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pumpy wrote:Hope you are feeling o.k. especially the toes(bloody ouch!!!). We have a wasp nest in our loft,which i've never mentioned to my wife, as it appears to be dormant. However, having read your post, i think i'll get it sorted.

We had to pay £50 (flat fee from council) but the guy came out the same day, gassed them, dug the nest out, spread powder out and took the nest away....

Worth every penny, considering Rentokil or similar seem to charge the same, if not more!

OH is (still) sat on the sofa with his foot propped up, playing on his X-Box... he's actually getting quite good at whatever he's playing

Hugs and cups of tea all round.

I'd imagine a walking holiday might be pretty tough with a fractured toe (ouch) I am sure you will still manage some kind of trip though.

Happy vibes coming your way

Ann,....... don't mention the terms "fractured toe" & "trip" in the same post, unless, of course,your'e taking the pi**.

It was unintentional... I meant no offence

Hi, Masco&Bongo. D'ya think you can get over a fence,with that foot????

I'm glad to hear that it's wasps and not bees, since that would indicate a disturbing trend in bee behaviour. Sorry to hear about your encounter - the broken toes was a real stroke of bad luck.

I fractured my big toe one New Year (running down a rice paddy bank with my mother-in-law's dog), but still managed to go snowboarding in January by taping the toes up with wadding in between. It didn't hurt at all. You may still be able to make it.

In the summer hornets visit an old tree in our garden to eat the sap. Generally they're pretty docile, but occasionally the come and check you out by hovering 30 cm in front of your face. I don't like it when they do that.

Bloody hell Rod is that thing from jurassic park.

We had a hive of angry wasp/hornets which were roughly the size of a 50 pence piece in an olive tree next to the house last year. Not 100% sure what they are but neighbours all said a sting required hospitalisation. Until they were dealt with it made for a very nervy summer. Including one evening when I had to take husbands socks off the line to cover my legs and arms, teatowel on my head and a saucepan in my hand to swat them in order to get into the house.

Rod in Japan wrote:I'm glad to hear that it's wasps and not bees, since that would indicate a disturbing trend in bee behaviour.

So am I - I had been wondering about that...

contadina wrote:We had a hive of angry wasp/hornets which were roughly the size of a 50 pence piece in an olive tree next to the house last year. Not 100% sure what they are but neighbours all said a sting required hospitalisation. Until they were dealt with it made for a very nervy summer. Including one evening when I had to take husbands socks off the line to cover my legs and arms, teatowel on my head and a saucepan in my hand to swat them in order to get into the house.

Those were European Hornets, not strictly speaking wasps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_hornet

Vicious beasts, and they sound like a spitfire when they're flying.

I'm sorry to hear about your nasty encounter Masco & Bongo and I hope you both heal up soon - the poor dogs too! Seriously bad luck about the big toe. My sympathies.