So, Allan, do you get The Simpsons down under? Just curious.
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Bent <ajb@squirrel.com.au>
To: Dan and Louise Yates <yates@sk.sympatico.ca>
Cc: roadsters list <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: March 28, 2000 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: O.T. killer bees
> I just had a problem in my back yard with some "killer bees". These bees
moved
> into an old tree stump that is rotted out in the centre. I couldn't go
anywhere
> near my back yard due to the swarm out there. I did nothing about them,
naively
> thinking they might just go away, but then a couple of weeks ago I tried
> dumping some bug killer into the tree stump and a bee bit me right in the
> middle of my forehead (ouch!). That was it, no more mister nice guy, this
> called for massive retaliation. At night all the bees had returned to the
tree
> stump, I made my move. I got a container with about a litre of petrol (or
"gas"
> as you mis-guided Americans insist on calling it ;-) and poured it down
the
> hole in the top of the tree stump. I then stood about 10 feet away from
the
> stump, lit a match, and threw it into the hole. At about this time I came
to
> the sudden realisation that I had dramatically under-estimated the
explosive
> force of one litre of fuel down a tree stump. What I was expecting was a
small
> bang and possibly a few flaming bees exiting the hole, what I actually got
was
> a massive explosion, the shock wave was enough to knock me off my feet, a
> column of flame that looked like the after-burner on an F1-11 shot into
the air
> at least 20 feet high. One week later, the bruise on my backside is
starting to
> heal and I have regained hearing in my right ear, and guess what? No more
bees!
>
> Alan Bent - in sunny "bee-free" Queensland , Australia
> 1966 Fairlady SP311 - 1965 Silvia CSP311
> 1966 Fairlady SP311 - 1964 Fairlady 3 seater SP310
> 1964 Fairlady 3 seater SP310 - 1964 Cedric Wagon WP31
> 1963 Bluebird P312 - 1963 Bluebird P312
> 1963 Cedric P31 - 1964 Cedric Wagon 1964
> 1969 Super Six G130
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/3823/index.html
>
>
> Dan and Louise Yates wrote:
>
> > Heard on the news today about some old lady getting attacked by Killer
bees
> > in Vegas. Was wondering if this is making the roadster owners keep the
top
> > up or the pedal down? John, Kieth, keeping the bug spray handy?
> >
> > Dan Yates
>
>
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