Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Ted. I didn't realize they had the airports staked out! I ran into some relatives of those guys on a trip to Florida's Lake Okeechobee. We went for a short walk near the shore and returned to find hundreds (classic understatement) of the blood suckers waiting patiently on the car for us to come back! I couldn't tell whether they were smiling 'cause my RF Summilux isn't real good at small head shots (gratuitous Leica content). I guess they weren't really as big as sparrows (even though we thought so at the time). Years later I noticed in a report that the area around that lake had an unusually high incidence of AIDS. I'm told (but have trouble believing ) that mosquitoes aren't a vector for that disease. Still I'm glad we escaped with only a few score punctures... Mike Quinn Ted Grant wrote: > So when I go to a mosquito infested area, the little blood suckers lie in > wait for me to get off the plane. I know this for a fact, because I've seen > them looking in the plane window as we taxi to the docking ramp at the > terminal. What's worse, the little buggers have smiles on their faces and > are pointing at me! ;-)