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Mark Edwards - 06 Aug 2006 19:54 GMT
Senyah was out to bible study yesterday, and it was nearly time for
her to get home. Which means nearly time for me to start supper.

So I look out the door to see if she's already home.

I open the door and see about a dozen wasps walking around the top of
the door. Yikes! So I go back inside, grab a can of bug spray, and go
bqck out, keeping a very wary eye on the wasps.

As I pull the door, it resists closing. I pull harder with no luck.
Finally, I open it a har to try again, and a grey streak - Little Boy
- runs past.

I spray down door, nearby walls and any wasps I see. Then I go
looking for Little Boy.

I know where he goes. He heads around the back of the building and
sits on the steps in the stairwell near our front door. So I go to the
front, find him in the bushes, and scruff him.

He cries a little - he's not ready to be caught (poor baby).

I bring him inside and check him out. No tenderness, so he appears to
be fine. So I hug him and kiss him and apologize for trying to smush
him in the door.

We finally end up in kissakitten mode, and he kisses back, grooms my
forehead and purrs deep in my ear.

Hugs and Purrs,
Mark
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Yowie - 06 Aug 2006 23:08 GMT
> Senyah was out to bible study yesterday, and it was nearly time for
> her to get home. Which means nearly time for me to start supper.
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> We finally end up in kissakitten mode, and he kisses back, grooms my
> forehead and purrs deep in my ear.

eeek! wasps! hate the creatures. And they always seem tot want to build a
net on our back door. Glad Little Boy (or you) avoided their wrath.

Yowie
Takayuki - 07 Aug 2006 01:11 GMT
>As I pull the door, it resists closing. I pull harder with no luck.
>Finally, I open it a har to try again, and a grey streak - Little Boy
>- runs past.

How scary!  How did he not get hurt??  I'm glad he's okay.

The last time I had a wasp problem, I thought I'd try a non-chemical
method, and set up a vacuum cleaner with the hose at the end of the
nest's entrance.  When I got a bagful of angry wasps, I'd put in a
paper towel soaked with rubbing alcohol, and then dump the bodies in
the yard.  Hate to do it, because it's great how wasps catch the more
pesky biting insects, but there isn't much choice when they decide to
make a nest in an inconvenient spot.
Mark Edwards - 07 Aug 2006 03:00 GMT
Mark Edwards <Mark-Edwards@comcast.net> wrote:
>>As I pull the door, it resists closing. I pull harder with
>>no luck. Finally, I open it a hair to try again, and a grey
>>streak - Little Boy - runs past.

No cluons were harmed when Takayuki <Takayuki9z@yahoo.com> said:
>How scary!  How did he not get hurt??  I'm glad he's okay.

I wasn't pulling with all my strength, and hadn't tried slamming it.
He just sort of pushed his way through.

>The last time I had a wasp problem, I thought I'd try a non-chemical
>method, and set up a vacuum cleaner with the hose at the end of the
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>pesky biting insects, but there isn't much choice when they decide to
>make a nest in an inconvenient spot.

There was a story, years ago, about how smart people do stupid things.

The guy in the story had used his vacuum to capture a big wasp's nest.
He then realized that he had a vacuum full of angry wasps - what could
he do to kill them?

He noticed the gas oven nearby, and decided to suck in natural gas. As
he was doing this, he thought, "I wonder how much gas it will take to
reach critical mass with the electrical motor."

At which point the vacuum exploded. But it killed the wasps...

Hugs and Purrs,
Mark
jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 07 Aug 2006 08:33 GMT
> There was a story, years ago, about how smart people do stupid things.

> The guy in the story had used his vacuum to capture a big wasp's nest.
> He then realized that he had a vacuum full of angry wasps - what could
> he do to kill them?

> He noticed the gas oven nearby, and decided to suck in natural gas. As
> he was doing this, he thought, "I wonder how much gas it will take to
> reach critical mass with the electrical motor."

> At which point the vacuum exploded. But it killed the wasps...

What I'd like to know is, how do we know it happened like this? :)

Joyce
Marina - 08 Aug 2006 06:07 GMT
>  > At which point the vacuum exploded. But it killed the wasps...
>
> What I'd like to know is, how do we know it happened like this? :)

I was thinking the same thing. Care to explain, Mark? ;o)

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polonca12000 - 09 Aug 2006 21:35 GMT
> Senyah was out to bible study yesterday, and it was nearly time for
> her to get home. Which means nearly time for me to start supper.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> the door. Yikes! So I go back inside, grab a can of bug spray, and go
> bqck out, keeping a very wary eye on the wasps.
<snip>
> I bring him inside and check him out. No tenderness, so he appears to
> be fine. So I hug him and kiss him and apologize for trying to smush
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> Hugs and Purrs,
> Mark

I'm glad he's ok and that he's forgiven you.
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek
 
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