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FastEddy

FastEddy

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I was sitting in the hot tub this morning as I do every morning and noticed a large amount of yellow jackets flying around the yard. Most of them were around the fence line buzzing around not far from the fence. Once I got shall we say less venerable, I went hunting. I found 6 nests in the fence.

Its interesting how small the nests are for the amount of bugs the hold. I went to K-Mart and got a can of hornet spray to give them the boot. So after work I lit the BBQ and then went to war on the nasty buggers. The can of spray has about a 10 foot range so I stood back about 6 feet and let her rip on the first nest. I swear about 100 of these beasts started dropping to the ground it was amazing. I went around and got the rest of the nests as well. All is good.

Well now all the single hornets are coming home from a day of terrorizing the neighborhood looking for their home. These guys are pissed and chasing anything that moves. They means ME! Holly poop. I have to turn the meat on the grill with one hand and blast them out of the air with the other hand then run inside and shut the door. There must be 50 of these guys out there now and its time to turn the food over on the grill again. I had no clue they would react like this. I guess this is how we learn......

Did I mention we have 6 non English speaking house guests this week? I can understand " What a dumb ass" even in Chinese.
 
I'm on a roll.
Got the ribs turned on the Q without getting attacked and made it to the garage without getting my picture taken by an Asian relative. I'm batting a 1000
 
lol, that's gotta suck, but also a little comical at the same time (no offense).

I'm lucky because we've never had any...well we did twice, but by the time we found out about it, it was 2 days from packing day so we decided to let it be someone else's problem. :LoL: (My dad is kinda-sorta-not-really in the military so we move around a lot)
 
Better to get them at night Ed.
They are not as active after hours, as long as you don't have the outdoor lights on.
My dad had a nest on his chiminey about the size of a basketball.
So he bravely asked me and my brother to go and get rid of it.

So we took a baseball bat on the roof.........
 
RatzoRC said:
he bravely asked me and my brother to go and get rid of it.

So we took a baseball bat on the roof.........
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Thanks Dad!

Its under control now.
With a lot of sign language (My Wife isn't home yet) I have one of them by the BBQ and the other with the can of spray guarding him. I have no idea what there saying but they sure are helpful. I hope they understood the part about closing the BBQ before spraying the bugs. LOL I need to check on this one.....
 
I'm not sure on this one, but I don't think that hornet killer is a good marinade.
Best to keep the lid closed.

So after we hit the nest off the roof, (we meaning me with my brother ready to jump), I hit this nest and it broke apart on impact. Just a chunk broke of. Big enough to let every hornet in NJ to come after us.
My brother started screaming like a girl and ran for the ladder, coverd with hornets.
I, running for the ladder, fell, and rolled off the roof.
Luckily it was a low ranch, and I only fell about 7 feet.
I was coverd with hornets as well. The only thing that we could do was jump in the pool.
I had 9 stings, and my brother had 19.
For some reason I remember the 9 and 19.
I HATE ANY KIND OF BEE!
Thanks
 
That's what firecrackers are for...wrap 10 together, light them, then run like hell into the pool w/ your snorkels ready. lol. And, it gives you an excuse to use explosives... :stupid:
 
yea so they can fly down your snorkle?? lol hey eddy next time try carb cleaner and a lighter.. or wd 40 works good to.. FIRE FIRE

:flamer: :flamer::flamer: :flamer:
 
Great, first spiders now hornets! I hate creepy crawlies! No checking for anything under my bed this time. I don't need another dust bunny scaring me!
 
Ed you kill me! I love the play by play with the relatives, great stuff! BTW, Ratzo's right, wait til night time and hit em. You'll catch all the little bastards in the nest then and the few that make it out won't come back.
 
ok ed, put a lighter in front of that hornet spray and torch em in the air. nothing like some flaming pesticide to give em the hint.
 
Man its a nut house around here. Like usual the women are all talking so fast that it blow their hair back and all the men want to play with my toys. It funnier then hell watching them with the calculator trying to figure out how much everything costs in $NT (Taiwan money) The only real sentence I have been able to decyphre is Does my wife know how much I spend.

I went and got a bottle of JD for them. Your in America now guys! Lets see how long it take before they pass out. Hopefully they will be hung over in the morning. I'm supposed to take them fishing around 1:00 tomorrow. I'm going to bet one or more of them don't make it. Ill also get some beer and try to get the others that can make it to puke over the side of the boat. Its should be nice and hot on the lake and ill be sure to do a lot of drifting into the swells. Sorry guys, were fishing and we don't turn back for anything. Ill also take them to a greasy spoon for some biskits and gravy. A good ole american breakfast.

He-He.... I love playing tour guide. Don't think I'm being nasty, some day ill tell you what they do to me when I go to visit them.
 
A couple of years ago I was in my back 40 trying to tame a growth of blackberries on the hillside. Unknown to me at the time, I had stepped on a nest of YJ's and made them quite pissed. While cutting above me with arms extended, a bunch of the little bastards flew up my shirt and proceeded to get there revenge. The total sting count was 18. Luckily I am not allergic. I promptly went and got some spray and got my revenge on the entire colony.
 
YJ suck!!! My last job required me to stay in motels a few days a week. While sitting on the throne I turned on the vent and about 10-15 came flying at me. Lucky for me I was mostly done with my business and ran out the bathroom with only two stings....One on my upper back and one about two inches from the family jewels. As luck would have it I am allergic to them so this meant a trip to the DR for a shot. After all of that I have to change rooms and that was the only two room (living/sleeping)they had. I did get to eat at there Mexican restaurant for free the whole week......Good thing I was by myself LOL
 
LMAO. Great stories. A good bee is a dead bee. I am also allergic to em. I can only remember one trip where I had to go to the hospital. Rest of the time its just a few Benadryl and some rest.

Good luck with the fishing trip Ed. ;)
 
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I had the luxury of leaning against a rotten guard rail on a half pipe in VA beach nad fell off the deck about 6 feet into a thorn bush w/ a big ass bee nest in it.....got stung about a gazillion times and then ran over to the shower on the side of a public park restroom and proceeded to douse myself w/ water having been stung so much I reached up to turn the nozzle and stuck my hand into wasps nest.....a BIG one and started the whole cycle all over.....I had to be rushed to the hospital because my throat started swelling shut from stings......I thought I was allergic but it just turned out I got stung so much my body was reacting to it normally...no reaction...LOL...I hate any bug that stings....or just lives for that matter......they couldn't count the stings cause there was also a shitload of thorns .......but I looked like serat had tried to use me as a canvas and do my portrait on it in red only.......not a pleasant week......I spent 4 days laying in bed recovering from stings......
 
I've never been stung like that, but I've been stung various times. Last summer I was standing under our drivers stand and low and behold there was 2 nests and they thought my forhead was a good target. I hate any insect, bug, bee, spider! :puke:
 

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