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October 17th 05, 01:16 PM
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(Seriously OT) Slaters???
Everyone -
Sorry guys and gals to be completely off topic...! What are 'slaters' - are they these little armour plated insects (?) crustaceans (??) that you get under rotting logs and such like?? Googling for slaters gets me nowhere apart from lots of "roofers" (: On things with lots of legs has anybody else noticed the great daddy - long - legs invasion this year?? Les -- Les Crossan, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear 54.95N 1.5W Home of the Wallsend StormCam and the Backup USW FAQ - www.uksevereweather.org.uk |
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October 17th 05, 01:32 PM
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(Seriously OT) Slaters???
Les Crossan wrote:
On things with lots of legs has anybody else noticed the great daddy - long - legs invasion this year?? Wasn't there something in the news a couple of weeks ago about a racecourse that had to abandon a meeting because the ground was dangerous. Apparently there were so many crane fly (aka daddy long legs) larvae under just under the surface of the grass that it was becoming unstable. Can't say I've seem many this year though, probably all gone on their holidays - with the wasps. -- Ian Use the Reply-To address to contact me. Mail sent to the From address is ignored. |
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October 17th 05, 01:35 PM
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(Seriously OT) Slaters???
I wrote:
Wasn't there something in the news a couple of weeks ago about a racecourse that had to abandon a meeting because the ground was dangerous. 100 lines of "Always check Google first" coming up ..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/4220322.stm -- Ian Use the Reply-To address to contact me. Mail sent to the From address is ignored. |
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October 17th 05, 01:46 PM
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(Seriously OT) Slaters???
Les Crossan wrote: Everyone - On things with lots of legs has anybody else noticed the great daddy - long - legs invasion this year?? Les -- Les Crossan, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear 54.95N 1.5W Home of the Wallsend StormCam and the Backup USW FAQ - www.uksevereweather.org.uk Hi, Les, Inundated with them this year, must be GW (;0) swmbo is terrified of them, so I became a hero for a short while! Best wishes, Ken Cook Copley, Barnard Castle, County Durham |
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October 17th 05, 01:50 PM
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(Seriously OT) Slaters???
Les Crossan wrote: Everyone - On things with lots of legs has anybody else noticed the great daddy - long - legs invasion this year?? Les -- Les Crossan, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear 54.95N 1.5W Home of the Wallsend StormCam and the Backup USW FAQ - www.uksevereweather.org.uk Hi, Les, Inundated with them this year, must be GW (;0) swmbo is terrified of them, so I became a hero for a short while! Best wishes, Ken Cook Copley, Barnard Castle, County Durham |
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October 17th 05, 03:42 PM
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(Seriously OT) Slaters???
If Slaters are woodlice, presumably Slater is a woodlouse.
Now I know a guy called Slater............. I daren't really give him that nickname, tempting as it is..... :-) Jack |
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October 17th 05, 04:29 PM
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(Seriously OT) Slaters???
"Les Crossan" wrote in message .uk... Everyone - Sorry guys and gals to be completely off topic...! What are 'slaters' - are they these little armour plated insects (?) crustaceans (??) that you get under rotting logs and such like?? Googling for slaters gets me nowhere apart from lots of "roofers" (: On things with lots of legs has anybody else noticed the great daddy - long - legs invasion this year?? Les -- Les Crossan, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear 54.95N 1.5W Home of the Wallsend StormCam and the Backup USW FAQ - www.uksevereweather.org.uk Only the flying variety Les but I think their called the Crane fly. Funnily enough when I was a kid in the early sixties I remember them being everywhere. Steady....... here we go.... is this a sign of a winter like 62/63 No...it's just that I lived near the docks. Crane fly get it...oh well suit yourselves |
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October 17th 05, 05:24 PM
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(Seriously OT) Slaters???
lawrence Jenkins wrote:
Steady....... here we go.... is this a sign of a winter like 62/63 No...it's just that I lived near the docks. Crane fly get it...oh well suit yourselves I hope it gave you a lift. -- Howard Neil |
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October 18th 05, 05:33 AM
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(Seriously OT) Slaters???
In uk.sci.weather on Mon, 17 Oct 2005 at 16:29:15, lawrence Jenkins
wrote : On things with lots of legs has anybody else noticed the great daddy - long - legs invasion this year?? Loads round here too. Only the flying variety Les but I think their called the Crane fly. Who calls them anything else but daddy-long-legs though?  -- Paul Hyett, Cheltenham |
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October 18th 05, 05:36 PM
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Felly sgrifennodd Paul Hyett :
Who calls them anything else but daddy-long-legs though? I always call them crane flies. To me (at least as I was brung up) a daddy longlegs is a harvestman spider. Adrian -- Adrian Shaw ais@ Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber. Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac. http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk |
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