Alpo Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 I decided to cut the front yard. I stepped in not one - not two - but THREE fireant mounds. Then when I brushed up against the azealas, a wasp hit the back of my hand. I can hardly wait 'til after lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Maybe you'd be better off staying inside with a cold one, Alpo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Probably need to go back inside, put your sleepwear back on, tuck yourself back in bed, and get back up after dark!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Thank you Alpo. I was just waxing eloquent a couple of days ago about missing North Carolina. Your post, Kit’s post about the hurricane and Trigger Mike’s post about humidity and firearms pretty much cured it for me... Thank You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Sorry to hear that, Alpo. At least you don't need to evacuate for the hurricane, yet............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Tell Mr. Murphy I said "Hello." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Fire ants suck. First I got into them was when I was in college in Austin circa 1981. I came out of my pants in the front yard in front of God and everybody. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 On 8/31/2019 at 12:54 PM, Blackwater 53393 said: Probably need to go back inside, put your sleepwear back on, tuck yourself back in bed, and get back up after dark!! Well, at least if he does this we get to see a study of all the nasty critters that comes out after sundown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Sweet anaphylaxis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 On 8/31/2019 at 10:08 AM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Thank you Alpo. I was just waxing eloquent a couple of days ago about missing North Carolina. Your post, Kit’s post about the hurricane and Trigger Mike’s post about humidity and firearms pretty much cured it for me... Thank You. My daughter and her husband just moved to North Carolina. I tried to tell them but they don't listen to me. Never did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 20 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: My daughter and her husband just moved to North Carolina. I tried to tell them but they don't listen to me. Never did. My wife and daughter don't listen either. When I'm proved right, I always ask them, "What do we say?" (Dejected voices), "The fat guy is always right." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: My daughter and her husband just moved to North Carolina. I tried to tell them but they don't listen to me. Never did. They’ll tough it out the first year under the delusion that “This is better because...” Then a Wolf spider will be found in the kitchen and when they go to kill it a hundred baby spiders will launch from Mama’s back in a hundred different directions... Then they will be cleaning gutters and encounter the seven foot long black snake that is sunning itself in the gutter... Then they will be restacking the wood pile and discover the nest of copperheads that moved in this past Spring... Then they will decide to wash their car in the yard to also water the lawn on a hot day and discover that fire ants like water but not flooding... I could go on, but why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 @Alpo, You need to order one of these to solve your ant problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 No, I generally do good enough with this. Problem is you have to find the mounds first. Second problem is that I found them with my feet - not with my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: They’ll tough it out the first year under the delusion that “This is better because...” Then a Wolf spider will be found in the kitchen and when they go to kill it a hundred baby spiders will launch from Mama’s back in a hundred different directions... Then they will be cleaning gutters and encounter the seven foot long black snake that is sunning itself in the gutter... Then they will be restacking the wood pile and discover the nest of copperheads that moved in this past Spring... Then they will decide to wash their car in the yard to also water the lawn on a hot day and discover that fire ants like water but not flooding... I could go on, but why? Sounds like here, but we got no copperheads. I'm told that of 23 native North American poisonous snakes we have 17 within a score or so miles of here. Almost five years and have to see even one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 3 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said: My wife and daughter don't listen either. When I'm proved right, I always ask them, "What do we say?" (Dejected voices), "The fat guy is always right." They moved there strictly because NC does NOT tax retired military pensions and Arizona does. BTW, the fat guy is not always right, but he's never wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: They moved there strictly because NC does NOT tax retired military pensions and Arizona does. BTW, the fat guy is not always right, but he's never wrong! I was stationed in North Carolina. Nice place, nice people, but I'll stick with Arizona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 10 hours ago, Alpo said: No, I generally do good enough with this. Problem is you have to find the mounds first. Second problem is that I found them with my feet - not with my eyes. Here in North Texas Ortho Max is much more effective at killing fire ants than Amdro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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