We have a car wash here where you wash yourself and one of the options is an engine wash. Not sure what they use but it does a great job of cleaning everything up nice. Do you have a nozzle where you can get a little more power?
I saw one of those winter forecasts on Yahoo home page the other day, not sure who wrote it. They had the Northeast below normal cold and snowy. I know they're not worth the paper they're printed on but I haven't seen one of those forecasts predict that for us for a few years now.
There was one between my yard and my neighbors, last week I saw a pest control guy taking a trap near his shed which butts up against my yard. He had a big party last weekend, so I guess he wanted it gone before his party. No idea if they caught it.
I've only come across one buried nests since I've been at my house but every year, I get nests under the eaves. I usually do a weekly check now so I can knock them down before they get too big.
That happened to me, I had a long sleeve shirt and on and they were up my arms, I never ran so fast into the house, my arms had several stings. I waited until nighttime, and I sprayed the hole.
It'll take a long time to break even. I just had to install a new heating/cooling system and between the savings on efficiency and the rebate we're doing ok.
Went to an Aerosmith concert in the 80's in Worcester. After a few songs Steven Tyler collapsed, probably from drugs or booze or both, end of concert. A lot of people complained but we got bupkis.