Ant’s Nest

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Aunt Mavis

I have met the enemy and he is us. Pogo
Not Aunt’s nest, I’ve always been fascinated with them. Now I walk my grandson down the road to observe one as well. I don’t ever mess with them too much other than occasionally creating a small crater for them to repair. It’s always restored the next day on time. I’m glad they’re the size they are instead of being even an inch long, nobody would be safe. Yeah, ants.
 

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Aunt Mavis said:
Not Aunt’s nest, I’ve always been fascinated with them. Now I walk my grandson down the road to observe one as well. I don’t ever mess with them too much other than occasionally creating a small crater for them to repair. It’s always restored the next day on time. I’m glad they’re the size they are instead of even an inch long, nobody would be safe. Yeah, ants.
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WE could learn much from ants.
 

Hi Aunt Mavis, I want to be sure I am understanding correctly, and I think I am.

Ok so this topic/thread will be about 'You' giving advice, sort of like a Dear Abby
column, but instead a Dear Aunt Mavis Column? We will ask you questions and
or advice about things and you will reply, but your replies will be silly, off the
charts, and not so good advice? A humorous thread then, as will be your replies
and comebacks.

The title of your new ADVICE COLUMN is AUNTS NEST. LET'S GET STARTED I SAY :)
 
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LadyEmeraude said:
Hi Aunt Mavis, I want to be sure I am understanding correctly, and I think I am.

Ok so this topic/thread will be about 'You' giving advice, sort of like a Dear Abby
column, but instead a Dear Aunt Mavis Column? We will ask you questions and
or advice about things and you will reply, but your replies will be silly, off the
charts, and not so good advice? A humorous thread then, as will be your replies
and comebacks.
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I would think it should be in the Humor section.
 
LadyEmeraude said:
Hi Aunt Mavis, I want to be sure I am understanding correctly, and I think I am.

Ok so this topic/thread will be about 'You' giving advice, sort of like a Dear Abby
column, but instead a Dear Aunt Mavis Column? We will ask you questions and
or advice about things and you will reply, but your replies will be silly, off the
charts, and not so good advice? A humorous thread then, as will be your replies
and comebacks.

The title of your new ADVICE COLUMN is AUNTS NEST. LET'S GET STARTED I SAY :)
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This is about Ants only. They’re very fascinating, strong too. Strong.
 
I have liked ants, when I was younger, I read books about them, their care, and their needs. I kept some for pets, but with not much success. Bought ant farms made of plastic green, between two panes of plastic clear. The little green farmhouse and the barn, the windmill, and the water tank too. The trouble with those was when moved or touched, by a child or two, the tunnels collapsed into ruins. So later on, I would make my own ant farms using a small fish aquarium, a piece of glass on top to keep them inside also. Then dirt for a bed and moss on top. With wood, I would make a hollow little house and barn to place on top, a windmill, and a usable water tank too. An ant colony was easy for a child to find, under a rock or with a small stick. Finding a queen proved more difficult to be. Then watching them over time proved discouraging, for one by one the ants could no longer be seen. Then I came to realize, maybe they are just best left in the wild.
 
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Yes, ants are among the strongest creatures in the world.

In Mexico, I was thrilled to see a long line of leafcutter ants crossing the sidewalk, each one carrying a leaf or a bit of leaf.

We had ants in the kitchen. They'd come out of a crack in the wall and file across the counter toward plates with sugary remnants and -- this surprised me -- hot chili pepper!

Back in Canada, a friend and I were sitting on the ground in a wooded area. We watched an ant struggling to carry a considerably larger insect carcass, dropping it, picking it up again, etc. After a couple of minutes it had gone about a meter/yard. Then suddenly a spider appeared and ate the heroic ant.
 
Ants are cool little critters. I've been fascinated with them since I was kid. When I bought my lot, there was a small ant hill in the back. I left them there, and they didn't bother me. But then they started building a huge ant hill about 2 feet tall. That was a little too much, so I mowed it down. Next day, I woke up, and the damn ant hill was back. Mowed it down again. The ants moved to a wooded, brush covered area, just over my property line, next to me. It's a protected state forest. I've always wondered, who decided to move the nest. I can see a bunch of ants rebuilding the place, who figured it out the place needed to be moved?
 
While in Florida last week, I happened to be standing outside talking with a neighbor of my friend. I started to feel little stings on my ankle. When I looked down to see what was going on, I saw about a dozen little red ants stinging my ankle. For their size, which is almost microscopic, they can put out a pretty good sting. I was standing on a rather large ant farm. It wasn't a hill, but a sandy area about 8 inches by 6 inches and full of these little red pests. I wondered if they were there before the hurricane came and survived the storm?

The neighbor told me to go and put some antiseptic cream on the area where I was stung. The neighbor said that these are called fire ants and for people that are allergic to their venom, they can be life-threatening. My friend did have some antiseptic cream (Neosporin), which I did rub in. I have been stung by many varieties of bees from back when I was a kid living on a farm. I never had a reaction to those stings,, including black wasps, except they hurt at first and then become very itchy to the point where it drives you crazy with how itchy they are and you scratch them like crazy until you almost draw blood.
 
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