tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27352415.post1721367911535379508..comments2024-01-31T10:30:47.824-08:00Comments on Life on a limb: How I Got My PhobiaDelirioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564398770468606675noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27352415.post-33984142283177106642010-04-03T10:50:06.930-07:002010-04-03T10:50:06.930-07:00When we moved into one apartment, we had bought ce...When we moved into one apartment, we had bought cereal for the next morning. It was Honeycomb, so when I poured a bowl of BLACK, I knew something was wrong. The black then crawled away! <br /><br />We found a recipe for roach poison, which uses Borax, flour, onion,s water, etc. You make little balls and put them in "high traffic" areas. We never saw another roach in that place! I'm sure you could find that recipe online. It worked like a charm!Mr. Giggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05641950854577035374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27352415.post-35889145418575651732010-03-31T09:06:55.754-07:002010-03-31T09:06:55.754-07:00Cockroaches are now a global phenomenon. I can...Cockroaches are now a global phenomenon. I can't stick the sight of them either. I use a regular check up and treatment to keep them away. http://www.godrejhicare.com/services_intelligel.aspRamana Rajgopaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595611334904650281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27352415.post-3822648051088637502010-03-30T10:56:17.834-07:002010-03-30T10:56:17.834-07:00When Mr. Giggles and his family moved in with us, ...When Mr. Giggles and his family moved in with us, they brought some furniture from their storage shed. Unfortunately, they also brought the red German cockroaches from the storage shed too. We put out poison, sprayed, set off bug bombs, and still could not get rid of them. Finally, we noticed they were in our stove, so we took the stove outside, covered it in a plastic bag, and set off TWO bug bombs inside the bag. Afterwards, I went to move the stove back in, and more roaches came out. I found that they were getting up into the insolation in the stove, and it filtered the poison enough so that they did not die. We hauled the stove off to the dump, bought a new one, and got rid of our roaches!Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17533155174637831890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27352415.post-28142891510933175032010-03-30T07:49:35.486-07:002010-03-30T07:49:35.486-07:00I was at my mother-in-law's house in West Texa...I was at my mother-in-law's house in West Texas one time and went into her kitchen at night. I turned on the light and there on the counter was the absolute biggest cockroach I had ever seen in my life! Not only that, but as soon as I saw it, another one ran out! I'm not kidding, nor exagerating when I say that roach was at least 4 or 5 inches long and stood 2-3 inches off the counter. I found out they were "tree roaches" and she had a bad infestation of them but had put poison out since she had tried the regular roach killers and they hadn't worked. That was the only time I have ever seen a bug at my mother-in-law's house, but that was enough. I get the creeps just thinking about them!Nenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13847303868378288229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27352415.post-65774257672419098752010-03-30T07:38:16.987-07:002010-03-30T07:38:16.987-07:00I don't think I have ever seen a roach or a ra...I don't think I have ever seen a roach or a rat...KNOCK ON WOOD!Inklingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173567199140492921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27352415.post-79627085871718328682010-03-30T07:22:03.475-07:002010-03-30T07:22:03.475-07:00that is absolutely disgusting!!that is absolutely disgusting!!Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692897932694365285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27352415.post-7923912082677282822010-03-30T05:59:04.234-07:002010-03-30T05:59:04.234-07:00Oh Mike....I think I could write a whole new post ...Oh Mike....I think I could write a whole new post about rats. lol Actually, I don't feel as phobic about them though. <br /><br />In Texas, the roaches are impossible to get rid of. If you spray, they just move next door for awhile until your neighbors spray, then they come back. Here where I live in Antioch, our biggest pest problem is ants. I think they named it "Ant"ioch for a reason. We live on one big ant hill.Delirioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564398770468606675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27352415.post-91555397708446938332010-03-30T05:01:58.573-07:002010-03-30T05:01:58.573-07:00We had roaches when I was a teen in Texas. It was...We had roaches when I was a teen in Texas. It was disgusting, but when you're dirt poor, they're hard to get rid of. Not all the places we lived had them, though. We moved 7 times in 4 1/2 years, the last 6 in the same area so I wouldn't have to be constantly switching schools. The worst place, though was the one that had the rats.<br /><br />Mike - <a href="http://exit78.com" rel="nofollow">exit78</a>Mike Goadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01909276588431011926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27352415.post-51439717316430809562010-03-29T21:31:23.232-07:002010-03-29T21:31:23.232-07:00Ooooo, memories of college ... I lived in off cam...Ooooo, memories of college ... I lived in off campus apartments near the university in Knoxville, TN. The apartments were all full of roaches, but there was nothing we could do. We could fumigate, but a few hours later they would be migrating in from the other apartments. The sport when we were bored was to turn the lights out for 5 minutes, then turn them back on and see how many we could smash as they went scurrying for cover. Those were the days!Looneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15801436449971512320noreply@blogger.com