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7 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

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This is the way to go.

That shit just bothers them.  Wait until midday when sun is highest in the sky.  Take a pruning saw and wreck the shit out of the nest.  Most will be gone, eggs will fall and die, you can evade the 1 or 2 adults left behind.  Wait a few minutes to clear the scene.  Then go back and douse the shit out of it with a high pressure hose nozzle.  When you spray that shit, it will kill a handful of them but they drop down and give off a scent that others nearby can pick up on.  They'll either come for you or be encouraged to take over the existing nest.  That thing kills wasps and hornets, it doesn't dissuade new tenants.  

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14 hours ago, Moby Ric said:

Typical response from a poster like you.  I will let the good folks from South Park explain it, and then put you on my ignore list.  Feel free to drop some acid, listen to some shitty music and put me on yours.

 

It’s 2021 and you’re defending calling people you don’t like “fags.” I’m embarrassed for you.

Lulz. It’s ironic that you’re the person getting spoofed in that South Park clip and you don’t even know it. 

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12 hours ago, Lobo said:

That shit just bothers them.  Wait until midday when sun is highest in the sky.  Take a pruning saw and wreck the shit out of the nest.  Most will be gone, eggs will fall and die, you can evade the 1 or 2 adults left behind.  Wait a few minutes to clear the scene.  Then go back and douse the shit out of it with a high pressure hose nozzle.  When you spray that shit, it will kill a handful of them but they drop down and give off a scent that others nearby can pick up on.  They'll either come for you or be encouraged to take over the existing nest.  That thing kills wasps and hornets, it doesn't dissuade new tenants.  

You sound like you have never used it.

I had a nest on my front porch as big as a softball full of eggs and probably 200 wasps on Sunday.

From about 20 feet I sprayed that foam and it completely covered the nest and sorrounding area. Not one wasp flew from it and they were all dead and on the ground 20 minutes later.

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I've used it, it kills 'em dead.  For sure.  but it also invites others back to continue rebuilding efforts.  Wasps, at least in my yard near a large creekbed, seem to behave Haitian contractors.  They just keep coming back and building the same shit over and over again, despite Mother Nature screaming "STOP!"  

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2 hours ago, Lobo said:

I've used it, it kills 'em dead.  For sure.  but it also invites others back to continue rebuilding efforts.  Wasps, at least in my yard near a large creekbed, seem to behave Haitian contractors.  They just keep coming back and building the same shit over and over again, despite Mother Nature screaming "STOP!"  

Staple a little gauze bag full of mothballs to the place where the nest used to be. They won’t rebuild. Problem solved. You’re welcome. 

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1 hour ago, nnm said:

Staple a little gauze bag full of mothballs to the place where the nest used to be. They won’t rebuild. Problem solved. You’re welcome. 

I've tried that with other "nesting" insects and it works well.  doesn't seem to work for our Wasp visitors, they just build slightly above it (or attempt to, anyway).  They try the same half dozen eave under-hangs every time.  The natural gardener down the street talked about dousing the mothballs in some various scents/oils but haven't tried that yet.  They really haven't been that bad this summer. 

Instead they seemed to have tagged out with the housefly and the tree roach for most annoying pest.  Despite the moisture, my all-natural garlic spray has kept the mosquito problem at bay.  Actually, my neighbor deserves most of the credit for finally removing his bamboo tree abortion that was just a breeding ground for the fuckers in our backyards.  I'm dropping more boric acid around the house than a Russian hippie to combat the roach problem.  

Everything else in the backyard seems to have leveled off and find ecological equilibrium.  We had an abundance of rats coming out of the construction project nextdoor which led to snakes which led to hawks.  But everybody seems to have eaten up and moved on.  Just squirrels and blue jays back there nowadays.  And the lizards are making their return but the kids love 'em so I let 'em hang out even if they shit all over the outdoor furniture.  

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41 minutes ago, Lobo said:

I've tried that with other "nesting" insects and it works well.  doesn't seem to work for our Wasp visitors, they just build slightly above it (or attempt to, anyway).  They try the same half dozen eave under-hangs every time.  The natural gardener down the street talked about dousing the mothballs in some various scents/oils but haven't tried that yet.  They really haven't been that bad this summer. 

Instead they seemed to have tagged out with the housefly and the tree roach for most annoying pest.  Despite the moisture, my all-natural garlic spray has kept the mosquito problem at bay.  Actually, my neighbor deserves most of the credit for finally removing his bamboo tree abortion that was just a breeding ground for the fuckers in our backyards.  I'm dropping more boric acid around the house than a Russian hippie to combat the roach problem.  

Everything else in the backyard seems to have leveled off and find ecological equilibrium.  We had an abundance of rats coming out of the construction project nextdoor which led to snakes which led to hawks.  But everybody seems to have eaten up and moved on.  Just squirrels and blue jays back there nowadays.  And the lizards are making their return but the kids love 'em so I let 'em hang out even if they shit all over the outdoor furniture.  

Great stuff. I need a link to your garlic spray product for mosquitos. They’re horrific at our lake house in ETX, where we’ve now moved to full time. 
 

For the roaches, try Diatomaceous Earth powder. Works well for us. Sprinkle it all around their habitat and where you see them. You can get it online or in any of the gardening stores. 

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27 minutes ago, nnm said:

Great stuff. I need a link to your garlic spray product for mosquitos. They’re horrific at our lake house in ETX, where we’ve now moved to full time. 
 

For the roaches, try Diatomaceous Earth powder. Works well for us. Sprinkle it all around their habitat and where you see them. You can get it online or in any of the gardening stores. 

I've tried that earth powder over the years.  It works well for the exterior of the home in points of vulnerability.  And then on the inside, as a said, in active areas...I go boric acid.  Neither are terribly harmful to kids and pets.  I mean if somebody were to snort a whole bag, but usually it's a nothing-burger.  

For the natural approach to mosquito abatement:  https://www.northlineexpress.com/garlic-barrier-insect-repellant-gallon.html?utm_source=googlepepla&utm_medium=adwords&id=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvO2IBhCzARIsALw3ASrvm_LXHE0wDw8dVuf98x6jNY2HoX_FvubO8cCP-FYmUYeWBjJdgLIaAimzEALw_wcB   Not sure what the ecosystem is around your lake house.  But if it's in east Texas, probably pretty balmy with some stagnant water behind you from the shore.  SO obviously keep low hanging trees and bushes trimmed.  This stuff says to go 4 ounces for every gallon.  I would recommend treating once a week with that ratio from April through September.  After particularly heavy rains, I might go 8 ounces for every gallon.  I douse anything from my 6' eye level and on down.  1 gallon of my little handpump yard deal covers my half-acre spraying liberally.  It's also completely natural.  The kids don't like the way it smells at first but they're out there playing an hour after application (spray around 10am or 8pm and when it's not gonna rain for a day or two).  I once poured it into a measuring cup before mixing it my yard sprayer and the neighbor dog started lapping it up while I was getting gloves.  He still seems fine.  The shit ain't cheap but 2 of 'em should last you the whole season no problem (unless you have a massive yard which you might, I dunno).   

All my other neighbors pay monthly fees to those heavy chemical companies.  I do it myself, it's much less harmful to the flora and fauna, and it's literally as effective.  Because I've noticed that my neighbors who use those companies tend to also neglect all the other shit in their yards that breed mosquitoes thinking the chemicals will take care of it.  So all in all, I think I probably have same or fewer mosquitoes than they do in the end.  And it's safer, cleaner, and cheaper.  /rant  

Plus I just like the hunt of figuring out where things are coming in from (roaches, mosquitoes, mice, et. al.) and then murdering them in front of their families as a reminder.

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On 6/11/2021 at 1:16 PM, WhatTheBuck said:

I’m not sure if I posted it in this thread or in the snack foods thread or somewhere else. But I once complained that Planters mixed nuts didn’t include Brazil nuts anymore. I like those. A few days ago I bought a can of Planters mixed nuts that said on the label that it included Brazil nuts. Whoopee!

There were two in the can. Two. That’s all. 

I bought another can of Planter’s mixed nuts the other day and I’m happy to report that it contained an acceptable number of Brazil nuts. I could see four or five as soon as I tore away the foil seal. I figure 8-10 is an acceptable number and I got that.

I only bought them because I had a $2 off coupon. But I forgot to use the coupon when I went through the checkout lane. 

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2 hours ago, thunderlounge said:


 

 

I don’t think bigotry is exactly trivial. Would you say you’re in favor of homophobia or just tolerant of it? Like, let’s just ignore it and pretend he’s not saying that shit out in the open? Stumbling upon that previous post of his while I was looking for my old Brazil nuts post made a little more sense out of his reply defending his homophobic post.

I don’t have kids, haven’t seen Frozen, have no desire to, don’t know any songs from it, and didn’t play your video. But here’s a tip: If you want someone to let it go, don’t respond to them and give them a reason to reply back which is the opposite of letting it go. Follow your own advice. Let it go.

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1 hour ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I don’t think bigotry is exactly trivial. Would you say you’re in favor of homophobia or just tolerant of it? Like, let’s just ignore it and pretend he’s not saying that shit out in the open? Stumbling upon that previous post of his while I was looking for my old Brazil nuts post made a little more sense out of his reply defending his homophobic post.

I don’t have kids, haven’t seen Frozen, have no desire to, don’t know any songs from it, and didn’t play your video. But here’s a tip: If you want someone to let it go, don’t respond to them and give them a reason to reply back which is the opposite of letting it go. Follow your own advice. Let it go.


Dude. I think we all got your point way back. No need to drag that shit around to other threads for attention. 

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Yes, I could control Every single minute of screen time content for a 4-5 year old during 18 months of remote learning.  She was way past it but some pop up yesterday made it All come flooding back.  Ahhhh!

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At a decent or upscale restaurant and when you a order a drink (be it booze, beer, wine, iced tea, water, whatever) and the waiter / waitress comes back to the table with your quaff in their greasy paw. 
 

Have some class and put the drink on a serving tray (doesn’t have to be fancy) and then serve the drink to the customer instead of just handing someone a drink.  This isn’t the ballpark or frat party. 

 

 

and they better have their pinky extended when they set it on the table!

 

 

Speaking of killer bees-- I got tangled up in a nest of those sons-of-bitches about 20 years on a ranch in S. Texas. I never saw the nest, but suddenly I'm getting stung all over my neck and face. I run a sub 4 sec 40 yard dash (in work boots and snake chaps) back to my truck (thank baby jesus on the cross the doors weren't locked) and jumped inside. Some more got me on the hand before I could roll up the window. Assholes chased the truck for a quarter mile. I finally lost them when I got to pavement.

 

Face and hand swelled up. I swallowed a bunch of benadryl and had the epi pen on standby just in case in got hard to breathe.

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Hard butter be it in a pat package or one of those individual tiny plastic containers with the tear away top that is served at a restaurant. It is difficult to spread it on the bread without it clumping up or tearing the bread up. Serve the butter at room temperature so it can be properly spread.

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While I love the self checkout lines at HEB, I never get through one without some bullshit weight mismatch error popping up requiring me to call an attendant.  If I want to steal something, I'm gonna do it.  For the rest of us law abiding citizens, turn off this bullshit theft prevention feature.

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While I love the self checkout lines at HEB, I never get through one without some bullshit weight mismatch error popping up requiring me to call an attendant.  If I want to steal something, I'm gonna do it.  For the rest of us law abiding citizens, turn off this bullshit theft prevention feature.

F’n this. Don’t even bother going through with fresh produce.
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One of the kid’s rec soccer coach called me first thing this morning to say that he’s cutting playing time and taking captain away from her because we’ve joined a club team and will be splitting practice time between the two.

It shouldn’t bother me but it does simply because the only reason he’s pissed is because 1 he doesn’t like the club we chose to sign on with and 2 another player from the rec team 100% on their own chose to try out and then is also on said club.

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3 hours ago, cabowabo said:

While I love the self checkout lines at HEB, I never get through one without some bullshit weight mismatch error popping up requiring me to call an attendant.  If I want to steal something, I'm gonna do it.  For the rest of us law abiding citizens, turn off this bullshit theft prevention feature.

I don’t know what that means. Weight mismatch error? If it’s priced by weight then the weight is what the scale says it is, right?

I scam my grocer out of a few dollars every year and I don’t feel bad about it. Like if the heads of broccoli are kind of small, I might put two pairs of heads in the bag and ring them up as one pair. Ha ha! I just stuck you for $2.99! The other day I went to buy a red onion. They had peeled red onions for $1 more per pound than the unpeeled onions. The unpeeled onions were a lot smaller than the peeled onions so I selected a peeled red onion and rang it up as an unpeeled red onion (4082). Take that, grocer! Feel the burn!

They used to send me targeted coupons for items I bought frequently. They don’t do that anymore. They used to give me 20¢ off per gallon of gas for every $50 I spent at their store, now they only give me 10¢ off per gallon. They used to give me discounts on groceries for buying gas, now they make me choose between one or the other. I’m still getting screwed. If the organic peppers look better, I don’t have a problem with ringing them up as regular peppers. Nobody is checking that shit.

They used to be open 24 hrs a day. They’re not anymore. Some years back I stopped in after midnight to buy a 12-pack of beer. I went to check out and all the checkout lanes were empty. I walked up and down and all around and couldn’t find an employee anywhere. So finally I just said, “Fuck it,” and walked out with my beer. 

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11 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I don’t know what that means. Weight mismatch error? If it’s priced by weight then the weight is what the scale says it is, right?

This happens on normal items.  I think there is a scale where the bags sit to make sure you are not putting unscanned items into the bag....or something like that.  Whatever it is, it doesn't work and ends up defeating the whole purpose of self checkout because some employee needs to come over and clear the error.  I'm getting ragey just typing this.

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8 hours ago, Fudbelty said:

One of the kid’s rec soccer coach called me first thing this morning to say that he’s cutting playing time and taking captain away from her because we’ve joined a club team and will be splitting practice time between the two.

It shouldn’t bother me but it does simply because the only reason he’s pissed is because 1 he doesn’t like the club we chose to sign on with and 2 another player from the rec team 100% on their own chose to try out and then is also on said club.

My daughter (no pics, you degenerates) was on her HS dance team. Senior year, she decided to try out for her college team (she’d just been admitted). Tryouts conflicted with one day of HS Spring Show rehearsals. She got suspended from the team, and only reinstated when I raised holy hell. She still had to sit out the last night. 
Absolute idiocy. If she makes the college team, it’s a gold star for the HS dance coach. And she’s penalized for it, for missing one practice?  We talkin’ ‘bout practice!

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17 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I don’t know what that means. Weight mismatch error? If it’s priced by weight then the weight is what the scale says it is, right?

I scam my grocer out of a few dollars every year and I don’t feel bad about it. Like if the heads of broccoli are kind of small, I might put two pairs of heads in the bag and ring them up as one pair. Ha ha! I just stuck you for $2.99! The other day I went to buy a red onion. They had peeled red onions for $1 more per pound than the unpeeled onions. The unpeeled onions were a lot smaller than the peeled onions so I selected a peeled red onion and rang it up as an unpeeled red onion (4082). Take that, grocer! Feel the burn!

They used to send me targeted coupons for items I bought frequently. They don’t do that anymore. They used to give me 20¢ off per gallon of gas for every $50 I spent at their store, now they only give me 10¢ off per gallon. They used to give me discounts on groceries for buying gas, now they make me choose between one or the other. I’m still getting screwed. If the organic peppers look better, I don’t have a problem with ringing them up as regular peppers. Nobody is checking that shit.

They used to be open 24 hrs a day. They’re not anymore. Some years back I stopped in after midnight to buy a 12-pack of beer. I went to check out and all the checkout lanes were empty. I walked up and down and all around and couldn’t find an employee anywhere. So finally I just said, “Fuck it,” and walked out with my beer. 

Sounds like something a shoplifter would say

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