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09-25-20, 06:48 PM
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My first job was at a Wawa. I did slice the tip of my thumb while cleaning the slicer at the end of the day. I still have a 2mm scar on the tip of my right thumb.
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09-25-20, 06:54 PM
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What do you do about it? I have 2 nests on the side of the house near the door. They fly around us but they haven't assaulted us yet.
09-25-20, 07:02 PM
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09-25-20, 07:06 PM
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I don't know that it kills all of them (some nests are apparently pretty deep) but at least it makes them abandon that nest. I wondered if any I saw today were survivors from the nest I gassed two weeks ago. It was about 30 yards away.
09-25-20, 07:07 PM
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09-25-20, 07:09 PM
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My not necessarily environmentally-friendly solution is to pour gasoline down the hole, preferably at dusk, when they're less active.
I don't know that it kills all of them (some nests are apparently pretty deep) but at least it makes them abandon that nest. I wondered if any I saw today were survivors from the nest I gassed two weeks ago. It was about 30 yards away.
I don't know that it kills all of them (some nests are apparently pretty deep) but at least it makes them abandon that nest. I wondered if any I saw today were survivors from the nest I gassed two weeks ago. It was about 30 yards away.
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09-25-20, 07:10 PM
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09-25-20, 07:13 PM
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My not necessarily environmentally-friendly solution is to pour gasoline down the hole, preferably at dusk, when they're less active.
I don't know that it kills all of them (some nests are apparently pretty deep) but at least it makes them abandon that nest. I wondered if any I saw today were survivors from the nest I gassed two weeks ago. It was about 30 yards away.
I don't know that it kills all of them (some nests are apparently pretty deep) but at least it makes them abandon that nest. I wondered if any I saw today were survivors from the nest I gassed two weeks ago. It was about 30 yards away.
09-25-20, 07:24 PM
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09-25-20, 07:51 PM
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Where I used to live there were earwigs outside until my ex started spraying them, then they came into the house.
09-25-20, 08:37 PM
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Okay, this is getting ridiculous. I got the Bianchi back from the LBS (had the crappy old FSA crankset and BB replaced with brand new Centaur), and just had time to get in 19 miles before the sun touched the top of the hills. I scored 31 Achievements on Strava, but because my whole heart rate zone complex seems to have moved 4-5 beats lower,* it tells me "Good job managing your effort".
* seriously, RHR went from 48 down to 43. LT seems to have fallen from 163 to 159. 167 feels like 171 used to. Haven't really tried to find MaxHR, but maybe I'll see if I can do that on Zwift.
* seriously, RHR went from 48 down to 43. LT seems to have fallen from 163 to 159. 167 feels like 171 used to. Haven't really tried to find MaxHR, but maybe I'll see if I can do that on Zwift.
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09-25-20, 08:49 PM
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Tonight, however, it was past sunset and they were still buzzing around. Some of them kept landing in a five-foot radius of the nest, walking around. Not behavior I recall from seeing nests in the past.
There was a dead leaf (#Autumn) partially covering the hole. I wonder if I blew it there the first time I passed the nest, and that disrupted normal activities? #NatureAnalysis
There was a dead leaf (#Autumn) partially covering the hole. I wonder if I blew it there the first time I passed the nest, and that disrupted normal activities? #NatureAnalysis
09-26-20, 04:46 AM
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Assumes 2021 will not be another #YearWithoutSummer
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09-26-20, 05:01 AM
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09-26-20, 05:05 AM
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It's a windy Saturday morning. I am waiting for my friends to decide if planned small group ride is on. If it’s off, Plan B is the trike on the trail into the city.
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09-26-20, 05:16 AM
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09-26-20, 06:14 AM
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2 hrs from home, waiting out the rain on our last day. 
09-26-20, 06:23 AM
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This came with today's paper. No mention of the awesome shovel. Sad.
09-26-20, 06:23 AM
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09-26-20, 06:30 AM
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No rain or group ride, but we have a dense fog advisory. I'll wait a bit for the fog to clear and the temperature to get warmer before riding. Work on Monday. Yuk.
09-26-20, 06:45 AM
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My group is a bunch of wusses; they’re bailing on me because of a little wind.
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09-26-20, 06:54 AM
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09-26-20, 07:05 AM
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(I really don't take pleasure in killing nature's critters, but a ground nest is a menace that cannot be allowed to persist.)
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09-26-20, 07:08 AM
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09-26-20, 07:21 AM
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In another encounter, I donned a beekeeper's head screen and held a running weed whacker over the nest opening, slicing all the soldiers and occupants as they emerged. Sad, but it's me or them.
The beekeepers headgear has come into good use more than once around the BD estate.
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