Pray that they're actually fruit flies and not fungus flies. Mom & Dad had the latter for months, and it took rooting up the kitchen plumbing and removing a bad pipe to get rid of them.
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
Spike ,'Potential'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 01, 2013 8:27:16 am PDT #4057 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Polgara - Sep 01, 2013 8:37:23 am PDT #4058 of 30000
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Chemical weapons! If you can get them to congregate in one area--with a yogurt container, or a piece of fruit on a paper plate--then you can spray them with Lysol.
sj - Sep 01, 2013 8:41:52 am PDT #4059 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
but part of the problem was that we had them, and then my roommate got more fruit and left it sitting on the counter.
I refuse to put yummy garden tomatoes in the fridge at this time of year, so I put them in a ceramic bowl with a dishtowel tightly wrapped around it, which seems to keep the fruit flies away.
-t - Sep 01, 2013 8:49:25 am PDT #4060 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sorry about the stomach bug, Lee. And about the literal bugs, meara and sj.
I am still working on making breakfast for myself, so it's not going to be a super productive day. But if it's an at all productive day I think I'll count it as a win. We'll see how it goes...
sarameg - Sep 01, 2013 8:55:44 am PDT #4061 of 30000
Sorry about the puke unexpected.
I've got 20 minutes to board. It's a one stop, but same plane so the edibles will be slim. I had a couple corn soft tacos for breakfast with the leftover pork al carbon and chile ( plus spinach to maintain tortilla integrity.) Bought overpriced hummus and pretzels & cashews behind security since we has a tire issue on the way down and they didn't think there was time to hit Albertson's( there was.)
I won't starve. Aw, mom packed me a nectarine...
bon bon - Sep 01, 2013 8:57:38 am PDT #4062 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I had a real fruit fly problem that the vinegar traps weren't catching a couple days before a party -- fly paper from Lowe's helped a lot. Also bleach solution down sinks, because that's sometimes the source.
Jessica - Sep 01, 2013 9:02:02 am PDT #4063 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I brought home a new TV from Costco and am now in gadget nerd heaven setting it all up. Happiness is a 50" LED display and shiny new Harmony remote settings.
As soon as we get a power strip for the bedroom, I can hook up the Roku to the TV in there and then we will be able to play Angry Birds and watch House of Cards on every screen in the house.
le nubian - Sep 01, 2013 9:15:36 am PDT #4064 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
So, "fungus flies?"
lovely. now I have something new to worry about.
aurelia - Sep 01, 2013 9:21:16 am PDT #4065 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The $6 fruit fly trap I bought at Walgreens was highly effective and was endlessly fascinating for the cast and crew of my last show.
§ ita § - Sep 01, 2013 9:44:57 am PDT #4066 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nurse was earlier this week, and called at 11:15 to tell me she was 15 minutes (lie!) away. My sister's little convo had at least some impact
I'm not sure why someone on another board is suggesting all Jamaicans might have had a bad experience with a large dog. How hard is it to believe that some people just don't give a fuck?
The external drive on my TiVo seems to have failed. I can't bring myself to press "Clear" and proceed. I think it might mean I've lost everything that was stored on it. I powered the drive down and back on again, and when I plugged the power cable back in (while it was turned off) there were sparks.
So if you don't hear from me again, my place burnt down because I couldn't deal with the second electronic failure this week.