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WT Sharpe · 07-14-2010, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

That conex is all metal I hope!

Yes, it's one of those large ones about the size of a freight car on a train.

yvanleterrible · 07-14-2010, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

OK, I give up. What is a conex?

Shipping container.

WT Sharpe · 07-14-2010, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

OK, I give up. What is a conex?

It's a large metal box with doors on either end used for storage or sometimes as a mobile office.

Here's a picture of a typical one:

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yvanleterrible · 07-14-2010, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

The section of the metal door they're in is entirely enclosed by thick metal. Wonder what a firecracker would do if thrown into their happy home? The steel's too think to be affected, but it should play havoc with the nest.

Do wasps have eardrums?

I guess a good sized fire cracker inside the door could generate a powerful enough shockwave to knock most wasps out.
It'll also lead the MPs straight to you...

recluse · 07-14-2010, 08:13 PM

Hairspray, Tom.
Aerosol hairspray.

Dual action.
Straight out of the can, it cripples the wasps. Like dipping them in varnish.
If you feel sadistic, it is not only highly flammable, it sticks like napalm.

WT Sharpe · 07-14-2010, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by recluse

Hairspray, Tom.
Aerosol hairspray.

Dual action.
Straight out of the can, it cripples the wasps. Like dipping them in varnish.
If you feel sadistic, it is not only highly flammable, it sticks like napalm.

Wonderful idea. Setting it on fire wouldn't be necessary.

WT Sharpe · 07-14-2010, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I guess a good sized fire cracker inside the door could generate a powerful enough shockwave to knock most wasps out.
It'll also lead the MPs straight to you...

I'd never actually do any of the those things, but it's nice to dream!

But if the wasps around the house ever give me a reason to, look out! So far I haven't bothered them, because they haven't bothered me.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 07-14-2010, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Shipping container.

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

It's a large metal box with doors on either end used for storage or sometimes as a mobile office.

Here's a picture of a typical one:

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Ahhh thank you

We tend to call them shipping containers here. One place I did some part time work for extended their warehouse space by having three of those things!

I've seen some fairly stunning pics of houses etc made out of them, too

yvanleterrible · 07-14-2010, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Ahhh thank you

We tend to call them shipping containers here. One place I did some part time work for extended their warehouse space by having three of those things!

I've seen some fairly stunning pics of houses etc made out of them, too

Conex is military jargon for container express.

I've seen beautiful houses made from them too. So much so that you wouldn't have guessed what they were build of.

kennyc · 07-14-2010, 08:42 PM

I didn't know that's what it was called but the ground processing system for the now retired SR-71 which I worked on many years back was designed to be crated up and air dropped to virtually anywhere in the world. Probably in those containers I presume...

nomesque · 07-14-2010, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Not that I'd want guns in the workplace, but a BB gun would be fun. I'd take out wasps with it, when I wasn't firing on the conex box door they're lodged in just to aggravate them!

I'd LOVE a BB gun to use in the office. For valid concerns only, of course...

As to what I'm doing... listening to The Clash's Know Your Rights.

I LOVE the sarcasm.

DMcCunney · 07-14-2010, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Conex is military jargon for container express.

I've seen beautiful houses made from them too. So much so that you wouldn't have guessed what they were build of.

Sun Microsystems was offering a data center in a box. It was a shipping container like that, with racks and your choice of servers installed. Plunk it down where you wanted it, connect it to water and power lines, and Voila! A functioning "lights out" data center.

A friend of mine was planning to get a shipping container for property he and his wife owned in update NY to house his library. Shelves, fluorescent lighting, and he'd be good to go.
______
Dennis

kennyc · 07-14-2010, 08:57 PM

Okay so time for full disclosure. When I was a kid one of my favorite things to do (my brother as well) was to kill yellow-jackets (wasps) with our bb guns. They would make nests (sometimes huge ones) under the eves of the house and we'd spend hours shooting them until they were all dead and gone.....don't remember every getting stung, but many exciting "run-aways!" I even wrote a poem about it (GeoffC You around?

).

http://www.kacweb.com/poems/gettingthejobdone.html

Getting the Job Done

Sometimes it would take days to get the job done
and you had to be a good shot; to hit
the remaining one yellow jacket
as it scrabbled on its grey paper nest.

Even then you'd need to keep shooting
'til the white-topped egg chamber nest
loosened from the farmhouse eave and fell
tattered to the ground.

Daddy had no time to waste on such things
he'd fill a tin can to the top
with gasoline siphoned from the black Chevy truck
using part of a green garden hose.

They'd die in an instant, absolute zero,
all motion stopped and
drip to the ground fetal-like
in tiger-striped crisp crescent arcs.

It was all so fast, way too fast,
for boys in the summertime sun.
Our first shot brought the swarm alive.
Attack! Attack! Attack!

They'd sometimes chase us into the house
behind the protective screen door.
We'd wait til they calmed, then sneak back up
and let them have it again

After a bit, an hour or so,
they'd not even respond,
building their nest, laying their eggs
as bb's picked them off one-by-one.

But even then an angry rogue might say
enough is enough and mount a solo attack.
He'd chase us off, but we'd be back
cocking our Daisys and letting them have it again

Kenny A. Chaffin - 2/16/01

DMcCunney · 07-14-2010, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by nomesque

I'd LOVE a BB gun to use in the office. For valid concerns only, of course...

How about one of these?
______
Dennis

kennyc · 07-14-2010, 09:02 PM

$500! You've got to be kidding, you can buy a REAL gun for that!

07-14-2010, 08:13 PM	#19040
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	Hairspray, Tom. Aerosol hairspray. Dual action. Straight out of the can, it cripples the wasps. Like dipping them in varnish. If you feel sadistic, it is not only highly flammable, it sticks like napalm.

07-14-2010, 08:42 PM	#19045
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,907 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I didn't know that's what it was called but the ground processing system for the now retired SR-71 which I worked on many years back was designed to be crated up and air dropped to virtually anywhere in the world. Probably in those containers I presume...

07-14-2010, 08:57 PM	#19048
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,907 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Okay so time for full disclosure. When I was a kid one of my favorite things to do (my brother as well) was to kill yellow-jackets (wasps) with our bb guns. They would make nests (sometimes huge ones) under the eves of the house and we'd spend hours shooting them until they were all dead and gone.....don't remember every getting stung, but many exciting "run-aways!" I even wrote a poem about it (GeoffC You around? ). http://www.kacweb.com/poems/gettingthejobdone.html *Getting the Job Done* Sometimes it would take days to get the job done and you had to be a good shot; to hit the remaining one yellow jacket as it scrabbled on its grey paper nest. Even then you'd need to keep shooting 'til the white-topped egg chamber nest loosened from the farmhouse eave and fell tattered to the ground. Daddy had no time to waste on such things he'd fill a tin can to the top with gasoline siphoned from the black Chevy truck using part of a green garden hose. They'd die in an instant, absolute zero, all motion stopped and drip to the ground fetal-like in tiger-striped crisp crescent arcs. It was all so fast, way too fast, for boys in the summertime sun. Our first shot brought the swarm alive. Attack! Attack! Attack! They'd sometimes chase us into the house behind the protective screen door. We'd wait til they calmed, then sneak back up and let them have it again After a bit, an hour or so, they'd not even respond, building their nest, laying their eggs as bb's picked them off one-by-one. But even then an angry rogue might say enough is enough and mount a solo attack. He'd chase us off, but we'd be back cocking our Daisys and letting them have it again Kenny A. Chaffin - 2/16/01

07-14-2010, 09:02 PM	#19050
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,907 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	$500! You've got to be kidding, you can buy a REAL gun for that!