Doing the dad shit.
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Got back from grocery shopping, and was going to make some nice huevos rancheros for dinner, because why not. I was putting the groceries away while wife and the kiddo went over to the neighbors to water their tomatoes while they're away for vacation.
I heard the screaming outside the door, before they even got inside. Kiddo was shrieking in a blood-curtly way and my wife was yelling at her to get inside.
Yellow jackets. I'm guessing they made a home in the soil by the tomatoes. Only thing was, the faucet was still on outside. And to reach it, you have to walk past the tomatoes and get in behind a holly bush by the house.
So, fuck.
Neighbors must have had a hoot seeing the shit I wore to get over there, but even so, the fuckers were buzzing around and getting on the inside of my fucking glasses by the time I made it to the faucet.
Scorecard:
Kiddo: 2 stings, 3 on her when she got inside
Wife: 2 stings, 5 on her
Dad: 0 stings, 8(?) on meBenadryl pen for wife and kiddo. Kinda red but they're both more or less okay. Some huevos rancheros later and she was ready to play again.
Those things sure can be bastards.
@Aqua-Letifer
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Aqua, are you positive you know where the nest is? Up here, they equally enjoy making nests in structures and in trees, and those nests can be literally the size of a basketball, and can be spaced relatively close to each other. IOW make certain there are not several nests in your yard (if you have a good-sized yard). We've had several nests over the years, and I guess I should compliment the little darlings on how quickly they can build such a large dwelling. Enough of those bastards and they can certainly be deadly as you try to outrun them while they swarm.
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They have long distance sprays. I recommend. A friend just had a big old nest in his tree. He was able to attack it from ten or twenty feet away.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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BTW, if you have some aluminum around the house...
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I highly recommend dressing in full ski gear, approaching the nest very boldly and manly, then running away screaming when you see one. It’s worked for me and wasps…
The Brad
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They have long distance sprays. I recommend. A friend just had a big old nest in his tree. He was able to attack it from ten or twenty feet away.
@Mik said in Doing the dad shit.:
They have long distance sprays. I recommend. A friend just had a big old nest in his tree. He was able to attack it from ten or twenty feet away.
Yeah, they work pretty well. We had a nest in our grill, which was extremely disappointing, particularly when I discovered it as I prepared to do burgers for the first time in about a year. It gave me enormous pleasure to pay back the stings I received with extreme prejudice.
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Aqua, are you positive you know where the nest is? Up here, they equally enjoy making nests in structures and in trees, and those nests can be literally the size of a basketball, and can be spaced relatively close to each other. IOW make certain there are not several nests in your yard (if you have a good-sized yard). We've had several nests over the years, and I guess I should compliment the little darlings on how quickly they can build such a large dwelling. Enough of those bastards and they can certainly be deadly as you try to outrun them while they swarm.
Keeeeel them.@Rainman said in Doing the dad shit.:
Aqua, are you positive you know where the nest is? Up here, they equally enjoy making nests in structures and in trees, and those nests can be literally the size of a basketball, and can be spaced relatively close to each other. IOW make certain there are not several nests in your yard (if you have a good-sized yard). We've had several nests over the years, and I guess I should compliment the little darlings on how quickly they can build such a large dwelling. Enough of those bastards and they can certainly be deadly as you try to outrun them while they swarm.
Keeeeel them.Yeah, the problem is, they're in the ground. Took a closer look last night and they're burrowed in right beside the neighbor's tomatoes. Bummer.
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Good that no one has severe allergy for bee stings.
Glad you all survived.
Good story for the kid?@Axtremus said in Doing the dad shit.:
Good story for the kid?
Maybe after awhile. She's still pretty freaked about it.
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I suspect my slide into atheism started when as an 8 year old I started thinking about the motivation behind creating wasps.
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I suspect my slide into atheism started when as an 8 year old I started thinking about the motivation behind creating wasps.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Doing the dad shit.:
I suspect my slide into atheism started when as an 8 year old I started thinking about the motivation behind creating wasps.
Please love yourself.
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I highly recommend dressing in full ski gear, approaching the nest very boldly and manly, then running away screaming when you see one. It’s worked for me and wasps…
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I highly recommend dressing in full ski gear, approaching the nest very boldly and manly, then running away screaming when you see one. It’s worked for me and wasps…
@LuFins-Dad said in Doing the dad shit.:
I highly recommend dressing in full ski gear, approaching the nest very boldly and manly, then running away screaming when you see one. It’s worked for me and wasps…
The key to this technique is to use SNOW ski gear, not water.
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Got back from grocery shopping, and was going to make some nice huevos rancheros for dinner, because why not. I was putting the groceries away while wife and the kiddo went over to the neighbors to water their tomatoes while they're away for vacation.
I heard the screaming outside the door, before they even got inside. Kiddo was shrieking in a blood-curtly way and my wife was yelling at her to get inside.
Yellow jackets. I'm guessing they made a home in the soil by the tomatoes. Only thing was, the faucet was still on outside. And to reach it, you have to walk past the tomatoes and get in behind a holly bush by the house.
So, fuck.
Neighbors must have had a hoot seeing the shit I wore to get over there, but even so, the fuckers were buzzing around and getting on the inside of my fucking glasses by the time I made it to the faucet.
Scorecard:
Kiddo: 2 stings, 3 on her when she got inside
Wife: 2 stings, 5 on her
Dad: 0 stings, 8(?) on meBenadryl pen for wife and kiddo. Kinda red but they're both more or less okay. Some huevos rancheros later and she was ready to play again.
Those things sure can be bastards.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Doing the dad shit.:
.Yellow jackets. I'm guessing they made a home in the soil by the tomatoes. Only thing was, the faucet was still on outside. And to reach it, you have to walk past the tomatoes and get in behind a holly bush by the house.
Note that yellowjacket is often spelled as two words (yellow jacket) in popular culture and even in some dictionaries. The proper entomological spelling, according to the Entomological Society of America, is as a single word (yellowjacket).
Aqua you should know better.....
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Entomologists say yellowjacket.
Etymologists say yellow jacket.Let’s call the whole thing off.
@jon-nyc said in Doing the dad shit.:
Entomologists say yellowjacket.
Etymologists say yellow jacket.That was going to be my defense, yeah.
But I ain't gonna take no flak from a guy who hasn't capitalized things since college.
Please love yourself.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Doing the dad shit.:
I suspect my slide into atheism started when as an 8 year old I started thinking about the motivation behind creating wasps.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Doing the dad shit.:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Doing the dad shit.:
I suspect my slide into atheism started when as an 8 year old I started thinking about the motivation behind creating wasps.
lol
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@Aqua-Letifer Wow! Glad to hear that it wasn't too bad.
I did not know until I came to the US, that they made ground nests. :eek
