[Rhodes22-list] Wasps!

[Alan Robertson]

It's far worse when they build nests in your co-ming compartments, when you haven't sailed for a couple of weeks. Never knew my wife to levitate off the cockpit seat so fast after reaching in to get her sunglasses she leaves permanently aboard!!
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: brad haslett<mailto:flybrad at yahoo.com> 
  To: The Rhodes 22 mail list<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
  Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 7:46 PM
  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Wasps!


  Robert,

  Your little friends are indeed smart.  As soon as I
  walk out the door they scatter.  If I walk out the
  door with a weapon, they're invisible! Under the
  current ROE I'm no longer in a target rich
  environment.  I had to attend a committee meeting
  today (as well as teach) and was able to slip off
  after lunch, but somewhere on a break we got to
  talking about sporting clays.  Unless a family of
  flying squirrels moves in the neighborhood, the move
  to sporting clays might be a natural progression. 
  I've actually enjoyed playing golf lately, but
  carrying a weapon to shoot down my partners drive on
  the fly probably won't go over well at the clubhouse.
  Where were we?  Oh yeah!  Wasps!  They know I fear
  them and have an allergic reaction to their stings. 
  That's why I enjoy killing them before they harm me.  

  Is there a shrink in the house?

  Brad


  --- Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com<mailto:robert at squirrelhaven.com>> wrote:

  > Oh no, Mr. Brad, not another masacree!
  > /Robert of WaspHaven
  > 
  > Brad Haslett wrote:
  > > 
  > > Went to the boat yesterday.  Absolutely no wasps
  > in the mainsail because the
  > > mainsail is still in the garage (and the first
  > fold of the mainsail is one
  > > of their favorite places).  They were already
  > swarming around the binnacle.
  > > I don't want to carry a whole arsenal of chemicals
  > on the boat and try to
  > > keep the inventory of killer weapons to a minimum.
  > Starter fluid (ether) is
  > > as good as any wasp spray, and I need ether on the
  > boat to start the dink
  > > outboard and to entertain Slim if he ever comes
  > down to visit. If you figure
  > > out how to keep wasps from building nests on
  > sailboats, let me know.  In the
  > > meantime, I'm in the full blown killer mode!
  > > 
  > > Brad
  > > 
  > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 4:35 PM, John Lock
  > <jlock at relevantarts.com<mailto:jlock at relevantarts.com>> wrote:
  > > 
  > > > At 01:35 PM 4/21/2008 -0700, you wrote:
  > > > >What I was going to suggest was a 'boot' that
  > starts
  > > > >at the front of the mast, comes around each
  > side,
  > > > >engulfs the gooseneck & the gathered sail, and
  > cinches
  > > > >@ 12-18" from the front of the main.
  > > > >
  > > > >I would suggest using zippers w/flap top &
  > bottom, and
  > > > >a cinch on top and bottom of mast opening, &
  > around
  > > > >the main.
  > > >
  > > > Aha!  Yep, that'd work too.  I'll consult the
  > seamstress and see what
  > > > we can design.
  > > >
  > > > Cheers!
  > > >
  > > > John Lock
  > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  > > > s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
  > > > Lake Sinclair, GA
  > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  > > >
  > > >
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  > Robert Skinner  "Squirrel Haven" 
  > Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
  > s/v "Little Dipper" & "Edith P."
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