Firecrackers!

The Real Bev said:

What do you think is in Windex? Do you wear gloves when
you clean your windows? Do you know anybody who does? I
once (yeah, stupid, I know) sprayed myself in the eye with
dryer fabric-softening spray. It took several days for the
blur to disappear. Would Windex have been more damaging?

Having gotten windex in my eyes, as well as orange cleaner,
neither one required hospitilization. My vision is as good
as it ever was(being a welder I have poor vision anyway),
and was unaffected by these products except for the slight
watering in my eyes that they caused. I had a mild stinging
for about 10 minutes.

No worse than getting smoke in your eyes.

Zoot Katz said:

The Real Bev <[email hidden]> wrote, of ammonia:

Quoted message said:

What do you think is in Windex? Do you wear gloves when
you clean your windows?

Did you ever spray that stuff on emerging carpenter ants?
Kills 'em quicker than than Black Flag and much easier to
clean up.

Doesn't work worth [censored] on ordinary black/grease/sugar ants.
The cohabitant of a friend was very anti-insecticide,
resulting in ants even in the damn refrigerator. She figured
that Windex wouldn't violate his animalitarian instincts so
we spent a lot of time spraying the damn things with it
before the guests arrived. Damn ants just swam around in it
until we squashed 'em with a sponge. Nothing like ants in
the refrigerator to gross somebody out.

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dan baker said:

Rick Onanian <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:54:43 -0700, [email hidden]

(Tom Keats) said:

BTW -- to get dachshunds to shuddup for awhile,

...

Quoted message said:

Somebody (I think on another newsfroup) suggested taking
them badger-hunting; but I don't know anybody who would
eat a badger.

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I think the idea is that a badger would probably eat
the DOGS.

d

Ya gotta remember: if daschunds were bred to be badger
hounds, they were bred for the European badger. Our
N.American badger is a pit bull compared to those. If you
were to send them after a badger, he may really silence
those noisy dogs! Bernie <watched a lot of Knowledge Network

In article <[email hidden]>,
The Real Bev <[email hidden]> writes:

Y'know those sticky fly strips that pull out of a container
like a pastic film cannister?

Just lay one of those down on the floor, between under the
kitchen sink and the fridge (that's where those tiny little
apartment ants like to track.) Don't step on it, though.

And if you're ever plagued with mice, stuff steel wool
around every pipe or drain that comes through a wall.

cheers, Tom

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The Real Bev said:

Zoot Katz said:

The Real Bev <[email hidden]> wrote, of ammonia:

Quoted message said:

What do you think is in Windex? Do you wear gloves when
you clean your windows?

Did you ever spray that stuff on emerging carpenter ants?
Kills 'em quicker than than Black Flag and much easier to
clean up.

Doesn't work worth [censored] on ordinary black/grease/sugar
ants. The cohabitant of a friend was very anti-
insecticide, resulting in ants even in the damn
refrigerator. She figured that Windex wouldn't violate his
animalitarian instincts so we spent a lot of time spraying
the damn things with it before the guests arrived. Damn
ants just swam around in it until we squashed 'em with a
sponge. Nothing like ants in the refrigerator to gross
somebody out.

Hell, I've lived in downtown Toronto. Little ants in ye
fridge would be ignored next to the lovely big brown
cockroaches everywhere. They useta freak me a bit... Bernie

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:11:44 -0700, [email hidden] (Tom Keats)

Quoted message said:

But how deeply were you incursing into their personal
spaces? Y'know, same as how people don't like other people
standing or sidling-up too close to them, like on a crowded
bus or subway.

Naive. Some breeds, especially herd and flock defenders as
opposed to herders, were bred to be silent killers, and
expected to handle anything up to and including European
wolves on their own. For some reason, the native Japanese
large rural breeds seem to have a lot of them, as well as
EastEuropean native herd dogs. These suckers will chase
silently and close with one purpose - waiting for signs and
signals is not the way to handle these animals (OTOH, I'll
admit that if you are being chased by one of these 70-120
pound breeds, I don't have a lot of solutions. Tossing your
ride companions to them and keep booking is the most
effective, if a touch mean spirited.)

The basic problem is people buying these animals and putting
them in the wrong place. A boxer in an apartment with
furniture that is not bottom heavy is a bad idea. An Akita,
even a socialized one, in a place where there are a lot of
strange people and animals is also not a good idea. Any free
ranging animal in the open is not only a bad idea, it is
illegal in most states in the U.S.

Anyway, I was paid to hold the animals. If the animal went a
bit wild, I was paid to stand there until all the
'civilians' were out of the way. My worst scars were because
the owner of a rather nice (normally) German Shepherd
refused to leave the room.

Curtis L. Russell Odenton, MD (USA) Just someone on
two wheels...