Retard Flies

[Bee]

Did you know that you can Retard Flies By hanging Baggies full of water with a few Pennies in them ? It works I have them in the barn and it really helps. It's something the Amish have been doing for years. They are not sure exactly why it works. They think because the flies think the pennies are eyes of a predator or the pennies leave off tiny little ,,,,,I forget. But it works, google Pennies in a Baggie.

It will not retard Bees though

[Enviro Girl]

Bee, you rock and you make me giggle: This is more a LOL thread title than 'Let's SPREAD Morgellon's'!
I thought you were using 'retard' as an adjective and I felt kinda bad for the disadvantaged flies. I see now - it is a verb!
That's cool, maybe they think it is eyeballs - if you look at a fly, they have that metallic-ey look to them. Maybe they think the pennies are a MUCH bigger fly's eyeballs! Aaagh! They prolly go and tell other flies to be wary of your barn!
Willie Nelson likely gonna wanna propose to you

[Bee]

Not only that. I'm an avid Barn Tennis Player. No one can beat me. Last year was a poor season, the flies didn't come around as much.But I can beat anybody at barn tennis.
Black Fly 1 point
2 Black Flies at a time 5 points
1 swat no fly minus 2 points
Deer Fly 10 points
Horse Fly 50 points
Wasps 25 points
Wolf Spiders,if you swat one of them by mistake, minus all points. They hang on the outside walls and catch flies, they can look like flies if your now paying attention.

just one of the ways I entertain myself.

[Enviro Girl]

Bee, you are lucky! I think I told ya I grew up on a farm, it was soooo much fun!
The family's brothers (The Uncles), that had the actual farm, that was in the middle...They would give each couple a plot of land around the farm when they married/super wedding present - so the family all built houses around there.
We had cleared prof paths they built us that went in between the houses so the kids and pets could romp from house to house to the farm w/out the country road dangers...
We had so much fun being kids there, they had berry bushes down the lane you could just pick and eat as you walked along, everything was so healthy and pure...the food was so good, the ladies canned and jarred, homemade pies and cheese, holidays it was one of their own animals from the barn that was butchered...
Farm Food Rocks!
I've always been intrigued by the communication skills of animals to each other: We'd wound 1 ant if a gaggle was gathering and send him back to 'go tell his friends'.
Best Memory of The Farm - we beat down a snake that spooked us w/a walking stick...We used to make mud pies/mud cuisine in pie dishes and what not, we wouldn't eat it but we always had a big mud bakery going on, we had a lil' cookware collection - we girls were always getting into big mud ball battles, our moms would just hose us off in the yard @ the end o the day)...
So, the snake that interrupted Mud Bakery is dead, we feel bad and we sidebar into hosting a funeral (we were like 8, loved mud/the woods, but hated snakes).
My bossy older cousin gets to be Father (Catholic) and she makes the sign of the cross over the snake's burial site - we're all serious....
"In the name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit..."
And the poor dead snake, starts twitching in the sawdust we had buried it it...
Bossy Cousin: "Son, you are ALIVE!"
We were so hysterical by the 'rejuvenation' we ran to tell The Family of the amazing return of life we witnessed.
We were freaked out, we were screaming the whole way, running - the relatives prolly thought we caught the barn on fire or worse (we were bad).
The Dads and Uncles LOLed about us not knowing a dead thing can twitch out of nerves for a bit, after you beat it w/a sitck.
We were so scared, we made our dads go back w/us, holding our hands to verify it was truly dead.
We were like: "Oh. Alright, you can go now."
Back to Mud Bakery!
My cousin thought her divine ministry had brought the snake back to life!
Good Times on the Farm - indeed!