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My whole life just flashed before my eyes! I gotta get me a life!
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
-t - Oct 06, 2013 10:23:10 am PDT #8146 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Amy - Oct 06, 2013 10:31:02 am PDT #8147 of 30000
Because books.
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-t - Oct 06, 2013 10:41:07 am PDT #8148 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My experience contradicts that.
I only ran the experiment once, but the traps baited with honey got more flies than the ones with vinegar.
aurelia - Oct 06, 2013 10:50:12 am PDT #8149 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
This also works [link] .
le nubian - Oct 06, 2013 10:57:41 am PDT #8150 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Love Scrappy's response. BTW, you need to put all fruit in the fridge. That will help them from staying in the house while you trap them.
lisah - Oct 06, 2013 11:02:58 am PDT #8151 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
A glass of cider vinegar covered in plastic wrap with a couple of holes poked in it has always worked for me. And is not stinky (unless the vinegar smell is something you don't care for).
Ugh, a friend's house burned down yesterday and, while everyone is safe thank god, they lost everything. They've had a rough couple of years and I just feel so bad for her. They have family to stay with and insurance but, god, how horrible. Plus, it's made me really worry about the wiring in my house.
Amy - Oct 06, 2013 11:06:01 am PDT #8152 of 30000
Because books.
Oh, lisah, that's awful.
-t - Oct 06, 2013 11:08:36 am PDT #8153 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh no! I'm sorry, lisah.
beekaytee - Oct 06, 2013 11:10:39 am PDT #8154 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
lisah, how awful for your friends.
I still feel the terror of the day our next door neighbor's house burned and we didn't even suffer. I can't even imagine how that must feel.
Strength and rebuilding ~ma to them.
A glass of cider vinegar covered in plastic wrap with a couple of holes poked in it has always worked for me.
I was totally ready for this to work during my last fruit fly invasion but not one of the little buggers cooperated. Getting rid of the pineapple was the only solution in the end.
lisah - Oct 06, 2013 11:16:38 am PDT #8155 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Oh, yeah, you have to get rid of the fruit that is attracting them too.
Bob's family's house burned down when he was a kid and his folk's say the hardest part was just remembering all of the things they lost so they could file a claim to adequately replace them. Plus, there's all the stuff that you can't ever replace--like old letters and art. I know my friend who lost her place had a huge cookbook collection. She will be able to rebuild that eventually but, still, it won't be the same.