Re: Ouch!(long and slightly off-topic)
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Ouch!(long and slightly off-topic)
- From: T* P* M*
- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 20:58:04 PDT
I feel for you but not too much. I remember myself and friends hates the
wasps in our yard. We made a special poisen (many things like weed killer,
ant spray, insecticide, antifreese, HCL) and we used them all with no
dilution. I put this baby in a spray bottle and my friend hit the nests
with a bat to get them out. I know wasp spray works, but this stuff killed
them on contact. The didn't live more than a second. Later we found out
that either did anything else it touched but it was sure fun killing those
"bastards" as you so nicely called them. I just know that if they stung me
I woulnd't wait until they were asleep to get them, I would do it in the day
and they would pay!!!!!!
>From: Hughes-Banderob <hughes.banderob@sympatico.ca>
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: Ouch!(long and slightly off-topic)
>Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 22:03:10 -0400
>
>As I have mentioned in previous posts, I am already looking forward to
>next year's patch. Since I started reading this list I've learned many
>things and next year's patch is gonna be different! For instance,
>instead of growing three off-the-shelf-seed plants in a 3' x 4' garden,
>I'm going to grow two proven plants in a 22' x 34' garden. I'm also
>going to condition the soil with plenty of manure and compost.
>
>Thinking about my Y2KPatch, I decided to check on my compost yesterday.
>I scooped some out with the shovel and liked what I saw: nice crumbly,
>dark soil. As I dug around a bit more I suddenly felt a burning
>sensation on my calf. Then another strong burn on my hand, and then on
>my back... next thing I know I'm running across the yard flailing my
>arms and yelling.
>
>I ran into the house and yelled to my wife (and possibly the whole
>neighbourhood), "I've been attacked by wasps!" Unfortunately the stereo
>was on too loud so no one seemed to hear me. I had to turn it off and
>yell my message a few more times before I got any attention. By this
>time both my hands, my leg and my back were on fire.
>
>Barb took me upstairs and started an oatmeal bath for me and gave me
>some antihistamines. I remembered that I had a bee sting kit with our
>camping equipment so I ran down to the basement to get it. As I was
>passing through the kitchen, I suddenly felt more stings on my chest.
>One of those bastards was in my shirt! I flung it off and ran into the
>basement.
>
>When I came back to the kitchen I saw Barb hitting the wasp on the floor
>with my son's plastic toy sword (we later concurred that fly swatters
>were probably invented in the dark ages after people realized how
>ineffective swords are at killing insects).
>
>To make a long story even longer, it turns out that there is a very
>large yellow jacket nest in the compost and later we found a paper wasp
>nest (the size of a volley ball) above one of our side doors. I was
>stung in five places with each area having a few stings. I was attacked
>again this morning; luckily I was not stung this time but one got my pup
>on the ear. When I went over to hang a wasp trap near the compost, they
>swarmed again. I've never seen such aggressive insects before.
>
>The fellow at the hardware store said that he has never sold so many
>cans of wasp spray before; he's having trouble keeping it on the
>shelves. I waited until dusk tonight and sprayed both nests.
>
>In the meantime, I weighing yesterday's pain against next year's gain.
>I'm toying with the idea growing next year's plant over a forklift, just
>for convienence sake.
>
>sore and swollen in Millbrook, Ontario,
>
>Randy Banderob
>
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