I knew there was a good reason for drinking Beer and avoiding all that diet and low fat shit they try to sell us.
At 06:07 PM 8/22/2006 -0400, Dale Leavens wrote: >Isn't it ironic that the authors warn you not to get it on your hands! > >Just how much is in the average diet soft drink? > > > >Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype DaleLeavens >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Armando Del Gobbo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> >Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 10:00 AM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Aspartame.... The World's Best Ant Poison ! > > > > > > > > From the June 2006 Idaho Observer: > > http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20060612.htm > > > > Aspartame - The World's Best Ant Poison > > > > contributed by Jan Jensen of WELLthy Choices > > > > We live in the woods and carpenter ants are a huge problem. We have spent > > thousands of dollars with Orkin and on ant poisons trying to keep them > > under control but nothing has helped. > > > > So when I read somewhere that aspartame (Nutrasweet) was actually > > developed as an ant poison and only changed to being considered > > non-poisonous after it was realized that a lot more money could be made on > > it as a sweetener than as an ant poison, I decided to give it a try. > > > > I opened two packets of aspartame sweetener, and dumped one in a corner of > > each of our bathrooms. That was about 2 years ago and I have not seen any > > carpenter ants for about 9 to 12 months. It works better than the most > > deadly poisons I have tried. Any time they show up again, I simply dump > > another package of Nutrasweet in a corner, and they will be gone for a > > year or so again. > > > > Since posting this information I have had many people tell me of their > > success solving ant problems with this substance, when nothing else > > worked. > > > > We found later that small black ants would not eat the aspartame. It was > > determined that if you mixed it with apple juice, they would quickly take > > it back to the nest, and all would be dead within 24 hours, usually. I > > have found that sometimes it will kill them, and sometimes it does not. > > Not sure why, may be slightly different species of ants or something. > > > > Fire Ants: We got our first fire ant hill about 2 weeks ago. Poison did > > not work. We tried aspartame and the ants ignored it until we got a light > > rain. It was just a sprinkle, enough to moisten the Nutrasweet and ground, > > but not enough to wash it away. They went crazy, hundreds of them grabbing > > it and taking it back into the mound. When I checked the mound 2 days > > later, there was no sign of the fire ants. I even dug the mound up some, > > and still saw none of them. > > > > How does it Work: Aspartame is a neuropoison. It most likely kills the > > ants by interfering with their nervous system. It could be direct, like > > stopping their heart, or something more subtle like killing their sense of > > taste so they can't figure out what is eatable, or smell, so they can't > > follow their trails, or mis-identify their colonies members, so they start > > fighting each other. Not sure what causes them to end up dying, just know > > that for many species of ants it will kill them quickly and effectively. > > > > As with any poison I recommend wearing gloves and washing any skin areas > > that come in contact with this poison, and avoid getting it in your mouth, > > despite anything the labeling may indicate. > > > > I suspect it will work for other insects such as yellow jackets as well, > > but have not tested that yet. > > > > More information on this fantastic poison can be found at: > > http://www.dorway.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.3/423 - Release Date: > > 18-Aug-2006 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > > or > > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > > Various List Members At The Following Address: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > > list just send a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo! 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