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muser
Ever had a bat fly into your bedroom? We don't have insect screens in England, and one summer night we had the window open.
posted by
mneme
on June 1, 2007 at 5:46 AM
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johnmacnab
eeeuugh...Like me and not like me... I don't think I have ever
squished anything...
posted by
mneme
on June 1, 2007 at 5:44 AM
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mneme
Ell is a bit like you, mneme. She will swerve onto the opposite side of the road to avoid a squirrel because it is
'one of God's creatures.' When she sees a slater or spider she takes a paper towel and squishes the insect. When I remind her that it is 'one of God's creatures,' she shrugs and says 'tough.'
posted by
johnmacnab
on May 29, 2007 at 4:01 PM
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almost as scary as the flying monkeys...
posted by
muser
on May 26, 2007 at 4:13 AM
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Re: muser
it's true! ...right into your hair!
posted by
muser
on May 26, 2007 at 4:10 AM
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muser
I've met Palmetto bugs in Miami.. I've heard you can hit them with a shovel and they just keep flying...!
posted by
mneme
on May 26, 2007 at 3:04 AM
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mneme,Max has had projects in FL and in the Carribbean where there is a
flying insect commonly called a palmetto bug...but I called it a flying roach! Too Gross! If it looks like a roach...
posted by
muser
on May 18, 2007 at 12:27 PM
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FoliageGold
Hi, thanks for thinking of me. It was a noisy weekend, I've been working on my research, and inspiration has stalled... apart from that I'm doing okay.
posted by
mneme
on May 16, 2007 at 5:35 PM
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mneme
Popping in to say hello. You've not posted for awhile. All okay?
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 16, 2007 at 8:46 AM
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marie-claire, bonjour..!
I'm glad to see you back and I would love to hear about your trip. I emailed a little while ago so I will be in touch later this evening.
One of the things I have found is that everyone is used to these pests and no-one seems to cast aspersions on the housekeeping! But the insect life was a lot to get used to at first, being a pom. The biggest flying things I ever had to worry about were fat bumblebees.
posted by
mneme
on May 16, 2007 at 2:29 AM
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littelmspickles
I think I'm pretty restrained, you should see my son with the spray.. he hates them more than I do, especially if they try to fly away.
posted by
mneme
on May 16, 2007 at 2:25 AM
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tonyzonit
I know I didn't imagine it, we just didn't get cockroaches in the good old UK. I don't remember any mice either, in our hermetically-sealed, double-brick and double-glazed house.
Sometimes I feel like a pioneer.
posted by
mneme
on May 16, 2007 at 2:23 AM
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smartdog
That must have been a surprise - we get those too, but I don't worry too much unless they lose a leg or something if I try to shoo them out.
posted by
mneme
on May 16, 2007 at 2:21 AM
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Bonjour! How are you???
I found just the thing for such unsightly visitors... they usually crawl out of the woodwork when you have an important visitor and ruin your reputation as a wonderful housekeeper, (just kidding!).
Just last night, when my dear light brown variety cockroach visited the bathroom and decided to take a bath, with no water that is, I have a brainwave (a rather cruel one I might add), I dowse it in "Simple green" household cleaner, and it works a treat! I don't know if the poor thing suffered, but the sticky liquid immobilised it for life or death I should say. So next time, just reach for the nearest household cleaner. I works! any brand will do. I thought I should share my cruel tips with someone.
Must catch up on the news some time. (By the way, I had a wonderful trip in the States, want to know more?.
posted by
marieclaire66
on May 12, 2007 at 10:35 PM
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yup, i hear ya! the spray comes out for the cockies at my place too!
posted by
littlemspickles
on May 9, 2007 at 4:46 AM
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Good riddance to bad rubbish - bloody cockroaches.
We have ants- that's about it, luckily, although in a rented house there lived a mouse. Well actually several - but mice wouldn't have rhymed!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 8, 2007 at 12:34 PM
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mneme
I hate cockroaches the most! I had one fall onto my neck once. I've also had a praying mantis crawl up onto my arm while out on the patio of a restaurant.
-smartdog
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smartdog_670
on May 7, 2007 at 8:33 PM
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Ypunday
If I can get them outside without too much trouble I will, but you can't take your eye off them because they hide. This one was unlucky.
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mneme
on May 7, 2007 at 3:01 PM
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Maggie Mae
This one probably just walked in from the garden and hid. My husband had been digging out shrubs and moving things around in the garden - that usually gets them moving. Funnel webs too.
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mneme
on May 7, 2007 at 3:00 PM
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Taps
Thanks - I was wondering if cotton soup is the same as hay stew... you start it off on the stove and then put in a box of hay to finish cooking itself slowly all day. Or was I dreaming?
Spiders don't scare me, I just have to be careful they aren't poisonous.
posted by
mneme
on May 7, 2007 at 2:57 PM
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afzal
I don't think I'd like to see the spider that would scare
that cockroach.
posted by
mneme
on May 7, 2007 at 2:54 PM
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http://glyn4life.tripod.com/bonsai-en/azalea1.jpg
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on May 7, 2007 at 8:53 AM
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I once wrote a humoprous poem about how I tried nonviolence with roaches!
But it is helpful to the species here that we do take a moment to consider their lives, even as the need to fumigate and treat our homes for these lesser siblings is a health concern/priority. shalomfromneil
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on May 7, 2007 at 8:53 AM
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mneme............
I have the exterminators too - I don't want any of those critters in my house.
posted by
MaggieMae
on May 7, 2007 at 8:24 AM
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mneme
Grasshoppers are cute. Cockroaches are disgusting. Spiders scare me. I'm glad that a pest man comes once a month and hides a little dollop of something under my kitchen and bathroom cabinets. I started a recipe blog titled "You Asked For It." The recipes you asked for are there.
posted by
TAPS.
on May 7, 2007 at 6:01 AM
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Spider is the natural remedy for cockroaches .
posted by
afzal50
on May 7, 2007 at 5:44 AM
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