[Rhodes22-list] Wasps!

[elle]

Yup...they like the little shelf...that's how I got my
first sting(s).....I reached onto the little shelp to
get the slider key & pulled my hand out with *more
than 5*  (who's counting!!) stinging my hand..

no more. Took the cushions out today, will bomb as
soon as I get to the store to get one.

elle
--- Alan Robertson <bigal_61 at msn.com> wrote:

> It's far worse when they build nests in your co-ming
> compartments, when you haven't sailed for a couple
> of weeks. Never knew my wife to levitate off the
> cockpit seat so fast after reaching in to get her
> sunglasses she leaves permanently aboard!!
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: brad haslett<mailto:flybrad at yahoo.com> 
>   To: The Rhodes 22 mail
> list<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
>   Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 7:46 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Wasps!
> 
> 
>   Robert,
> 
>   Your little friends are indeed smart.  As soon as
> I
>   walk out the door they scatter.  If I walk out the
>   door with a weapon, they're invisible! Under the
>   current ROE I'm no longer in a target rich
>   environment.  I had to attend a committee meeting
>   today (as well as teach) and was able to slip off
>   after lunch, but somewhere on a break we got to
>   talking about sporting clays.  Unless a family of
>   flying squirrels moves in the neighborhood, the
> move
>   to sporting clays might be a natural progression. 
>   I've actually enjoyed playing golf lately, but
>   carrying a weapon to shoot down my partners drive
> on
>   the fly probably won't go over well at the
> clubhouse.
>   Where were we?  Oh yeah!  Wasps!  They know I fear
>   them and have an allergic reaction to their
> stings. 
>   That's why I enjoy killing them before they harm
> me.  
> 
>   Is there a shrink in the house?
> 
>   Brad
> 
> 
>   --- Robert Skinner
>
<robert at squirrelhaven.com<mailto:robert at squirrelhaven.com>>
> wrote:
> 
>   > Oh no, Mr. Brad, not another masacree!
>   > /Robert of WaspHaven
>   > 
>   > Brad Haslett wrote:
>   > > 
>   > > Went to the boat yesterday.  Absolutely no
> wasps
>   > in the mainsail because the
>   > > mainsail is still in the garage (and the first
>   > fold of the mainsail is one
>   > > of their favorite places).  They were already
>   > swarming around the binnacle.
>   > > I don't want to carry a whole arsenal of
> chemicals
>   > on the boat and try to
>   > > keep the inventory of killer weapons to a
> minimum.
>   > Starter fluid (ether) is
>   > > as good as any wasp spray, and I need ether on
> the
>   > boat to start the dink
>   > > outboard and to entertain Slim if he ever
> comes
>   > down to visit. If you figure
>   > > out how to keep wasps from building nests on
>   > sailboats, let me know.  In the
>   > > meantime, I'm in the full blown killer mode!
>   > > 
>   > > Brad
>   > > 
>   > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 4:35 PM, John Lock
>   >
>
<jlock at relevantarts.com<mailto:jlock at relevantarts.com>>
> wrote:
>   > > 
>   > > > At 01:35 PM 4/21/2008 -0700, you wrote:
>   > > > >What I was going to suggest was a 'boot'
> that
>   > starts
>   > > > >at the front of the mast, comes around each
>   > side,
>   > > > >engulfs the gooseneck & the gathered sail,
> and
>   > cinches
>   > > > >@ 12-18" from the front of the main.
>   > > > >
>   > > > >I would suggest using zippers w/flap top &
>   > bottom, and
>   > > > >a cinch on top and bottom of mast opening,
> &
>   > around
>   > > > >the main.
>   > > >
>   > > > Aha!  Yep, that'd work too.  I'll consult
> the
>   > seamstress and see what
>   > > > we can design.
>   > > >
>   > > > Cheers!
>   > > >
>   > > > John Lock
>   > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   > > > s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
>   > > > Lake Sinclair, GA
>   > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   > > >
>   > > >
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