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The vet told me only give Rocky green beans and carrots for treats. Rocky said in dog language screw her. So I put a few out just in case he changes his mind. Then I give him something he likes.

A note to would be drone operators. Get some training. Know your machine before you send it out of sight. My brother in law's son flew one for the first time today. He lost it. I don't know who owned it or what it cost. I have seen some advertised for about $800.

Tomorrow I am going to caulk up the facia board and flashing for my neighbor. The holes and cracks are not so large and it's for a run less than ten feet long. It's just that red wasps have nested behind the board. She has been spraying them for at least two weeks, but they have an operation in there that produces offspring by the dozen. These are the most aggressive wasps in our area. Sometimes they go berserk for a reason nobody can decipher. I recall an incident some years ago, when I was doing make readies at the apartments. I went on the patio and began sweeping the deck. It was mostly dirt and a few leaves, nothing major. No wasps were in sight. Suddenly they began pouring out of a crack in the siding, heading for me. I jumped inside and shut them out. They continued flying and attacking everything on that patio. Even spots of paint. The front door was within three feet of the patio, so, leaving to fetch back some poison was out of the question. After a long wait I called my work partner and got him to bring some cans of spray and rescue me. I don't anticipate such a reception tomorrow.

I must have looked like King Kong getting buzzed by military biplanes this morning. I caulked the boards and metal among the crazy wasps and I also ran up and down the ladder to avoid getting stung. A few brushed my face and arm, but none stung me. My neighbor told me she could paint it later, but I kind of doubt she will. I told her I would not mind coming back if she needed me to do it for her.

I was worried about that, sorry I didn't post to say so.

I had a formative experience with my mother in the back seat of our car having a hornet fly in on the highway from Ohio to Chicago and sting her. My dad managed to get her to a south Chicago hospital, where they gave her aspch, or initials or words to that affect - long time ago but I almost remember.

Working at the same place, I once pissed off a bumblebee. Never knew how. It stung me and then hovered above me, signalling it was not yet done. It chased me from the retainer pond all the way out on the parking lot. Somewhere in there it stung me a second time. I went to the shop and got four cans of spray poison and set out to murder that thing. I figured where it possibly lived and used up a lot of poison, but never did find it. The sting was no worse than that delivered by a red wasp.

Two weeks ago mr. g'bag tried to pull some weeds and discovered a bunch of yellow jackets. They stung about 8 different places leaving red marks in a white circle within another red spot. I gave him some Benadryl and cold compresses for the stings and it lessened after about 3 days, then the following Thursday the stings lit up again and this time the doctor gave him some steroids that cleared it up within about 4 days. I've never known a bee sting to go away then come back. Has this ever happened to anyone here?

I am fortunate in that I don't seem to be allergic. The evidence of the stings goes away after an hour or so. Even the time I received multiple scorpion stings, it was the same.

Cut my hair this evening. It's stiffer and thicker than Rocky's. Bristles out in every direction. With a sheen on top, where it went AWOL.

Can't you call them back for duty? I've seen tv ads for it.

Some of my health routines have actually put a fuzz on the bald parts. So far it doesn't turn into healthy growth. I am not vain enough to search for a cure for it, however.

That's the way I feel. I'm the product of all my ancestors. I am what I is.
At least I've been able to live a relatively healthy life for the past 81 years except for my bout with my kidneys failing on me. I'm not even on dialysis any more; somewhat of a miracle, I'm told.

I don't know anybody else that started dialysis and then didn't need it anymore. You must have a strong constitution.

Whatever it is, my sister tells me it's because she prays for me. She knows I'm an atheist.

Ah. The key ingredient. Hadn't thought of that.

Red wasps are incredibly resourceful. Strong, too. They breached my line of caulk at one point and they had to push up the metal flashing a bit. I resealed the area and continued the line of caulk all the way to the end of the facia. I had initially wanted to do the entire crack, but the neighbor lady had instructed me to stop in line with a window's edge. Her roof material is standing seam and it is above my work, with no filler strips in the holes where the roofing passes over the wall. I am waiting now to see if they find a way through any of the holes.

I had been paying about $25 apiece for my dog's favorite squeaky toy. He has worn out two. Well, I found the same toy by the same manufacturer on line for less than ten dollars, new. With postage, it was thirteen. So, when it got here by regular mail yesterday, Rocky was all over me as I sat down to open it up. He knew immediately what it was, still in the envelope. As I opened the envelope and began taking it out of the packaging, he did his best to wrest it from my hands. He has not let it out of his sight since he received it and the old one is nowhere to be seen.

<still interested, along with you, re how this comes out>

Rocky is a hell of a smart doggie.

Hmm, how to spell, doggie or doggy?