We had some fruit flies, so I took a very thin slice of lemon,
but about 2cm of water over it in a little yogurt jar, then added
some malic acid and a drop of shampoo. Then I went to the
grocery store. When I returned, there were 8 of the *drownded*.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/52385855722/in/dateposted-public/

Since I started typing this, I caught #9.

--Bryan

On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 6:09:38 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
> bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > We had some fruit flies, so I took a very thin slice of lemon,
> > but about 2cm of water over it in a little yogurt jar, then added
> > some malic acid and a drop of shampoo. Then I went to the
> > grocery store. When I returned, there were 8 of the *drownded*.
> >
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/52385855722/in/dateposted-public/
> >
> > Since I started typing this, I caught #9.
> Heehee...
>
> When i saw "fruit fly" I thought it might be a reference to former rfc faggot Miss Lil' Wayne Boatwright...
> or our Resident rfc Faggot Fruit Fly Miss Bwuthie...
>
My post was intended to be instructive. For anyone
who gets fruit flies with any frequency, it is worth it
to spend a few bucks on some malic acid. The
combination of the complex aromatics of fruit with
malic acid is irresistible to fruit flies. Adding the
drop of shampoo is essential because it breaks the
surface tension of the water, so when they land on
it, they can't fly away. At last count, there were 12,
and that may be all of them.
>
> --
> GM

--Bryan

On 2022-09-27, GM <gregorymorrowchicago07@gmail.com> wrote:

> In Hinduism they believe that most of the time a human being is reincarnated as a human being only, but sometimes, he/she might get an animal body...
>
> Bryan, what if one of them fruit flies is the reincarnation of Galileo, Little Richard, or even Queen Elizabeth II...???
>
> Don't you feel guilty that you may be "snuffing" some famous souls...???

I don't recall Bryan ever saying he followed Hindu beliefs.

And even if so, he would be helping those souls back
into human bodies again. If you're going to spout
religious beliefs even more riduculous than the
asinine Christian ones you purport to follow,
it behooves you to at least pretend to know
what you're talking about.

On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 8:01:48 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
> On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 7:42:43 PM UTC-5, Mike Duffy wrote:
> > On 2022-09-27, GM <gregorymorr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In Hinduism they believe that most of the time a human being is reincarnated as a human being only, but sometimes, he/she might get an animal body...
> > >
> > > Bryan, what if one of them fruit flies is the reincarnation of Galileo, Little Richard, or even Queen Elizabeth II...???
> > >
> > > Don't you feel guilty that you may be "snuffing" some famous souls...???
> > I don't recall Bryan ever saying he followed Hindu beliefs.
> >
> > And even if so, he would be helping those souls back
> > into human bodies again. If you're going to spout
> > religious beliefs even more riduculous than the
> > asinine Christian ones you purport to follow,
> > it behooves you to at least pretend to know
> > what you're talking about.
> Jeez, Mike, it was just a "philosophical musing"...
>
> What animal or even plant would *you* like to be reincarnated as - a mighty sequoia tree... a coelocanth... a cuddly koala... a Arctic lichen...???
>
In Hindu mythology, one who has lived a good life
wouldn't be reincarnated as a lower life form. One
complete stupidity about Hinduism is the way that
higher caste Hindus treat cattle better than they
do the lowest caste humans (Dalits). It's way more
asinine than even Calvinian predestination.
>
> --
> GM

--Bryan

On Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:29:08 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons
<bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 8:01:48 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
>> >
>> > And even if so, he would be helping those souls back
>> > into human bodies again. If you're going to spout
>> > religious beliefs even more riduculous than the
>> > asinine Christian ones you purport to follow,
>> > it behooves you to at least pretend to know
>> > what you're talking about.
>> Jeez, Mike, it was just a "philosophical musing"...
>>
>> What animal or even plant would *you* like to be reincarnated as - a mighty sequoia tree... a coelocanth... a cuddly koala... a Arctic lichen...???
>>
>In Hindu mythology, one who has lived a good life
>wouldn't be reincarnated as a lower life form.
>
In that case, you're going to come back as a narcissistic maggot.

--
Bruce
<https://emalm.com/?v=SQqZJ>

On 2022-09-26, Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
> We had some fruit flies, so I took a very thin slice of lemon,
> but about 2cm of water over it in a little yogurt jar, then added
> some malic acid and a drop of shampoo. Then I went to the
> grocery store. When I returned, there were 8 of the *drownded*.

> https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/52385855722/in/dateposted-public/

> Since I started typing this, I caught #9.

lol!

i just turned 60 and this is exactly why i'm planning on working another
10 years if my bum knee can carry me that far.

i don't ever want to be that bored!

--
fos@sdf.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - https://sdf.org

On 9/27/2022 9:41 AM, fos@sdf.org wrote:
> On 2022-09-26, Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
>> We had some fruit flies, so I took a very thin slice of lemon,
>> but about 2cm of water over it in a little yogurt jar, then added
>> some malic acid and a drop of shampoo. Then I went to the
>> grocery store. When I returned, there were 8 of the *drownded*.
>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/52385855722/in/dateposted-public/
>
>> Since I started typing this, I caught #9.
>
> lol!
>
> i just turned 60 and this is exactly why i'm planning on working another
> 10 years if my bum knee can carry me that far.
>
> i don't ever want to be that bored!

LOL. There's some truth in that.
Full retirement takes some planning too.
When I worked full time, I managed to do everything that I wanted to
after work or on weekends.

Once you eliminate those full time working hours + commute time, you're
left with a huge gap of time to fill in all of the sudden. Easy to
become lazy and do worthless things.

I'm still working on that problem.

On 2022-09-27 11:01 a.m., Gary wrote:
> On 9/27/2022 9:41 AM, fos@sdf.org wrote:

>> i just turned 60 and this is exactly why i'm planning on working another
>> 10 years if my bum knee can carry me that far.
>>
>> i don't ever want to be that bored!
>
> LOL. There's some truth in that.
> Full retirement takes some planning too.
> When I worked full time, I managed to do everything that I wanted to
> after work or on weekends.
>
> Once you eliminate those full time working hours + commute time, you're
> left with a huge gap of time to fill in all of the sudden. Easy to
> become lazy and do worthless things.
>
> I'm still working on that problem.

When I retired at 53 I made a promise to myself that I had to be out of
the house before 11 am and that if I ever found myself sitting around
watching Jerry or his ilk in daytime TV I had to go out and get a job.

My brother also retired early. I think he was 55. He moved back down
this way and got a part time job as a provincial prosecutor. He started
off staying at our mother's for the days he had to work and bought a
house down here. His wife managed a store and was able to arrange a
transfer. His job didn't last very long. He couldn't stand his boss so
he quit. He then got a job in the tasting room of a winery. There were
some strange dynamic in the family that owned the winery and when the
job was no longer fun he quit.

On 9/27/2022 11:01 AM, Gary wrote:
> On 9/27/2022 9:41 AM, fos@sdf.org wrote:
>> On 2022-09-26, Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> We had some fruit flies, so I took a very thin slice of lemon,
>>> but about 2cm of water over it in a little yogurt jar, then added
>>> some malic acid and a drop of shampoo.  Then I went to the
>>> grocery store.  When I returned, there were 8 of the *drownded*.
>>
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/52385855722/in/dateposted-public/
>>>
>>
>>> Since I started typing this, I caught #9.
>>
>> lol!
>>
>> i just turned 60 and this is exactly why i'm planning on working another
>> 10 years if my bum knee can carry me that far.
>>
>> i don't ever want to be that bored!
>
> LOL. There's some truth in that.
> Full retirement takes some planning too.
> When I worked full time, I managed to do everything that I wanted to
> after work or on weekends.
>
> Once you eliminate those full time working hours + commute time, you're
> left with a huge gap of time to fill in all of the sudden. Easy to
> become lazy and do worthless things.
>
> I'm still working on that problem.

I just happily accept the fact I'm now lazy and can happily to worthless
things. I've thought about some sort of volunteer time but that means
commitment and, horrid, some sort of schedule.

On Tue, 27 Sep 2022 13:41:43 GMT, fos@sdf.org wrote:

>On 2022-09-26, Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
>> We had some fruit flies, so I took a very thin slice of lemon,
>> but about 2cm of water over it in a little yogurt jar, then added
>> some malic acid and a drop of shampoo. Then I went to the
>> grocery store. When I returned, there were 8 of the *drownded*.
>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/52385855722/in/dateposted-public/
>
>> Since I started typing this, I caught #9.
>
>lol!
>
>i just turned 60 and this is exactly why i'm planning on working another
>10 years if my bum knee can carry me that far.
>
>i don't ever want to be that bored!

You could always make it more interesting by trying to catch fruit
flies blindfolded. Please report back!

--
Bruce
<https://emalm.com/?v=SQqZJ>

On Tue, 27 Sep 2022 11:29:57 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>When I retired at 53 I made a promise to myself that I had to be out of
>the house before 11 am and that if I ever found myself sitting around
>watching Jerry or his ilk in daytime TV I had to go out and get a job.
>
>My brother also retired early. I think he was 55. He moved back down
>this way and got a part time job as a provincial prosecutor. He started
>off staying at our mother's for the days he had to work and bought a
>house down here. His wife managed a store and was able to arrange a
>transfer. His job didn't last very long. He couldn't stand his boss so
>he quit. He then got a job in the tasting room of a winery. There were
>some strange dynamic in the family that owned the winery and when the
>job was no longer fun he quit.

I have a new challenge for you: no more RFC posts longer than 2
sentences!

--
Bruce
<https://emalm.com/?v=SQqZJ>

On Tue, 27 Sep 2022 11:01:19 -0400, Gary <g.majors@att.net> wrote:

>On 9/27/2022 9:41 AM, fos@sdf.org wrote:
>> On 2022-09-26, Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> We had some fruit flies, so I took a very thin slice of lemon,
>>> but about 2cm of water over it in a little yogurt jar, then added
>>> some malic acid and a drop of shampoo. Then I went to the
>>> grocery store. When I returned, there were 8 of the *drownded*.
>>
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/52385855722/in/dateposted-public/
>>
>>> Since I started typing this, I caught #9.
>>
>> lol!
>>
>> i just turned 60 and this is exactly why i'm planning on working another
>> 10 years if my bum knee can carry me that far.
>>
>> i don't ever want to be that bored!
>
>LOL. There's some truth in that.
>Full retirement takes some planning too.
>When I worked full time, I managed to do everything that I wanted to
>after work or on weekends.
>
>Once you eliminate those full time working hours + commute time, you're
>left with a huge gap of time to fill in all of the sudden. Easy to
>become lazy and do worthless things.
>
>I'm still working on that problem.
>
Can't you volunteer at the local ferret sanctuary?

--
Bruce
<https://emalm.com/?v=SQqZJ>

Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Sep 2022 11:29:57 -0400, Dave Smith
> <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> When I retired at 53 I made a promise to myself that I had to be out of
>> the house before 11 am and that if I ever found myself sitting around
>> watching Jerry or his ilk in daytime TV I had to go out and get a job.
>>
>> My brother also retired early. I think he was 55. He moved back down
>> this way and got a part time job as a provincial prosecutor. He started
>> off staying at our mother's for the days he had to work and bought a
>> house down here. His wife managed a store and was able to arrange a
>> transfer. His job didn't last very long. He couldn't stand his boss so
>> he quit. He then got a job in the tasting room of a winery. There were
>> some strange dynamic in the family that owned the winery and when the
>> job was no longer fun he quit.
>
> I have a new challenge for you: no more RFC posts longer than 2
> sentences!
>
>
He's much too big of a boring blowhard for that!

On Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:38:57 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons wrote:

> We had some fruit flies, so I took a very thin slice of lemon,
> but about 2cm of water over it in a little yogurt jar, then added
> some malic acid and a drop of shampoo. Then I went to the
> grocery store. When I returned, there were 8 of the *drownded*.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/52385855722/in/dateposted-public/
>
> Since I started typing this, I caught #9.

Whatever happened to Mark Thorson? He was trying to harvest
genetically mutated fruit flies that would piss out lysergic acid,
last we heard from him.

I found a dead MT. The time and age are right, but it can't be
him. Or else he had double life and personality.

-sw

On 9/27/2022 4:23 PM, Bruce wrote:
> Can't you volunteer at the local ferret sanctuary?

I actually would do that but the shelters are too far away.
I'd love to find a neighbor that has some that I could visit
now and then. I would volunteer to babysit if they went out
of town.