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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 > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.6125 / Virus Database: 4409/10569 - Release Date: 09/03/15 >
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