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Leanne
 
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I shared your prejudice as a child. But then my job took me aboard one
of our rich uncle sam's big grey yachts. I was sitting in the wardroom
at near midnight yearning for a snack when an officer came in with a
nice steaming bowl of soup. Where? Midrats, down on the mess deck. Off I
went to get in the line, my mouth literally watering at the soup's
scent; but when I got to the big whaddacallit of soup there were a dozen
or so roaches swimming in it!! Noting my hesitancy a sailor said "Here,
lemme show you. Dip the ladle to the bottom, shake it back and forth,
then pull it up quickly!" With that he matched word with deed and handed
me a roachless bowl of soup which, acknowledging that I'd been eating
out of that same "mess" for days, I promptly ate with great enjoyment.


I have been on one of those yachts and noticed the bread. Those weren't caraway
seeds. What is a weevil or two. Added protein.

Sorry to tell y'all this but Ms Rosalie's right: almost everything we
eat contains insect and/or rodent parts and droppings.


Sometimes where you least expect it.

Leanne
S/V Fundy


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Doug Kanter
 
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"Horace Brownbag" wrote in message
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:53:18 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"Jack Rye" .# wrote in message
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Thanks. Don't mined if I do. Cheers, and may I toast you on such an

astute
observation.


Dirty secret. If I'm up at 4:00 AM because the neighbor's dog is out

making
noise, I'll sometimes dose my cat (Rosie the Horrible) with catnip, let

her
out, and toss cat treats along the fenceline. Drives the friggin' dog

nuts,
and there seems to be no limit as to how much the the cat's willing to

spend
along that fence. The dog ends up with its neck and legs completely

wrapped
in its chain. Much more fun than calling the cops to enforce the noise
ordinance, which doesn't work most of the time anyway.


I wouldn't call it in as a noise violation.

I'd call animal control. If they are that irritating there is a
possibility of abuse.

I think there would be a greater probability of achieving a favorable
result.


Interesting point. Frankly, my definition of dog abuse is letting average
people introduce two dogs for purposes of making puppies. For this reason,
my cat's vet has stopped using the term "golden retriever". She calls them
"hip problems".


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Doug Kanter
 
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"Keith" wrote in message
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Boy, where was THIS discussion when I had a barking dog as a neighbor.

None
now that I live on the boat, but I sure would have used these ideas!


Well, let's continue collecting ideas. Here's one: Cook a large northern
pike and give it to the bad dog - the whole fish. Ever seen the Y-bones of a
pike's skeleton?


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Doug Kanter
 
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Sorry to tell y'all this but Ms Rosalie's right: almost everything we
eat contains insect and/or rodent parts and droppings.


There are actually printed guides for "permissible levels of insect parts"
for food products. Candy is especially interesting, for obvious reasons.
Anyone who thinks Hershey can cook up sugar and chocolate all day and not
attract ants is a complete idiot.

My GF grew up in Yauco, in SW Puerto Rico. Her housing development was built
20 years ago on top of old sugar cane plantations. Nice house, nice
neighborhood, but the ants never left. You can wipe down the entire kitchen
with Lysol or bleach, walk away, and 20 minutes later, there'll be ants on
the counter, looking for whatever it is they're looking for. They're tiny,
and they wipe up nicely with a damp paper towel.

It bothered me on the first visit, but it was obvious that her mother was as
obsessive about a clean kitchen as I am, and everywhere I went, people had
the same problem. The standard comment was "Of course...everyone has them".

I think we worry too much about some bugs.


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Doug Kanter
 
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If there was a way to kill eggs before they hatch then I have
such a hate of roaches that I would seriously consider
creating a decontamination chamber on deck somewhere
and try to process any material coming onto the boat in case
there were eggs in it.


Hopefully, you'd also plan to wash everything you decontaminated before your
children touched it, right? And things like boxes of noodles wouldn't be
processed that way.

I assume you know that there never has been, nor will there ever be a long
term study of the effects of pesticides, especially on children.




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For dry foodstuffs, you can microwave it when you bring it on the boat,

but
obviously this doesn't work with metal stuff. I've also heard that when

you
store rice, flour, etc., seal up a little piece of dry ice with it and the
CO2 will kill them. However, how many of us carry dry ice in the real

world?


There are plenty of truly airtight containers available into which you can
transfer dry goods before bringing them aboard. The simplest and best are
Ball canning jars, if you don't have little kids who can't manage glass
safely. In addition to the usual ring and cap lids, which are really meant
for canning, they also make plastic lids to fit both sizes of jars. In the
same section of the supermarket, you can usually find funnels made
especially to fit the jars, to make it much easier to pour stuff into them.


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Cardinal Bill
 
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anonymous wrote:

Wrong again, I'm afraid. Nothing wrong with breathing carbon dioxide so long
as you're also breathing in enough O2 with it. CO is a poison. CO2 is simply
an inert gas.


I guess my point being...toss a LARGE chunk into your boat. Close the
boat up, no air currents then. CO2 is heavier than air (I'm pretty
sure) and as it desolidifies it settles into the hull and pushes the air
up until it reaches a level where the hull is no longer watertight.
From there on down everything is exposed to high concentrations of CO2
and low concentrations of O2.

--
Every path has its puddle.

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Tim Cole
 
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I haven't had a roach in my living space in thirty years. When I move
in I take a box of baking soda and sprinkle it behind and under
everything. A little extra in the galley spaces, mate.

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Paul
They'd just don scuba equipment and go wreck diving. :-)
Paul
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Brilliant idea, but why not just remove the transom plug and drown the
buggers?.



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The easiest way to get rid of the bugs is to buy about a half gallon of Boric
Acid powder. Spread it under all the cabinets, shelves and anywhere you think
the roaches might go that is out of your way. It can stay there for months. The
roaches walk through it and carry it back to their home. It will kill them all
and keep them gone for yrs. Just leave the Boric acid there.
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