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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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it's kind of hard to rack mount software

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I dare say that I've never tried that!

Lemme get back to you on it!

Still swilling beer on the porch?

We have our yearly invasion of fake lady bugs. They're not really lady bugs, they're an Asian beetle, an invasive species. They have no real predators and they abound at this time of the year. They're fucking horrible due to their numbers. I assume there are billions of them in the northeast right now.

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the sun is going down and it is getting chilly out there so instead of putting a jacket on we came inside

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back in the mid 90's I lived on the shore of the bay and one day this time of year there were aisan beetle ladybugs coming out of the light fixture on the cieling in our kitchen, and so I unscrewed the fixture and there was a mass of them, I grabbed a five gallon bucket and they fell out the hole into the bucket until it was full and I ran outside and dumped the bucket of them into the bay and went back in the kitchen and filled another bucket with them and dumped it in the bay again and then another half a bucket, Vacuumed up the ones I missed with the bucket and never seen another one. I was afraid the attic was full to the rim with them for a moment

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We have an exceptionally large number of them at my house this year. This is the most I've ever seen.

Thankfully, my house is buttoned up tight - which is kinda important in my neck of the woods. So, I don't get many of them inside - but some of the fuckers have even made it inside. Again, more than normal 'cause we're getting fucking hammered with them this year.

It's seriously a lot of them. We didn't get as many down in NC, where I lived before. When I lived in MA, I don't think they'd invaded the area yet. At least I don't remember them. So, I only have experience with them going back to 2008, as I didn't arrive in Maine (post retirement) until November of 2007, where I moved into the house across the road - which was full of dead bugs that got cleaned up by folks I hired to make that place livable.

So, it wasn't until 2008 that I really encountered them. At first, I thought they were lady bugs but my Registered Maine Guide (a pretty prestigious title and a hard-earned certification) told me they were invasive and not native to Maine. Not even the fish or birds prey on them, which means we have them in abundance.

Well, this year takes the cake. This is the most I've ever seen. I suspect it's down to the weather we've had. It has been exceptionally warm this year, as an average temperature. Shit, as an average temperature it's probably a record high. (I'm speculating.)

Amusingly, Maine's average YEARLY temperature is just 40°. So, I am 100% certain we're well above average - unless we get REALLY FUCKING COLD and we get that cold REALLY FUCKING SOON.

So, I speculate that it's down to the weather/temperatures.

Either way, we have billions of the fuckers. I'm sure they'll be dead soon.