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Strat
I think yellow jackets are the meanest of all the flying beasties.....bar none.....I have them all around the lake, with wasps and dirt daubers....the YJ's are just mean, mean, mean...you don't have to do anything but wander out in the yard and they zoom in on you! I know of no positive impact or contribution to the environment they can plead....do you? As for your boy shennanigans....well, I was one of those girly girls who just did not get too rough....but, I did participate in my share of pine cone fights.....and, I was the neighborhood ace marble shooter when we were really young....so, the guys generally let me by without too much blood.....
posted by
Krisles
on January 25, 2008 at 10:51 AM
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strat
Tree forts? Yes! Caves? Absolutely! And I shudder at the memory (though I certainly didn't shudder at the time) of how we made bows and arrows with pliable branches and string, and how we let fly at one another from behind 'fortifications'. I marvel at the fact that nobody ever lost an eye...
posted by
Nautikos
on January 24, 2008 at 6:29 PM
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They can be real bastards, Wylie!
They're plenty aggressive -- the closest thing to killer bees I ever want to see!
posted by
strat
on January 24, 2008 at 9:13 AM
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Glad you got a kick out of it, Kabu!
I think the poem would go great with it!
posted by
strat
on January 24, 2008 at 9:12 AM
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I've done my share of running from yellow jackets, too, Whacky!
Roses and rawhide treats right back at ya'll!
posted by
strat
on January 24, 2008 at 9:12 AM
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Thank you, Sam!
Glad you enjoyed it!
posted by
strat
on January 24, 2008 at 9:11 AM
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Strat
Another great post my friend and I had a terrible situation with those 'yellow jackets' got about 100 stings and felt very sick for quite a few days.
posted by
WileyJohn
on January 23, 2008 at 10:32 PM
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Strat we should put my little poem with your masterpiece. This is
great. Skinned knees and bruises and playing outside with carefree abandonment. No, no one ever heard of suing and we used our own common sense not to swallow small parts of the meccano set.
posted by
Kabu
on January 23, 2008 at 10:28 PM
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LOL I can just see that kid running away from the yellow jackets!
Two roses
From me and
two more from Bo =^. .^= the wonder dog!
posted by
Whacky
on January 23, 2008 at 8:17 PM
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This was such a wonderful introspective write that entertained me so much. You are fantastic! sam
posted by
sam444
on January 23, 2008 at 1:23 PM
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Well, hi there, Soulbuilder!
Thanks for dropping by!
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strat
on January 23, 2008 at 11:22 AM
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posted by
Soul_Builder101
on January 23, 2008 at 10:59 AM
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