pocket nets
Mike Soukup
mikayak at mdo.net
Fri Jun 15 19:51:17 EDT 2001
I take a pocket net everywhere. Funny thing is, when I'm out in the field for
butterflies, I usually end up using the pocket net over any of my others. My
lightning-quick reflexes aren't slowed down by the drag of a big net!!
Mark Walker wrote:
> John Shuey wrote about the usefulness of the pocket net for traveling. When
> I first moved to Vermont back in 1996, I broke down and bought one -
> complete with several extensions - but it was immediately lost when all of
> my luggage was stolen on my way to the airport. I never got to swing it
> even once.
>
> Since then, I've been traveling all over the world - and carrying my trusty
> wooden pole handle everywhere I go. It doesn't extend, nor does it
> collapse. One flight attendant tried to refuse my bringing it onboard (she
> thought I might use it to clobber someone), but I insisted that I would be
> lost without it (no, I didn't pretend to be blind). It becomes a serious
> bother when I have to run to make connections. It's also a problem when
> overhead bin space is limited (which it always is, these days).
>
> All sorts of people give me a good staring, as I run about the airport and
> through the rental car agencies, as the stick isn't large enough to qualify
> as a cane or a weapon. Some actually ask the begged for question - "what
> are you going to do with that?".
>
> "Kill bugs", I don't reply (well - sometimes I do).
>
> Perhaps you've seen me at the airport? Look for a guy carrying a black
> laptop bag, dragging an overnight bag, and walking clumsily with a
> protruding wooden stick in hopes that I don't poke someone's eye out. Oh,
> and I'll likely be wearing hiking shorts, a dirty T-shirt, and heavy hiking
> boots with thick wool socks. You might also see me picking the burrs and
> ticks out of the socks while waiting to board (occasionally, I'll be forced
> to travel in my engineering attire - which makes the stick look even more
> peculiar).
>
> I suppose I should break down and purchase another travel net. It would
> greatly simplify my already complicated business travel (and please don't
> suggest that I "leave it at home and forget the bugs" - as my wife so
> frequently suggests - ha! I'm so sure).
>
> Mark Walker.
>
> >
>
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