of my grocery bag

i picked up a few things at food lion earlier

i pulled some dry goods out of the bag just now and a roach jumped off
a can of corn. Jupiter my baby girl cat, got it. we got it.

I forgot you can get roaches from the grocery store

eeeewwww

damn germans

no offense, but this WAS a german roach
lil' short dark brown f*cker

they come over in the 50's on potatoe boats
(not the germans, im talking about the roaches)

In article .com>,
"lubricant" > wrote:

> of my grocery bag
>
> i picked up a few things at food lion earlier
>
> i pulled some dry goods out of the bag just now and a roach jumped off
> a can of corn. Jupiter my baby girl cat, got it. we got it.
>
> I forgot you can get roaches from the grocery store
>
> eeeewwww
>
> damn germans
>
> no offense, but this WAS a german roach
> lil' short dark brown f*cker
>
> they come over in the 50's on potatoe boats
> (not the germans, im talking about the roaches)

Echols roach tablets...

And don't leave dirty dishes laying around, or any food out uncovered.
We have a problem in the South with those HYOOGE Palmetto roaches. I
don't see many as long as I keep things clean, but they do come in
looking for water during the hottest part of the summer.

What few do appear, I generally find them in pieces. They make great cat
toys. <G>
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

The glue in the grocery bag is sufficient to feed these guys for a long
time. Of course you should keep your kitchen neat and tidy. Having
worked in the grocery store business for many years, these honestly
came in with the bags and a variety of other goods.

StephanieM wrote:
> The glue in the grocery bag is sufficient to feed these guys for a long
> time. Of course you should keep your kitchen neat and tidy. Having
> worked in the grocery store business for many years, these honestly
> came in with the bags and a variety of other goods.

Just another reason to use plastic bags, which you can use over and
over again, and also for other things. Sometimes I like a paper bag,
but usually only when I need one for some other purpose. ;-)

N.

In article . com>, "Nancy2" > wrote:
>
>StephanieM wrote:
>> The glue in the grocery bag is sufficient to feed these guys for a long
>> time. Of course you should keep your kitchen neat and tidy. Having
>> worked in the grocery store business for many years, these honestly
>> came in with the bags and a variety of other goods.
>
>Just another reason to use plastic bags, which you can use over and
>over again, and also for other things. Sometimes I like a paper bag,
>but usually only when I need one for some other purpose. ;-)

Tell that to the evangelists here in Oz! One turtle with a depraved
appetite allegedly choked on a bunch of plastic bags; that got
extrapolated to "10,000 turtle deaths a year"; and suddenly all
plastic bags must be banned by the year 2008 or somesuch.

The world is going mad! I tend to agree with the two old blokes I
overheard talking down at the Post Office this morning:
"... in about 20 years. Thank god I'll be dead by then. We've seen
the best of it."

Cheers, Phred.

--
LID

Phred wrote:
> In article . com>, "Nancy2" > wrote:
> >
> >StephanieM wrote:
> >> The glue in the grocery bag is sufficient to feed these guys for a long
> >> time. Of course you should keep your kitchen neat and tidy. Having
> >> worked in the grocery store business for many years, these honestly
> >> came in with the bags and a variety of other goods.
> >
> >Just another reason to use plastic bags, which you can use over and
> >over again, and also for other things. Sometimes I like a paper bag,
> >but usually only when I need one for some other purpose. ;-)
>
> Tell that to the evangelists here in Oz! One turtle with a depraved
> appetite allegedly choked on a bunch of plastic bags; that got
> extrapolated to "10,000 turtle deaths a year"; and suddenly all
> plastic bags must be banned by the year 2008 or somesuch.
>
> The world is going mad! I tend to agree with the two old blokes I
> overheard talking down at the Post Office this morning:
> "... in about 20 years. Thank god I'll be dead by then. We've seen
> the best of it."
>
> Cheers, Phred.

I suppose noone would consider washable cloth bags? I keep them in the
car, and always bring a bunch into the store with me. The first year I
made thanksgiving for the family, I filled 20 of the suckers.

Something leaks? pop them in the washer with the rest of the laundry,
and they're good to go!

maxine in ri

In article . com>,
"Nancy2" > wrote:

> StephanieM wrote:
> > The glue in the grocery bag is sufficient to feed these guys for a long
> > time. Of course you should keep your kitchen neat and tidy. Having
> > worked in the grocery store business for many years, these honestly
> > came in with the bags and a variety of other goods.
>
> Just another reason to use plastic bags, which you can use over and
> over again, and also for other things. Sometimes I like a paper bag,
> but usually only when I need one for some other purpose. ;-)
>
> N.

I usually request the plastic ones as I can recycle them. It's the "tree
hugger" in me. ;-)

I get paper bags only if I need to wrap packages but that does not
always work out.

Cats LOVE paper bags!!!!!!

They remain unoccupied for all of 5 seconds, if that. <G>
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

>
> I usually request the plastic ones as I can recycle them. It's the "tree
> hugger" in me. ;-)
>
> I get paper bags only if I need to wrap packages but that does not
> always work out.
>
> Cats LOVE paper bags!!!!!!
>
> They remain unoccupied for all of 5 seconds, if that. <G>

I get both depending on what I need. Plastic work great for picking up after
the dogs and paper are for dividing the recycling. I usually check and see
what i am low on before I go to the grocery store and pack my groceries
accordingly.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
I thought I was driving by Gettysburg once but it ends up I was just driving
by your mom's house.

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:14:12 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> wrote:

>In article . com>,
> "Nancy2" > wrote:
>
>> StephanieM wrote:
>> > The glue in the grocery bag is sufficient to feed these guys for a long
>> > time. Of course you should keep your kitchen neat and tidy. Having
>> > worked in the grocery store business for many years, these honestly
>> > came in with the bags and a variety of other goods.
>>
>> Just another reason to use plastic bags, which you can use over and
>> over again, and also for other things. Sometimes I like a paper bag,
>> but usually only when I need one for some other purpose. ;-)
>>
>> N.
>
>I usually request the plastic ones as I can recycle them. It's the "tree
>hugger" in me. ;-)

Paper recycles, too.

We have three kitchen waste bins: One for trash, one for recycling,
and one for compost. The recycling and compost go in paper bags for
ease of taking out to the big bins, so I always request paper bags at
the store. (Besides, the handles hurt our hands less -- we walk home a
mile with our groceries.)

serene
--
My blog: http://serenejournal.livejournal.com
My cooking blog: http://serenecooking.livejournal.com

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:30:08 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> wrote:

>In article .com>,
> "lubricant" > wrote:
>
>> of my grocery bag
>>
>> i picked up a few things at food lion earlier
>>
>> i pulled some dry goods out of the bag just now and a roach jumped off
>> a can of corn. Jupiter my baby girl cat, got it. we got it.
>>
>> I forgot you can get roaches from the grocery store
>>
>> eeeewwww
>>
>> damn germans
>>
>> no offense, but this WAS a german roach
>> lil' short dark brown f*cker
>>
>> they come over in the 50's on potatoe boats
>> (not the germans, im talking about the roaches)
>
>Echols roach tablets...
>
>And don't leave dirty dishes laying around, or any food out uncovered.
>We have a problem in the South with those HYOOGE Palmetto roaches. I
>don't see many as long as I keep things clean, but they do come in
>looking for water during the hottest part of the summer.
>
>What few do appear, I generally find them in pieces. They make great cat
>toys. <G>

How do you kill the little buggers? I've never seen them before now,
but we've been infested this week Tessie is being great about
catching them (she thinks its a wonderful game!) but I'd much rather
that she played with her cat toys instead... Our apartment IS clean
but they're coming in from next door/outside somehow and I hate them!

"Karen AKA Kajikit" > wrote

> How do you kill the little buggers?

Are they like roaches, you shouldn't step on them because
then eggs could get on your shoe and you help spread them
wherever you walk?

nancy

In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> "Karen AKA Kajikit" > wrote
>
> > How do you kill the little buggers?
>
> Are they like roaches, you shouldn't step on them because
> then eggs could get on your shoe and you help spread them
> wherever you walk?
>
> nancy

I don't squish them because they make such a huge mess! <shudder>
I'll stun them with a fly swatter, then pick them up with toilet paper
and flush them down the commode.

An adult is nearly 2 inches long.

They're GROSS!
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
news
> In article >,
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
> > "Karen AKA Kajikit" > wrote
> >
> > > How do you kill the little buggers?
> >
> > Are they like roaches, you shouldn't step on them because
> > then eggs could get on your shoe and you help spread them
> > wherever you walk?
> >
> > nancy
>
> I don't squish them because they make such a huge mess! <shudder>
> I'll stun them with a fly swatter, then pick them up with toilet paper
> and flush them down the commode.
>
> An adult is nearly 2 inches long.
>
> They're GROSS!
> --

Luckily, I have three indoor cats that are always on bug patrol!

kili

In article >,
Karen AKA Kajikit > wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:30:08 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> > wrote:
>
> >In article .com>,
> > "lubricant" > wrote:
> >
> >> of my grocery bag
> >>
> >> i picked up a few things at food lion earlier
> >>
> >> i pulled some dry goods out of the bag just now and a roach jumped off
> >> a can of corn. Jupiter my baby girl cat, got it. we got it.
> >>
> >> I forgot you can get roaches from the grocery store
> >>
> >> eeeewwww
> >>
> >> damn germans
> >>
> >> no offense, but this WAS a german roach
> >> lil' short dark brown f*cker
> >>
> >> they come over in the 50's on potatoe boats
> >> (not the germans, im talking about the roaches)
> >
> >Echols roach tablets...
> >
> >And don't leave dirty dishes laying around, or any food out uncovered.
> >We have a problem in the South with those HYOOGE Palmetto roaches. I
> >don't see many as long as I keep things clean, but they do come in
> >looking for water during the hottest part of the summer.
> >
> >What few do appear, I generally find them in pieces. They make great cat
> >toys. <G>
>
> How do you kill the little buggers? I've never seen them before now,
> but we've been infested this week Tessie is being great about
> catching them (she thinks its a wonderful game!) but I'd much rather
> that she played with her cat toys instead... Our apartment IS clean
> but they're coming in from next door/outside somehow and I hate them!

I had the same problem when I lived up in Temple as a student.
Echol's Roach tablets are a boric acid bait. Place the tablets way under
sinks, in the back corners of drawers and cabinets, behind the
refrigerator and stove. Places where the roaches hang out but the cat
can't get to the tablets.

I did not have a cat in Temple and, like you said, no matter how clean
you keep your place, they can come in from adjacent apartments!

Once I placed those things around, I'd find dead roaches instead of live
ones. ;-)

Oh, and leave the house spiders in the water closet alone. I used to
find a lot of dead baby roaches in the webs. <G>

The thing about Palmetto roaches is is that they come in more for water
than food, so cleanliness is not much of an issue. :-( That is why they
are nick-named "waterbugs or water roaches".
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

"Karen AKA Kajikit" > wrote >
> How do you kill the little buggers? I've never seen them before now,
> but we've been infested this week Tessie is being great about
> catching them (she thinks its a wonderful game!) but I'd much rather
> that she played with her cat toys instead... Our apartment IS clean
> but they're coming in from next door/outside somehow and I hate them!

They come in here a certain time of year. Get those little traps where they
walk in, so your cat can't ingest anything bad. They are in the grocery
store,
little black plastic disks with holes where they go in, and bait inside.
They work.

Hi All,
The original thread went a little afield, so forgive me for a new
subject line.

If you can't get the store version of boric acid roach bait, here is a
homemade version. It's very effective. We had those giant palmetto bugs
while we were in the Caribbean (everyone did) and these roach balls
kept them under control. The great thing about these were that they
were solid, not powder, so I could put them in the backs of dresser
drawers, behind books on the shelves and other out-of-the-way places
where my children and my cat couldn't get to them, and this version
doesn't spread all over clothes, books, etc. Boric acid isn't absorbed
through the skin, another advantage over other pesticides.


This is poison. Keep out of reach of children and pets.
1C boric acid
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. flour
Enough milk to make a soft dough like drop cookies.

Drop by teaspoonfuls on a baking sheet and bake for 5-7 minutes at 350
degrees, until set but not too hard. Let cool and hide them around the
house. These don't lose their effectiveness even after several months.

Best wishes,
Rosey Dow, a roach hater to the core

www.SurvivalCookbook.com

writingmama > wrote:

>If you can't get the store version of boric acid roach bait, here is a
>homemade version. It's very effective. We had those giant palmetto bugs
>while we were in the Caribbean (everyone did) and these roach balls
>kept them under control. The great thing about these were that they
>were solid, not powder, so I could put them in the backs of dresser
>drawers, behind books on the shelves and other out-of-the-way places
>where my children and my cat couldn't get to them, and this version
>doesn't spread all over clothes, books, etc.

The reason Roach Pruff is a superfine powder is so that it will
attack the exoskeleton of the roach. It's not expected that the
roaches eat it.

At any rate, interesting recipe you got there.

Steve

I use a similar recipe.

I substitute Splenda for the suger :-)

Bruce




On 1 Sep 2006 20:30:36 -0700, "writingmama" >
wrote:

>Hi All,
>The original thread went a little afield, so forgive me for a new
>subject line.
>
>If you can't get the store version of boric acid roach bait, here is a
>homemade version. It's very effective. We had those giant palmetto bugs
>while we were in the Caribbean (everyone did) and these roach balls
>kept them under control. The great thing about these were that they
>were solid, not powder, so I could put them in the backs of dresser
>drawers, behind books on the shelves and other out-of-the-way places
>where my children and my cat couldn't get to them, and this version
>doesn't spread all over clothes, books, etc. Boric acid isn't absorbed
>through the skin, another advantage over other pesticides.
>
>
>This is poison. Keep out of reach of children and pets.
>1C boric acid
>1/4 c. sugar
>1/4 c. flour
>Enough milk to make a soft dough like drop cookies.
>
>Drop by teaspoonfuls on a baking sheet and bake for 5-7 minutes at 350
>degrees, until set but not too hard. Let cool and hide them around the
>house. These don't lose their effectiveness even after several months.
>
>Best wishes,
>Rosey Dow, a roach hater to the core
>
>www.SurvivalCookbook.com

writingmama wrote:

> These don't lose their effectiveness even after several months.
>
> Best wishes,
> Rosey Dow, a roach hater to the core

sounds do-able, they need those at my grocery store

I saw on an infomercial, you put tabasco and water in a spray
bottle...shoot the interior perimeter, allegedly roaches won't go near
ceyene pepper.

In article .com>,
"writingmama" > wrote:

> Hi All,
> The original thread went a little afield, so forgive me for a new
> subject line.
>
> If you can't get the store version of boric acid roach bait, here is a
> homemade version. It's very effective. We had those giant palmetto bugs
> while we were in the Caribbean (everyone did) and these roach balls
> kept them under control. The great thing about these were that they
> were solid, not powder, so I could put them in the backs of dresser
> drawers, behind books on the shelves and other out-of-the-way places
> where my children and my cat couldn't get to them, and this version
> doesn't spread all over clothes, books, etc. Boric acid isn't absorbed
> through the skin, another advantage over other pesticides.
>
>
> This is poison. Keep out of reach of children and pets.
> 1C boric acid
> 1/4 c. sugar
> 1/4 c. flour
> Enough milk to make a soft dough like drop cookies.
>
> Drop by teaspoonfuls on a baking sheet and bake for 5-7 minutes at 350
> degrees, until set but not too hard. Let cool and hide them around the
> house. These don't lose their effectiveness even after several months.
>
> Best wishes,
> Rosey Dow, a roach hater to the core
>
> www.SurvivalCookbook.com

Cool... :-)

I'm fortunate to just be able to purchase a solid tablet boric acid bait
(Echols Roach Tablets) at the local grocery store, but I'll keep this in
mind.

Where on earth does one purchase powdered boric acid tho' unless it is
on line?
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

In article >, "cybercat" >
wrote:

> "Karen AKA Kajikit" > wrote >
> > How do you kill the little buggers? I've never seen them before now,
> > but we've been infested this week Tessie is being great about
> > catching them (she thinks its a wonderful game!) but I'd much rather
> > that she played with her cat toys instead... Our apartment IS clean
> > but they're coming in from next door/outside somehow and I hate them!
>
> They come in here a certain time of year. Get those little traps where they
> walk in, so your cat can't ingest anything bad. They are in the grocery
> store,
> little black plastic disks with holes where they go in, and bait inside.
> They work.

<lol> They don't make those big enough for Palmetto roaches... ;-)

Roach motels are only marginally successful and far more expensive than
boric Acid baits.

Boric acid bait tablets won't hurt your pets if you put them where the
pets can't get at them!
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 11:07:28 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> wrote:

>In article >, "cybercat" >
>wrote:

>> They come in here a certain time of year. Get those little traps where they
>> walk in, so your cat can't ingest anything bad. They are in the grocery
>> store,
>> little black plastic disks with holes where they go in, and bait inside.
>> They work.
>
><lol> They don't make those big enough for Palmetto roaches... ;-)
>
>Roach motels are only marginally successful and far more expensive than
>boric Acid baits.
>
>Boric acid bait tablets won't hurt your pets if you put them where the
>pets can't get at them!

I honestly don't think there's ANYWHERE in the apartment that the cats
can't get to...

On 2 Sep 2006 04:58:38 +0200, "cybercat" > wrote:

>
>"Karen AKA Kajikit" > wrote >
>> How do you kill the little buggers? I've never seen them before now,
>> but we've been infested this week Tessie is being great about
>> catching them (she thinks its a wonderful game!) but I'd much rather
>> that she played with her cat toys instead... Our apartment IS clean
>> but they're coming in from next door/outside somehow and I hate them!
>
>They come in here a certain time of year. Get those little traps where they
>walk in, so your cat can't ingest anything bad. They are in the grocery
>store,
>little black plastic disks with holes where they go in, and bait inside.
>They work.

The pest control people used to leave those little roach hotels in the
backs of the kitchen cupboards when they came by... I had to ask them
to stop because I found the trap lying in the middle of the floor,
thoroughly chewed up! Our cats are VERY adventurous, and Silver will
chew on ANYTHING plastic! (they also know how to open cupboards!)

>(lubricant) proclaim:
>i picked up a few things at food lion earlier
>i pulled some dry goods out of the bag just
>now and a roach jumped off a can of corn.
>Jupiter my baby girl cat, got it. we got it.
>I forgot you can get roaches from the grocery store
>eeeewwww
>damn germans
>no offense, but this WAS a german roach
>lil' short dark brown f*cker
>they come over in the 50's on potatoe boats (not
>the germans, im talking about the
roaches)-----------------------------------------------
Where we live it's roach/bug free but recently I have killed a few
roaches & wondered if they came from the grocery bags also. - we shop at
Save A Lot-

I don't examine those critters when killed just flush them down the
toilet.

Interesting, on line while back was reading that roaches are capable of
surviving a direct hit from nuclear war head.