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Not if you drive like an F1 woman, they end up brained on a track marshall along with the car... -
Me too. I was determined not to pass the fear onto my kids, so sit rigid with terror instead of doing the running away thing. They now chase them for me.Originally posted by stek View PostI have a fear of wasps and bees, they scare me shiitless, but after 50 years on this earth, never been stung.
My youngest however, was stung twice before she was two...
Basically, when one comes near you, run away in a panicky flap like a girl and they go away. Or maybe a human can run faster than a wasp can fly?
Tis what I do.
stek machine, zero stings.....Comment
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Does anyone else make wasp traps from old jam pots?
Leave a bit of jam up the sides, fill 2/3rds full of water and punch some holes in the lid.
Watch the little feckers get in after the jam but not able to escape they slowly get exhausted and drop into the water and drown.
Sounds a bit barbaric...How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Sounds like the sort of thing a completeOriginally posted by Troll View PostDoes anyone else make wasp traps from old jam pots?
Leave a bit of jam up the sides, fill 2/3rds full of water and punch some holes in the lid.
Watch the little feckers get in after the jam but not able to escape they slowly get exhausted and drop into the water and drown.
Sounds a bit barbaric...
would get up to. I see what you did there!
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