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08-06-2012, 11:24 AM
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#3751
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Denmark, thou Viking capital!
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I know this is in the pug thread too... But dammit, it just made my whole week!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6OwxEd0Th0&feature=plcp
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08-07-2012, 07:57 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the broken temple bells, in the ringing...
Posts: 5,979
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Next Taxidermy workshop booked !
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08-07-2012, 01:48 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Denmark, thou Viking capital!
Posts: 2,277
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http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net...49_700b_v1.jpg
This did!
Not a pug, but quite a long image, so I will just link it here with the words: Cat vs. red dot!
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08-09-2012, 07:03 PM
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#3754
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lexington, KY
Posts: 237
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Oneness with Satan, and his light of truth. |,,|,
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08-09-2012, 08:55 PM
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#3755
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: In your trash can
Posts: 2,594
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The new 2052 report.
We are so fucked!
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"Always be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle." - Plato
Help me, I'm holding on for dear life
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08-13-2012, 06:42 AM
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#3756
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Alamo City, USA
Posts: 764
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About to cash my grant check that's worth a month and a half's worth of pay. Oooh hellz yeah!
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08-14-2012, 03:44 PM
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#3757
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Cali
Posts: 8,030
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At the Iowa Sate Fair my cousin's baby got to grab the president's nose.
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08-15-2012, 01:47 PM
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#3758
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Smexyville, Colorado
Posts: 2,424
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08-16-2012, 03:09 PM
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#3760
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back in Wisconsin(thinking about invading the south)
Posts: 3,693
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Originally Posted by Renatus
We had a wasp nest outside under one of the deck chairs, we tried spraying it with a bunch of things to get rid of them. We've dealt with several of this set of wasps' nests but this one was the most persistent. Nothing worked. So I came up with the final solution. I completely covered every inch of my body, and wore a face mask with lab splash goggles, and of course my boots.
I went out there, tried setting the nest on fire. It worked for a bit but it kept going out before it finished the job and it wasn't easy to light the matches with gloves on. At this point I had gotten used to and felt safe in the fact that I was untouchable to the wasps. So I just went and crushed part of the wasps nest between my fingers. The larvae and everything inside burst and were quite juicy I suppose you could say, and the juice was oddly quite red. But at this point I realized it would still take too long(not to mention the gloves were stained by the juice) and it was getting hot with a scarf around my head(to keep them from getting in the gaps in the hood), so I just thought to hell with it, picked it up, and crushed it underneath my boot. The wasps have since disappeared quite quickly it would seem.
Is this the final victory we had been hoping for? or will they make a new nest somewhere else on the deck now? stay tuned.
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The battle against the wasps continues! This afternoon we managed to locate 7 new wasp nests! Two of them quite large. But this time I came packing chemical weapons, wasp spray, with a range of what I estimate to be 2 meters. Not only did they return to their previous location underneath the deck chair, they also set up nests in the grill, in the front porch light, and 4 nests in 3 strategic points right under the roof.
The first point of attack was the most obvious, the deck chair, upon removing the cushion you could clearly see where they had the nest set up, it was time to see just what this spray could do. It wasn't easy to aim though since I dared not lay on my back to see under the chair or disturb the chair out of fear of retaliation and being left vulnerable on my back. The spray was far different from the ant spray I was used to, this was a steady stream of wasp killing fury. Upon spraying the nest I was not disappointed, the sight of the wasps dropping like.... flies, their quickly dying bodies dropping to the deck in a satisfying succession of taps on the deck.
The next target would be found nearby in the gas grill, though we knew not where in the grill they were located so instead of the surely satisfying sound of grilled wasps screaming for mercy, we instead opted for caution. A simple walk around the back of it revealed their exit point on the grill, and there were many of them practically swarming the way out, as if some lone messenger had escaped the first battle and warned them of their impending doom. Not seeing the nest from there I proceeded to quickly douse their only escape route, this time they were ready, in spite of my spraying a few escaped flying into the air, ready to take their vengeance upon me. But I had range on my side, and with a few aimed shots they were hit in mid air, sent flying to the ground by the impact of the spray and the death it was wreaking upon their fragile bodies.
With their escape route cut off, it was time to begin our incursion into the grill. Upon opening the grill, the target was obvious, there, right on the grill inside was a large nest, that could birth dozens of new wasps, it had to be destroyed. But alas grilling was not an option, as having opened the grill, a new swarm of wasps attacked and I was quickly forced to fire upon them, sprays of spray and wasps going left and right it was chaotic but within a minute it was all over, the wasps dead, the nest doused in the spray's toxic cocktail.
It was then from my brother that rumor reached me of a wasp nest inside the light on the front porch. The light, open underneath, was the perfect spot for them, and a tricky one for me. While I could see where they were, if I remained underneath to properly take aim at them, I risked dousing my own eyes with the spray as the excess dripped down under the influence of gravity. Like the soldiers of the pacific bearing flamethrowers, I completely doused the area in my flammable concoction, wary of the risk to myself. Within moments they began dropping those once fiendish foes, now laying there in their death throes, the satisfying tapping as they fell once again rang through the air.
It was only while watching me that my brother noticed a large wasp nest under the peak of the tall part of our roof. It was then that I called in the Colonel(literally), and with his help got a ladder, put on my boots, some gardening gloves(roof shingles really rough up your hands), and climbed up the rough slope of our roof. This one was our crowning victory, with a simple spray they all fell quickly, and with a hard hit from the butt of the can the nest fell down, sliding along the roof.... and into the gutter.....
It was only later however that we thought to look along the sides of the house, it was then we found three more nests all much to our dismay, far out of reach..... To be continued...............
I think I might like killing wasps a bit too much.
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“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”- Einstein
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08-16-2012, 03:18 PM
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#3761
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the broken temple bells, in the ringing...
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How weird you mentioning that ! . I found an abandoned wasp nest today. I went into the compressor shed at work to turn it off, and in the apex of the roof was the wee wasp nest. I think the wasp abandoned it because the shed is ROASTING hot. I mean it's seriously reaching Sauna temperatures , when the sun is on it and the compressor is running. Too hot for the wasp as well I suppose.
It's really tiny, about the size of a ping pong ball perhaps. Clearly a one wasp job. But it left it halfway through. So it's not a complete ball.
It looks like a goblet, and inside is a small globe, with the open cells where the grubs would have been .
I don't like wasps much but the nests are a thing of incredible beauty. And SO fragile ! I don't know if they're made of wasp spit or something? But they are so so very paper thin, worse than tissue paper !
Try to get rid of the wasps but keep the empty nests!
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08-16-2012, 04:33 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back in Wisconsin(thinking about invading the south)
Posts: 3,693
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Quote:
Originally Posted by honeythorn
How weird you mentioning that ! . I found an abandoned wasp nest today. I went into the compressor shed at work to turn it off, and in the apex of the roof was the wee wasp nest. I think the wasp abandoned it because the shed is ROASTING hot. I mean it's seriously reaching Sauna temperatures , when the sun is on it and the compressor is running. Too hot for the wasp as well I suppose.
It's really tiny, about the size of a ping pong ball perhaps. Clearly a one wasp job. But it left it halfway through. So it's not a complete ball.
It looks like a goblet, and inside is a small globe, with the open cells where the grubs would have been .
I don't like wasps much but the nests are a thing of incredible beauty. And SO fragile ! I don't know if they're made of wasp spit or something? But they are so so very paper thin, worse than tissue paper !
Try to get rid of the wasps but keep the empty nests!
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You want to see the nests? they're still lying around including the huge one in the grille.
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"The chaos of the world viewed from a distance reveals perfection."- me
"Never overestimate the intellect of someone so foolish that they would exploit and perpetuate stupidity in the people around them, for they create their own damnation as they tear out and sell the pillars that support society as a whole, bringing it crashing down upon them."-me
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”- Einstein
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08-17-2012, 02:03 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Denmark, thou Viking capital!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMowafFtPuA
Childhood memory of mine...
I heard someone blast it really, really loud yesterday on the way to the theater. And I couldn't remember the name. But then I remembered that I had listened to a Smurf Hits version as a child, and I remembered only 3 words or so. So I spent about an hour researching, and I finally found it. So now I have to share it with the world :P
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08-17-2012, 03:23 PM
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#3764
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the broken temple bells, in the ringing...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Renatus
You want to see the nests? they're still lying around including the huge one in the grille.
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Yes! I want one I wish they weren't so delicate' i'd love to varnish a good specimen and keep it
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08-17-2012, 05:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back in Wisconsin(thinking about invading the south)
Posts: 3,693
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Quote:
Originally Posted by honeythorn
Yes! I want one I wish they weren't so delicate' i'd love to varnish a good specimen and keep it
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I don't suppose a nest could survive international shipping could it?
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"The chaos of the world viewed from a distance reveals perfection."- me
"Never overestimate the intellect of someone so foolish that they would exploit and perpetuate stupidity in the people around them, for they create their own damnation as they tear out and sell the pillars that support society as a whole, bringing it crashing down upon them."-me
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”- Einstein
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08-17-2012, 05:29 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back in Wisconsin(thinking about invading the south)
Posts: 3,693
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Here is a picture of the large Grill Nest.
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"The chaos of the world viewed from a distance reveals perfection."- me
"Never overestimate the intellect of someone so foolish that they would exploit and perpetuate stupidity in the people around them, for they create their own damnation as they tear out and sell the pillars that support society as a whole, bringing it crashing down upon them."-me
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”- Einstein
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08-17-2012, 07:30 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Delicious Hostess Fruit Filling, Oregon
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Got accepted to a free clinic that will help me with my medication(s) as I have no health insurance right now. Prescription was FREE!!
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Props to Spooky Spencer for the 'shopped avatar!
If words could really hurt you, this forum would be one huge abbatoir.
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08-18-2012, 07:20 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the broken temple bells, in the ringing...
Posts: 5,979
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Renatus
Here is a picture of the large Grill Nest.
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Oh! WANT!
I'm not sure how well it would travel. You'd have to CAREFULLY wrap it in a shit load of bubblewrap, put it in a thick card box, wrap that box in more bubblewrap and put it in another box. Then ship it.
I don't know how much shipping that would cost. Shouldn't be too terrible, they don't weigh anything they're like tissue paper ( well the one I found is anyway )
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08-18-2012, 12:22 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Denmark, thou Viking capital!
Posts: 2,277
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Renatus
Here is a picture of the large Grill Nest.
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Figures the thing would be black.... *hates wasps beyond what can be described in words*
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08-19-2012, 07:06 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the broken temple bells, in the ringing...
Posts: 5,979
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Here's mine. It's pretty!
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08-19-2012, 10:09 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back in Wisconsin(thinking about invading the south)
Posts: 3,693
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Quote:
Originally Posted by honeythorn
Here's mine. It's pretty!
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Judging from the looks of that I think that perhaps your wasp nests over there are more fragile than the ones we have here.
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"The chaos of the world viewed from a distance reveals perfection."- me
"Never overestimate the intellect of someone so foolish that they would exploit and perpetuate stupidity in the people around them, for they create their own damnation as they tear out and sell the pillars that support society as a whole, bringing it crashing down upon them."-me
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”- Einstein
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08-19-2012, 10:49 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Pennsylvania
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What made my day?
Getting a new fucking amplifier finally, that made my day.
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08-19-2012, 12:18 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the broken temple bells, in the ringing...
Posts: 5,979
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REN-
It seriously is the most delicate thing I have ever handled. It's worse than tissue paper. The inner part with the cells is slightly thicker, but the outside cup is so incredibly fragile.
I can't help but wonder if the wasp had finished this nest, would the outer part have been made much thicker? Don't know. I have mine in a tiny glass jar that originally held jam ( preserve ) to keep it from getting smashed or blown away by a gust of wind .
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08-21-2012, 12:48 PM
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#3774
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Smexyville, Colorado
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08-21-2012, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the broken temple bells, in the ringing...
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His face when he say's any of it is hilarious. As is the way he pronounces Clitoris.
Personally I have much enjoyed reading the joke reviews on this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-revi...DateDescending
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