[BC] Engineering feats of note

[Ron Castro]

You sound like you need a case of Wasp & Hornet spray!  I can't say I've 
been stung by any of them, and I hope don't anytime soon...

Ron Castro
Chief Technical Officer
Results Radio, LLC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lamar Owen" <lowen at pari.edu>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 5:25 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Engineering feats of note


> On Thursday 19 May 2005 19:09, Ron Castro wrote:
>> What's the difference between a mud daubler and a wasp or a yellow 
>> jacket?
>> I have a feeling that they all sting about the same!
>
> Around here we call them 'dirt daubers' rather than mud daubers, but in 
> any
> case their sting isn't quite as painful (to me at least) as a baldface 
> hornet
> (black and white and mean all over) or the larger yellow jackets (there 
> are
> two varieties around here, one which is nearly as large as the baldface 
> B&W
> and hurt like crazy and another which builds in the ground, is smaller, 
> and
> doesn't hurt quite as bad).  None of the above hurt like a Japanese hornet
> would (big fat yellow-orange beasts that make a bumblebee look like a 
> small
> thing; I've never been stung by one, but I have talked to people who have 
> and
> they say there's no comparison to it from even the baldface B&W).  But the
> worst of all, which I've only seen a very few times, is what we call a
> blackjacket; mostly black with thin white and yellow stripes, and smaller
> than the ground dwelling yellowjacket.  The worst sting I ever have gotten 
> is
> from one of them, and they're not much bigger than a sweat bee.
>
> And I _have_ been stung by a bumblebee, and it's no fun, but not nearly as 
> bad
> as that blackjacket was.
> -- 
> Lamar Owen
> Director of Information Technology
> Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
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> Rosman, NC  28772
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