San Francisco is very nearly bug free.
hah! well...it's bad for fleas, in my experience.
Nice acronym, Mom!
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Aug 24, 2007 8:10:04 am PDT #6602 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
askye - Aug 24, 2007 8:10:10 am PDT #6603 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Nearly bug free is nice. I'm always slightly amused when people realize that there really are flying roaches (er, Palmetto bugs) in the Florida and it's not an exgeration.
Although our bug issues are how I discovered the one good use for Readers Digest Condensed books --they are the perfect bug killing tools. A nice size and shape, light enough to throw, but still enough heft that they bugs squash satisfiyingly when enough force is applied. And the covers are easy to clean.
askye - Aug 24, 2007 8:13:33 am PDT #6604 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
CNN's reporting that a teenager hacked his iPhone and has been using it with T Mobile instead of ATT [link]
DavidS - Aug 24, 2007 8:14:04 am PDT #6605 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
hah! well...it's bad for fleas, in my experience.
Very sandy soil which is conducive to fleas, it's true. But I don't have pets so it's not an issue.
Still, pretty much no roaches. Very limited mosquitos.
We do have butterflies and dragonflies, who are apparently kept very busy eating up tinier bugs and keeping them away from my house.
But I can leave a spoon covered with honey in the sink overnight and it's still untouched in the morning.
shrift - Aug 24, 2007 8:14:06 am PDT #6606 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Man, I am going to get spaghetti sauce everywhere. At least I'm not wearing a white shirt.
t moves paperwork out of the splatter zone
Dana - Aug 24, 2007 8:14:36 am PDT #6607 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm always slightly amused when people realize that there really are flying roaches
I consider their existence to be proof of the universe's inherent malevolence. Those fuckers should not be able to fly. It's just mean.
lisah - Aug 24, 2007 8:17:34 am PDT #6608 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Oh! I also had the tiny ants in SF. (But, yes, very few mosquitos was a dream!)
DavidS - Aug 24, 2007 8:20:26 am PDT #6609 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh! I also had the tiny ants in SF.
Emmett's mom had tiny ants, and we had a brief bout with them ten years ago. Also, I once had a yellowjackets build a nest in the frame of our building. Still an exterminator got rid of them and that's about the sum total of negative bugivity over 21 years here.
Daisy Jane - Aug 24, 2007 8:20:36 am PDT #6610 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I consider their existence to be proof of the universe's inherent malevolence. Those fuckers should not be able to fly. It's just mean
And they're not the frightend, scattering types either! Those mother fuckers will fly right at your face.
juliana - Aug 24, 2007 8:21:49 am PDT #6611 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
This is the most bug-free place I've lived ever. I've seen a couple roaches, but they are wee compared to even the MN ones. Fleas, yes. Ants, yes. But those are eradicable, and not nearly the bother of some other insects I could name.