Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

lostinrates

Ahhh, we have wasps in our bee hive. Its been a problem for a couple of weeks now but today is horrid. We have especially gentle bees bred for ease of numpty novice bee keepers like us I expect...I wonder if they are just TOO gentle to protect themselves against the wasps. They are so gentle that I have not been stung once this summer by them (been got a handful of times by the bees that live in our lawn) despite not once having suited up. Its not natural...I'm no bee whisperer!

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Ahhh, we have wasps in our bee hive.

Not sure why, but we have hardly any wasps here. I can't recall the last time I saw one. There's usually a few on the mouldy fruit, but not this year.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

hospital for old recently?

Olds both worked their entire lives, so paid in for decades.
Old ended in a charity hospice.

It also transpires that Attendance Allowance could have been claimed for over £20k in the past 10 or so years.... which wasn't ever claimed as they're not the claiming sort (nor knew about it, but just muddled along, cutting stuff out of their life as it was no longer possible).

PasturesNew

I've seen no end of wasps this year - more than I've ever been aware of before. They're everywhere.... even a sleepy one on the loo pedestal mat the other day.

wageslave

I am looking for the "slytherinsh" post and can't find it.

What a wonderful all encomposing word.

It describes half the people I know.

Unfortunately

Spirit_2

Another report of fewer wasps this year. We usually have loads but cut down the plum trees in the garden last year so I thought that was why we had less, but now I have had it brought to mind I realise that the greengages are wasp free and there is no signof the enormous european wasps(????) that have been here the last few years.

Might be safe for the Spirits to go out on a picnic at this rate.

lostinrates

Thinking about it we don't have many round the fruit trees. Perhaps they are all in the hive?

zagubov

wageslave wrote: »

I am looking for the "slytherinsh" post and can't find it.

What a wonderful all encomposing word.

It describes half the people I know.

Unfortunately

#2222
It does describe rather a lot of people I'm sorry to say. :mad:

zagubov

StevieJ wrote: »

What are your chances of making the ton?
Looks like the statisticians don't expect Armageddon any time soon I wonder why there is an anomaly at ages 82-83?

http://www.hl.co.uk/news/feature-articles/want-to-know-your-chances-of-living-to-100

Sorry StevieJ, I didn't answer your question. I'm guessing it's the Wall Street Crash. damaging nutrition and food supplies to infants/pregnant women/young mothers.

StevieJ

What are mewbie and AD called these days?