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There are plenty around here in the evenings if the weather is warm & settled - but that hasn't happened since July. Been one of the worse summers I can remember, this year but not quite as bad as the dreadful 2012.
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#8687 Re: Nothing In Particular

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Seems to me there are two possible simple answers

1. Less insects
2. Better aerodynamics
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#8688 Re: Nothing In Particular

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...Fewer insects.
Just trying to be helpful there.
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I suppose the only way to settle that one is to find myself s 1958 Hillman Minx and start driving.
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#8691 Re: Nothing In Particular

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3. Insects have got bored headbutting cars and now go to libraries to better themselves.
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Dave the bass wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:03 pm 3. Insects have got bored headbutting cars and now go to libraries to better themselves.
Reminds me of the old joke:

"What's the last thing that goes through a fly's mind when it hits your windscreen?"
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His bum?
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#8694 Re: Nothing In Particular

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Dave the bass wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:09 pmHis bum?
We have a winner :)
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Yey! Where do I collect my cash prize?
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#8696 Re: Nothing In Particular

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jack wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:10 pm
Dave the bass wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:09 pmHis bum?
We have a winner :)
No flies on him!
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#8697 Re: Nothing In Particular

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shane wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:45 pm
jack wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:10 pm
Dave the bass wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:09 pmHis bum?
We have a winner :)
No flies on him!
Thats a point, when was the last time you remember the front of your car (or crash helmet) being plastered with insects?
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Dave the bass wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:31 pm
shane wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:26 pm
Dave, does it have gears?
<hangs head and shuffles feet embarrassingly so>

...maybe. 4 forward and 3 neutrals IIRC.
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#8699 Re: Nothing In Particular

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shane wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:26 pm Did you know that the correct speed to approach a pheasant in the road is 18mph? Any faster and it’s tiny brain won’t register your presence fast enough to avoid it cracking your front bumper, but any slower and it will decide that you’re not enough of a threat to bother making the considerable effort of flying away and it’ll just run down the road in front of you.
Well I think they're cleverer than that, I was rushing up to them at 40 - 50 mph and they were getting out of the way pretty sharpish.


(Or, could just be the sight of a bright orange noisy Ural bearing down on them with lights blazing scared the crap out of them.)


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#8700 Re: Nothing In Particular

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shane wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:45 pm A question inspired by discussions elsewhere. When was the last time you remember the front of your car (or crash helmet) being plastered with insects?
Yesterday, actually.

Well OK one insect.

But I've murdered a fair few over the summer. Have to keep washing them off.
 
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