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<a href="../201509/42587.htm This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_gssAB5WWX4D571/bD+zr1w) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline The best!!! Enjoy all these posts so much!! Thank you!! Sincerely, Gayle MacLean Dartmouth On 09/03/15 06:53 PM, "rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" <rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks Randy very interesting and insightful. > Spelling was never my strong suit - hence I went for Math > and some people say that wasn't very strong either. > But as Tai T'ung , a 13th century Chinese scholar says > "Were I to await perfection, my book would never be finished." > but in my case its post not book! > Enjoy the last of summer > Paul > > > > On September 3, 2015 at 3:05 PM Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > 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 <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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --Boundary_(ID_gssAB5WWX4D571/bD+zr1w) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline =3CDIV=3E=3Cimg title=3D=22Cool B=3A=22 style=3D=22PADDING-LEFT=3A 2px=3B= PADDING-RIGHT=3A 3px=22 alt=3DB=3A src=3D=22https=3A//webmail=2Eeastlin= k=2Eca/iwc=5Fstatic/layout/images/emoticons/emo=5Fcool=2Epng=3F2-7=2E01=5F= 091339=22 isSmiley=3D=22true=22=3E=3C/DIV=3E=3CDIV=3E=3CFONT face=3D=22= =27Times New Roman=27=22=3EThe best!!!=3C/FONT=3E=3C/DIV=3E=3CDIV=3EEnjo= y all these posts so much!!=3C/DIV=3E=3CDIV=3EThank you!!=3C/DIV=3E=3CDI= V=3E=26nbsp=3B=3C/DIV=3E=3CDIV=3ESincerely=2C=3C/DIV=3E=3CDIV=3E=26nbsp=3B= =3C/DIV=3E=3CDIV=3EGayle MacLean=3C/DIV=3E=3CDIV=3EDartmouth=26nbsp=3B=3C= /DIV=3E=3CDIV=3E=26nbsp=3B=3C/DIV=3E=3CSPAN=3EOn 09/03/15 06=3A53 PM=2C = =3CB class=3Dname=3E=22rita=2Epaul=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=22 =3C/B=3E=26l= t=3Brita=2Epaul=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=26gt=3B wrote=3A=3C/SPAN=3E =3CBLOCKQUOTE class=3DiwcQuote style=3D=22PADDING-LEFT=3A 13px=3B MARGIN= -LEFT=3A 0px=3B BORDER-LEFT=3A =2300f 1px solid=22 cite=3Dmid=3A48807442= 2=2E354733=2E1441316984647=2Eopen-xchange=40webmail=2Ebellaliant=2Enet t= ype=3D=22cite=22=3E =3CDIV class=3D=22mimepart text html=22=3E=3C!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC =22-//= W3C//DTD XHTML 1=2E0 Strict//EN=22 =22http=3A//www=2Ew3=2Eorg/TR/xhtml1/= DTD/xhtml1-strict=2Edtd=22=3E=3CSPAN xmlns=3D=22http=3A//www=2Ew3=2Eorg/= 1999/xhtml=22=3E =3CP=3E =3CTABLE=3E =3CTBODY=3E =3CTR=3E =3CTD=3E =3CP=3E =3CDIV=3EThanks Randy very interesting and insightful=2E =3C/DIV=3E=3CDI= V=3ESpelling was never my strong suit - hence I went for Math =3C/DIV=3E= =3CDIV=3Eand some people say that wasn=27t very strong either=2E =3C/DIV= =3E=3CDIV=3EBut as Tai T=27ung =2C a 13th century Chinese scholar says =3C= /DIV=3E=3CDIV=3E=22Were I to await perfection=2C my book would never be = finished=2E=22 =3C/DIV=3E=3CDIV=3Ebut in my case its post not book! =3C/= DIV=3E=3CDIV=3EEnjoy the last of summer =3C/DIV=3E=3CDIV=3EPaul =3C/DIV=3E= =3CDIV=3E=26nbsp=3B =3C/DIV=3E=3CBLOCKQUOTE style=3D=22POSITION=3A relat= ive=3B PADDING-LEFT=3A 10px=3B MARGIN-LEFT=3A 0px=3B BORDER-LEFT=3A blue= 1px solid=22 type=3D=22cite=22=3EOn September 3=2C 2015 at 3=3A05 PM Ra= ndy Lauff =26lt=3Brandy=2Elauff=40gmail=2Ecom=26gt=3B wrote=3A =3Cbr /=3E= =3Cbr /=3E =3CDIV dir=3Dltr=3EJust a bit of a humerous note=2C Paul=2E=2E=2EI=27m n= ot picking on spelling/grammar=2C but what you wrote is actually a) diff= erent from what you meant=2C and b) somewhat humerous=2E = =3CDIV=3E=26nbsp=3B =3C/DIV=3E=3CDIV=3EYour subject=3A Big Dragon Flies = =3C/DIV=3E=3CDIV=3E=2E=2E=2Eactually means one of two things=3A =3C/DIV=3E= =3CDIV=3E=26nbsp=3B =3C/DIV=3E=3CDIV=3E=26nbsp=3B =26nbsp=3B =26nbsp=3BO= ne=2C there=27s a big dragon out there which is flying=2E =3C/DIV=3E=3CD= IV=3E=26nbsp=3B =26nbsp=3B =26nbsp=3BTwo=2C you are making a comment on = a particular group of flies called Dragon Flies=2C and they=27re big! 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