posted May 13, 2010 12:16 PM
I slipped out to my shop the other night and was disturbed to find five very large cockroaches throwing a raucous party. Offended by the fact that I had not been invited to this bash at my very own digs, I decided to take appropriate disciplinary action. Not having a can of bug spray handy and clearly in no mood to clean up if I squashed them (besides, when the stomping starts, the scurrying begins--and I wouldn’t have gotten them all), I reached for the only thing handy, my spray bottle of Rapid Remover.
In seconds, they were all dispatched into the realm of the dearly departed. I love the smell of limonene in the evening!
Although the efficacy of Roger’s Rapid Roach Remover cannot be disputed, I doubt the videos will show up on his website any time soon.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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posted May 13, 2010 12:34 PM
Thanks for sharing that David, though I don't advocate that use! I do however find it effective for spiders, wasps,ants,etc. The real bonus is how it kills weeds around the yard Again, I don't publically advocate these uses.
Roger
-------------------- Roger Bailey Rapid Tac Incorporated 186 Combs Dr. Merlin Oregon 97532 Posts: 3020 | From: Merlin Oregon | Registered: Dec 1998
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Sophie found an opossum in the washing machine. It had decided to take a nap in the dirty clothes in the breezeway. When she gathered the clothes up, Sophie unknowingly also got the critter and washed them all. Fortunately for the possum, it was a cold water wash.
I personally became the Rapid Remover and picked the world's cleanest opossum out of the machine by its tail, petted him a bit, and put him in a tree, which he has since vacated. I would have also said the world's most confused possum, except those animals would need more brain power to actually get to any sort of confusion level.
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-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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posted May 13, 2010 04:22 PM
That reminds me of something that happened to a friend of mine who lived in a mobile home...
Her daughter was about 3 and hated taking naps... she would make all kinds of excuses so when she came into the kitchen during naptime saying "Mama, mama... big mouse on the bed..." her mother automatically assumed it was a nap avoiding tactic and told her to go back to her room and go to sleep....
The daughter attempts to go back and nap, but a few minutes later.... back again.... "Mama, mama, I promwis, big big mouse on the bed...."
Finally, mama decides to check on it and whaddaya know, there's a possum, sound asleep on the bed. She got much more excited about it than the kid had, and had to call her hubby to remove it...
The bathroom vanity door was open, so they figured he had come through there. I guess there was a hole around the sink drain pipe large enough for him to climb through.
-------------------- Jon Jantz Snappysign.com jjantz21@gmail.com http://www.allcw.com Posts: 3395 | From: Atmore, AL | Registered: Nov 2005
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posted May 13, 2010 05:16 PM
Biting hole in lip to keep from making a southern part of the country comment!
-------------------- Dana Blair Blair Signs Wooster, OH www.blairsigns.com
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My brother lives in Montana and he says there's people up there who've never seen a cockroach in their entire lives. I told him I can step on a roach but doing that to a grizzly only serves to tick them off.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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posted May 13, 2010 07:49 PM
David: above a certain elevation,most roaches/insects cease to exist, snakes too...
-------------------- Frank Magoo, Magoo's-Las Vegas; fmagoo@netzero.com "the only easy day was yesterday" Posts: 2365 | From: Las Vegas, Nv. | Registered: Jun 2003
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posted May 13, 2010 07:59 PM
In Yosemite, the bears are now ranging above 8000' because they've acquired a taste for backpacker's fare. Scare off a hiker, and there's a brightly colored Happy Meal on the ground.
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-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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posted May 13, 2010 08:45 PM
David, do you know that for a fact? Maybe, an eye witness.
-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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posted May 13, 2010 08:46 PM
David, do you know that for a fact? Maybe, an eye witness.
-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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posted May 14, 2010 12:21 PM
Harold Werner, a fish and wildlife biologist at Sequoia and Kings Canyon says about bears: "They will go to great lengths to find more. They'll even take up residency at 11,000 feet if there's a campsite nearby that consistently attracts people and their food." Bear resistant food containers are required at Yosemite for all camping above 9600'.
When I took my grandson there a couple years ago, the Rangers told us bears were rarely found above treeline in the past, but now range up there quite frequently, hoping to score a meal off a panicked backpacker. They recommend not dropping your pack.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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posted May 14, 2010 02:12 PM
My first trip to Yosemite, there were bears everywhere.That was 1953. The floor, the Meadows, the peak where they pushed the fire over the ridge at night especially was full of bears. Yogi & BooBoo, would greet you with a smile. I once saw the bottom half of a bear crashing into solid objects. The top half was stuck in a garbage can. A ranger would walk up to a bear with a big club and the bear would run...
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-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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