Well it's getting below freezing here (we had snow yesterday) so my hope is that I've blocked their way to the outside and their food? So they'll die off from starvation or weather? If it were April I'd definitely call the ex-terminator but it's October. It's slowing down, I only killed 8 yesterday.
By the way, Wasp Dust is illegal in Canada. I tried to order some from the States and they won't deliver here.
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:25 pm
by bfj
degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:12 am
I've got a wasp problem. They built a nest by the eavesthrough and through the siding into the insulation. I found the hole they were flying out of and sprayed wasp-repelent into it and plugged the hole 10 days ago with peppermint-laced cotton balls. So now they can't fly out to get food.
Problem now of course it that they now fly one by one into the house, through vents and light fixtures. So it's an ongoing war. Any solutions?
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 3:46 pm
by Pruitt
degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:10 pm
Well it's getting below freezing here (we had snow yesterday) so my hope is that I've blocked their way to the outside and their food? So they'll die off from starvation or weather? If it were April I'd definitely call the ex-terminator but it's October. It's slowing down, I only killed 8 yesterday.
By the way, Wasp Dust is illegal in Canada. I tried to order some from the States and they won't deliver here.
Get it taken care of or there'll be a nest in your house. Attic or wherever.
I can't believe that eagle held on that long. Tumbling like that has to be very dangerous for them. BTW, I do remember seeing years ago that golden eagles (I think that's what that is) will pick up relatively large goats for just a bit so they can drop them down the sides of mountains. Pretty metal.
That mellow soundtrack can't hide the horrors of that thing
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 1:08 pm
by tennbengal
This is pretty cool, actually
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 1:33 pm
by Steve of phpBB
Jeez how big is that thing?
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 3:47 pm
by sancarlos
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:10 pm
by sancarlos
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:14 pm
by Giff
Ok now make it do that thing where they fly off the back of the treadmill.
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:24 pm
by Johnnie
Comments are saying that slug is fake.
Thank Gawd.
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:54 pm
by Pruitt3
Johnnie wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:24 pm
Comments are saying that slug is fake.
Thank Gawd.
10 inches long seems to be its biggest size. Thank God
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 9:44 am
by Steve of phpBB
About ten minutes ago we heard a strange boom and this from what we thought was somewhere in our neighborhood. Now people all over Northern Utah are reporting that they heard/felt it too.
Could a meteorite do that?
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 9:57 am
by govmentchedda
Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 9:44 am
About ten minutes ago we heard a strange boom and this from what we thought was somewhere in our neighborhood. Now people all over Northern Utah are reporting that they heard/felt it too.
Could a meteorite do that?
A google search of prior Northern Utah booms seems to point to military training.
Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 9:44 am
About ten minutes ago we heard a strange boom and this from what we thought was somewhere in our neighborhood. Now people all over Northern Utah are reporting that they heard/felt it too.
Could a meteorite do that?
A google search of prior Northern Utah booms seems to point to military training.
Or nukes being set off by Russia with their new access!
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 12:50 pm
by HaulCitgo
Eventually there will be a very bad day
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:08 pm
by Steve of phpBB
Apparently meteor.
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 9:39 pm
by Johnnie
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:21 pm
by EnochRoot
The hippo tail wagging usually means poops will be-a-flyin'.
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:22 pm
by sancarlos
I kept waiting for them to bust through the support beams for the hut.
I have a friend who was doing a double handed race here in the Puget Sound who hit a whale while going pretty fast under a spinnaker. Launched him into the companionway and fucked him up pretty bad (couple of broken ribs, separated shoulder) and knocked the keel on his Farr30 loose.
I have a friend who was doing a double handed race here in the Puget Sound who hit a whale while going pretty fast under a spinnaker. Launched him into the companionway and fucked him up pretty bad (couple of broken ribs, separated shoulder) and knocked the keel on his Farr30 loose.
so a Farr30 is like $60K used. What does a keel repair like that cost? Insurance cover something like that or is that out of pocket repair/maintenance?
I have a friend who was doing a double handed race here in the Puget Sound who hit a whale while going pretty fast under a spinnaker. Launched him into the companionway and fucked him up pretty bad (couple of broken ribs, separated shoulder) and knocked the keel on his Farr30 loose.
so a Farr30 is like $60K used. What does a keel repair like that cost? Insurance cover something like that or is that out of pocket repair/maintenance?
I would guess it was in the $10K neighborhood for the repair job...resetting the keel, repainting the bottom, etc. Insurance will generally cover stuff like that.
I have a friend who was minding his own business in the Puget Sound who got hit by some assholes under a spinnaker. Pushed him under the surface while he was inhaling and fucked him up pretty bad (couple of broken vertabrae, separated fin). At least he knocked the keel on their Farr30 loose.
Re: Humans are Horrifying
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:09 pm
by EnochRoot
rass wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:03 pm
sportswhale dot net
I have a friend who was minding his own business in the Puget Sound who got hit by some assholes sailing a spinnaker. Pushed him under the surface while he was inhaling and fucked him up pretty bad (couple of broken vertabrae, separated fin). At least he knocked the keel on their Farr30 loose.
"The second pizza had just come out of the oven, and I was dipping a slice into some ranch dressing," Rodriguez said. "The back half of the boat lifted violently upward and to starboard."
"The second pizza had just come out of the oven, and I was dipping a slice into some ranch dressing," Rodriguez said. "The back half of the boat lifted violently upward and to starboard."
I will definitely drizzle shitty chain pizza with ranch. I'd probably dunk sailboat pizza in it.
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 12:47 pm
by govmentchedda
Neighborhood FB group (and Nextdoor apparently, but I'm not on there) reports 3 separate panther sightings in our neighborhood recently. I highly doubt it's more than a chonky bobcat, but I kind of wish I had security cameras now.
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 12:53 pm
by A_B
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 12:47 pm
Neighborhood FB group (and Nextdoor apparently, but I'm not on there) reports 3 separate panther sightings in our neighborhood recently. I highly doubt it's more than a chonky bobcat, but I kind of wish I had security cameras now.
Weird. I thought Toronto won that series.
Re: Nature is Horrifying
Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 12:53 pm
by P.D.X.
If they're as savvy as the ppl in my neighborhood groups, my $ is on bobcats.
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 12:47 pm
Neighborhood FB group (and Nextdoor apparently, but I'm not on there) reports 3 separate panther sightings in our neighborhood recently. I highly doubt it's more than a chonky bobcat, but I kind of wish I had security cameras now.
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 12:47 pm
Neighborhood FB group (and Nextdoor apparently, but I'm not on there) reports 3 separate panther sightings in our neighborhood recently. I highly doubt it's more than a chonky bobcat, but I kind of wish I had security cameras now.
Weird. I thought Toronto won that series.
They weren't reporting lightning strikes, AB.
Yeah but had the lightning won, the panthers woulda been in town last night!
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 12:47 pm
Neighborhood FB group (and Nextdoor apparently, but I'm not on there) reports 3 separate panther sightings in our neighborhood recently. I highly doubt it's more than a chonky bobcat, but I kind of wish I had security cameras now.
Weird. I thought Toronto won that series.
They weren't reporting lightning strikes, AB.
Yeah but had the lightning won, the panthers woulda been in town last night!
Ah yes, trying to block that out. Apparently doing a decent job of it.