"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"Steve B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:16:26 -0800, "Steve B"
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Why is there astern and abaft when they mean the same thing?

They don't reality mean the same thing
Astern means behind the boat, abaft means a spot on the boat behind a
certain point.

Ah. I see.

Steve

BTW, you made a mention of salt marsh mosquitoes. Without giving away
your position, can you give me a general area? I used to life in
Lafayette, LA, and have had many a run in with clouds of mosquitoes at
the Gulf Coast boat landings.

Steve


We have some pretty bad mosquitoes here (Northern Cal.). I've seen them
so thick on the trail that you want to avoid the whole thing. Apparently,
some hybernate in tree bark, but they die off pretty quickly.

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California mosquitos are not even in the same league as Southern
mosquitos. You may hit a few dense spots of biters here, but in the south,
you will see cubic miles of biters. And the little ones itch worse than
the big ones. Is why they used to use "Mosquito Foggers" on the roads. Is
what Jayne Mansfield died from hitting.

I didn't know that's how she died... interesting. I'm also really, really
glad I don't live in that part of the country!

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