Has anyone written a spec for an electric bug zapper - Section 10 8116 (or something close)?
If you have, I’d appreciate if you could send it to ljavoroski@flad.com.
It’s always something.
Section 108116 seems reasonable to me, Lynn.
However, as bug zappers are just “plug-in and play” (there are few better ways to have fun than to hear the bzzzt and see the flash of blue sparks), I’d think it would be less expensive for an owner to just go to Home Depot and buy it themselves, rather than have to pay a contractor’s markup.
agreed. however…
Not apropos to the discussion or at all helpful to your spec question, but do you do the NYT crosswords on Sunday? Those puzzles are hard enough for old people like us, who are just trying to keep our retired brains sharp, and then they throw in overly clever cluing.
Coincidentally BUG ZAPPER was an answer this week. The clue was Barbeque fryer?
33-7997 Site Lightning Bug Protection?
George, I used to do them with a classmate when I was an undergraduate. We had a really boring class, so we sat next to each other and did them in ink, just to prove we could.
Bob and I have collaborated on many a crossword, acrostic, and other word puzzles over the years. We became friends doing the acrostics in the National Review magazine with a couple of other people. Once married, we continued and subscribed to Games magazine for years.
I love to do cryptograms in my head; If I have to resort to writing them out, I consider it either a failure on my part or a really difficult cryptogram!
Sheldon - love it!
George, I start a crossword puzzle every morning before opening an email, sometimes I finish it quickly, sometimes not until bedtime, I enjoy the non architectural challenge; cudos NYT crosswords are too frustrating for me…it is however nice to have a victory everyday.
Since we’ve drifted off into crossword puzzles, this is my favorite entry of all time:
Five letter word. The clue is: neither A to G, nor P to Z.
KIMONO?
water?
We have a winner–Mr Woodburn. Yes it is “water”: Neither A to G, nor P to Z, therefore, H to O.
Love it, Dave. Got it immediately, but I just got back from a meeting.
I do the Wonderword puzzle daily.
My wife is a fanatic for crossword puzzles.
I find my perception is helped … post stroke … by doing word puzzles. It’s not wasting time but therapeutic.
I will also admit to playing Babble on line. It’s a word-find / Boggle kind of thing, with a lot of weird words. When I have the time, I also participate in the chat log (chog) that’s on-going. Not exactly mindless, somewhat challenging to complete, but a good diversion.
Bug zappers are:
Section: A Div 10 miscellaneous specialty.
Operation: Hand held, left or right.
Description: Tennis racket design.
Material: Plastic, PVC free.
Sources: Home Depot, $ Store, Lowes, ACE, Do-It stores, garden outlets, patio and spa outlets.
How to use:
Forehand - Wrist laid back and firm; slow to impact, follow-through feeling.
One or two handed backhand with topspin or slice; slow to impact, follow-through feeling.
I can remember my grandfather in his chair on a hot day (no shirt and shorts) with a drink in one hand and one of those “bug zappers” in the other - watching golf on TV.
Bug zapping can still be a very satisfying sport!
My mother’s definition of a bug zapper was the palm of her hand. Bugs feared her, as did my brother and I.
Um, no, not in this case. This is a wall-mounted, recessed, vertical, professional, industrial, electric bug light trap by Insect-o-cutor http://www.insect-o-cutor.com. This one is serious!
Or chopsticks…
Back in the day when I was a manual draftsman (before Woodstock) my bug zapper was a 1/4 wide rubber band (elastic band in Canada) and a triangular scale. Flies in particular were attracted to the ammonia smell from new prints.