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Posted by Anonymous
 - January 13, 2020, 01:10:30 AM
I've never had a problem with insects either. Plenty of methods for dealing with them at my disposal. Same goes for other pests, you just need to know their kryptonite and Bob's yer auntie.



I remember with a lot of fondness a time when I was hanging out at a guitarist friend's place not too far from where Freud is living now. This guy was a total eco-nut, which struck me as kinda strange because he had previously been a punk rocker of some local renown in the late seventies. He also drove a Volvo and couldn't understand why people automatically made fun of his driving skills because of it.



Anyway, one night when it had been raining heavily and the slugs were out, I wandered into the kitchen to make a coffee. Turned on the light, there's at least half a dozen gastropods sliming their way across the food prep areas, one of them was making its way over the lip of the coffee mug I was intending to drink my coffee from. Disgusting fuckers. I immediately reached for the table salt and started sprinkling it liberally on them, smiling as every last one of them started screaming. Just not as loud as Me Ex-Punk-rocker was freaking out when he wandered in to see what was going on. Apparently the slugs were God's Creatures or something, to which I pointed at the lush, wet vegetation outside and inquired "did he kick them out of Eden then?" Jesus, from the rate he was carrying on, I half suspected he wanted to gather them all up and wrap them about his wizened rod so he might spunk all the salt off them or something. The guy was a freak.
Posted by Anonymous
 - January 13, 2020, 12:53:00 AM
That was me.
Posted by Anonymous
 - January 13, 2020, 12:52:14 AM
Ive never had a problem with insects.
Posted by Anonymous
 - January 13, 2020, 12:46:01 AM
Oh, and while I think of it, grab yourself some Diatomaceous Earth and leave a few small piles of it in areas where you know the ants to be trafficking. You might think of it as a kind of eco-friendly DDT, the particles are small enough to work their way into the joints of a good many insects (including ants) and dessicates them with none of the chemical residue that made DDT such a pain in the ass for larger organisms. Still not recommended for use around pets though, but as long as you are careful where you put it, you can make life terribly difficult for your six legged friends and their relatives.
Posted by Anonymous
 - January 13, 2020, 12:37:53 AM
I remember seeing fortifications to the stumps of a house out the back of Surfers Paradise that were aimed at reducing a termite problem the house owners were having. I'm trying to remember the exact specifics (and drawing a blank) though I do remember the issue was with the ants gaining access to the house via the stumps. To that end, brick retaining walls of about a metre square were constructed in key areas, filled in with rocks and possibly other things which inhibited ant traffic to the stumps themselves.



Point is that even with an interior that is squeaky clean and spick and span, you can still find yourself with problems that require aggressive (and sometimes costly) solutions. Good luck in your quest, but do seek out a professional or three and see if they can't give you a few ideas on what else you can do as well.
Posted by Anonymous
 - January 12, 2020, 04:54:26 PM
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Odinson"I just replaced my kitchen range hood..



Also put new pipes to the roof.





People dont know this but a dirty range hood is a real fire-hazard..

Everybody knows that. Some people are just too fucking lazy to clean it,

That's not a fun job.
Posted by Anonymous
 - January 12, 2020, 12:11:15 PM
Quote from: "Odinson"I just replaced my kitchen range hood..



Also put new pipes to the roof.





People dont know this but a dirty range hood is a real fire-hazard..

Everybody knows that. Some people are just too fucking lazy to clean it,
Posted by Odinson
 - January 12, 2020, 10:40:33 AM
I just replaced my kitchen range hood..



Also put new pipes to the roof.





People dont know this but a dirty range hood is a real fire-hazard..
Posted by Anonymous
 - January 12, 2020, 04:57:43 AM
Today the kitchen, tomorrow the World.



Next in line is gutting the bathrooms...
Posted by Anonymous
 - January 12, 2020, 02:56:12 AM
Quote from: "Mel"Now that I'm tearing the entire fucking kitchen out, I'll deal with those little fuckers as need be!



Look at all the grease and shit behind where the range exhaust fan was!  Most homeowners don't dig into there.



Mel digs deep...







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That reminds me, I must clean our range hood next weekend.
Posted by Anonymous
 - January 12, 2020, 02:50:44 AM
Now that I'm tearing the entire fucking kitchen out, I'll deal with those little fuckers as need be!



Look at all the grease and shit behind where the range exhaust fan was!  Most homeowners don't dig into there.



Mel digs deep...







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Posted by Anonymous
 - January 11, 2020, 08:27:57 PM
Quote from: "TheVancouverGuy"Mix 1 part borax with 2 parts sugar. Put it somewhere under a cupboard, where the ants will find it.



It's the same effective chemicals as many bait traps use. They'll be excited by the sugar, and carry the borax to their nest, where it will kill the colony.



Some ants aren't after sugar, and prefer protein. If the ants don't go for the sugar mixture, try peanut butter instead.

British Columbians seem to know how to deal with ants..



They've never been a problem in our house, my mother's house, or my mother in law's house.
Posted by Vancouver
 - January 11, 2020, 08:15:40 PM
Mix 1 part borax with 2 parts sugar. Put it somewhere under a cupboard, where the ants will find it.



It's the same effective chemicals as many bait traps use. They'll be excited by the sugar, and carry the borax to their nest, where it will kill the colony.



Some ants aren't after sugar, and prefer protein. If the ants don't go for the sugar mixture, try peanut butter instead.
Posted by Anonymous
 - January 11, 2020, 12:52:10 PM
Quote from: "Guest"
Quote from: "caskur"
Quote from: "Mel"
Quote from: "caskur"
What you bought up there is supermarket grade. What I was talking about you buying was Pest Control guy grade.



You might see your ants return within a month.

The entire kitchen is being gutted sometime this month (hopefully), as I have a custom kitchen builder building my shit right now.



When the time comes for me to tear this shit out, I will have a better idea as to what needs to be done!



Since I have no children or pets, and am not a tree hugger either, I am not adverse to using any means/chemicals necessary to handle the problem once and for all!


Ants are a huge problem where I live in Perth Western Australia...



We pissfarted around with supermarket grade ant riders for a few years until someone told  me to go get some professional grade ant killer at the hardware store.



We took their advice .



It worked.



Something to think about if you stay where you are for a good length of time.




My daughter is in Australia right now.  Her actor boyfriend is from there and they went back during his break from shooting a tv series in England to visit his family while she is on break from film school.  Don't get me started... that child should be at Columbia Law and I get to endure my family asking me "but what is his real job" while I show them photos of her at Sundance and red carpet events....



Hello Caskur, it's been a while xoxox

Wow. That totally sounds legit!
Posted by Anonymous
 - January 11, 2020, 12:30:50 PM
Sounds like sugar ants.