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Thu, 01 August 2013 22:53  |
Robin Hood
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Messing with the roof pod realy stirred 'em up. You can see them buzzing me
before I realized I was under attack. You can also hear me hyperventilating
and trying not to panic.
I don't know if I can adequately put into words the sheer abject terror
that thin-waised swept-wing flying insects instill in me.
I was too terrified to be able to sweep up the organic soupy gunk in the
botttom of the pod whilst being buzzed by wasps. A good portion of that
crap in the pod is made of drowned wasp corpses.
The day ended in failure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5FjeYldVVE
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Robin Hood
Jackson, MS
2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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| Re: [GMCnet] The Battle of the Roof Pod [message #216619 is a reply to message #216597] |
Fri, 02 August 2013 08:45  |
Kudzu
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That's come phobia you have - are you allergic? That get-up looked like
it could have been a full NBC suit. You should have set off at least one
bomb inside before you left. Thanks for the entertainment!
Dan in NC
1976 Eleganza II
On 8/1/2013 11:53 PM, Robin Hood wrote:
> Messing with the roof pod realy stirred 'em up. You can see them buzzing me
> before I realized I was under attack. You can also hear me hyperventilating
> and trying not to panic.
>
> I don't know if I can adequately put into words the sheer abject terror
> that thin-waised swept-wing flying insects instill in me.
>
> I was too terrified to be able to sweep up the organic soupy gunk in the
> botttom of the pod whilst being buzzed by wasps. A good portion of that
> crap in the pod is made of drowned wasp corpses.
>
> The day ended in failure.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5FjeYldVVE
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] The Battle of the Roof Pod [message #216626 is a reply to message #216622] |
Fri, 02 August 2013 09:27 |
Emery Stora
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1. I can't believe you made a 15 minute, 10 second video of this.
2. I can't believe I watched it.
3. Even funnier is that when I opened the front hatch yesterday to work on my air conditioner about 8 wasps flew out and kept buzzing around me while I hooked up my gauges. I was dressed in a short sleeve shirt and shorts. No protective helmet either!
I stopped and went in the house and returned with a can of Raid. That made short work of the critters. I looked under the top hinge area and found a golf ball sized nest. I pulled it out with a pair of pliers and tossed it on the ground. There were 4 wasps on it and it was full of larva. A good spraying of Raid took care of it.
Sorry you have your problem.
It was sort of comical to see you in your suit on top of the GMC and to hear you hyperventilating. Glad you didn't fall off the roof.
Why did you close the pod? The sun would have dried things out and wasps like dark places.
The bolts will be down in the channels at the bottom but from the looks if the pod you could probably just rip it off.
Don't release all 9 bombs in your GMC. You would have a hard time getting rid of the smell. One should do the trick.
Don't you have a friend or neighbor that could do this for you?
Good luck.
Emery Stora
On Aug 2, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Robin Hood <loxley@gmail.com> wrote:
> No I'm not allergic... Just irrationally terrified out of all proportion to
> the threat. :(
>
> I'm thinking up Plan B, though. :)
>
> On Friday, August 2, 2013, Daniel Jarvis wrote:
>
>> That's come phobia you have - are you allergic? That get-up looked like
>> it could have been a full NBC suit. You should have set off at least one
>> bomb inside before you left. Thanks for the entertainment!
>>
>> Dan in NC
>> 1976 Eleganza II
>
> --
> Robin Hood
> Jackson, MS
> 2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
> 1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
> 1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
> 1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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| Re: [GMCnet] The Battle of the Roof Pod [message #216630 is a reply to message #216626] |
Fri, 02 August 2013 10:02 |
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USAussie
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Robin,
When researching what kind of bug bombs to use against the brown recluse spider (BRS) Raid Fumigator (three bombs in one box) was
noted here.
I double checked with Raid customer service and they confirmed that it would kill the BRS. One bomb was good for 2650 cubic feet so
one can will do the trick in your GMC.
http://www.raidkillsbugs.com/fop_fum.asp
I bought it at Wal Mart.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/11045996?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227000000000&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=21486607510&wl4=&wl5=pl a&wl6=1988
0599990&veh=sem
Regards,
Rob M.
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From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org [mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Emery Stora
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 9:28 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] The Battle of the Roof Pod
1. I can't believe you made a 15 minute, 10 second video of this.
2. I can't believe I watched it.
3. Even funnier is that when I opened the front hatch yesterday to work on my air conditioner about 8 wasps flew out and kept
buzzing around me while I hooked up my gauges. I was dressed in a short sleeve shirt and shorts. No protective helmet either!
I stopped and went in the house and returned with a can of Raid. That made short work of the critters. I looked under the top hinge
area and found a golf ball sized nest. I pulled it out with a pair of pliers and tossed it on the ground. There were 4 wasps on it
and it was full of larva. A good spraying of Raid took care of it.
Sorry you have your problem.
It was sort of comical to see you in your suit on top of the GMC and to hear you hyperventilating. Glad you didn't fall off the
roof.
Why did you close the pod? The sun would have dried things out and wasps like dark places.
The bolts will be down in the channels at the bottom but from the looks if the pod you could probably just rip it off.
Don't release all 9 bombs in your GMC. You would have a hard time getting rid of the smell. One should do the trick.
Don't you have a friend or neighbor that could do this for you?
Good luck.
Emery Stora
On Aug 2, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Robin Hood <loxley@gmail.com> wrote:
> No I'm not allergic... Just irrationally terrified out of all proportion to
> the threat. :(
>
> I'm thinking up Plan B, though. :)
>
> On Friday, August 2, 2013, Daniel Jarvis wrote:
>
>> That's come phobia you have - are you allergic? That get-up looked like
>> it could have been a full NBC suit. You should have set off at least one
>> bomb inside before you left. Thanks for the entertainment!
>>
>> Dan in NC
>> 1976 Eleganza II
>
> --
> Robin Hood
> Jackson, MS
> 2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
> 1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
> 1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
> 1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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Rob M. (USAussie)
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'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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| Re: [GMCnet] The Battle of the Roof Pod [message #216631 is a reply to message #216629] |
Fri, 02 August 2013 10:07 |
James Hupy
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Robin, I watched part of your video on the great wasp interaction. What you
have from the video you produced is the plain old mud dauber wasps. If you
look at the nests in the video, you will notice that the larva have already
broken out from their enclosures and have flown the coop. These wasps will
buzz you, but rarely will sting. If you are as adverse to the critters as
you indicate in your video, enlist the help of either some of your less
skittish buddies, or the Orkin Man. You may have more than one type of wasp
present, and they like the roof top air conditioner covers to nest in as
well, so spray the crap out of them as well. Good Luck
Jim Hupy
Salem, OR
78 GMC Royale 403
On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Robin Hood <loxley@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Emery! :) I closed the pod because it rains all the time. I might
> give it a shot though.
>
> I could never do what you did. I'm not scared of snakes or spiders or
> heights or the dark.
>
> I don't think I'll use all 9 cans... I should hold some in reserve. :)
>
> On Friday, August 2, 2013, Emery Stora wrote:
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> > 1. I can't believe you made a 15 minute, 10 second video of this.
> >
> > 2. I can't believe I watched it.
> > (snip)
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> >
> > Emery Stora
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Robin Hood
> Jackson, MS
> 2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
> 1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
> 1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
> 1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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| Re: [GMCnet] The Battle of the Roof Pod [message #216632 is a reply to message #216631] |
Fri, 02 August 2013 10:20 |
Robin Hood
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Well, I know that the inhabited nest is paper wasps, and there's another
vacant paper wasp nest, both are under the hood. If I KNOW a mud dauber is
a mud dauber, I'm not quite as scared. But I rarely have that knowledge and
I don't see too well, which makes it even worse.
On Friday, August 2, 2013, James Hupy wrote:
> Robin, I watched part of your video on the great wasp interaction. What you
> have from the video you produced is the plain old mud dauber wasps. If you
> look at the nests in the video, you will notice that the larva have already
> broken out from their enclosures and have flown the coop. These wasps will
> buzz you, but rarely will sting. If you are as adverse to the critters as
> you indicate in your video, enlist the help of either some of your less
> skittish buddies, or the Orkin Man. You may have more than one type of wasp
> present, and they like the roof top air conditioner covers to nest in as
> well, so spray the crap out of them as well. Good Luck
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, OR
> 78 GMC Royale 403
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Robin Hood <loxley@gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Emery! :) I closed the pod because it rains all the time. I might
> > give it a shot though.
> >
> > I could never do what you did. I'm not scared of snakes or spiders or
> > heights or the dark.
> >
> > I don't think I'll use all 9 cans... I should hold some in reserve. :)
> >
> > On Friday, August 2, 2013, Emery Stora wrote:
> >
> > > 1. I can't believe you made a 15 minute, 10 second video of this.
> > >
> > > 2. I can't believe I watched it.
> > > (snip)
> > >
> > > Good luck.
> > >
> > >
> > > Emery Stora
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Robin Hood
> > Jackson, MS
> > 2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
> > 1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
> > 1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
> > 1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
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| Re: [GMCnet] The Battle of the Roof Pod [message #216633 is a reply to message #216611] |
Fri, 02 August 2013 10:31 |
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| Robin Hood wrote on Fri, 02 August 2013 07:34 |
Nah, you're thinking Stick Miller. I'm just the goofball with the video
camera.
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Dan Borlase <bord@shaw.ca> wrote:
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> Robin...you know that you have become the official GMC forums story tell'n
> comedian...thanks from all of us...!
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Robin - I wish I had you along to document some of the jams I get myself into. I'm working on my newspaper column right now, chronicling the 2nd summer trip.
I don't like stinging things either. Not sure I am quite as bad as you, but a paper wasp will bite the pee out of you.
There is a comedian on the radio that claims really to be afraid of bees. He says the only thing he hates worse is meter maids. "If only they were like bees - they write you a parking ticket and then die." Good stuff.
Stick Miller
'78 Royale - "White Trash" - she left me for another man
'76 Eleganza - "Cousin Eddie" Sold
'84 Bluebird Wanderlodge - "Past Tents"
Americus, GA
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| Re: [GMCnet] The Battle of the Roof Pod [message #216640 is a reply to message #216597] |
Fri, 02 August 2013 10:50 |
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Rule one when you're allergic to crunchbugs - as I am. carry your Epi-Pen.
Go get one of the insectr fog bombs which has a locking spray nozzle. Strt it and tyoss it in the pod, close the top after it.
Tomorrow, go open the pod and get the grot out of it.
If the wasp nest is other than inside the pod, locate it and commit chemical warfare on the inhabitants. I use knockdown spray from a distance.
--johnny
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On Fri, 8/2/13, Robin Hood <loxley@gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: [GMCnet] The Battle of the Roof Pod
To: "gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org" <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Date: Friday, August 2, 2013, 3:53 AM
Messing with the roof pod realy
stirred 'em up. You can see them buzzing me
before I realized I was under attack. You can also hear me
hyperventilating
and trying not to panic.
I don't know if I can adequately put into words the sheer
abject terror
that thin-waised swept-wing flying insects instill in me.
I was too terrified to be able to sweep up the organic soupy
gunk in the
botttom of the pod whilst being buzzed by wasps. A good
portion of that
crap in the pod is made of drowned wasp corpses.
The day ended in failure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5FjeYldVVE
--
Robin Hood
Jackson, MS
2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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| Re: [GMCnet] The Battle of the Roof Pod [message #216667 is a reply to message #216622] |
Fri, 02 August 2013 13:33 |
jhbridges
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Oh OK. I'm allergic to yellowjackets - dion't like wasps but the few times I've got stung they didn't make me swell up. Ywllowjackets do.
--johnny
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On Fri, 8/2/13, Robin Hood <loxley@gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] The Battle of the Roof Pod
To: "gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org" <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Date: Friday, August 2, 2013, 2:08 PM
No I'm not allergic... Just
irrationally terrified out of all proportion to
the threat. :(
I'm thinking up Plan B, though. :)
On Friday, August 2, 2013, Daniel Jarvis wrote:
> That's come phobia you have - are you allergic? That
get-up looked like
> it could have been a full NBC suit. You should have set
off at least one
> bomb inside before you left. Thanks for the
entertainment!
>
> Dan in NC
> 1976 Eleganza II
>
>
>
--
Robin Hood
Jackson, MS
2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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| Re: [GMCnet] The Battle of the Roof Pod [message #216697 is a reply to message #216597] |
Fri, 02 August 2013 15:42 |
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God bless you.
If only I was closer.
I'd be there in a flash to help you
Howard
Alpine Ca.
All is well with my Lord
On Aug 2, 2013, at 8:50 AM, Johnny Bridges <jhbridges@ymail.com> wrote:
> Rule one when you're allergic to crunchbugs - as I am. carry your Epi-Pen.
> Go get one of the insectr fog bombs which has a locking spray nozzle. Strt it and tyoss it in the pod, close the top after it.
> Tomorrow, go open the pod and get the grot out of it.
> If the wasp nest is other than inside the pod, locate it and commit chemical warfare on the inhabitants. I use knockdown spray from a distance.
>
> --johnny
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 8/2/13, Robin Hood <loxley@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Subject: [GMCnet] The Battle of the Roof Pod
> To: "gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org" <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
> Date: Friday, August 2, 2013, 3:53 AM
>
> Messing with the roof pod realy
> stirred 'em up. You can see them buzzing me
> before I realized I was under attack. You can also hear me
> hyperventilating
> and trying not to panic.
>
> I don't know if I can adequately put into words the sheer
> abject terror
> that thin-waised swept-wing flying insects instill in me.
>
> I was too terrified to be able to sweep up the organic soupy
> gunk in the
> botttom of the pod whilst being buzzed by wasps. A good
> portion of that
> crap in the pod is made of drowned wasp corpses.
>
> The day ended in failure.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5FjeYldVVE
>
> --
> Robin Hood
> Jackson, MS
> 2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
> 1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
> 1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
> 1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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| Re: [GMCnet] The Battle of the Roof Pod [message #216707 is a reply to message #216697] |
Fri, 02 August 2013 20:21 |
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I think your initial thought was right - wrap that thing and light off a bomb, or two. That will calm your nerves. Then get that beauty on the road.
FYI - my paint looked somewhat like yours - nearly white - but we took it to the local car wash and had it detailed. The Imron paint popped right back to 1976!
Good luck - I, too, wish I could help. Pesky stingers annoy me, but that’s about it.
Larry Davick
A Mystery Machine
1976(ish) Palm Beach
Fremont, CA
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5FjeYldVVE
>>
>> --
>> Robin Hood
>> Jackson, MS
>> 2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
>> 1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
>> 1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
>> 1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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