stick with Charlie and remember that he is the pro. Lee
On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 08:42:16AM -0400, Lenny McHugh wrote: > I do have a contract with an exterminator. Over the years I got to know > Charley fairly well. One day I asked him about the electronic things to keep > bugs away. He laughed and told me that he wished that he had all of the > money that was spent for those things in the homes that he was eventually > called to clear a problem. He did tell me one real horror story. He was > called out to get rid of snakes in the house. He did it. He killed all of > the rats and the snakes went away. That home also had one of those things. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lee A. Stone" <[email protected]> > To: "Blind Handyman" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 2:44 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] finding ants in your house/ riddex?? > > > > > > I knew nothing of this riddex product when we owned a house which was > on what was described as a floating slab. we did however have two > problems . one was carpenter ants and the others was a smaller but > real pain in the tail ants. . used all the little ant traps and to > no avail so I hired a contractor / pest control. I was told he put on > some sort of three way mask and sprayed what looked like a powder > throught the ground floor. . He found the little ants home right > away. keep in mind this place was on a floating slab. so he saw a > trail in his powder which led him to a big ant hil under the bath tub > where it was all clay/ earth. there was a access panel in the back > bedroom and he attached two lengths of pipe to his equipment and poof. > the treatment was done. the carpenter ants. well it appeared I created > that problem bringing home firewood from another place so that section > of the house was sprayed and the wood removed to the back part of the > property and stored under plastic. total bill was exactly > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > $250 and worth every penny. oh and as per a suggestion from this man > the following spring we planted spearmint around the house which he > said after a couple of mowings would help keep pesty ants away. and it > did. Lee > > > -- > Common sense is the most evenly distributed quantity in the world. > Everyone thinks he has enough. > -- Descartes, 1637 > . > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [email protected] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > 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 > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [email protected]! Groups Links > > > > > __________ NOD32 4478 (20091003) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > -- The politician is someone who deals in man's problems of adjustment. To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog. -- Buckminster Fuller .
