Save the Bees!
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wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 11:25 last edited by
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My grandpa (mother's side) worked as a surveyor for the state Department of Public Works. He did a lot of work on public land, mostly with rivers, streams and drainage. As such, he was in the woods a lot.
He always kept a smoker, bee hat and a hive in his work vehicle. If his crew ran across a bee tree, he would rob it and try to bring the hive home. Sometimes he could get the hive, sometimes he didn't. He'd keep a few hives at his home, but he sold most of them.
He rarely was stung.
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wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 12:18 last edited by
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It's amazing that she's doing that without any protective gear on at all.
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wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 12:29 last edited by
Yeah, and working with the bees was pretty neat, too.
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wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 12:43 last edited by
Bees? There were bees?
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It's amazing that she's doing that without any protective gear on at all.
wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 14:48 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in Save the Bees!:
It's amazing that she's doing that without any protective gear on at all.
She's amazing with the bees. When we had a hive removed from near the roof of our house, it was a man and wife team. Both of them were covered head to toe.
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wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 14:51 last edited by
True story...
I was pricing out a tractor shed yesterday and the gal waiting on me was competent, but that wasn't what impressed me.
Ever see one of those gals in their twenties, that are built like a German brick shithouse (Germans build the best brick shithouses, but I digress), but are blessed with a butter face? Passable now, she'd be butt ugly in her forties.
Anyway, speaking of butts...This gal is attired in a tshirt with company logo, a pair of wellies (muddy display lot) and a pair of thin yoga pants that were so form-fitting, imagination wasn't needed. I'm sitting in a chair in front of her desk, deciding what I wanted a bid on. She punches the parameters in and prints out a bidsheet.I
She gets up and gets the print-out from a printer that's low enough on the back credenza, she has to bend over to pull the sheets.
I bet she sells a lot of sheds and carports that way...
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wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 15:36 last edited by
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Gentlemen, I am not exactly the most PC member of this forum, but I think we are getting distracted from what this young lady is accomplishing? I wonder why women sometimes feel that their skills and knowledge are often overlooked because of their looks and relative attractiveness?
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True story...
I was pricing out a tractor shed yesterday and the gal waiting on me was competent, but that wasn't what impressed me.
Ever see one of those gals in their twenties, that are built like a German brick shithouse (Germans build the best brick shithouses, but I digress), but are blessed with a butter face? Passable now, she'd be butt ugly in her forties.
Anyway, speaking of butts...This gal is attired in a tshirt with company logo, a pair of wellies (muddy display lot) and a pair of thin yoga pants that were so form-fitting, imagination wasn't needed. I'm sitting in a chair in front of her desk, deciding what I wanted a bid on. She punches the parameters in and prints out a bidsheet.I
She gets up and gets the print-out from a printer that's low enough on the back credenza, she has to bend over to pull the sheets.
I bet she sells a lot of sheds and carports that way...
wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 16:12 last edited by@jolly said in Save the Bees!:
a pair of thin yoga pants that were so form-fitting, imagination wasn't needed
Yes, that is popular now
When I see it I think, why bother wearing anything?
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It's amazing that she's doing that without any protective gear on at all.
wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 16:55 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in Save the Bees!:
It's amazing that she's doing that without any protective gear on at all.
I agree.
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wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 17:21 last edited by
@doctor-phibes said in Save the Bees!:
@mik said in Save the Bees!:
Bees? There were bees?
You must have been distracted by the honey.
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Gentlemen, I am not exactly the most PC member of this forum, but I think we are getting distracted from what this young lady is accomplishing? I wonder why women sometimes feel that their skills and knowledge are often overlooked because of their looks and relative attractiveness?
wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 20:12 last edited by@lufins-dad said in Save the Bees!:
Gentlemen, I am not exactly the most PC member of this forum, but I think we are getting distracted from what this young lady is accomplishing? I wonder why women sometimes feel that their skills and knowledge are often overlooked because of their looks and relative attractiveness?
Since this was presumably directed at Mik and Jolly, rather than myself, as I made a point of commenting on the accomplishment, I hardly think the introductory 'Gentlemen' is appropriate.
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Gentlemen, I am not exactly the most PC member of this forum, but I think we are getting distracted from what this young lady is accomplishing? I wonder why women sometimes feel that their skills and knowledge are often overlooked because of their looks and relative attractiveness?
wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 21:09 last edited by@lufins-dad said in Save the Bees!:
Gentlemen, I am not exactly the most PC member of this forum, but I think we are getting distracted from what this young lady is accomplishing? I wonder why women sometimes feel that their skills and knowledge are often overlooked because of their looks and relative attractiveness?
Evolution.