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Date:         Sun, 8 Jul 2012 12:47:52 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Got wasps, yellow jackets, etc.?
Comments: To: Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
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At 12:01 PM 7/8/2012, Zeitgeist wrote: >My grandfather used to own a campsite down on the Cowlitz River, from which >we used to fish for salmon year round. In the Summertime he used to cut >the fillets out and then hang the remaining carcass over a bucket >half-filled with water and a dab of olive oil. The yellow jackets and >hornets would gorge themselves and then be unable to fly, and would >inevitably fall into the brink. It was a very effective measure to keep >them focused on something other than us.

This is arguably about camping and camping is definitely on topic, so I'm going to leave this thread open for now, if it hasn't already run its course. But the more camping/van related the better at this point.

Yours, d mod


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