re: #78 ckkatz

Some years back, I remember talking to two young Mormon ladies who were on their mission in my neighborhood. They came up to me and started talking while I was out doing yardwork. So they kind of had me trapped. They appeared kind of bored since it seemed that none of my neighbors had exhibited much interest in engaging them in conversation about religion.

Being the kindly old gentleman I decided to engage them in conversation.

So, once we had introduced ourselves, I started talking about the local problem with large numbers of mosquitos we had been experiencing at the time. The new invasive mosquito species that attack at different times of day. And all the mosquito borne diseases that Fairfax County Health Department had recently identified in the county.

At this point they seemed rather distracted. And they suddenly excused themselves.

I didn’t even get to talk about the invasive tropical mosquito borne diseases expected up here over the next few years.

And, had there been time, I had planned to talk about the local larger fauna, such as the venomous copperheads had been found down the road. And the number of rabid raccoons that had been recently found by the county.

Kindly old men can be SO informative!