[Sca-cooks] ant trail::: was:::Re: ants

[Heleen Greenwald]

;-)

On Oct 25, 2007, at 3:27 PM, Susan Fox wrote:

> Veering off topic but I thought you would like this ancient Zen  
> koan and
> an old joke it is:
>
> A monk asked Chao-chou, "Has the dog Buddha nature or not?" Chao-chou
> said, "Mu."
>
> Which makes more sense when you know that "Mu" is the Chinese way of
> depicting dog sounds.  Essentially, he answered "Woof!"
>
> So I expect Renata's cats to be sitting in meow-ditation!
>
> Selene
>
> Heleen Greenwald wrote:
>> LOL Renata!
>> Maybe your cats are Buddhist!
>> Phillipa
>> "My furs are not in storage, or draped across the bed,
>> they're hanging from the cage door, waiting to be fed."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 25, 2007, at 2:46 PM, silverr0se at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Imagine a thin but solid?black, brown or red line (depending on
>>> your variety of ant) travelling across your house towards your
>>> kitchen. Then imagine your cats, if any, lined up along it, just
>>> looking when they could have been killing the dratted things!
>>>
>>> That's what it looks like at my house - it tells me it's time to re-
>>> do the boric acid powder!
>>>
>>> Renata
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Heleen Greenwald <heleen at ptd.net>
>>> To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
>>> Sent: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 6:37 am
>>> Subject: [Sca-cooks] ant trail::: was:::Re: ants
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That sounds like a sure-fire way Huette, but I have never seen an  
>>> ant
>>> trail. I only ever see a couple of ants, just wandering around....
>>> What does an ant trail look like?
>>> Phillipa
>>> "My furs are not in storage, or draped across the bed,
>>> they're hanging from the cage door, waiting to be fed."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 25, 2007, at 4:45 AM, Huette von Ahrens wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> When I had problems with ants a couple of years ago, here is what I
>>>> did that actually worked:
>>>> I followed the trail back to the nest and put Grant's Kills Ants
>>>> bait stakes near it, which
>>>> are pet safe, unless your pets are ant sized.  I took penetrating
>>>> ant and roach spray and
>>>> sprayed all around the foundation on the outside of the house.  I
>>>> repeated this every month for
>>>> several months.
>>>>
>>>> When I get one or two ants [which usually means they are scouts], I
>>>> spray them with windex, which
>>>> burns the beggers up.  I also spray the windex around the area so
>>>> that I can obscure their trail
>>>> so no ants can follow it.  I spray the foundation again with
>>>> penetrating ant and roach spray.
>>>> And I put out more ant stakes around if I can't find the nest.
>>>>
>>>> Huette
>>>>
>>>> --- Heleen Greenwald <heleen at ptd.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I need an opinion please..... I have had ants in my kitchen and
>>>>> bathroom (right above the kitchen) off and on since July. Every  
>>>>> time
>>>>> I think I have the problem taken care of, I find a few more. These
>>>>> are the tiniest ants I have ever seen. They certainly don't look
>>>>> like
>>>>> roaches. I keep all my food in Tupperware containers.  If I  
>>>>> wash the
>>>>> kitchen down with ammonia water tomorrow do you think that will  
>>>>> take
>>>>> care of these tiny ants... or should I use bleach water?  Or
>>>>> should I
>>>>> call the exterminator?  Has anybody else dealt with tiny ants that
>>>>> won't go away.  btw, I never have many ants at one time, never  
>>>>> more
>>>>> than 5, usually 1 or 2.
>>>>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Phillipa
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>>>>>
>>>> My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel;   King Henry VI,
>>>> part I: I, v
>>>> http://www.twoheartsentwinedpottery.com/
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