Earl Brunner on wed 6 jul 05
So we have this paper wasp nest up in the eves at the top of the garage. It's grwon big and fast, lots of wasps in the back yard around the flowers... Maybe if I hacked up the flowers they wouldn't have any food......... Anyway I have given some thought to getting them down. But that commercial on TV keeps coming to mind where the two yahoos end up with the wasp nest on their head. I thought about using the ladder, but with my arthritis I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to beat a hasty retreat, and I'm pretty sure I would need to be able to do so.
That's a long way up. Close to 20 feet I think.
Anyway, I came up with the idea of using the BB pistol to shoot it down. I could sit in the truck and roll the window almost all the way up and then shoot it down. We keep the BB pistol in the fire safe (grandkids and all). I explained my plan to my wife who just looked at me and then said, "I guess it's a good thing you don't know the combination to the safe........."
Anyway, my point is, that sometimes you have to lock things up to protect people from themselves.............
mel jacobson wrote:
my rule of thumb has always been:
if i am using it, i am in charge, and i can
take the proper precautions...i use it.
i will not have barium and manganese or lead in
a public teaching arena that any dork can use, any
way they think.
just like letting folks use my chain saw.
i don't.
i don't ask strangers to open my bee hives.
i do..rather easily.
Earl Brunner
e-mail: brunv53@yahoo.com
Wayne Seidl on wed 6 jul 05
Only if you were wearing yer spiffy yeller moderator helmet .
(FILM AT 11 !!!)
For myself last year (white faced hornet devils from hell!), I went
to the nearest auto parts store, bought a can of 3M spray trim
adhesive. One night at dark went out to the nest with a flashlight,
a ladder, and the adhesive. Sprayed the nest completely with the
adhesive, including all the openings. Let it dry. The next day,
went back up and "picked" the nest off the tree, all the wasps
angrily buzzing inside.
Moved the nest to the other side of town, put it in another tree.
No one was the worse for wear. The little devils eventually chew
their way out through the side, make another opening and go about
their usual business tormenting man and beast.
Wayne Seidl
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Earl
Brunner
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:51 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: toxic oxides and bees (well, wasps anyway)
So we have this paper wasp nest up in the eves at the top of the
garage. It's grwon big and fast, lots of wasps in the back yard
around the flowers... Maybe if I hacked up the flowers they wouldn't
have any food......... Anyway I have given some thought to getting
them down. But that commercial on TV keeps coming to mind where the
two yahoos end up with the wasp nest on their head. I thought about
using the ladder, but with my arthritis I'm pretty sure I wouldn't
be able to beat a hasty retreat, and I'm pretty sure I would need to
be able to do so.
That's a long way up. Close to 20 feet I think.
Anyway, I came up with the idea of using the BB pistol to shoot it
down. I could sit in the truck and roll the window almost all the
way up and then shoot it down. We keep the BB pistol in the fire
safe (grandkids and all). I explained my plan to my wife who just
looked at me and then said, "I guess it's a good thing you don't
know the combination to the safe........."
Anyway, my point is, that sometimes you have to lock things up to
protect people from themselves.............
mel jacobson wrote:
my rule of thumb has always been:
if i am using it, i am in charge, and i can
take the proper precautions...i use it.
i will not have barium and manganese or lead in
a public teaching arena that any dork can use, any
way they think.
just like letting folks use my chain saw.
i don't.
i don't ask strangers to open my bee hives.
i do..rather easily.
Earl Brunner
e-mail: brunv53@yahoo.com
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