Hey I feel for the ants, drowning sucks. But I hate ants in my house.
This. I have almost Jilli spider levels of aversion to ants in my house.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Pix - Dec 29, 2010 8:34:01 am PST #13432 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Pix - Dec 29, 2010 8:49:12 am PST #13433 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
If bugs want to live in my space, they need to learn to make themselves cuter. You don't see me reaching for the pesticides or swatters if kittens find their way inside.
Ha! Yes, this.
PS it's morning and I'm hungry but my cereal cupboard scares me. Woe.
Jesse - Dec 29, 2010 8:55:33 am PST #13434 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hey Skipalina, I posted that yesterday.
Oops, sorry. I'm really more of a Skimbalina.
Spidra Webster - Dec 29, 2010 8:56:30 am PST #13435 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I had that ant problem every time it rained a lot or was super-hot at my place in Berkeley. MaxForce gel worked best for getting rid of them: [link]
tommyrot - Dec 29, 2010 9:14:22 am PST #13436 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
ION, I bought a hot glue gun on my lunch break. Now I am back at work, but I can't wait to go home and hot-glue stuff together....
Kathy A - Dec 29, 2010 9:15:39 am PST #13437 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Ugh. Our big group of editors have a slightly different holiday schedule than we support staff do, so we have to cover for them on Friday and Monday (which we're supposed to have off). I just agreed with my boss that I'd come in on Friday morning and do my morning load, and then leave at 11:30. I'll take a half-day sometime in January to make up for it. I do have all of Monday off, which is nice.
I'm only staying as late as 11:30 so I can head over to the pool for a swim at noon. I've got my swimsuit with me for after work today, which I am really looking forward to! I do have to stop by Walgreens and get a lock for my locker and try and memorize the combination or write it down somewhere.
sarameg - Dec 29, 2010 9:19:11 am PST #13438 of 30001
I have a sneaking suspicion I will spend NYE as I did last: sick with a headcold. Goddamnit.
beekaytee - Dec 29, 2010 9:19:19 am PST #13439 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I can second the maxforce gel recommendation and add my go-to ant deterrent...Dawn dish washing liquid.
Whenever I get antfestations, I create a perimeter around the entry point with Dawn. The ants wander into it and their exoskeletons dissolve.
Once a few pile up, the word seems to spread and they move along. Then, when it is time to clean up, the soap is already there!
Oh, tommy! I have three hot glue guns. I have an unwholesome lurve for them. Try not to glue your skin. Yes, it does come off, but it hurts like a mofo. t /voice of experience.
lisah - Dec 29, 2010 9:22:43 am PST #13440 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
oh no, sara!
erin_obscure - Dec 29, 2010 9:23:53 am PST #13441 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Was the grinding guard discussion today here or Bitches? I'm having no luck searching this thread. A friend is looking for a brand recommendation on an OTC brand.
my favorite drugstore brand is dentek comfort-fit
but i also like sleep right, but only in the slim size.
lately i've been having zero luck finding either at the drugstores, so i've just been buying the double pack online periodically. My younger cat is really good at fishing my dental guards out of the medicine cupboard and nomming them to oblivion so i like to stay stocked.