astray. they pull it off somehow, though. i saw a month ago, i saw bruce in newark, in new jersey, which is a religious experience for someone from new jersey. tell me about it. that s a conversation for another day. but what is it about talking to these incredible icons at later stages in their life, later stages in their career, when they ve already been through it all and they re kind of on the other side of it, what is it that fascinates you? springsteen is conscious of it. most bands live as long as mayflies, they come, go, maybe they have a moment if they re lucky, and that s it. like the stones, they have an extended moment and keep playing the songs for the most part. if they write something new, you get a beer. let s be honest. it s an amazing band. springsteen is something else. you may think his hottest moment is at a certain time in the
how do you characterize what they re experiencing? i ll tell them, congratulations, because you have a very healthy ecosystem. that s what this is an indication of. really? yeah, absolutely. doesn t look healthy, doesn t look nice. it looks very unpleasant. well, it might be if you re a human. if you re a trout, this is one of the most wonderful things that can ever happen. so what happens is, these mayflies live for about a year in lakes, in the water, and you re seeing millions of insects coming out of the water to reproduce and lay their eggs. in an ecosystem where there isn t a lot of oxygen in the water, unhealthy waterway, there wouldn t be any mayflies. this is an indication of a healthy ecosystem. we were here first first. the residents were here first. they don t want to live with these flies. why suddenly are we getting this? sure. that s a good point. we don t have to live with them for long, because they only have
a lifespan above the water for 24 hours. literally by tomorrow this time, you ve got nothing to worry about p. the mayfly hatch will have passed, and everything will be back to normal, and you ll have a bunch of fat happy trout in your waterways. that s great if that s what you want. the fact they re there shows everything is healthy. yes. a lot of people getting freaked out. last year by the invasion of the spotted lantern flying, coming out of nowhere, destroying trees and crops, and now they re back and expected to be a bigger problem. are you going to tell me this is a healthy problem? no. this is a great juxtaposition to the mayflies we just looked at. these are an invasive species coming over from asia, causing damage to vineyards and wine crops. these guys are bad. you should stomp them, kill them, get rid of them, because this is an invasive species,
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we don t want to livean abo with them. vehe waterand luckily, we don t, to for long because they only you ven above the water for about twenty four hours. so literally by tomorrowh wi, ts time you ve got nothing to worry about. the mayfly hatch will have passed you l and everything wile back to normal and you ll have a bunch of fat, happy trout in all your waterways. right. if that s somethin g thathey re thewsth you wanty., that is great.ng but you re saying the fact that they re there shows everything s healthy. all right. now, this a lot of people getting really freaked out last year by the invasion of trees the spotted lantern fly. they came ouant ofd cr nowhere to destroy trees and crops. and now wem. hea r they are back and expected to be even i a bigger problem. oh, you going to tell me this is a healthy problem? no, this is actually a great juxtaposition to the mayflies that we just looked at, thesean modern lantern flies are an invasive species that have actually come over f