B's Bee's and Bea's

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We have a little problem developing at our place with a variety of bee's invading our basement and setting up hotels inside our walls.

Now I'm not against bee's typically but when I literally have to duck and cover when I go in the basement and have wasps setting up multistory hotels in our intake vents and any other cracks and crevices in our house that is a different story.

Then we saw our neighbor outside with a can and he tipped over his child's play equipment which had a hive in it and he said there was also one in his grill . . . it was time to get serious.

I went to True Value and walked up to an empty shelf which used to contain Wasp and Bee killer. They said it was the same shelf that was emptied of mosquito spray earlier this summer.

It seems this time of year spiders and caterpillars and other insects are dieing leaving wasps and yellow jackets getting frantic for food to keep their queen alive.

Eric C. Mussen, a specialist on bees says that while stings hurt, bee's can actually bite people which is a much more bloody affair. His best advice is to STAY AWAY and wait for frost which will kill most. Bee's are attracted to food, trash, lights, pet excrement, dried leaves, overgrown shrubbery, or grease built up on a grill.
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I came in 3rd place in all three of my pools this week.

Packer game - I never saw the injury to Leonard Weaver on PHI - Did I miss it? They said that they showed the replay on the jumbo vision and several players became ill and others were praying on the field. I read on other forums and one guys wife actually threw up and on Football Outsiders Mike Tanier said he never ever wants to see that replay again.

And about the Lions/Bears. I've been trying to figure out how I felt about the apparent non-TD to win the game pass and wanted to wait.

Here is the interview with the ref that made the call.

Q. What is the rule used on the near-Detroit touchdown at the end of the game?
A. The ruling is that in order for the catch to be completed he has got to maintain possession of the ball throughout the entire process of the catch.

Q, He was on his behind before he rolled over. If he stayed on his behind, would it have been a touchdown?
A. No. We don't play with the two feet or one knee or anything of that scenario. We're talking now about the process of the catch. He's catching the football; as he goes to the ground, he must maintain possession of the ball throughout the entire process. So as he continues to fall, if he fell with two feet and his elbow hit the ground and came out, it would be incomplete.

Q. It looked like he had the ball up in one hand while on his rear end, but there was continuation?
A. Well, the process was not finished until he finished that roll and the entire process of that catch.
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OK - so the problem I have is that while you can run the ball and have 1 millimeter go over the goal line and then drop it for a TD. So is catching a pass SO different?

On one hand common sense says it was a Touch Down but on the other hand the Lions REALLY should have lost that game ANYWAY as they sort of suck more then the Bears suck.

And by the way = Packers are 13 point favorites next week.


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I'm voting for Neuman after work.  In fact many people are because Walker is SO over the top anti-government employee.  Barret in the real elections but I loath Walker for his double standards.  Walker is just another guy that induces fear for votes.

Remember - Walker was in charge of maintaining the Zoo Interchange in Milwaukee but because of government cuts they let it go!   Vote for Neumann to beat Walker and Barrett to beat Neumann if you are on the left and just vote Neumann to beat Walker if you are on the right!  
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Ironman has come and gone and one of my favorite past times the day AFTER Ironman is running up to one of them and pushing them over, then run like hell.  There is no way they can catch me.  It's like pushing over cows (I suppose).  In fact I had to laugh because I was standing at a light and there was a break in traffic.  I calmly jogged across the street and all the Ironman could only watch.

I met with an Ironman as he was looking to buy a 20x30 canvas images and there were some interesting things I did not know.

When they swim the 2.5 miles they do not use their legs.  They try to keep them still and ONLY use their upper body saving their legs for 125 miles of bike riding and 25 miles if running.   Those goofy socks they all wear are compression socks and most wear them for a day after the race to keel the acid from building in their legs.

The guy I talked to drank a gallon of chocolate milk after the race which seems to something a LOT of racers do.  Chocolate milk has been proven to be the best at replacing all the lost nutrients.

I HAVE to get down to Ironman next year and take photos - this is from Ironman village. Seems the participants LOVE Madison and some say that they have done a number of different Ironman's and this is the best once besides Hawaii.  

My friend (who purchased a huge canvas image) said he was from Denver and the hills on this course are way bigger then anything people in Denver can train on. He said remember - east of Denver is all flat and west is straight up hills.  No in-between.

I better get'r done today.

have a great Tuesday!