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Okay, so no topic for me.

Just thought I would update everyone. We are still out here working along.

Some things I have learned.

1. You would think you would spend some time with your co driver but it seems like if everything is running smoothly I see him for about two, maybe three hours a day.

2. The CB is interesting and useful-ish. Most of the time people just yakking around, sometimes a gem sparkles through and I get to laugh for a while. Got to hear an account of a haz mat fire on the I80. Glad I wasn't going in that direction. Squelch is a hard dance. A little this way, a little that way, and you get to hear someone or static. Don't hit bumps while adjusting it, btw.

3. The TA in Colorado must have something wrong there. We got sick there, again.

4. I like the roads a WHOLE lot better without ice. But I had forgot about the cement and superglue infused bugs. Does anyone have tricks for getting those buggers off the windshield?

I got a topic! Though I have no clue what it means.

A good way to eat through the bug glue is Coke. I'm sure any other carbonated beverage would work, but Coke is what I grew up using. Dump it all over your windshield, then use a squeegee and windshield washer to scrub the gunk away. Little trick I learned from my dad on our many many road trips together when I was a wee sprout.

A good way to eat through the bug glue is Coke. I'm sure any other carbonated beverage would work, but Coke is what I grew up using. Dump it all over your windshield, then use a squeegee and windshield washer to scrub the gunk away. Little trick I learned from my dad on our many many road trips together when I was a wee sprout.

Sounds cool. Will have to try that sometime, will it attract bees?

Sounds cool. Will have to try that sometime, will it attract bees?

As long as you rinse it thoroughly enough, it shouldn't. And not having the insides of every bug for a 500 mile radius on your windows will definitely lessen the numbers of yellowjackets you'll attract.

Sounds cool. Will have to try that sometime, will it attract bees?

As long as you rinse it thoroughly enough, it shouldn't. And not having the insides of every bug for a 500 mile radius on your windows will definitely lessen the numbers of yellowjackets you'll attract.

Thanks! I will give it a try later on today. I had noticed the yellow jackets but I didn't know why they were all over the truck. Wish our company let us wash the truck more than twice a year.

Thanks! I will give it a try later on today. I had noticed the yellow jackets but I didn't know why they were all over the truck. Wish our company let us wash the truck more than twice a year.

Yup, yellowjackets are carnivorous scavengers. Last summer I watched one munching leftovers off my windshield. While it was having lunch, some other bug I didn't recognize landed close to it. The yellowjacket pounced on it and gobbled it up in about 2 seconds. Talk about an appetite suppressant.

Thanks! I will give it a try later on today. I had noticed the yellow jackets but I didn't know why they were all over the truck. Wish our company let us wash the truck more than twice a year.

Yup, yellowjackets are carnivorous scavengers. Last summer I watched one munching leftovers off my windshield. While it was having lunch, some other bug I didn't recognize landed close to it. The yellowjacket pounced on it and gobbled it up in about 2 seconds. Talk about an appetite suppressant.

We have some bugs that look like wasps in Texas that love to eat big spiders. I had one drag a spider across my porch during a picnic. The spider was gigantic! I left the porch to the two of them for about thirty minutes.

Thanks! I will give it a try later on today. I had noticed the yellow jackets but I didn't know why they were all over the truck. Wish our company let us wash the truck more than twice a year.

Yup, yellowjackets are carnivorous scavengers. Last summer I watched one munching leftovers off my windshield. While it was having lunch, some other bug I didn't recognize landed close to it. The yellowjacket pounced on it and gobbled it up in about 2 seconds. Talk about an appetite suppressant.

We have some bugs that look like wasps in Texas that love to eat big spiders. I had one drag a spider across my porch during a picnic. The spider was gigantic! I left the porch to the two of them for about thirty minutes.

MMMMMMM tastey

Those ARE wasps... not just LOOK like wasps.

Even more of an appetite suppressant, their sting in a paralytic, not a lethal toxin, so that large spider is still alive but unable to move. Once it's back in the wasps lair, that spider is going to be either A) sealed up individually in a cell and an egg laid in it's guts, or B) dumped in a big pile with other spiders and an egg laid in its guts. Once the egg hatches, little baby wasp has fresh dinner right there on hand and gets to dig through the spiders innards, munching all the while.

Mother nature is a lot more cruel than the whimpering bunny loving tree huggers would want us to believe.