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#8126
Old 05-22-2014, 08:55 PM

Yeah, he was afraid he may have messed up his hive, but it seems like it's doing pretty good. I think?

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Old 05-22-2014, 08:55 PM

It does, it's an awesome picture.

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Old 05-22-2014, 08:56 PM

Thanks! I took it from our deck, totally zoomed in on my camera. I'm not going anywhere near the hives. I'm not a huge fan of bees.

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Old 05-22-2014, 08:58 PM

I've heard that experienced beekeepers go to the hive without any protective clothing.

Seems way beyond what I'd ever do. Protective clothing all the way for me.

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Old 05-22-2014, 09:00 PM

I wouldn't have hives.

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Old 05-22-2014, 09:02 PM

Dad has the head thingie - but he just goes without anything else. The other day when getting a few more bees from this job that he's been working at that he got that whole hive from, he got stung, on his wrist.
It kinda swelled up, but it didn't go past his watchband, he took his watch off and there as like this drastic puffy to non puffy where his watch was.

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Old 05-22-2014, 09:04 PM

Jeez. Your dad is braver than me.

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Old 05-22-2014, 09:04 PM

He has to be careful because if you get stung to many times you can develop an allergy.

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Old 05-22-2014, 09:05 PM

Dad is dad... he's insane. xDD LOL See from what he's told me if you stay calm, and for the most part they'll not attack - the reason he got stung was he accidentally dropped the container that he was trying to put the bees into, so they were upset.

Mmm, dad doesn't believe that, Kirin... He's one of those people who's like he'll get used to it. If he gets stung, he gets stung, so be it. :/ Most of the time with allergic reactions to bee/wasp stings it is something that you are born with - that intolerance to it, and if you aren't allergic, you're fine.

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Old 05-22-2014, 09:07 PM

That is true for most varieties of bees. I had a bee land on my ear during band practice. We were standing at attention. I was the only one who didn't move.

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Old 05-22-2014, 09:07 PM

Yeah, I probably could calmly walk down near them and get pictures, but I'm just afraid I'll panic. And get stung.

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Old 05-22-2014, 09:08 PM

You have an awesome zoom. I wouldn't have known that you were close up if you hadn't said a thing.

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Old 05-22-2014, 09:13 PM

I have a camera with at 24x zoom, it's amazing! So I just braved going down near the hive to get pictures. I survived! :D Now to see if I got any good pictures.

---------- Post added 05-22-2014 at 02:18 PM ----------

Of around 10 pictures I got, only three were worth saving - this is one of those three. :)

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Old 05-22-2014, 09:39 PM

Oh bees!
I'm not going to be nearing them anytime soon, though.
I love their honey.
You dad is brave, Cloud, to have a bee hive at home

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Old 05-22-2014, 09:44 PM

We have two bee hives at home, this is just the more active of the two. He needs things to do now that my brother and I don't live at home as much as we used to.

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Old 05-22-2014, 11:00 PM

Hey all! Sorry for the abrupt subject change, but I wanted to be topical for a minute.

I don't know how you guys feel about RuPaul but he's a big jerk, especially to the transgender community. I don't know who heard about the "Female or Shemale" thing but basically he had a game on his show called "Female or Shemale" and the premise of the game, as well as the name of it, were super transphobic.

"Shemale" is a really derogatory and offensive word that many transgender people REALLY hate for a lot of reasons. And it's SUPER offensive when cisgender (non-transgender) people say it period.

So today he was in an interview talking about another slur word that I and much of the trans* community really hates: "tranny." *trigger warning* Link: RuPaul: Only ‘fringe people’ want to ban the word ‘tranny’ | Entertain This!

If you don't feel like reading it, or are afraid to, the gist of it is this:

-He says that he loves the word
-He says that any trans* people who are offended by it need to toughen up
-He says that if anyone is offended by his language choices, it's THEIR fault, not his
-He says that people shouldn't tell him what he should or shouldn't say

I really really hate RuPaul. A lot.

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Old 05-22-2014, 11:46 PM

... Alice. I wanna punch RuPaul. A lot. In the face.

Using a slur and saying he loves it means he's an asshole.

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Old 05-23-2014, 12:54 AM

Me too Zira. Like. How can you be so cold hearted? If you know a word is offensive and that the people who it offends would prefer you not to use it, then DON'T. That isn't a hard concept.

Also blaming the victim of offense is the epitome of douchery. Like that's the mark of a bully, as a guy I know pointed out. You just don't do that. It is not someone's fault if you offend them. It's yours. But if you apologize and resolve not to again that's fine. But if you stick to your offensive behavior and say that it's their fault for being offended, that makes you the worst kind of person.

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Old 05-23-2014, 12:57 AM

It means he's a transphobic asshole. That's what it means. Insisting on using a slur just makes that more obvious. Anytime I read a fanfic with a slur like that, I have to leave a very nasty review, and stop reading.

I'm just very angry that man is trying to encourage others to use it, and doing victim blaming on top of it. That .... I would be doing all caps cursing here, but the site is PG-13.

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Old 05-23-2014, 01:22 AM

Yeah me too. I just...dkdbsieksoskaojsj.

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Old 05-23-2014, 01:23 AM

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I have a camera with at 24x zoom, it's amazing! So I just braved going down near the hive to get pictures. I survived! :D Now to see if I got any good pictures.

---------- Post added 05-22-2014 at 02:18 PM ----------

Of around 10 pictures I got, only three were worth saving - this is one of those three. :)
That's an awesome picture.

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Old 05-23-2014, 03:25 AM

I totally agree with you and Zira, Alice. It's just .... Ugh!

Thanks Kirin! :)

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Old 05-23-2014, 03:50 PM

*huggles on the thread*

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Old 05-23-2014, 08:48 PM

Such a good thread. /lays on it/

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Old 05-24-2014, 01:48 AM

It is a wonderful thread.

 


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