. The cicadas' noise, their lumbering flights, their
luminescent wings all remind me of the summer of 1987. I was a young mother,
my daughter Sasha was 15 months old and life seemed infinite in its
possibilities.
I remember trips to the park that summer, and watching the cicadas crash
into tiny Sasha. I also remember thinking that the creatures would not
return until Sasha was 18, an eternity away. Now the cicadas are back, Sasha
is 18, and when she enrolls in college this fall the cicadas will already be
back in hibernation.
When the cicadas return in 2021, if I am lucky enough to be here to hear
them, and see them, and maybe physically encounter a few, I may be a
grandmother. My time on the earth that harbors the cicadas will be winding
down. But the cicadas will certainly be back again and again, to remind us
of the cycles and transience of our lives.
MARIAN BASS
Princeton, N.J., May 20, 2004

[[email protected]]

In e.rogers.com>, on
05/24/04
at 04:08 AM, "Francis" > said:

>Here are some links ....

>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3707599.stm
>http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=5150401
>http://keyetv.com/topstories/topstoriestv_story_137095732.html

>Yummy ...
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/metro/051804-22v.htm

>http://www.wcpo.com/news/2004/local/03/10/cicadas.html

www.baltimoresun.com has a cicada section, too.



Alan

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In >, on 05/24/04
at 12:44 PM, "Benign Vanilla" > said:


>It's actually kind of interesting. Every day the noise gets closer, much
>like the Langoliers. The swarms are starting in my area now, and I95 is
>littered with corpses. BTW, the worst part seems to be the smell from the
>dead rotting acada's (as my 3 year old calls them).

It's not a pretty smell.


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In >, on 05/24/04
at 12:46 PM, "Benign Vanilla" > said:


>> Hello ponders, Marylander here. Man o man, they are everywhere, and
>> singing up a storm. I liken the sound to The Outer Limits.
><snip>

>Where in MD? I am in Ellicott City.

South Pikesville, here.


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[Cichlidiot]

"Just Me \"Koi\"" > wrote:
> Please don't feel sorry for us! I can picture those of you living it almost
> like a horror movie! Say the birds or something similar. Bugs everywhere,
> not my idea of COOL!

When I was a kid, my grandmother lived in a small town that was pretty
much surrounded with agricultural land. Almost every summer, there'd be a
swarm of some insect or another. Most often it was cockeroaches
everywhere, even coming up the drain of the showers at the community pool.
The funnest year was when it was ladybugs. They were practically coating
trees and such outside. Crickets were another common pest, which drove my
grandmother's dog nuts, earning it the nickname of Cricket.

You could always tell when it was going to be a bad swarm summer when the
cleaners at the community pool didn't bother to throw any scooped up
insects away and instead piled them at one side of the pool. Or when they
just couldn't keep up with the numbers falling in the water.

[Lena]

"Benign Vanilla" <asked
> > Hello ponders, Marylander here. Man o man, they are everywhere, and
> > singing up a storm. I liken the sound to The Outer Limits.
> <snip>
>
> Where in MD? I am in Ellicott City.
>
> BV.

In Silver Spring, can't take a step without squishing a few.

Lena

[Just Me \Koi\]

OK BV, here is an advance notice! I will be in Baltimore July 19! Get rid
of them by the time I arrive in town! Or else you are fired as our pond
keeper!

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"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Just Me "Koi"" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Please don't feel sorry for us! I can picture those of you living it
> almost
> > like a horror movie! Say the birds or something similar. Bugs
> everywhere,
> > not my idea of COOL!
> <snip>
>
> It's actually kind of interesting. Every day the noise gets closer, much
> like the Langoliers. The swarms are starting in my area now, and I95 is
> littered with corpses. BTW, the worst part seems to be the smell from the
> dead rotting acada's (as my 3 year old calls them).
>
> BV.
>
>

[noahsnana]

Waldorf (So MD) Haven't seen or heard a one. I am only 10 minutes from the
Wilson bridge.
Joann
"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
>
> "David Modine" > wrote in message
> ...
> <snip>
> > Hello ponders, Marylander here. Man o man, they are everywhere, and
> > singing up a storm. I liken the sound to The Outer Limits.
> <snip>
>
> Where in MD? I am in Ellicott City.
>
> BV.
>
>

[Bonnie]

wrote:
> In >, on 05/24/04
> at 12:44 PM, "Benign Vanilla" > said:
>
>
>
>>It's actually kind of interesting. Every day the noise gets closer, much
>>like the Langoliers. The swarms are starting in my area now, and I95 is
>>littered with corpses. BTW, the worst part seems to be the smell from the
>>dead rotting acada's (as my 3 year old calls them).
>
>
> It's not a pretty smell.
>
>
> Alan
>

I guess I have something yucky in my future. So far, I've
not noticed any unusual smells.

--
Bonnie
NJ

[Benign Vanilla]

"Just Me "Koi"" > wrote in message
...
> OK BV, here is an advance notice! I will be in Baltimore July 19! Get
rid
> of them by the time I arrive in town! Or else you are fired as our pond
> keeper!
<snip>

I'll see what I can do.

BV.

[Robyn Rhudy]

They said they'll all be dead by 4th of July but their dead bodies will
still be a stinkin'! We live on 5 acres of 28-year-old woods with old
growth close by, about 15 miles NW of BV. It's too loud to think. They
aren't supposed to call at night and stop at dusk but when I awoke at 2
am, they'd already started a new day! They're loudest about 9 am. I'm
surprised how many dead ones there are already since they're supposed to
live 6 weeks and just came out a week ago.

On Tue, 25 May 2004, Benign Vanilla wrote:

>
> "Just Me "Koi"" > wrote in message
> ...
> > OK BV, here is an advance notice! I will be in Baltimore July 19! Get
> rid
> > of them by the time I arrive in town! Or else you are fired as our pond
> > keeper!
> <snip>
>
> I'll see what I can do.
>
> BV.
>
>
>

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In . edu>, on 05/25/04
at 11:05 AM, Robyn Rhudy > said:


>They said they'll all be dead by 4th of July but their dead bodies will
>still be a stinkin'! We live on 5 acres of 28-year-old woods with old
>growth close by, about 15 miles NW of BV. It's too loud to think. They

Our woods is the reason we have so many cicadas, like by you. I think
they're kind of neat. I sit by the pond and watch them fly around. Saw
the turtle chomp on a couple floaters today.

The pile of shells under my tree is already stinking. I prefer six weeks
of this to everything paved over.

>aren't supposed to call at night and stop at dusk but when I awoke at 2
>am, they'd already started a new day! They're loudest about 9 am. I'm
>surprised how many dead ones there are already since they're supposed to
>live 6 weeks and just came out a week ago.

What surprised me was how many didn't come out of their shells, or came
out with defective wings. I hope it's just normal - out of millions of
critters, all won't be perfect. I don't remember how many defectives
there were in 1987.


Alan

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[Nedra]

Well Now - the smell is something I have never witnessed!
And I've lived in cicadas country all my life... plus 73 years.

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

> wrote in message
ganews.com...
> In . edu>, on 05/25/04
> at 11:05 AM, Robyn Rhudy > said:
>
>
> >They said they'll all be dead by 4th of July but their dead bodies will
> >still be a stinkin'! We live on 5 acres of 28-year-old woods with old
> >growth close by, about 15 miles NW of BV. It's too loud to think. They
>
> Our woods is the reason we have so many cicadas, like by you. I think
> they're kind of neat. I sit by the pond and watch them fly around. Saw
> the turtle chomp on a couple floaters today.
>
> The pile of shells under my tree is already stinking. I prefer six weeks
> of this to everything paved over.
>
> >aren't supposed to call at night and stop at dusk but when I awoke at 2
> >am, they'd already started a new day! They're loudest about 9 am. I'm
> >surprised how many dead ones there are already since they're supposed to
> >live 6 weeks and just came out a week ago.
>
> What surprised me was how many didn't come out of their shells, or came
> out with defective wings. I hope it's just normal - out of millions of
> critters, all won't be perfect. I don't remember how many defectives
> there were in 1987.
>
>
> Alan
>
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[David Modine]

"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
>
> "David Modine" > wrote in message
> ...
> <snip>
> > Hello ponders, Marylander here. Man o man, they are everywhere, and
> > singing up a storm. I liken the sound to The Outer Limits.
> <snip>
>
> Where in MD? I am in Ellicott City.
>
> BV.
>
>
I'm in Olney. Work in Rockville. Yesterday morning they were the heaviest
population yet. We were throwing them into the pond at the office, and
mister big fat bluegill ate about a dozen. Just what I need, more fish
poop. LOL
David

[noahsnana]

Still havn't seen one. Sigh Waldorf
"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
>
> "David Modine" > wrote in message
> ...
> <snip>
> > Hello ponders, Marylander here. Man o man, they are everywhere, and
> > singing up a storm. I liken the sound to The Outer Limits.
> <snip>
>
> Where in MD? I am in Ellicott City.
>
> BV.
>
>

[Benign Vanilla]

"noahsnana" > wrote in message
...
> Still havn't seen one. Sigh Waldorf
<snip>

Waldorf...I began my life in MD down there. I remember when there were no
restaurants there. My how things have changed.

BV.

[WilsonKKW]

I was born in Baltimore City'55 moed to Carroll County (40 miles north) in'90
cicadas fun to see
Kathy

[WilsonKKW]

born Baltimore '55 moved to Carroll County 40 miles north in '90
Loe the cicadas
Kathy

[Bonnie]

noahsnana wrote:
> Still havn't seen one. Sigh Waldorf


Send me your snail mail addie and I'll ship some off
to you ;-)
--
Bonnie
NJ

[Benign Vanilla]

"Bonnie" > wrote in message
...
> noahsnana wrote:
> > Still havn't seen one. Sigh Waldorf
>
>
> Send me your snail mail addie and I'll ship some off
> to you ;-)

Hey yeah, how about an experiment. We all ship a few hundred around the US,
and then see what the impact is in 17 years. LOL.

BV.

[Bonnie]

Benign Vanilla wrote:
> "Bonnie" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>noahsnana wrote:
>>
>>>Still havn't seen one. Sigh Waldorf
>>
>>
>>Send me your snail mail addie and I'll ship some off
>>to you ;-)
>
>
> Hey yeah, how about an experiment. We all ship a few hundred around the US,
> and then see what the impact is in 17 years. LOL.
>
> BV.
>
>

Not a bad idea ;-). Hey Kathy didn't you say you'd like to
experience the cicadas......what da ya think?

--
Bonnie
NJ

[Ka30P]

Bonnie wrote >>Not a bad idea ;-). Hey Kathy didn't you say you'd like to
experience the cicadas......what da ya think?<<

Oh, yeah! I can just see the state of Washington being really thrilled if I
imported
those critters in! I'd be exported back to Canada!


kathy :-)
<A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/">Once upon a pond</A>

[joe]

Kathy! are you a closet Canuck?

Saskatchewan Joe

On 5/26/04 11:16 AM, "Ka30P" > wrote:

> Oh, yeah! I can just see the state of Washington being really thrilled if I
> imported
> those critters in! I'd be exported back to Canada!



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[Ka30P]

Saskatchewan Joe wrote >>Kathy! are you a closet Canuck?<<

I'm not exactly sure what I am anymore but...
I was born in Vancouver, BC and lived there, and in Ocean Falls, BC for 13
years. I can use all the proper forms of 'eh' ;-)






kathy :-)
<A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/">Once upon a pond</A>

[joe]

My daughter came home from a visit to Canada a few years ago with the
phrase, "so I'm all like eh, eh?"

Joe


On 5/26/04 1:51 PM, "Ka30P" > wrote:

> Saskatchewan Joe wrote >>Kathy! are you a closet Canuck?<<
>
> I'm not exactly sure what I am anymore but...
> I was born in Vancouver, BC and lived there, and in Ocean Falls, BC for 13
> years. I can use all the proper forms of 'eh' ;-)



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[Benign Vanilla]

"Ka30P" > wrote in message
...
> Bonnie wrote >>Not a bad idea ;-). Hey Kathy didn't you say you'd like to
> experience the cicadas......what da ya think?<<
>
> Oh, yeah! I can just see the state of Washington being really thrilled if
I
> imported
> those critters in! I'd be exported back to Canada!

I knew it!!!

No natural born American would brag about putting vaseline on her horse's
underparts.

BV.

[Bonnie]

In this mornings paper, Newark Star Ledger, there was an
article about Princeton men wiring the cicadas to track
their movements. There were photos of the cicadas with
their tracking attenae - this info was only for inquiring
minds ;-)
--
Bonnie
NJ

[Ka30P]

BV wrote >>I knew it!!! No natural born American would brag about putting
vaseline on her horse's
underparts.<<

Well, you ought to see what we do with
the caribou ;-)
















kathy :-)
<A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/">Once upon a pond</A>

[Benign Vanilla]

"Ka30P" > wrote in message
...
>
> BV wrote >>I knew it!!! No natural born American would brag about putting
> vaseline on her horse's
> underparts.<<
>
> Well, you ought to see what we do with
> the caribou ;-)

Talking about caribou. My wife's uncle gave us summer sausage made from
caribou that he hunted. I thawed it and hung it. How long before it's
edible? Any ideas?

BV.

[Ka30P]

BV wrote >>Talking about caribou. My wife's uncle gave us summer sausage made
from
caribou that he hunted. I thawed it and hung it. How long before it's
edible? Any ideas?<<

Sorry, not a clue.
I'm looking at a freezer wrapped hunk of
elk meat with supreme skepticism right now.
And I'd love to throw out the pheasant wings that are in there right now, I did
get my daughter to throw out the pheasant feet... Of course I've had koi and
bullfrogs in the freezer so I guess we're even.
(Sometimes I feel like a suburban version of the Addam's family.)


kathy :-)
<A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/">Once upon a pond</A>

[noahsnana]

True - now you can't find any place without a restruant LOL
"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
>
> "noahsnana" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Still havn't seen one. Sigh Waldorf
> <snip>
>
> Waldorf...I began my life in MD down there. I remember when there were no
> restaurants there. My how things have changed.
>
> BV.
>
>

[noahsnana]

LOL
"Bonnie" > wrote in message
...
> noahsnana wrote:
> > Still havn't seen one. Sigh Waldorf
>
>
> Send me your snail mail addie and I'll ship some off
> to you ;-)
> --
> Bonnie
> NJ
>
>

[noahsnana]

The postoffice smelling the stink would shut down in fear of a terrorist
attack. This weird smell all over the country. The group is behind it PORGS!
"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Bonnie" > wrote in message
> ...
> > noahsnana wrote:
> > > Still havn't seen one. Sigh Waldorf
> >
> >
> > Send me your snail mail addie and I'll ship some off
> > to you ;-)
>
> Hey yeah, how about an experiment. We all ship a few hundred around the
US,
> and then see what the impact is in 17 years. LOL.
>
> BV.
>
>

[noahsnana]

ROL
"Ka30P" > wrote in message
...
>
> BV wrote >>Talking about caribou. My wife's uncle gave us summer sausage
made
> from
> caribou that he hunted. I thawed it and hung it. How long before it's
> edible? Any ideas?<<
>
> Sorry, not a clue.
> I'm looking at a freezer wrapped hunk of
> elk meat with supreme skepticism right now.
> And I'd love to throw out the pheasant wings that are in there right now,
I did
> get my daughter to throw out the pheasant feet... Of course I've had koi
and
> bullfrogs in the freezer so I guess we're even.
> (Sometimes I feel like a suburban version of the Addam's family.)
>
>
> kathy :-)
> <A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/">Once upon a pond</A>

[Susan H. Simko]

Ka30P wrote:

> Sorry, not a clue.
> I'm looking at a freezer wrapped hunk of
> elk meat with supreme skepticism right now.
> And I'd love to throw out the pheasant wings that are in there right now, I did
> get my daughter to throw out the pheasant feet... Of course I've had koi and
> bullfrogs in the freezer so I guess we're even.
> (Sometimes I feel like a suburban version of the Addam's family.)

*laugh* I know *that* feeling. It isn't uncommon for us to have animal
spinal cords in our 'frig. S.o. brings them home from the lab to finish
the fixing process. Otherwise, it's a trip into the lab every couple
hours. Right now we have worms in the freezer. It's fun to freak out
the unsuspecting. Also a good way to ge trid of unwanted dinner guests.
*evil grin*

Susan (whose grandparents were from BC and whose family all hunt)
shsimko[@]duke[.]edu

[Bonnie]

Susan H. Simko wrote:
> Ka30P wrote:
>
>> Sorry, not a clue. I'm looking at a freezer wrapped hunk of
>> elk meat with supreme skepticism right now.
>> And I'd love to throw out the pheasant wings that are in there right
>> now, I did
>> get my daughter to throw out the pheasant feet... Of course I've had
>> koi and
>> bullfrogs in the freezer so I guess we're even.
>> (Sometimes I feel like a suburban version of the Addam's family.)


This reminds me of many many years ago. My brother would go
to the fish store and get some blood worms to feed his
tropical fish. They'd put them in a deli takeout container.
Jon would keep them in the refrigerator. Many is the time
my uncle would think it was potato salad or something
similar until he opened the container filled with a
squirmming mass ;-)

--
Bonnie
NJ
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