What Gives?

[Steven Alm]

testing 1, 2, 3... is this thing on?

I've only gotten 6 posts in 3 days.  I posted two messages two days ago that
never showed up.

Slim
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[jlock]

At 07:59 PM 7/13/2008 -0500, Steven Alm wrote:

>testing 1, 2, 3... is this thing on?
>
>I've only gotten 6 posts in 3 days.  I posted two messages two days ago that
>never showed up.

The list appears to be working OK.  If you only seem to get
intermittent e-mails, the first thing to check is any spam filters
that may be in place on your computer or your ISP or e-mail
service.  Check the junk boxes.  If you have your filters set to
delete caught spam, you'll never know what you're missing.

If you are still missing e-mails, contact me directly and give me
some details like approx. date and time of messages you sent and how
you sent them.  There is always the possibility that some IP blocks
are in place somewhere and I'll need the technical details to track that down.

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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[R22RumRunner]

John,
Slims problem is that he's using one of those Apple computers.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 7/14/2008 8:46:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jlock@... writes:

At 07:59  PM 7/13/2008 -0500, Steven Alm wrote:

>testing 1, 2, 3... is this  thing on?
>
>I've only gotten 6 posts in 3 days.  I posted  two messages two days ago that
>never showed up.

The list appears  to be working OK.  If you only seem to get
intermittent e-mails, the  first thing to check is any spam filters
that may be in place on your  computer or your ISP or e-mail
service.  Check the junk boxes.   If you have your filters set to
delete caught spam, you'll never know what  you're missing.

If you are still missing e-mails, contact me directly  and give me
some details like approx. date and time of messages you sent  and how
you sent them.  There is always the possibility that some IP  blocks
are in place somewhere and I'll need the technical details to track  that
down.

Cheers!

John Lock
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Lake Sinclair,  GA
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[Steven Alm]

Heading out this morning for a 5-day trip down the Mississippi River.  Maybe
my Mac will feel better after I get back.  Bye for now.
Slim

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 8:46 AM, <R22RumRunner@...> wrote:

> John,
> Slims problem is that he's using one of those Apple computers.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 7/14/2008 8:46:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jlock@... writes:
>
> At 07:59  PM 7/13/2008 -0500, Steven Alm wrote:
>
> >testing 1, 2, 3... is this  thing on?
> >
> >I've only gotten 6 posts in 3 days.  I posted  two messages two days ago
> that
> >never showed up.
>
> The list appears  to be working OK.  If you only seem to get
> intermittent e-mails, the  first thing to check is any spam filters
> that may be in place on your  computer or your ISP or e-mail
> service.  Check the junk boxes.   If you have your filters set to
> delete caught spam, you'll never know what  you're missing.
>
> If you are still missing e-mails, contact me directly  and give me
> some details like approx. date and time of messages you sent  and how
> you sent them.  There is always the possibility that some IP  blocks
> are in place somewhere and I'll need the technical details to track  that
> down.
>
> Cheers!
>
> John Lock
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> Lake Sinclair,  GA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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[Robert Skinner]

Slim and John,

I had to buy a new Vista laptop last week, and my venerable
and well understood WIN2K won't run on it - no drivers for
the new devices.  (Yeah, Slim, I believe you have a MAC,
but read on...)  I also had to migrate to new email and
browser packages - the ones I knew and loved got left in the
dust as MS beefed up their access control algorithms.

The fun began when I found that I had to actively disable the
heuristic spam filters in the email package.  After a few hours
trying to tune the email spam checker, I decided to disable it
all together.  John's point is substantiated - at least in my case.

In Slim's case, perhaps an automatic update or a slip of the
mouse changed a setting, or his "smart" email decided it didn't
like some aspect of some Rhodes messages.

In any case, Slim, good luck in your battle with errant electrons!

/Robert
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John Lock wrote:

> At 07:59 PM 7/13/2008 -0500, Steven Alm wrote:
>
>  
>> testing 1, 2, 3... is this thing on?
>>
>> I've only gotten 6 posts in 3 days.  I posted two messages two days ago that
>> never showed up.
>>    
>
> The list appears to be working OK.  If you only seem to get
> intermittent e-mails, the first thing to check is any spam filters
> that may be in place on your computer or your ISP or e-mail
> service.  Check the junk boxes.  If you have your filters set to
> delete caught spam, you'll never know what you're missing.
>
> If you are still missing e-mails, contact me directly and give me
> some details like approx. date and time of messages you sent and how
> you sent them.  There is always the possibility that some IP blocks
> are in place somewhere and I'll need the technical details to track that down.
>
> Cheers!
>
> John Lock
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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[jlock]

At 04:31 PM 7/14/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>The fun began when I found that I had to actively disable the
>heuristic spam filters in the email package.  After a few hours
>trying to tune the email spam checker, I decided to disable it
>all together.  John's point is substantiated - at least in my case.

It's a shame that Vista is being crammed down our (Windows users)
collective throats.  It's just about the same as installing a virus
willfully on your machine.

For Windows e-mail I strongly recommend Thunderbird.  It's free and
the spam filters (once trained) are very, very good.  If you gotta
change e-mail software anyway, cut the MS cord and get something
really useful - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

P.S. If your feeling adventurous, try the Eudora 8.0 beta
software.  That's the beginnings of the planned merge of Eudora and
Thunderbird.  You can read more at http://www.eudora.com/betas/

Cheers!

John Lock
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Lake Sinclair, GA
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[Robert Skinner]

John, et al.,

When I brought Vista into the house, the dogs howled, the toilets
backed up, and the flowers wilted.  And I am now committed to
and using OpenOffice.org, Thunderbird, and Firefox as the basic
capabilities, with Gimp and others as the second wave.

I was able to migrate my email address lists, folder structure, filters,
and 7 years of email history from Netscape to Thunderbird, and
extensive bookmarks and their folder structure from Opera to
Firefox.

I am happy to report that information gleaned from the traffic on
this list contributed greatly to the choice of program packages that
serve as the basis of liberation from MS and preparation for a leap
to LINUX.

The next major phase of this transmogrification is the use of a
virtual machine package to divorce applications from a direct
dependence on Vista.

Excelsior!  And thank you all,
/Robert
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John Lock wrote:

> At 04:31 PM 7/14/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>  
>> The fun began when I found that I had to actively disable the
>> heuristic spam filters in the email package.  After a few hours
>> trying to tune the email spam checker, I decided to disable it
>> all together.  John's point is substantiated - at least in my case.
>>    
>
> It's a shame that Vista is being crammed down our (Windows users)
> collective throats.  It's just about the same as installing a virus
> willfully on your machine.
>
> For Windows e-mail I strongly recommend Thunderbird.  It's free and
> the spam filters (once trained) are very, very good.  If you gotta
> change e-mail software anyway, cut the MS cord and get something
> really useful - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
>
> P.S. If your feeling adventurous, try the Eudora 8.0 beta
> software.  That's the beginnings of the planned merge of Eudora and
> Thunderbird.  You can read more at http://www.eudora.com/betas/
>
> Cheers!
>
> John Lock
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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[mputnam1]

Hi everyone,

I have one of my once-every-four-months questions.?

I haven't been able to be on the boat much of this summer for work reasons and I recently went down to check on it and found that it has become "infested" (maybe too strong a word) with mud dawbers (or wasp dawbers or dirt dawbers, depending on who you ask) ... basically the wasps hover around the boat and inside I found two mud/dirt cocoons filled with larvae growing into more of the buggers.?

One cocoon (I don't even know if that is the right word, but it's a large clump of mud about three inches long stuck hard and fast to the side of a wall) was on the outer wall of the battery compartment next to the head and the other was under the sink.? There are probably more hidden elsewhere that I can't see ... when I had my engine serviced over the winter, apparently they found one inside the engine.

I don't know if I'm even spelling "dawber" correctly.? Ed, I tried searching the archives via google and could find nothing, but maybe I'm misspelling it.?

Anyway, I'm wondering if any of you have any advice about how to deal with this infestation.? I was told the wasps are not particularly aggressive, but that they are hardy and have a good memory for where they were born.? Are there any treatments or traps you would recommend?? Have any of your dealt with the same problem?

I figure this is either something that all of you already know about and I'm just way behind the curve and have missed any emails on it?... or maybe it's just something unique to the swamplands of the Potomac River.

Any advice on how to catch/eliminate these dawbers would be much appreciated.

All the best,

- Mark P.


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[Comehere Jacl]

I'd recommend spelling it with a "u", as they get really annoyed about "w"s.
They're not usually much a problem around here(not too aggressive, as you
say), but they sometimes build those rock-hard mud tubes in unfortunate
places--vents, drain pipes (as in sink), even engine air cleaners.  You may
be fine, just eliminating the ones already found, & occasionally cleaning
out another one or two.

Bugs & sailboats seem to go together; a friend w/ a slip on L. Erie swears
he could sell spiders by the pound.

Good luck with 'em.


Jack Chirch
S/V Pax
Gloucester, VA

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Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Mud/Wasp/Dirt "Dawbers"?


Hi everyone,

I have one of my once-every-four-months questions.?

I haven't been able to be on the boat much of this summer for work reasons
and I recently went down to check on it and found that it has become
"infested" (maybe too strong a word) with mud dawbers (or wasp dawbers or
dirt dawbers, depending on who you ask) ... basically the wasps hover around
the boat and inside I found two mud/dirt cocoons filled with larvae growing
into more of the buggers.?

One cocoon (I don't even know if that is the right word, but it's a large
clump of mud about three inches long stuck hard and fast to the side of a
wall) was on the outer wall of the battery compartment next to the head and
the other was under the sink.? There are probably more hidden elsewhere that
I can't see ... when I had my engine serviced over the winter, apparently
they found one inside the engine.

I don't know if I'm even spelling "dawber" correctly.? Ed, I tried searching
the archives via google and could find nothing, but maybe I'm misspelling
it.?

Anyway, I'm wondering if any of you have any advice about how to deal with
this infestation.? I was told the wasps are not particularly aggressive, but
that they are hardy and have a good memory for where they were born.? Are
there any treatments or traps you would recommend?? Have any of your dealt
with the same problem?

I figure this is either something that all of you already know about and I'm
just way behind the curve and have missed any emails on it?... or maybe it's
just something unique to the swamplands of the Potomac River.

Any advice on how to catch/eliminate these dawbers would be much
appreciated.

All the best,

- Mark P.


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[Robert Skinner]

No-Pest strip comes to mind.
Put it outside when you are sleeping in the cabin.

/Robert
-------------------------------------------------
mputnam1@... wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I have one of my once-every-four-months questions.?
>
> I haven't been able to be on the boat much of this summer for work reasons and I recently went down to check on it and found that it has become "infested" (maybe too strong a word) with mud dawbers (or wasp dawbers or dirt dawbers, depending on who you ask) ... basically the wasps hover around the boat and inside I found two mud/dirt cocoons filled with larvae growing into more of the buggers.?
>
> One cocoon (I don't even know if that is the right word, but it's a large clump of mud about three inches long stuck hard and fast to the side of a wall) was on the outer wall of the battery compartment next to the head and the other was under the sink.? There are probably more hidden elsewhere that I can't see ... when I had my engine serviced over the winter, apparently they found one inside the engine.
>
> I don't know if I'm even spelling "dawber" correctly.? Ed, I tried searching the archives via google and could find nothing, but maybe I'm misspelling it.?
>
> Anyway, I'm wondering if any of you have any advice about how to deal with this infestation.? I was told the wasps are not particularly aggressive, but that they are hardy and have a good memory for where they were born.? Are there any treatments or traps you would recommend?? Have any of your dealt with the same problem?
>
> I figure this is either something that all of you already know about and I'm just way behind the curve and have missed any emails on it?... or maybe it's just something unique to the swamplands of the Potomac River.
>
> Any advice on how to catch/eliminate these dawbers would be much appreciated.
>
> All the best,
>
> - Mark P.
>
>
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[Tootle]

Mark,

Mud dauber wasp are prolific on Lake Hartwell.  There is a lot of red mud for them.  I have used the no-pest strip with great sucess and ease for years.  

I tried to convince Elle to use them but because I suggested it, she tries other high falutin methods that are a PITA.

The price has gone up on these yellow strips, and they do emit an odor, but they work.  Nuff said.

Sometimes they are hard to find.  You get all kinds of sorry excuses for not finding them.  But like space aliens, they are out there.

I have seen them in ships stores that are independent and want to serve their customers.  I have gotten them in independent variety stores.

BTW if you use microsoft it spell checker would recommend the correct spelling...  I wondered where you kept your boat when I parked recently south of the Lincoln Memorial and saw boats...

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
attachment:  Toast+to+Al+Gore.gif



No-Pest strip comes to mind.
Put it outside when you are sleeping in the cabin.

/Robert
-------------------------------------------------
[e-mail] wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have one of my once-every-four-months questions.?
>
> I haven't been able to be on the boat much of this summer for work reasons and I recently went down to check on it and found that it has become "infested" (maybe too strong a word) with mud dawbers (or wasp dawbers or dirt dawbers, depending on who you ask) ... basically the wasps hover around the boat and inside I found two mud/dirt cocoons filled with larvae growing into more of the buggers.?
>
> One cocoon (I don't even know if that is the right word, but it's a large clump of mud about three inches long stuck hard and fast to the side of a wall) was on the outer wall of the battery compartment next to the head and the other was under the sink.? There are probably more hidden elsewhere that I can't see ... when I had my engine serviced over the winter, apparently they found one inside the engine.
>
> I don't know if I'm even spelling "dawber" correctly.? Ed, I tried searching the archives via google and could find nothing, but maybe I'm misspelling it.?
>
> Anyway, I'm wondering if any of you have any advice about how to deal with this infestation.? I was told the wasps are not particularly aggressive, but that they are hardy and have a good memory for where they were born.? Are there any treatments or traps you would recommend?? Have any of your dealt with the same problem?
>
> I figure this is either something that all of you already know about and I'm just way behind the curve and have missed any emails on it?... or maybe it's just something unique to the swamplands of the Potomac River.
>
> Any advice on how to catch/eliminate these dawbers would be much appreciated.
>
> All the best,
>
> - Mark P.
Toast+to+Al+Gore.gif

[cjlowe-2]

In the cabin ,I've had good luck with bounce fabric softener sheets ,the
wasps don't seem to like that smell,and stay away. We put them in first
thing in the spring,so I would think that the wasps might not leave if
they have already nested,more like preventive maintainence.I'd think a
no pest strip in the laz. would cover the cockpit area.

Jerry Lowe




On 7/15/2008, "Robert Skinner" <Robert@...> wrote:

>No-Pest strip comes to mind.
>Put it outside when you are sleeping in the cabin.
>
>/Robert
>-------------------------------------------------
>mputnam1@... wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I have one of my once-every-four-months questions.?
>>
>> I haven't been able to be on the boat much of this summer for work reasons and I recently went down to check on it and found that it has become "infested" (maybe too strong a word) with mud dawbers (or wasp dawbers or dirt dawbers, depending on who you ask) ... basically the wasps hover around the boat and inside I found two mud/dirt cocoons filled with larvae growing into more of the buggers.?
>>
>> One cocoon (I don't even know if that is the right word, but it's a large clump of mud about three inches long stuck hard and fast to the side of a wall) was on the outer wall of the battery compartment next to the head and the other was under the sink.? There are probably more hidden elsewhere that I can't see ... when I had my engine serviced over the winter, apparently they found one inside the engine.
>>
>> I don't know if I'm even spelling "dawber" correctly.? Ed, I tried searching the archives via google and could find nothing, but maybe I'm misspelling it.?
>>
>> Anyway, I'm wondering if any of you have any advice about how to deal with this infestation.? I was told the wasps are not particularly aggressive, but that they are hardy and have a good memory for where they were born.? Are there any treatments or traps you would recommend?? Have any of your dealt with the same problem?
>>
>> I figure this is either something that all of you already know about and I'm just way behind the curve and have missed any emails on it?... or maybe it's just something unique to the swamplands of the Potomac River.
>>
>> Any advice on how to catch/eliminate these dawbers would be much appreciated.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> - Mark P.
>>
>>
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[Lady in Red]

Ed,

I prefer not to use something that will foul the air I breathe. Just because you make a suggestion doesn't make it the gold standard.

elle

We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Tue, 7/15/08, Tootle <ekroposki@...> wrote:

> From: Tootle <ekroposki@...>
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Mud/Wasp/Dirt "Dawbers"? Mark - read Robert Skinner's Reply
> To: rhodes22-list@...
> Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 4:10 PM
> Mark,
>
> Mud dauber wasp are prolific on Lake Hartwell.  There is a
> lot of red mud
> for them.  I have used the no-pest strip with great sucess
> and ease for
> years.  
>
> I tried to convince Elle to use them but because I
> suggested it, she tries
> other high falutin methods that are a PITA.
>
> The price has gone up on these yellow strips, and they do
> emit an odor, but
> they work.  Nuff said.
>
> Sometimes they are hard to find.  You get all kinds of
> sorry excuses for not
> finding them.  But like space aliens, they are out there.
>
> I have seen them in ships stores that are independent and
> want to serve
> their customers.  I have gotten them in independent variety
> stores.
>
> BTW if you use microsoft it spell checker would recommend
> the correct
> spelling...  I wondered where you kept your boat when I
> parked recently
> south of the Lincoln Memorial and saw boats...
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> attachment:  
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18473896/Toast%2Bto%2BAl%2BGore.gif
> Toast+to+Al+Gore.gif
>
>
>
> No-Pest strip comes to mind.
> Put it outside when you are sleeping in the cabin.
>
> /Robert
> -------------------------------------------------
> mputnam1@... wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I have one of my once-every-four-months questions.?
> >
> > I haven't been able to be on the boat much of this
> summer for work reasons
> > and I recently went down to check on it and found that
> it has become
> > "infested" (maybe too strong a word) with
> mud dawbers (or wasp dawbers or
> > dirt dawbers, depending on who you ask) ... basically
> the wasps hover
> > around the boat and inside I found two mud/dirt
> cocoons filled with larvae
> > growing into more of the buggers.?
> >
> > One cocoon (I don't even know if that is the right
> word, but it's a large
> > clump of mud about three inches long stuck hard and
> fast to the side of a
> > wall) was on the outer wall of the battery compartment
> next to the head
> > and the other was under the sink.? There are probably
> more hidden
> > elsewhere that I can't see ... when I had my
> engine serviced over the
> > winter, apparently they found one inside the engine.
> >
> > I don't know if I'm even spelling
> "dawber" correctly.? Ed, I tried
> > searching the archives via google and could find
> nothing, but maybe I'm
> > misspelling it.?
> >
> > Anyway, I'm wondering if any of you have any
> advice about how to deal with
> > this infestation.? I was told the wasps are not
> particularly aggressive,
> > but that they are hardy and have a good memory for
> where they were born.?
> > Are there any treatments or traps you would
> recommend?? Have any of your
> > dealt with the same problem?
> >
> > I figure this is either something that all of you
> already know about and
> > I'm just way behind the curve and have missed any
> emails on it?... or
> > maybe it's just something unique to the swamplands
> of the Potomac River.
> >
> > Any advice on how to catch/eliminate these dawbers
> would be much
> > appreciated.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > - Mark P.
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Thanks! We'll try them in the coming compartments where our wasps like to nest.
Bigal  83 Rhodes  "THOR  IV"
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  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mud/Wasp/Dirt "Dawbers"?


  In the cabin ,I've had good luck with bounce fabric softener sheets ,the
  wasps don't seem to like that smell,and stay away. We put them in first
  thing in the spring,so I would think that the wasps might not leave if
  they have already nested,more like preventive maintainence.I'd think a
  no pest strip in the laz. would cover the cockpit area.

  Jerry Lowe




  On 7/15/2008, "Robert Skinner" <Robert@...<mailto:Robert@...>> wrote:

  >No-Pest strip comes to mind.
  >Put it outside when you are sleeping in the cabin.
  >
  >/Robert
  >-------------------------------------------------
  >mputnam1@... wrote:
  >> Hi everyone,
  >>
  >> I have one of my once-every-four-months questions.?
  >>
  >> I haven't been able to be on the boat much of this summer for work reasons and I recently went down to check on it and found that it has become "infested" (maybe too strong a word) with mud dawbers (or wasp dawbers or dirt dawbers, depending on who you ask) ... basically the wasps hover around the boat and inside I found two mud/dirt cocoons filled with larvae growing into more of the buggers.?
  >>
  >> One cocoon (I don't even know if that is the right word, but it's a large clump of mud about three inches long stuck hard and fast to the side of a wall) was on the outer wall of the battery compartment next to the head and the other was under the sink.? There are probably more hidden elsewhere that I can't see ... when I had my engine serviced over the winter, apparently they found one inside the engine.
  >>
  >> I don't know if I'm even spelling "dawber" correctly.? Ed, I tried searching the archives via google and could find nothing, but maybe I'm misspelling it.?
  >>
  >> Anyway, I'm wondering if any of you have any advice about how to deal with this infestation.? I was told the wasps are not particularly aggressive, but that they are hardy and have a good memory for where they were born.? Are there any treatments or traps you would recommend?? Have any of your dealt with the same problem?
  >>
  >> I figure this is either something that all of you already know about and I'm just way behind the curve and have missed any emails on it?... or maybe it's just something unique to the swamplands of the Potomac River.
  >>
  >> Any advice on how to catch/eliminate these dawbers would be much appreciated.
  >>
  >> All the best,
  >>
  >> - Mark P.
  >>
  >>
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[mputnam1]

Thanks Ed.? I will buy a no-pest strip as soon as I can (if I can find one ... I imagine I can find them on the web somewhere).

- Mark P.


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Sent: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 4:10 pm
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Mud/Wasp/Dirt "Dawbers"? Mark - read Robert Skinner's Reply




Mark,

Mud dauber wasp are prolific on Lake Hartwell.  There is a lot of red mud
for them.  I have used the no-pest strip with great sucess and ease for
years.  

I tried to convince Elle to use them but because I suggested it, she tries
other high falutin methods that are a PITA.

The price has gone up on these yellow strips, and they do emit an odor, but
they work.  Nuff said.

Sometimes they are hard to find.  You get all kinds of sorry excuses for not
finding them.  But like space aliens, they are out there.

I have seen them in ships stores that are independent and want to serve
their customers.  I have gotten them in independent variety stores.

BTW if you use microsoft it spell checker would recommend the correct
spelling...  I wondered where you kept your boat when I parked recently
south of the Lincoln Memorial and saw boats...

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
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No-Pest strip comes to mind.
Put it outside when you are sleeping in the cabin.

/Robert
-------------------------------------------------
mputnam1@... wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I have one of my once-every-four-months questions.?
>
> I haven't been able to be on the boat much of this summer for work reasons
> and I recently went down to check on it and found that it has become
> "infested" (maybe too strong a word) with mud dawbers (or wasp dawbers or
> dirt dawbers, depending on who you ask) ... basically the wasps hover
> around the boat and inside I found two mud/dirt cocoons filled with larvae
> growing into more of the buggers.?
>
> One cocoon (I don't even know if that is the right word, but it's a large
> clump of mud about three inches long stuck hard and fast to the side of a
> wall) was on the outer wall of the battery compartment next to the head
> and the other was under the sink.? There are probably more hidden
> elsewhere that I can't see ... when I had my engine serviced over the
> winter, apparently they found one inside the engi

ne.

>
> I don't know if I'm even spelling "dawber" correctly.? Ed, I tried
> searching the archives via google and could find nothing, but maybe I'm
> misspelling it.?
>
> Anyway, I'm wondering if any of you have any advice about how to deal with
> this infestation.? I was told the wasps are not particularly aggressive,
> but that they are hardy and have a good memory for where they were born.?
> Are there any treatments or traps you would recommend?? Have any of your
> dealt with the same problem?
>
> I figure this is either something that all of you already know about and
> I'm just way behind the curve and have missed any emails on it?... or
> maybe it's just something unique to the swamplands of the Potomac River.
>
> Any advice on how to catch/eliminate these dawbers would be much
> appreciated.
>
> All the best,
>
> - Mark P.

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