The market for drugs is larger than for car parts though I do wonder if it's harder to sell car parts these days. So many companies are wanting to lock down repairs to their garages that I can imagine car parts are only going to be used by those company garages that would ask awkward questions and don't even need to buy parts of random people anyway.

   Two things:  Why do gnats have to fly right in your face?  No other bug does that.  I couldn't begin to count the number of gnats I've accidentally swallowed in my lifetime.
    And as many of you know I prefer cooler weather.  The older I get the more so.  When I was a kid it would be cool by now.  We'd be into real Fall.  It's going up to 86 F (30 C) today.  It looks like real Fall weather won't arrive until some time in October.  I am jonesing for cold weather.  I hate having to wait longer and longer for it each year. 

Edit:  Real Fall didn't arrive here in  New Jersey until November this year.

It's because, like mosquitos, they home in on sources of carbon dioxide.
And where does the c02 in a human come from ?
Your face

Unlike the blackfly in canada, that get into every single orifice !
And bite like a bastard.
Definitely the most evil insects I've personally encountered !

The midges in scotland are bad, but mere amateurs in comparison to the canadian blackfly. 

My current peev is that the sun is coming through the window in front of me, bouncing off my t-shirt and making the monitor really difficult to see lol

I think I'll go have lunch instead

chiggers can't fly.
So you know, wellies will prevent chigger bites (probably) but nothing short of a full hazmat suit will deter blackfly

Damn - giant, super fast horseflies - yeah those greenhead buggers sound bad !

Our horseflies tend moe towards stealth mode, and you don't know you;ve been bitten till the buggers leave. Then it hurts.

You can keep the greenheads

What you want is a tennis racket with fine mesh, and: Serve !

Badmitten racquets work well on deer flies. Smaller than moose and horse flies. VetRyan must know about them now that he is living in Maine.

    There are plenty of Deerflies here in Jersey too.  During very hot Summers they get really bad.

Junk mail:  I get probably several hundred pounds of it per year.  I already shop at discount stores and super markets like Save A Lot, so I don't want or need the coupons.  I don't eat out at restaurants due to Covid so all of those advertisements are useless.  I don't need new windows, or anyone to cut my trees, or a new roof, or a new heater, or a warranty on my car, I don't want solar panels, I don't want to sell my house, I'm not going to switch to your bank or insurance company, I can't afford a new car or truck, I don't want you to spread chemicals all over my lawn, I already know who I'm voting for, I can clean my own gutters, I don't need life insurance or insurance on my appliances, etc., etc..   I almost never read junk mail but it's always there.  What a tragic waste of trees and energy. 

Edit: junk mail isn't a total waste.  I use it to line the bottom of my snake's aquarium and to start my backyard fires in the colder weather. But the vast majority of it goes into the recycling bin.

Rat Man wrote on Nov 16^th, 2021 at 4:42pm:

Somewhat in the same vein, we get oat milk and one of the brands (made for coffee so really creamy and delicious) has the stupidest lid design in the world. With oat milk you have to shake it up to stop it settling and a few drops get caught in the seal design so, if you don't open it very carefully and are prepared, you are guaranteed to get drops of oat milk everywhere every time you open it. It's so annoying because other designs exist, work great and don't get oat milk everywhere!