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todoamiga
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Great advice, the poor suckers don't stand a chance now. Boric acid + sounds perfect... I've used it personally for yeast infections, worked wonders.
Thanks much!
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vgabndo
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I'd be very careful with Baygon
I carelessly sprayed it inside my camper van one night in the Yucatan when I got stuck and left the lights on and doors open.
I had a billion bugs to kill before bed so I sprayed it all over then shut the doors and left for half an hour. Where it landed on the back of my bare
neck I broke out in a NASTY rash that was described by a knowledgeable person as looking very similar to what dioxin exposure does.
I got a very similar reaction years before when the State of California exposed their teenaged employee to Penta Chlorophenol.
It IS deadly, and I still use it, but very carefully.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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msrla
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I am with MEXRAY on this one, TERRO ant baits are the BEST, EASIEST, mess free non-toxic way, they work well, you just have to be patient, place it
on the trails, it will wipe out the colony usually within a few days to a week depending on how large an infestation. We get those pesty argentine
ants here in SOCAL and have been invaded on many occassions! I just set out about 20 of them on the trails around my home this week, fingers crossed
they won't get in the house this summer! 
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Natalie Ann
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TERRO ant bait in the bottles comes in two different formulas - one with strychnine, one without. If you want those ants to disappear for a long
time, get the one with strychnine.
California law used to dictate use of the non-strychnine formula, not sure if that's still true (but likely). Ask someone in Illinois to bring you a
bottle. 
Obviously, don't put it where children or pets might lick it... and don't do so yourself.  
(I've wanted all my Nomads life to use that barf icon and hadn't yet found reason. Thank you ants.)
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
.....Oscar Wilde
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vgabndo
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Baygon...
Way too many skulls and crossed bones involved in the ingredients for me to use it any more. Additional info. at the link.
http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Product.jsp?REG_NR=00367...IST_NR=003671
[Edited on 6-23-2006 by vgabndo]
The winking icon just jumped in there...another cyber mystery
[Edited on 6-23-2006 by vgabndo]
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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meme
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Hmm? the Baygone we get is in Powder form. Never have seen liquid spray? But we just sprinkle it in affected areas carefully, not near food or drink
and we have no pets, nor children so has not been any problem using it for us.And it sure stops those ants!
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vgabndo
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Stop an ant, I think it would stop an Abrams Tank!
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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meme
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Sorry Can't test that as I do Not have any Abrams Tanks!!
you know? I do not even know what an Abrams Tank looks like, maybe I do have one and don't know it? lol lol!
You know what? I was just looking at that container that is Baygon and it has NO Skull & Crossbone on it!!!!!
[Edited on 6-24-2006 by meme]
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Barry A.
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Meme-----
-----neither does an Abrams Tank have a skull and cross bones-------------not all lethal things are so marked, but they ARE deadly.
I will stick with the Boric Acid mixture--------it sure works on c-ck-a-roaches.
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meme
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OMG!!! c-ckroaches!!! I REALLY Hate c-ckroaches! I think I will stay with Baygon
as I KNOW IT WORKS! :yes o hope I never find a roach tho! Nasty things!!
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by meme
OMG!!! c-ckroaches!!! I REALLY Hate c-ckroaches! I think I will stay with Baygon
as I KNOW IT WORKS!:yeso hope I never find a roach tho! Nasty things!! |
Meme, nasty things They're survivors
Keep a dozen or so behind the stove as pets
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meme
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Not ME!!! I would call an Exterminator if I found even one!!!!!!!!!
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vgabndo
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I've seen roaches in Cent. Amer. that could only be stopped with a pistol...
but you had to be really careful. They charge when they're wounded!
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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meme
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LMAO!! No guns allowed in Mexico!!! Lol Lol!
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