….that men’s Degree antiperspirant costs $2 less than the smaller sized woman’s Degree antiperspirant?
Nothing Much
GIANT BUGS
I guess its the summer for it.
That is a European Hornet. When you first see one it looks like a giant mutant yellow jacket. Thankfully their nest likely isn’t in the yard…..
A tip for spammers:
You MIGHT have better luck with your spam comments if you don’t start it out with an insult. Just saying.
FBI lock out virus or “OMG YOU DID SOMETHING BAD PAY US MONEY” virus
Because I’ve had the pleasure of dealing with three different computers with this virus this week. This is for windows folks, donno if Macs are affected, or how to help if they are…
There are multiple versions of this all with different screens, but in every case a “popup” takes over your screen and tells you that the FBI is aware that you have downloaded illegal files/music/porn/something and you need to pay money to get access to your computer back. In most cases if you have a webcam attached to the computer the virus will turn it on and say its recording you while showing the take from the cam on your screen, in every case using the Task Manager to try to get out of it won’t work. Just about the only thing you CAN do is power off your computer, and sometimes not even that. In one case I had to pull the power cord.
What has worked for me so far (this link details these instructions as well as other options in case this fails): put the computer into safe mode with networking (hold down F8 while the computer is booting till it gives you that option), download the free version of Malwarebytes from www.malwarebytes.org (last I checked the paid version was only $25, but don’t pay for it while your computer is infected please). Install Malwarebytes, and open the program, update the virus definitions, and then run a full scan. So far this is working on every computer I’ve tried it on. I’m about to go for number 4 cause my SIL just called me FREAKING cause her computer’s locked and it was recording her and “NORTON WAS SUPPOSED TO DEAL DAMMIT!!!!”
Anyway…..
An IDEA!!!
Bluesun, over at Dead Man Dance, saw something driving down the road….and I’ve decided that before Apollo starts shedding next spring I need something similer of my own. Apollo will love it, and I won’t have to do nearly as much brushing!! Just don’t pull in behind me, you might be blinded by the free flying fur!
Hornets are D E A D
And I’m SO glad we didn’t try to do it ourselves. The guy showed up with a power sprayer with a massively long hose that was attached to a resevoir in his truck, stood back from the nest a good 30 feet, and was STILL slapping at the hornets that made it past the spray. I took a quick look, the nest is demolished and there are dead hornets and eggs everywhere under it. To soon to tell if he got every single one, we’ll give it a day and then go out and cut down the nest and burn it (burn ban or not I’m not leaving it up).
For anyone in the Central NY area, I highly recommend Gannon Pest Control of Syracuse NY. The customer service was very good, and the guy showed up right on time. Their rate was less than 1/2 of what Orkin and Terminix wanted. No idea how far out from Syracuse they’ll go, but when I was setting up the appointment the receptionist made the comment he was headed to Oneida after us, which isn’t the shortest drive from Syracuse so they will travel some.
The dead nest:
Sitemeter, I think you’re in trouble….
A screenshot from my new Statcounter stats:
People searching for help on why their Sitemeter account is screwy, and has been for days, have hit my sitemeter posts 3 (almost 4!) times the number of people coming into the main page. Based on the comments I’ve been getting I’m not the only one who’s help tickets are being ignored either. Now I can believe they’re so over whelmed with tickets that its just taking time….except we’re talking basic coding issues here, basic MATH issues here, that tell me there’s a deeper problem than just data lost during a server move.
Wasps in the well pump.
We’re on city water, but when they switched the house over the owner at the time attached a manual water pump to the well. Its decorative, but it DOES work, and we try to keep in in repair as a backup water source.
We’ve been a bit neglectfull this year, and didn’t use it till a couple weeks ago. And sure enough the wasps have made a nest inside the thing (yes its wasps, not the hornets with the giant nest, thankfully). We’ve tried drowning the nest, repeatedly, but they just keep coming back. Needless to say this is not a spot where wasp spray is a good idea.
Any ideas as to how to get rid of the nest or are we stuck till it gets cold?