New use for tin lids.

[Mycapt65]

I finally made it to my AR house today after 18 hours of driving. I was shooting BB guns off the deck and about to drink my beer when my wife says, "stop! I think there's a yellow jacket in your beer".

I swish it around and sure enough there was. I dump the pissy bastard out. She literally saved my life. Over a thousand people a year die from yellow jackets stings inside the throat every year. She offered me the one straw in house to prevent the possibility of me swigging another yellow jacket down. There seemed to be many attracted to my open beer and I was certainly was having more.

Knowing how tough it is to look manly while drinking through a straw I found a much more masculine solution utilizing pellet tin lids

 

[airgunmike56]

Looks like pellet guns to me

 

[Peskådot671]

Now that's drinking responsibly.

 

[BlackICE]

I hope the lead dust was cleaned off before use.

 

[BackStop]

Damn... you drink your beer WAY too slow! LOL!

A REAL man doesn't leave enough time for an insect to get into the can when there is still beer to drink! (chuckle)

Just kidding of course...

Nice solution! Although I would hate drinking beer through a straw. And that is not a problem as I lost my taste for beer a few years ago... (smile)

Now... Bourbon and water mixed just about the same as the alcohol content of beer. (grin)

Of course I ONLY drink it for the taste... Yeah... the taste... that's the ticket! (chuckle)

 

[Peashooter]

I / we have used that solution for a few years, but for sodas as we do not drink alcohol,,,,,, well aside for new years evening and maybe 1 - 2 times during summer if the grumpy old men get in a festive mood, which dont happen too often.

 

[Mycapt65]

Looks like pellet guns to me

Yeah they are pellet guns. Weihrauchs Hw30s. A big tough powder burning friend of mine always called my pellet guns, "BB guns". After a while it stuck with me. I kind of like it.

The fun I have with them reminds me of being a kid shooting my Crosmans and 880. I could shoot pellets or BBs through them but I mostly shot BBs because they were cheap. So it's not a stretch for me to call them BB guns. IMO this is supposed to be fun so calling them BB guns kind of keeps things in perspective for me.

And no I didn't wipe the lid off before I covered the beer. Within a minute after I dumped out the first yellow jacket two more landed on the can so I was more concerned about dying immediately than dying from long term exposure to trace amounts of lead. I'm not particularly lead phobic to begin with. The beer would likely kill me before the amount of lead on the underside of the lid. It'd be like the hippie doing coke or speed complaining about car emissions.

Anyway remember this is supposed to be fun.

Be well All
Ron

 

[beerthief]

I have used various size lids for my drink covers , we even kept them in our camping stuff for cans and coffee cups ,aluminum pie pans to cover dinner plates if fly's were bad .

 

[beerthief]

I finally made it to my AR house today after 18 hours of driving. I was shooting BB guns off the deck and about to drink my beer when my wife says, "stop! I think there's a yellow jacket in your beer".

I swish it around and sure enough there was. I dump the pissy bastard out. She literally saved my life. Over a thousand people a year die from yellow jackets stings inside the throat every year. She offered me the one straw in house to prevent the possibility of me swigging another yellow jacket down. There seemed to be many attracted to my open beer and I was certainly was having more.

Knowing how tough it is to look manly while drinking through a straw I found a much more masculine solution utilizing pellet tin lids

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nice porch , looks like it is worth the 18 hour drive . the bales out there just demand targets except they will be feed so not a good idea

 

[Struckat]

Ron, I thought you were buying land in PA?
Were your sights off and you ended up hitting AR? LOLOLOL

Looks like a nice place for turkey hunting to me!

 

[douger]

Hate those bees or anything that gets into a pop or beer. Great idea. As usually a tin is really close by.

 

[SilentSquirrel]

The lids are also good for keeping then heat in a cup of coffee

 

[Ranchibi]

Nice yellow jacket proofing your beer! Beautiful house and land, enjoy plinking with your "BB" guns!

 

[Ricochet]

You need a bee beer, leave a swig in one, and mix a half a spoon of boric acid into it... won't hurt you if you drink it, but it will kill all the yellow jackets, and their babies.. They haul it back to their nest and it kills the entire herd...

 

[Ricochet]

It will take a few days, but soon, you'll have peace in your life.. and contrary to popular belief, lead aint as deadly as they claim.. if it was i'd have been dead by age 12... i'm 48. unless of course it's ripping thru vitals at high speed...

 

[Calbarry]

Get yourself a Bug A Salt from Amazon. The latest version had had the power upgraded and is powerful enough to take care of the yellow jackets. The best thing is you don't have to stop shooting when they come around

 

[BackStop]

Sometimes, I really do miss liquid bread. (smile)

 

[Revin]

I had the same problem a week ago while camping. I decided to do the responsible thing and just drank the can empty immediately. Guess I'll do the smart thing next time and use a lid!

 

[HogKiller]

Damn... you drink your beer WAY too slow! LOL!

A REAL man doesn't leave enough time for an insect to get into the can when there is still beer to drink! (chuckle)

Just kidding of course...

Nice solution! Although I would hate drinking beer through a straw. And that is not a problem as I lost my taste for beer a few years ago... (smile)

Now... Bourbon and water mixed just about the same as the alcohol content of beer. (grin)

Of course I ONLY drink it for the taste... Yeah... the taste... that's the ticket! (chuckle)

Hold on, you mix the bourbon and water?

 

[cjtamu]

Great idea. But I fear there will now be another known only to the state of california warning label on our pellet tins! BTW, shooting yellow jackets with your air guns is a lot of fun.