SC - Tempera question

[Siegfried Heydrich]

At 09:51 PM 6/7/00 -0400,CBlackwill at aol.com said something like:

>i don't know if cockroaches were a problem in period.  Aren't they from South
>America, originally?  I may be wrong, I'm no entymologist...
>
>Balthazar of Blackmoor

There being several different varieties of the little buggers, I'm 
reasonably certain they must have been an issue in at least a few places.

For instance, the Oriental Waterbugs (those GIANT things) are dang easy to 
kill off and get rid of, but the German ones???? FORGET IT!! (Those are the 
little light brown tiny ones) I am starting to think they begin breathing 
with a racial memory. They are VERY difficult to get under control. If I 
could find a reliable tac-nuke to use inside the house, I would.

Regards,
Maggie MacD.
(with a 50 year old house, and far more knowledge of the little buggers 
than she had ever wanted).