Don't you people ever sleep?????

[PegLeg45]

Yeah, I know...odd shifts make odd hours awake....just an insomniac posting to aggravate you.   

[tombogan03884]

I try to but you gabby SOB's make me stay up past my bedtime to stay caught up.

[PegLeg45]

I try to but you gabby SOB's make me stay up past my bedtime to stay caught up.

Well, hell....I don't have a four paragraph reply to that.....where's FQ when you need him?? 

[ellis4538]

I sleep....but just not long enough!  Then I get up and hit the forums and go back and try again.  Some times it works and sometimes not.  My "Sleep Dr." doesn't adress this just the "sleep apnea"

Richard

[fightingquaker13]

Well, hell....I don't have a four paragraph reply to that.....where's FQ when you need him?? 

Still awake. What do you want those four paragraphs to be about?
FQ13

[Sponsor]

[TAB]

Wait for my wife to get home.

I worry about her when she does night time er rotations. While she is there I know she is relativly safe, its the drive home at 2-4 am that I worry about.


chat room...

[PegLeg45]

I sleep....but just not long enough!  Then I get up and hit the forums and go back and try again.  Some times it works and sometimes not.  My "Sleep Dr." doesn't adress this just the "sleep apnea"

Richard

Can't get used to the danged mask and hose myself.

Doc's give a half dozen different sleeping pill 'scrips to try. Some don't work, and the ones that do make me feel worse the next day than I do when I don't sleep at all.

[PegLeg45]

Still awake. What do you want those four paragraphs to be about?
FQ13

Write me an epistle on the iguana in everyday life.    

[fightingquaker13]

Write me an epistle on the iguana in everyday life.    

Done, just because I can't sleep and Im bored. Also to prove that any half decent grad program might not teach much worth while, but by God I can give you four pages pages about anything. Here, I'll try to stick to four paragrphs.

The Iguana
by FQ13

Here in South Florida we are troubled with three types of iguanas. These are the common green iguana (Iguana iguana), the Mexican spiny-tailed iguanas (Ctenosaura pectinata) and black spiny-tailed iguana (C. similis). (PS Peg, I want major bonus points for the Latin ). However these are not the only alien lizard invaders. Along with Iguanas we also have the following. The brown basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus) is a large (up to 2 feet) lizard that is often mistaken for an iguana and occurs in the same areas as introduced iguanas. Knight anoles (Anolis equestris) commonly reach between 12-18 inches. Jamaican giant anole (Anolis garmani) males can reach 12 inches. While these are Iguana like, an experienced 'iguana wrangler" like myself can easily tell the difference. Peg too, will soon be an expert, courtesy of Hav-a-heart traps and Fed Ex.

The Iguanas are not a direct threat to local wildlife. This distinguishes them from piscivorous imports like the Pacific Lionfish, Mayan Chilichids (soon too be featured in a Mel Gibson flick), the Chinese Snakehead fish (named for James Carville) and the Oscar. These fish pose a severe threat to the eco system. Iguanas, like the recently introduced pythons pose a more indirect threat. Rather than esting the native population, they merely compete with them. Unfortunately, they are often more sucessful. Thus while not preying directly on native species, the invaders can displace them.

The Iguana problem presents more accute problems in terms of human/wildlife interactions. The Iguanas are vociferous consumers of ornamental foliage. They can reduce a garden to stalks in a matter of days. They also, as befits their size, produce copious amounts of excrement. This, coupled with their tendency to convey salmonella, makes them less than desirable neighbors. Fortuneately, cold whether induces a coma like state where they can be easily dispatched.

In warmer wheather, three methods are reccommended.
First, the Miami method, as pioneered by a Mr. TWyacht. This involves the purchase of a $1500 sniper rifle in the excellent .338 Lapua caliber. It allows one tio dispatch an I guana at up to 1000 meters. The drawback is of coursese the $10 per round cost.
Second, the Arizona model. Based on the Tao of Billt this involves the purchase of two high end AR-15s (just one simply won't do).  These can be applied at 300 meters and offer rapid fire.
Third, there is the Palm Beach model, soon to be implemented by FQ13. In this case one traps the lizards and sends them, alive, to Peg. At work.
How's that Peg?
FQ13

[PegLeg45]

Done, just because I can't sleep and Im bored. Also to prove that any half decent grad program might not teach much worthwhile, but by God I can give your pages about anything. Here, I'll try to stick to four paragrphs.

The Iguana
by FQ13

Here in South Florida we ate troubled with three types of iguanas. These are the common green iguana (Iguana iguana), the Mexican spiny-tailed iguanas (Ctenosaura pectinata) and black spiny-tailed iguana (C. similis). (PS Peg, I want major bonus points for the Latin ). However these are not the only alien lizard invaders. Along with Iguanas we also have the following. The brown basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus) is a large (up to 2 feet) lizard that is often mistaken for an iguana and occurs in the same areas as introduced iguanas. Knight anoles (Anolis equestris) commonly reach between 12-18 inches. Jamaican giant anole (Anolis garmani) males can reach 12 inches. While these are Iguana like, an experienced 'iguana wrangler" like myself can easily tell the difference. Peg too, will soon be an expert, courtesy of Hav-aheart traps and Fed Ex.

The Iguanas are not a direct threat to local wildlife. This distinguishes them from piscivorous imports like the Pacific Lionfish, Mayan Chilichids (soon too be featured in a Mel Gibson flick), the Chinese Shakehead fish (named for James Carville) and the Oscar. These fish pose a severe threat to the eco system. Iguanas, like the recently introduced pythons pose a more indirect threat. Rather than esting the native population, they merely compete with them. Unfortunately, they are often more sucessful. Thus while not preying directly on native species, the invaders can displace them.

The Iguana problem presents more accute problems in terms of human/wildlife interactions. The Iguanas are vociferous consumers of ornamental foliage. They can reduce a garden to stalks in a matter of days. They also, as befits their size, produce copious amounts of excrement. This, coupled with their tendency to convey salmonella, makes them less than desirable neighbors. Fortuneately, cold whether induces a coma like state where they can be easily dispatched.

In warmer wher, three methods are reccommended.
First, the Miami method, as pioneered by a Mr. TWyacht. This involves the purchase of a $1500 sniper rifle in the excellent .338 caliber. It allows one tio dispatch an I guana at up to 1000 meters. The drawback is of coursese the $10 per round cost.
Second, the Arizona model. This involves the purchase of two high end AR-15s (just one simply won't do).  These can be applied at 300bmeters and offer rapid fire.
Third, there is the Palm Beach model. In this case one traps the lizards and sends them alive to Peg. At work.
How's that Peg?
FQ13

Excellent report.
Extra credit for using Latin is given, but negated by the misspelling of a three letter word. 
The grill and/or deep fryer await the FedEx truck.