Random Thought Thread

[JJ_Colt45]

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That's a pretty big wasp Jo just had in her office.

Looks like a european hornet ... a healthy one. Why is it in one piece? ... KILL IT ... AGAIN!

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

He looks cute. Is he sleeping?

nah he's drunk

I sprayed it with 99% alcohol.

It's a mean drunk though. It's stinging the air. Venom dripping off the stinger and that stinger is, no joke, about 1/4" long.

I don't like it.

 

[The Amazing Virginian]

People love Yellow Jackets.

Yellow Jacket voted best college mascot of 2023

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

No. They don't.

Yellow jackets are the worst.

 

[The Amazing Virginian]

12 hours after I mowed and mulched this very spot, while my neighbor was planting some beautiful Tulips.



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[SpyderPhreak]

It's stinging the air. Venom dripping off the stinger and that stinger is, no joke, about 1/4" long.

You're missing your opportunity to inject the steel for the new Shiv with VENOM!!! That'd be one Bad Mutha F'er...

 

[SwarthyGnome]

No. They don't.

Yellow jackets are the worst.

Where is Tony when we need him?
He had a particular fondness of yellow jackets/ wasps/ what have you.

 

[Murphjd25]

More protein and you’d get drunk! Sounds like a win win to eating it still…

 

[AriesTheCam]

European Hornet.

https://www.vermontpublic.org/vpr-n...rnet-identified-for-the-first-time-in-vermont

That's crazy! I've never heard of those. I could've swore that was just a massive Yellow Jacket. They look sooooo similar to me. My mistake

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

That's crazy! I've never heard of those. I could've swore that was just a massive Yellow Jacket. They look sooooo similar to me. My mistake
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The difference is in scale...

 

[jlauffer]

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[Hammer67]

 

[AriesTheCam]

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Today I learned kinda moment.

Never heard of em, but I'll sure as hell watch out for em lol. I remember what a yellow jacket felt like and it wasn't pleasant. I don't wanna know what something with a 1/4" stinger feels like at all.

 

[SpyderPhreak]

I've not run across any flying asshole that can take one of these from me:

Then I:

And cuss at them...

 

[Cap’n Smudge]

So, I’m not going to say I like getting stung by wasps here and there. But I kind of don’t mind it.

 

[SpyderPhreak]

So, I’m not going to say I like getting stung by wasps here and there. But I kind of don’t mind it.

It burns a bit, but that's about it. Doesn't freak me out like most people. It had been awhile until last summer, when one landed on the back of my neck while sitting at my desk in the office. I smacked it and got stung in the neck, grabbed the little asshole, and threw it in the trash. Said, "Ow you f'er!" A coworker saw it all, and looked at me like and said, "Doesn't that hurt?!?!"

 

[Blues]

I'm used to yellowjacket stings...and I always exact my revenge. Always.

 

[Blues]

On another front...

Generac guy came out today. (Owner of the local company...I had met him a couple years back when they were doing an install at neighbor home.)

Very professional, personable and knowledgeable.

Decided to go with him. He beat the Kohler price by a few grand, which included a discount for my LE service.

24 kW system, with various add-ons.

Will get installed around the second week of May.

10 year warranty added at no cost due to promotion.

I really wanted to do this for my wife and hopefully this will end up being a reliable purchase and keep the beer cold, the steaks frozen, and the ball games on. Time will tell.

 

[Cap’n Smudge]

One extended outage and you will be happy with your investment.

 

[The Amazing Virginian]

On another front...

Generac guy came out today. (Owner of the local company...I had met him a couple years back when they were doing an install at neighbor home.)

Very professional, personable and knowledgeable.

Decided to go with him. He beat the Kohler price by a few grand, which included a discount for my LE service.

24 kW system, with various add-ons.

Will get installed around the second week of May.

10 year warranty added at no cost due to promotion.

I really wanted to do this for my wife and hopefully this will end up being a reliable purchase and keep the beer cold, the steaks frozen, and the ball games on. Time will tell.

I think you'll be very happy. Can't say it's cheap, but I love having a generator whenever we lose electricity. But the BEST thing is the Murphy Guarantee that as soon as you get it installed, you will not lose electricity for at least the next two years.

Your story is proof again that one always needs to get multiple estimates for jobs like this.

Wind storm caused major fence damage here a couple of weeks ago. Got three quotes. One from a generic fence repair company. One from a dude named Richard who barely speaks English but apparently has been repairing fences for a few years. And one from a company my wife saw doing a fence repair job about 30 miles from here, and with whose quality and attention to detail she was very impressed. She didn't realize it, but it was the same company who buiit our wooden fence in the first place about 20 years ago, and it has never needed repairs until now. Quotes ranged from $800 to nearly $2300! $800 was the company who built the fence and whose work independently impressed my wife. We went with them.