Also, I have a deck estimate guy coming saturday. And blind measuring tomorrow, though they haven't called with a time, which is annoying.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
sarameg - Jun 09, 2009 4:09:17 pm PDT #23465 of 30000
Juliebird - Jun 09, 2009 4:26:23 pm PDT #23466 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Roach.
IN MY COFFEE MAKER.
This shall not be abided.
sarameg - Jun 09, 2009 4:28:40 pm PDT #23467 of 30000
Diatomaceous earth. I actually haven't seen any new dead roaches since the weekend. I'm hoping they all died in their lairs.
eta: I feel your pain. I hate/fear the things, one of my few bug issues. I knew moving into the city proper would mean them, but uhg.
Dana - Jun 09, 2009 4:31:41 pm PDT #23468 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I have to say, I really, really don't miss the roaches. There's lots of things I miss about the South, but flinching every time I walk into my garage at night? Not one of them.
sarameg - Jun 09, 2009 4:34:41 pm PDT #23469 of 30000
I was a little surprised we have NM size roaches up here in B'more. But I shouldn't have been, it makes sense given the population density and housing stock. I just didn't have them in the more suburban area I lived (I saw the little ones, but those don't freak me out.)
msbelle - Jun 09, 2009 4:47:46 pm PDT #23470 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I had a random water bug in my place the other night. Now I know there are more and am squicked.
sarameg - Jun 09, 2009 4:51:56 pm PDT #23471 of 30000
Blinds between 10:30 and 11:30.
Waterbugs=roaches?? I google waterbugs and find some truly horrifying nonstompable pictures of nightmares.
msbelle - Jun 09, 2009 5:00:45 pm PDT #23472 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
waterbugs are the big black roaches. huh, and now by checking out the fabulous what's that bug, I see they are American roaches, so now I wonder, what are the smaller lighter brown things?
eta - the same site answered my question - the smaller lighter ones are German cockroaches and much harder to get rid of.
If buying some of the diawhatever earth, how much to treat a full apt - say 950 sq ft? 1lb? 5 lb?
Jessica - Jun 09, 2009 5:05:52 pm PDT #23473 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Huh - I usually use "waterbug" to mean those horrible things with a zillion legs that turn up in the bathtub sometimes.
Jesse - Jun 09, 2009 5:07:15 pm PDT #23474 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Nah, waterbugs are the enormous roaches that may fly. Shudder.