Effin' Skeeters

 OMG! WTF is going on with the mosquitoes? Its like we're under attack. They're even double teaming us in the shop. Trying to work in there has become a joke.
 Every so often I'll hear a yell from the other side of the shop. Its usually someone freaking out, unable to comprehend how we can be so swarmed in these little biters. I've done that dance myself. They are relentless. I've made 55 laps around the sun and as far as skeeters go, this one bites the hardest. I've heard a lot of old timers make the same claim. When people bump into each other on the street, the small talk isn't about the weather. Its about mosquitoes.

 Experiments have shown that carb cleaner really has no effect on these evil doers. 

 The best spray I normally have on my bench for knockin em down are the ones with oil in them. Penetrating lubes and Fluid Film work well. Spraying a mist into a stream of air blasting out of a shop air blow gun is a good way to fog the area and stop an approaching swarm.

 In our shop the decision was made to not just repel these bastards but to send them a message. Once knocked down we can begin operating. The plan is to surgically remove their needle nose and send them back into the general population. This way the other skeeters can see what happens when you mess with our crew.

 Here's pre-op. These little bastards will get what they deserve.

 Not all of them make it. This one had an allergic reaction to our anesthetic. No one will grieve.

Later.