What's scorching your groove today? - Page 14

ZenGum · 05-27-2010, 09:26 PM

LOL at UT's pic. Although those number eights aren't bound on properly.

Scrums are strange. I cannot understand how the necks of the front row players don't all snap immediately. I'm sure mine would.

monster · 05-28-2010, 08:15 AM

Today my groove is being scorched by mosquitos and my killer procrastinations skillz

monster · 05-28-2010, 09:07 AM

and house-eating bees.

squirell nutkin · 05-28-2010, 12:52 PM

We could do a naked dwellar calendar to raise money for the cellar, but who would we sell it to?

squirell nutkin · 05-28-2010, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

and house-eating bees.

Carpenter bees are most vexatious.

Griff · 05-28-2010, 05:24 PM

You have to admire their skillz though. Keep the wood dry friends...

limey · 05-28-2010, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Today my groove is being scorched by mosquitos and my killer procrastinations skillz

Nah. MY procrastination skillz are the BIZnisss!

toranokaze · 05-29-2010, 05:21 AM

Another sleepless night

monster · 05-29-2010, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

Carpenter bees are most vexatious.

Any advice? They seem to be under the eaves of bith ours and our neighbors' house --the houses are about 6 feet apart-- and we see sawdust on the plants below. We saw the neighbor and said , "hey look we have a joint ptoblem" and he said "oh yeah we've had it before, I'll have the mrs call the guy to smoke them out". great ...but then what? how do we stop the fuckers coming back again?

squirell nutkin · 05-29-2010, 10:32 PM

You can't. They drill a small ~10mm hole into your wood, they prefer unpainted wood, and they lay eggs or have sex or do whatever it is they do. Then the next year they come back from god knows where to the very same hole and do it all over again. The are persistent chaps.

The good news is the damage is a small ~10mm hole that doesn't go very deep. They don't cause structural problems like other critters and they aren't too keen on stinging.

We had a temporary roof over our porch for a year while we prepared for the addition being built. After we tore off the temp roof and built another story where it used to be, the bees kept flying around for days looking for the eaves that were no longer there.

But, whatever you do, don't get Mr. Jackson to come clear them out, as he never wipes his feet.

monster · 05-29-2010, 10:40 PM

Our eave is being pushed out, though -seems like they're building something under there....

lumberjim · 05-29-2010, 10:45 PM

i spray mine with hornet killer...... and caulk the holes

Undertoad · 05-29-2010, 11:23 PM

caulk!

squirell nutkin · 05-29-2010, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Our eave is being pushed out, though -seems like they're building something under there....

Might not be carpenter bees. I've never seen big nests, but who knows? I'd call a pro.

zippyt · 05-30-2010, 12:02 AM

Dirt daubers !!

05-27-2010, 09:26 PM	#196
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	LOL at UT's pic. Although those number eights aren't bound on properly. Scrums are strange. I cannot understand how the necks of the front row players don't all snap immediately. I'm sure mine would. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

05-28-2010, 08:15 AM	#197
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Today my groove is being scorched by mosquitos and my killer procrastinations skillz __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-28-2010, 09:07 AM	#198
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	and house-eating bees. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-28-2010, 12:52 PM	#199
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	We could do a naked dwellar calendar to raise money for the cellar, but who would we sell it to? __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

05-28-2010, 05:24 PM	#201
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You have to admire their skillz though. Keep the wood dry friends... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-29-2010, 05:21 AM	#203
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	Another sleepless night __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

05-29-2010, 10:32 PM	#205
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	You can't. They drill a small ~10mm hole into your wood, they prefer unpainted wood, and they lay eggs or have sex or do whatever it is they do. Then the next year they come back from god knows where to the very same hole and do it all over again. The are persistent chaps. The good news is the damage is a small ~10mm hole that doesn't go very deep. They don't cause structural problems like other critters and they aren't too keen on stinging. We had a temporary roof over our porch for a year while we prepared for the addition being built. After we tore off the temp roof and built another story where it used to be, the bees kept flying around for days looking for the eaves that were no longer there. But, whatever you do, don't get Mr. Jackson to come clear them out, as he never wipes his feet. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

05-29-2010, 10:40 PM	#206
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Our eave is being pushed out, though -seems like they're building something under there.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-29-2010, 10:45 PM	#207
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i spray mine with hornet killer...... and caulk the holes __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-29-2010, 11:23 PM	#208
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	caulk!

05-30-2010, 12:02 AM	#210
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Dirt daubers !! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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