scrubbedexpat097

I thought Ray's screen was to stop the Google Earth satellite seeing him swim in the buff

Ray

the pics of my ass are posted on BE
just in case the saterllite misses the event

Weeze

Thanks!

scrubbedexpat097

Not everybody knows that..

Yorkieabroad

I've wondered about that....folk always go on about how bad the mossies are in Texas, but nobody screens their pools, yet it seems the norm to screen in Florida. Is the mossie problem overstated in Tx? Is it that much worse in florida? Are texans too cheap? Or are floridians just a bunch of wimps?

Bink

I'm going with wimps

I don't know about you Yorkie, but the mossies near us aren't that bad. Don't get me wrong there are some, but the neighborhood sprays and there just aren't that many of them around.

Yorkieabroad

We back onto a lake, and are very close to the Bayou, but we don't have that much of a problem either - as you say, the neighbourhood sprays, plus we live in a windy corner, which I think helps. When we built the pool a few years back we also built a patio cover, and my wife wanted one end of it screened off. I thought it was a waste of money, but we did it anyway (where is the "whipped" smiley when you need it?), and sure enough, we have rarely needed it. We use it, but are just as comfortable outside 99% of the time.

Bink

I'm no Nutek, but how's this:

Ray

Well we don't mind them calling at the front door
but prefer not to swim with them

Yorkieabroad

Nice one!

Lion in Winter

Must have eaten Sanchez on the way in.

Frankly, I'd rather have the squirrels.

Yorkieabroad

Good manners - using the doorbell - better than some of the kids.....my eldest sons friends seem to think they can just wander in at will.....but they only think that once....

steveq

Piece on the BBC news about crocs in Oz
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22713899

Uncle_Bob

But did it shower before entering the pool

Sheepdip

Mossies here are pretty bad but no one seems to have the screens either. The pools tend to be further from the house than the ones we used in Florida (they always seemed to be 3 sided and the fourth side was the house rather than free-standing) - perhaps the reason?