SC - Beatrix will be at event in Beaumont TX.

[Mike Young]

    Actually, the easiest way to deal with them is to leave a quarter inch
of beer in the can when you finish a cold & frosty, and just set it
someplace where the roaches will smell it. Roaches are real suckers for
beer, and aren't snobs about it, either. They'll climb into the can for a
quick proboscisfull, and won't be able to get out. Sometimes you can get
over a dozen in there, just partying their lights out, if you have a bad
infestation.
    Usually, they just drown, and all you have to do is pitch the can. If
you drink beer regularly, simply leaving the cans out will pretty much take
care of the problem in a month or two. And you can take karmic comfort in
the fact that the little bastards died happy.

    Sieggy

> However, a friend of mine _did_ find a solution to the German bugs.
> Now bear in mind her place used to crawl with them.  To cook her
> dinner without having additional protein end up in it, she used to set
> up a trestle table (the legs of which had been well & truly bug
> sprayed) in the middle of her kitchen for food preparation.  Believe
> me, making a cup of coffee without having a bug end up swimming in it
> was a major challenge.  She had an army of cats (even they got bored
> ;-)  Plus, when squashed, the last dying act of a cockroa errr
> 'non-paying boarder' is one of procreation (they squirt eggs or sperm
> which remain fertile for 4 hours)
>
> My friend literally tried all the bug sprays/bombs etc, while they
> would kill any of the bugs in the house, it didn't kill the eggs of
> those in the walls, which just wondered in afterwards.  After a while,
> the eggs tend to mutate into bugs that don't get affected at all by
> the sprays . . . Mind you, some of _her_ bugs were really scary.  I
> remember heating up a cup of milk (on high) in the microwave for 2
> mins.  When the microwave had finished I opened the door and took my
> mug out.  Unbeknownst to me, one of the bugs had crawled in to the
> microwave while I was messing about with my cup on the bench - so it
> had got nuked as well.  The scary thing?  It walked out afterwards . .
> .
>
> So, my friend bought this electric device.  Basically, it looks like a
> plastic inverted saucer. It has a bait inside it which entices the bug
> in & then the bug is electrified (preventing spawning attempt).  The
> small ones also tend to turn to powder.  For the first 6 weeks my
> friend had this new 'toy', there was an almost constant electric whirr
> & the smell of burning roaches . . .
>
> After 2 months the kitchen had become noticeably less invested (no
> longer did it move when you walked in at night & turned the light on
> ;-), so my friend bought a second of the devices for the bedroom.
> After 6 months, the 2 devices reduced the infestation to the
> occasional wondering 'visitor'.  It has been 6 years and they have
> never been able to get to more than one or two wandering about at a
> time.
>
> I borrowed these things & can also guarantee their effectiveness.
> They take about 2 months to work properly, but after that the
> infestation is never as bad.  Of course, you can always move to a
> colder clime . . . <g>
>
> Lorix
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