I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.

Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'


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.


lisah - Jun 09, 2009 5:15:59 pm PDT #23484 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Those are not roaches. Trust me. Roaches...scurry.

That's what I think too! I have experienced the scurrying kind. shudder.

ION, also gross, oh elderly dog! Why must you pee on the kitchen floor right after I have mopped it? And right after I've taken you out? Why???


sarameg - Jun 09, 2009 5:18:58 pm PDT #23485 of 30000

I got it at Ace, a new neighborhood franchise that ordered a batch when I asked about it. A lot of people ended up buying it: they ordered a case, half was gone when I went to pick it up a day later. It isn't that uncommon, though. I just didn't see it at HD or Lowes on the shelf.

First time I voluntarily conquered a roach was when I was 19 and babysitting. No one else there to save the kid, so I dropped a 20 lb english compendium on it. And left it in the middle of the room for the mom to deal with.

Unfortunately, there's just me to deal now, so I am.


Juliebird - Jun 09, 2009 5:20:59 pm PDT #23486 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

The Silverfish tend to be almost transluscent, while the house centipede is far too creepily visible (crawling in the blue glow of the TV in a dark room). All those legs ::shudder:: and the fuckers are fast.


Zenkitty - Jun 09, 2009 5:22:15 pm PDT #23487 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

eeeew. stop talking about roaches. it'll summon them. i can handle anything but spiders and roaches. i don't care what they're called, i call them all eeeewwkillitkillit.

bugs


lisah - Jun 09, 2009 5:24:30 pm PDT #23488 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

The multi legged things are my doomer bugs.

EWWWWWWWWW Disgusting Terminix commercial with swarming and sound effects just came on. blehhhhhhhhhhh

Now I'm all itchy!


msbelle - Jun 09, 2009 5:29:22 pm PDT #23489 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

the bug site says Palmetto bugs are only in the deep south and the other things that are like them are American roaches.

I guess I'll look locally to see if anyone has it, then I'll seek out hardware stores in the more whole foody neighborhoods. I bet the hardware store by my brother has it.


Barb - Jun 09, 2009 5:37:53 pm PDT #23490 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

Big ass flying roaches are palmetto bugs. No matter where I'm at, Palmetto bugs I learned them as, Palmetto bugs are what I kill. With great glee and relish.

(I have to be the roach killer in the household-- Lewis can't deal with them. However, he's much better at coping with snakes. I'm a total Indiana Jones about the snakes.)


dcp - Jun 09, 2009 5:39:53 pm PDT #23491 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

cockroaches...flashing neon saying "Eat at Joe's"

Y'all have probably avoided the movie Joe's Apartment. I did originally, then I happened across it while channel surfing, and it was surprisingly good, funny, and not so creepy/crawly/icky.

And who didn't love Wall-E's cockroach sidekick?


Juliebird - Jun 09, 2009 5:42:08 pm PDT #23492 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

I actually quite liked that movie!

"Fellow cockaroachies, we must save Joe!"

Now that I know these are wood roaches that don't breed indoors, the gross, greasy, filthy feeling I have is gone. Sorta.


dcp - Jun 09, 2009 5:44:58 pm PDT #23493 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Arachnophobia was less horrifying and more funny than I expected, too.