[NatureNS] Big Dragon Flies -- no joke

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I suppose it would have been humerous if you had broken the bone in your 
upper arm; especially if the break were near the funny bone.
DW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Shaw" <srshaw@Dal.Ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2015 5:39 PM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Big Dragon Flies -- no joke


> Collecting a take-out last year, I fell out of the place awkwardly on to 
> the sidewalk and detached the supraspinatus from the head of my right 
> humerus (true).
> Upon my return home, damaged but with the food items intact, my family 
> initially found the details of my story quite humorous (also true, 
> regrettably).
> Anon
> ________________________________________
> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on 
> behalf of Randy Lauff [randy.lauff@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 3:05 PM
> To: NatureNS
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Big Dragon Flies
>
> Just a bit of a humerous note, Paul...I'm not picking on spelling/grammar, 
> but what you wrote is actually a) different from what you meant, and b) 
> somewhat humerous.
>
> Your subject: Big Dragon Flies
> ...actually means one of two things:
>
>     One, there's a big dragon out there which is flying.
>     Two, you are making a comment on a particular group of flies called 
> Dragon Flies, and they're big!
>
>>From the context of your email, I imagine you meant "big dragonflies".
>
> If the insect you're writing about is a real fly (from the order Diptera 
> [meaning "two wings"]), then the word "fly" is separate:
>
>     Horse Fly, Deer Fly, Black Fly, Dance Fly, Flower Fly, Hover Fly, 
> Robber Fly, tonnes more.
>
> But many insects have "fly" in their names, yet are not true flies. In 
> this case, "fly" is incorporated into the name of the insect:
>
>    Damselfly, Stonefly, Scorpionfly, Mayfly, Butterfly, Caddisfly
>
> Entomologically yours,
> Randy
>
>
>
> _________________________________
> RF Lauff
> Way in the boonies of
> Antigonish County, NS.
>
> On 3 September 2015 at 13:43, 
> rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca<mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> 
> <rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca<mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca>> wrote:
> Hi All
> Last evening was so nice the canoe wanted to go for a paddle on the river.
> It was delightful - a little breeze until the sun went down then still.
> We went up to Turnback Pool where we stopped to get the kinks out
> of our legs. Need pay attention to our age!
> Just at the pool there is a little bar which is convenient to pull out at.
> The grass is high along the river and a good hatch of midges was flying 
> along the bank.
> They were a light yellow - something like a Yellow Sally but I have no 
> idea as to species.
> Big Dragon flies were feasting on them. Just like seagulls enjoying French 
> fries!
> I kind of felt sorry for the midges but I guess they ate something on the 
> ways to
> being flies! A couple of times a fish grabbed a dragon fly - the cycle of 
> life!
> The river bottom is composed of small stones at that spot and continually 
> changes.
> A wayward stump will hook on the bottom and it will cause the river flow 
> to gouge out a pool.
> The small stones are like a carpet moving slowly down river. The water 
> level is reasonably
> high for early September. About the first of July when the river level is 
> low it is common to see
> a kettle of Lamprey Eels in the gravel. An active sight.
> Enjoy September
> Paul
>
>
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