Infestation

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Originally Posted by JOHN PRUDEN

cappy we are living on an island that's infested with people??jp

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bet theres a lot wont eat picked onions at xmas without looking thhhhhhhhrough the glass first

Hey, after reading that report i,ve already had the Xmas homemade pickles out and looked through the bottle, regards KT

They are only a Nematode that wont hurt you , as long as you are not too pickled

clearing the hatches in kg5 Glasgow I came across an emperor scorpion big black thing Singapore joe's must admit I did **** myself not nice in a dim light?jp

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Originally Posted by Keith Tindell

Hey, after reading that report i,ve already had the Xmas homemade pickles out and looked through the bottle, regards KT

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don't touch the cheese regards cappy

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Originally Posted by robpage

Turbatrix Aceti or Vinegar Eels are a type of nematode that inhabits vinegars. They very tiny, and if you can’t see very close you might just miss them. The best way to see them is to hold a sample of them in a clear see through container to the light and look for the tiny worms wiggling. Vinegar Eels reach the size about 1/8 inch making and are an aquatic nematode. This means that the Vinegar Eels are quite happy living in a water environment like a fish tank for some time until your pets eat them. But, to truly live and reproduce they need to live in cider vinegar. The female Vinegar Eel give birth up to 45 young every 8-10 days, and live for an average of 10 months. Vinegar Eels do well at temperatures from 60-90 degrees. But, room temperatures 68-85 +/- a few degrees are best for optimum reproduction rates.

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There I was about to add some vinegar to my bag of chips, now all I have is the bag, segulls can have the nemitodes.

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Originally Posted by Louis the Amigo

Hi Shipmates, politicians are very hard to exterminate, much harder to kill than rats or cockroaches, they have special police to watch over them, and if your lucky to catch one alone. you will get a very long time in jail if you try to hurt one....

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Louis here in Victoria there ia bounty of $10 on the tail of a Fox, considered as vermin the farmers and others shoot them. Now if only we could put some form of bounty on a politicain>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Only infestation we ever had on ships to my knowledge were cock roaches, bloody awful disgusting things they are too!
Brian as to native rather than if you will ordinary rats (remember Ratty form Wind In The Willows) We had the most amazing native water rats in Sydney, they were HUGE. They lived along the waterfront in the east of Sydney Rushcutters Bay, Darling Pt, Double Bay etc. Around the Cruising yacht Club in RCB they were so numerous & bold. Our home was Double Bay on the water where we in winter had them run up the trees entering the apartment & eat the fruit on the side board. Never ever killed one. Yes Minor birds by the 100's though with an air gun.
We had bush rats at the farm, only attacked them in our garage as they had a propensity to eat the electrical wiring in your cars engine bay, god knows why? Did that twice to me the pests, a jaguar & a Range Rover. Cost me a fortune + one occasion left the garage in a RR beginning of summer turned on the A/C to hear an appalling tearing grinding noise, then blood came out the central dash vents, it was baby bush rats that had been born there...Another occasion drove to Pt Macquarie on the Nth Coast for a weekend en route home said to the wife, "god the mangroves smell bad" only to find out when home the next day & the stench was far worse that it was in fact a local Pt McQ rat who had gone to sleep on the warm engine & got cooked when we took off for home. We had driven for some 4 hours at speed so he was over done.

When my left leg was crushed, bone splintered and the flesh ripped off on Sea Island I was taken ashore in a boat at around 2am to Ras Tannurah, The Arab moored the boat and told me to stay. I waited for over two hours.
I saw my ship sail out for Singapore, and sat alone in the dark with my leg in screaming pain and bleeding quite heavily I really felt alone in the world.
Then I reallised I was not alone. The Biggest Rats I have ever seen covered in long hair, big black ones were sniffing along the jetty, I guess they could smell blood. and then one at a time jumped in the boat. I was using a brush as a crutch and I spent an hour beating these carnivours off with the broom stick, It was more than a little scary.
If they had got me there would only have been a skeleton left of me.
When a taxi turned up with his head lamps on they scarpered. and I was much relieved.
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At the Vindicatrix they told us that there is more protein, pound for pound, in a Cock roach than there is in a beef steak. They sure had a lot in the food on that one.
On the Nicholas K, London Greek, Cockroaches were the only fresh meat we had.
Cheers
Brian.

on holiday ion the barrier reef......Orpheus island we wete sitting in the restaurant early evenining.....my mate whispered look under the table but don't say any thing the girls will faint ....the biggest rodent ive ever seen under the table.....walked over too the head waiter and said the biggest effin rat ive ever seen is under my table.....the waiter said that's not a rat that's a bandyccot it wont harm you I sai ...go and tell my wife and her mate.....the sceams were horrendous .......I took a photo and took it home'......my grandson aged about 7 at the time was fascinated by this bloody monster.......later at school the teacher said what marsupials live in oz.......he said a bandicoot .....rubbish said the teacher theres no such thing .......my granda has a photo of one rubbish says her ......the next day she apologises in front of the whole class .......I was granda numero uno .....new more than the teacher ....me I bleedin loved it regards cappy from shields knows more than the teacher