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Damm Roaches
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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"Horace Brownbag" wrote in message
... On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:53:18 GMT, "Doug Kanter" wrote: "Jack Rye" .# wrote in message news:gXVlb.33432$Rd4.2825@fed1read07... 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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"Keith" wrote in message
... 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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"Vito" wrote in message
... 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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"Julian" wrote in message
... 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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"Keith" wrote in message
... 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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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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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 "Paul" wrote in message able.rogers.com... 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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