OT/ 2 surprises this morning

Nancy Howell · Sep 18, 2012

I keep a squeegie in my truck to clear the dew off the windows before I get on the road to work. Haven't had to do that more than a dozen times all spring and summer.

Surprise #1 - Went out this morning and had heavy dew on the truck.

Surprise #2 - Started the truck and turned on the defroster to keep the windshield clear. A yellow jacket wasp came out of the vent. Opened the door real quick and started to bail out, but the wasp flew out the door. Lucky for him. If he'd landed in a spot I could have got him, he would have died.

I have no mercy on wasps. I've been stung too many times without cause.

JDseller · Sep 18, 2012

Things flying out of the defroster vent makes me remember dating my current wife. It was in the fall like this on one of the first few dates. I was driving my pickup as I don't like driving a low car. I had ran it thru the local full service car wash. You know they sweep and clean the interior too.

We had a nice evening. She had on a real nice dress and had just got her hair all done. She looked real nice. When we came back out to the truck to go home after supper. I had to turn the defrosters on to clear the window. It had just started getting cold. When I turned them on all of the corn bees wings that had accumulated there all fall came out. There must have been five pounds of those things. The inside of the truck looked like one of those snow globes you used to shake up but with red corn fusses.

I found out she could cuss like a sailer when really PO. LOL Her new hair do was kind of messed up. She went out with me the next week BUT she made me drive the car. She was all ready starting to "train" me. LMAO. She says the project is still under construction even after 15 years.

Nancy Howell · Sep 18, 2012

On my first date with James, we were cruising around in his 57 corvette and got pulled over by the police. He had forgotten to turn the lights on! Of course the police officer just admired the car and let us go.

James was nervous because being our first date, he wasn't sure how I was going to react.

Couldn't help myself and started to giggle. That lead to a laughing spree by both of us. Really broke the ice and we had a nice evening.

oldtanker · Sep 18, 2012

My former sister in law had a bee get in her car. She didn't see it till she was on the road. She rolled her car in an attempt to kill it.......or at least that's how I understood it......she claims she was trying to kill it and rolled her car. She had minor bumps.....the bee flew away from the wreck.

Rick

Kirk Grau · Sep 18, 2012

My 20 year old daughter has a real irrational fear of stinging insects. Don"t know if that makes it a phobia, but she is pretty helpless/hopeless when she knows an insect is nearby. Wife was riding with her somewhere and a wasp found it"s way into the car or came out of hiding while she was headed down the road. Wife thought for sure they were heading into the ditch or oncoming traffic before the the offending insect was dispatched.

Kirk

Goose · Sep 18, 2012

A buddy of mine said if you want cops to come out of the woodwork, just drive down the street in a Corvette with the top down.

'Course when that particular guy drives down the street in ANYTHING, cops come out of the woodwork.

wisbaker · Sep 18, 2012

I was posted to Greece in 1988. We lived in a cantonment area about 10 klicks from the flightline, it was a remote assignment so we had government trucks to drive from detachmant to the flightline/area/command post. Three of us were in a pick up heading to work when a hornet/wasp flew into the truck and landed about 6-8 inches below the driver's belt buckle. In one motion that truck went from 60 KM/h to a dead stop, the seat belt came off and he bailed out of the truck, boy that was close. Still couldn't convince the Air Force that air conditioning was a safety feature.

Erik Ks farmer · Sep 18, 2012

My wife also has an irrational fear of stinging insects, she rode with to town in the grain truck, we dumped the load and stopped by the grocery store on the way home. (small town). We got back in the truck and headed home, I stopped at a stop sign and a wasp came out from under the seat, she bailed out and made me kill the wasp before she would get back in the truck.

Nancy Howell · Sep 18, 2012

I don"t have a fear of them, but I"m not staying in the truck with one unless I"ve got something to swat it with. If the wasp had not flown out on its own, I would have come up with something to assist it vacating my truck or it would have died.

I"ve been stung too many times for no reason. I no longer have any mercy for them. Even starting to carry a fly swatter in the truck at the farm.

Got stung two weeks ago on the upper arm. No reason, never even saw it land. Hurt for several hours. An area about 3 inches wide and 5 inches long turned red and puffed up slightly. Stayed red and puffy for about 4 days. Then would itch slightly every now and then. Place were it stung me is going to have a small scar.

SweetFeet · Sep 18, 2012

Nancy,

I don't blame you. When I was about 10 years old, I was swarmed by either wasps or hornets. Got zapped in about 8/9 places... have had a fear and dislike of them ever since.

RBnSC · Sep 18, 2012

About 10 years ago our daughter was receiving an award at the Christian High School She was attending. Of course I was running late and when I arrived I stuffed my shirttail in right before entering the auditorium and sat in the middle near the front. After a few minutes I realized I had stuffed more than I thought in the back of my pants. Not realizing yet that it was a bee, I tried to extricate it as inconspicuously as possible but I was not successful before it bit. Not wanting to embarrass My daughter I gritted my teeth and held in the scream and was able to squash and remove the bee with only two giggling young ladies sitting right behind me realizing that anything was going on. Strange but true.
Ron

Billy Shafer · Sep 18, 2012

I had a bee.Bounce into my truck. I though he was dead. But he woke up and I let him have the cab.

omahagreg · Sep 18, 2012

Plumber friend had an open bottle of pop in his van. Bee got in it, he did not realize, driving, took a sip-bee got in his mouth! Almost ended badly for all!

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