Howard,

I think gloves are a must.   There are tools available for this job, but you 
can probably home brew something.  Something on the end of a pole that will 
let you either push or pull the glop  to a spot, then scoop it out.  With 
something to extend your reach, you won't have to move the ladder  so much. 
You can make a scoop out of something that will fit inside the gutter,  like 
a large coffee can or a plastic jug with the bottom cut out.

I'd be more worried about hornets nest's beneath the gutter, or under the 
eves, or some other protected place.   I don't think you are any match for a 
hornet that survived 7 inches of rain in a flooded gutter.   He's probably 
real mad and  going to kill you no matter what.   You can always get a bee 
keeper's suit, or one of those head to toe things the Moslem  girls wear.

73, Steve KW3A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:07 PM
Subject: off topic


> Now this is really off topic!
> We have had 7 inches of rain this evening.  I am spending my time with the
> shop vac, rather than with you all.  Anyway, I am thinking of cleaning my
> gutters.  Yes the horse has left the barn, but it will rain again.  I am
> invisioning filling my hands with a hornet's nest that was in a gutter.
> Have any of you cleaned your own gutters?  How was the job?
> I do have the extention ladder that will reach.  I can find a pair of
> gardening gloves, is that what I need?
> Comments and advice are appreciated!
>
> Also, does anybody think stringing dipoles on the ark I am building would 
> be
> frowned upon?
> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
> Adaptive Technology Instructor
>