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Rory Manton

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So I gets in my Series One , Daisy , starts her up and drives off, only this
time ther is a loud intermitant buzzing in the cab. Looking around reveals
nothing out of the ordinary and all instraments appear ok. Something catches
my eye and it is then time to stamp on the brakes, jump out out and run
screeming down the road.

I swear this wasp must have been an inch long ,it were bloody HUGE. Lucky
for me I left the door open and even luckier that ,even from 50 feet away, I
could see the monster fly out and away.

I don't like wasps at all ,at all AT ALL..


 
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:22:46 -0000, "Rory Manton"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>So I gets in my Series One , Daisy , starts her up and drives off, only this
>time ther is a loud intermitant buzzing in the cab. Looking around reveals
>nothing out of the ordinary and all instraments appear ok. Something catches
>my eye and it is then time to stamp on the brakes, jump out out and run
>screeming down the road.
>
>I swear this wasp must have been an inch long ,it were bloody HUGE. Lucky
>for me I left the door open and even luckier that ,even from 50 feet away, I
>could see the monster fly out and away.
>
>I don't like wasps at all ,at all AT ALL..

All through the summer i had loads of the buggers in mine. Really big
ones too. They'd generally wait until the cab warmed up and you were
10mins into a journey before they came out and menaced you.

I hate wasps! When the first ones came out (3 at once) me and a mate
ended up stripping the seats and everything out in a layby (to check
if there was a nest underneath)

I later had one trying to sting me when i was reversing into the
drive. I now have a dent that needs knocking out thanks to the tree at
the end.
I'm now pretty good at not panicking so much and can manage to open my
drivers door and flick them out while driving (its always the dual
carriage way too!. they must wait carefully an not emere when im
parked up).

I found that if i left the back of the rag open they would generally
let themselves out without bothering me (not very practical when its
cold though!).


 
So Rory Manton was, like

> I swear this wasp must have been an inch long ,it were bloody HUGE.
> Lucky for me I left the door open and even luckier that ,even from 50
> feet away, I could see the monster fly out and away.
>
> I don't like wasps at all ,at all AT ALL..

It must have been feeding on the LRS's.

--

Rich

Nullum Gratuitum Prandium


 
Rory Manton wrote:
> So I gets in my Series One , Daisy , starts her up and drives off, only this
> time ther is a loud intermitant buzzing in the cab. Looking around reveals
> nothing out of the ordinary and all instraments appear ok. Something catches
> my eye and it is then time to stamp on the brakes, jump out out and run
> screeming down the road.
>
> I swear this wasp must have been an inch long ,it were bloody HUGE. Lucky
> for me I left the door open and even luckier that ,even from 50 feet away, I
> could see the monster fly out and away.
>
> I don't like wasps at all ,at all AT ALL..
>
>

We've had some massive wasps in the last couple of weeks, buzzing
round the espresso trailer. And these are *big* - landing lights,
full weaponry, Merlin engines, the lot. They bounce off the fly
killer like it's a game or they are merely refuelling with mains voltage.

--
Regards,
Danny

http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site)
http://www.dannyscoffee.com (UK advert for my mobile espresso service)
http://www.malabargold.co.uk (UK/European online ordering for Malabar
Gold blend)
swap Z for above characters in email address to reply


 
I don't like wasps either! At work the other week, one was on my sleeve, I
flicked it onto the floor and stamped on it with my steel toe-caps. However,
it must have been lucky and went into the tread of my boot as about 30
seconds the bugger had crawled up my leg and stung me on the inside of my
thigh! Ouch! It could have been much, MUCH worse!

--
Wolverine
Big Red '93 110 CSW

"Rory Manton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> So I gets in my Series One , Daisy , starts her up and drives off, only
> this time ther is a loud intermitant buzzing in the cab. Looking around
> reveals nothing out of the ordinary and all instraments appear ok.
> Something catches my eye and it is then time to stamp on the brakes, jump
> out out and run screeming down the road.
>
> I swear this wasp must have been an inch long ,it were bloody HUGE. Lucky
> for me I left the door open and even luckier that ,even from 50 feet away,
> I could see the monster fly out and away.
>
> I don't like wasps at all ,at all AT ALL..
>


 
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:43:15 +0000, danny wrote:

> We've had some massive wasps in the last couple of weeks, ...

They'll be queens looking for some where nice to over winter. Have
queens got a sting? If they are really big, about 1 1/2" long, with
more orangy/brown stripes and a much lower tone of buzz then you have
hornets.

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail



 
On or around Fri, 12 Nov 2004 19:38:38 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:43:15 +0000, danny wrote:
>
>> We've had some massive wasps in the last couple of weeks, ...
>
>They'll be queens looking for some where nice to over winter. Have
>queens got a sting? If they are really big, about 1 1/2" long, with
>more orangy/brown stripes and a much lower tone of buzz then you have
>hornets.

Only ever seen one hornet, and that were in France. nasty big mean noisy
sod, flew in the open window one night. I swatted it, with a rolled up
magazine, and then lobbed it back out the window, and shut same, just in
case.

 
Rory Manton twisted the electrons to say:
> I don't like wasps at all ,at all AT ALL..

Reminds me of the occasion when my brother and I where driving my first
Landie (a V8-engined, half coil-sprung lightweight) up the M1 from Milton
Keynes to Bridlington. We got about 30 minutes up the M1, when there's
this buzzing sound and this wasp appears right between us heading for the
windscreen ...

Cue a swift detour onto the hard shoulder, by which time it had seemingly
disappeared ... So our journey resumed, me now equipped with gloves to
hit it should it reappear ... Which it did about 5 minutes later ...

I'm not sure what the people in the car behind thought, as it must have
looked like the passenger suddenly removed his seatbelt and tried to
punch out the driver! <grins>
--
These opinions might not even be mine ...
Let alone connected with my employer ...
 
Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Only ever seen one hornet, and that were in France. nasty big mean noisy
>sod, flew in the open window one night.

We have had lots of them this summer, I like them. They are much less
aggressive than normal wasps, just look more dangerous, due to size
and sound :)



regards - Ralph

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Me and U both mate, I have no probs with bee's, but have no real reason why,
but wasps of any size leave me cold... Why was the bugger alive this time of
the year anyway.. U may have the first SUPER WASP there... AAARGH


 
On or around Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:47:05 GMT, "Me"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Why was the bugger alive this time of
>the year anyway..

global warming.
 
On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 08:10:33 +0000, Austin Shackles wrote:

>> Why was the bugger alive this time of the year anyway..
>
> global warming.

Mrs Queen Wasp had found a nice place in your landy to spend the
winter. You come along to use her temporary home, you feel a bit cold
so you inconsiderately turn the heating on. This wakes her up...

What is it with people an wasps? The sting isn't nice, BTDTGTTS, but
they don't sting just for the hell of it. They sting if they are
threatened, like been sat on or trapped. They are also fairly
inquisitive creatures so waving your arms about screaming and shouting
makes 'em think "Oh whats that funny animal, must take a closer look"
where as if you keep calm and quiet they may have a quick buzz around
but then get bored and fly off looking for something more interesting
or edible.

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail



 
Mr.Nice. wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:22:46 -0000, "Rory Manton"
>
>>So I gets in my Series One , Daisy , starts her up and drives off, only this
>>time ther is a loud intermitant buzzing in the cab. Looking around reveals
>>nothing out of the ordinary and all instraments appear ok. Something catches
>>my eye and it is then time to stamp on the brakes, jump out out and run
>>screeming down the road.
>>
>>I swear this wasp must have been an inch long ,it were bloody HUGE. Lucky
>>for me I left the door open and even luckier that ,even from 50 feet away, I
>>could see the monster fly out and away.
>>
>>I don't like wasps at all ,at all AT ALL..
>
> the wife and the kids all go nuts at anything that flies and buzzes.
>
> They don't worry me but if one appears in the cab when driving the
> wife and kids all try to leap out, I usually manage to stop before
> they leap out... bonkers.

They're in good company. I haven't got many phobias, but I am absolutely
terrified of needles - and wasps come with a bloody great stinging one
as standard equipment.

I've been known to cross a classroom via the tables because one came in
through the window...

 
On or around Sun, 14 Nov 2004 10:03:37 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>What is it with people an wasps? The sting isn't nice, BTDTGTTS, but
>they don't sting just for the hell of it. They sting if they are
>threatened, like been sat on or trapped. They are also fairly
>inquisitive creatures so waving your arms about screaming and shouting
>makes 'em think "Oh whats that funny animal, must take a closer look"
>where as if you keep calm and quiet they may have a quick buzz around
>but then get bored and fly off looking for something more interesting
>or edible.

I've known the buggers sting pretty-much unprovoked.

besides, what *good* do they do?

I mean, bees make honey, flies eat sh*t, but wasps and 'orse-flies I've
never seen the point in. Nor mozzies, neither.

 
On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 11:58:04 +0000, Austin Shackles wrote:

> I've known the buggers sting pretty-much unprovoked.

Probably because your flapping your arms about and screaming.

> besides, what *good* do they do?

They are predators and scavengers, so they eat many garden pests and
tidy up carrion.

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail



 
On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 11:58:04 +0000, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On or around Sun, 14 Nov 2004 10:03:37 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>What is it with people an wasps? The sting isn't nice, BTDTGTTS, but
>>they don't sting just for the hell of it. They sting if they are
>>threatened, like been sat on or trapped. They are also fairly
>>inquisitive creatures so waving your arms about screaming and shouting
>>makes 'em think "Oh whats that funny animal, must take a closer look"
>>where as if you keep calm and quiet they may have a quick buzz around
>>but then get bored and fly off looking for something more interesting
>>or edible.
>
>I've known the buggers sting pretty-much unprovoked.

They generally sting me unprovoked! I was sweeping a drive the first
time i got stung!

A fair few of my mates are actually allergic to them too (the get them
to A&E pretty quick type of allergy) which makes me fairly biased
against them.
There were so many around this summer that you couldnt avoid them
round here (due the the last mild winter i guess).
I worked as staff on a scout camp. We cleared 4 nests out of a
landrover so we could move it, and i got pretty good at tying up bin
bags with the wasps still in them (a trailer full of buzzing bin bags
is quite wierd!). Got through a very large pack of fly spray stuff (if
you tape the top down and lob it into bins/cars it clears them well)

>besides, what *good* do they do?

They seem to eat anything sweet that is left wround.

>I mean, bees make honey, flies eat sh*t, but wasps and 'orse-flies I've
>never seen the point in. Nor mozzies, neither.


 

"Dave Liquorice" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 08:10:33 +0000, Austin Shackles wrote:
>
>>> Why was the bugger alive this time of the year anyway..
>>
>> global warming.
>
> Mrs Queen Wasp had found a nice place in your landy to spend the
> winter. You come along to use her temporary home, you feel a bit cold
> so you inconsiderately turn the heating on. This wakes her up...


Whats this *heating* thing everybody go's on about?

In a Series One?


 
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