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. Did the wasps win? 
Morning all,
Update was planned, until this happened….
Brushcutting without visor fully down and took a projectile straight to the left eye.
Diagnosis: cut to the surface of the eye, over the pupil. Photosensitivity is horrendous and my eye looks like I have been on an all nighter with Keith Richards…
Could have been so much worse though. Probably a timely lesson not to get slack with PPE…
Docs reckon it will take 3-5 days to sort itself out so I am out of action until then… a shame as I had plans to chop the fir tree down today…
Scores on the doors regarding the wasps are……
Apparently the entrance hole to the nest isn’t easy to access now for Ross the Wasp removal man to put the killing chemicals in. He said it looks like it’s been covered over…..
My OH gleefully pointed out that she had rammed it with the flail mower. Ross looked a bit waspish himself at that point and left while muttering “I’ll be back”
Wasps 1 - Ross the Wasp 0
Update was planned, until this happened….
Brushcutting without visor fully down and took a projectile straight to the left eye.
Diagnosis: cut to the surface of the eye, over the pupil. Photosensitivity is horrendous and my eye looks like I have been on an all nighter with Keith Richards…
Could have been so much worse though. Probably a timely lesson not to get slack with PPE…
Docs reckon it will take 3-5 days to sort itself out so I am out of action until then… a shame as I had plans to chop the fir tree down today…
Scores on the doors regarding the wasps are……
Apparently the entrance hole to the nest isn’t easy to access now for Ross the Wasp removal man to put the killing chemicals in. He said it looks like it’s been covered over…..
My OH gleefully pointed out that she had rammed it with the flail mower. Ross looked a bit waspish himself at that point and left while muttering “I’ll be back”
Wasps 1 - Ross the Wasp 0
Edited by CTO on Saturday 9th October 18:36
Glad you're good.
When I was contracting and doing 6+ hours of brush cutting a day the one thing our boss drilled into us was to have our visors on and down all the time. His friend lost an eye from the tiniest of shards coming off the blade and deflecting into his face.
Worth taking a bit of care with any brushcutter, chainsaw etc. Obviously they are super useful and safe enough in general and I've managed 15 odd years so far with no silly injuries!
When I was contracting and doing 6+ hours of brush cutting a day the one thing our boss drilled into us was to have our visors on and down all the time. His friend lost an eye from the tiniest of shards coming off the blade and deflecting into his face.
Worth taking a bit of care with any brushcutter, chainsaw etc. Obviously they are super useful and safe enough in general and I've managed 15 odd years so far with no silly injuries!
Starting to feel a bit better today with liberal coatings of antibiotic cream.
Learnings have been learnt for sure and as said (and echoed by others) this could be a very cheap way to have avoided future long term pain…
Anyhow, moving on.
Next on the list for chopping down/removal is the large (ish) Fir tree in the garden..
And, the cooker, the log burner and the bloody awful Venetian masks finish tomorrow on EBay..intrigued to see what (if any) is forked out for those…..
Cheers all
Learnings have been learnt for sure and as said (and echoed by others) this could be a very cheap way to have avoided future long term pain…
Anyhow, moving on.
Next on the list for chopping down/removal is the large (ish) Fir tree in the garden..
And, the cooker, the log burner and the bloody awful Venetian masks finish tomorrow on EBay..intrigued to see what (if any) is forked out for those…..
Cheers all
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