Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[SV650rules]

Originally Posted by punyXpress

They've been using flag signals on the railway near here !
And whose idea was it to save fifty quid by deleting the lightning conductor at the multi-million signalling centre for the whole of the LNER line ?
He / she deserves a gong!

Lightning strike will fry electronics, not like those old relays that would survive a nuclear blast.

[maviczap]

Parents that name their child Ambrose.

Said parent doesn't know how to keep their precious child under control during a flight.

You know the scenario!

[admin]

Originally Posted by maviczap

Parents that name their child Ambrose.

Said parent doesn't know how to keep their precious child under control during a flight.

You know the scenario!

I feel your pain. We had one of those in the shop the other day.

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[Sir Trev]

Wasps. We noticed a few over the last few weeks landing on and chewing our wooden patio chairs. Didn't think much more about it until today when I saw a few around the corner of our bedroom window. There is a small gap between the sofit and the window frame and they're heading in and out of it. Damn. Why do you always notice things like this on a Sunday just after the shops close...

[admin]

Originally Posted by Sir Trev

Wasps. We noticed a few over the last few weeks landing on and chewing our wooden patio chairs. Didn't think much more about it until today when I saw a few around the corner of our bedroom window. There is a small gap between the sofit and the window frame and they're heading in and out of it. Damn. Why do you always notice things like this on a Sunday just after the shops close...

Had a similar problem a couple of weeks ago. Neighbour suggested ant powder to get rid of them. Seems to have worked.

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Petrol!

I kid you not, the fumes kill 'em. Just don't smoke around the same time!

[Red ones]

Originally Posted by admin

Had a similar problem a couple of weeks ago. Neighbour suggested ant powder to get rid of them. Seems to have worked.

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Add I found out last weekend ant powder and wasp powder are the same stuff.

[Sir Trev]

Hmmm - good to know. We have some ant powder somewhere. Trouble is puffing it into the nest will be tricky as the entrance is vertical. My current client is just round the corner from a Bunnings/Homebase so I'll drop by on the way home tomorrow and get some spray so I've got both. All the YouTube advice is do it just as getting dark when they're all indoors for maximum killage. If they'd set up home somewhere in the garden i'd have just left them alone so it's their own fault.

[kaivalagi]

If it were me I'd be keeping a big chunk of blu tack or similar on hand and wearing gloves too....then get that hole plugged immediately after giving them the whole can

I was attacked by a swarm of wasps when I stood on a wood wasp nest when playing as a youngster, it was nasty enough to make me think twice about upsetting the blighters more than you have to! A a can of that stuff is gonna royally P them off!!

[shiftin_gear98]

Got to ride the bike today - to work! After 9 days off.
God I hate working.....