Strange things you're not used to

[English Muffin 59]

Ahh - you got proper exterminator people - we can't afford that so guess we'll have to do things the evil pollutant way and keep the cat out of the house for a while or something

Does your landlord not provide any kind of exterminating? I would have thought that it would be in their interest to keep their properties relatively bug-free.

[Marilyn. 340]

Hrmm - we were contemplating using a fogger thing but I'm concerned about the safety of them - especially with the cat... what sort of spray did you use StP?

if you are going to use a fogger, I would take the cats out of the house.. you can get this dry fogger stuff too that doesn't leave a film of guck on everything.. it is a little more expensive but I think it is worth it... it is called Hot Shot No Mess Fogger (it says something about dry fog on the box).. I picked it up form Home Depot for like 10 bucks for 3 cans... I need to do it again because the first time didn't help because I didn't use enough... with that one you also don't have to worry about making sure your pilots lights are off and stuff...

Edited September 5, 2008 by *Marilyn*

[Jeraly 4]

Does your landlord not provide any kind of exterminating? I would have thought that it would be in their interest to keep their properties relatively bug-free.

I'm not sure - I might annoy Jeremy to e-mail him or something - find out what is going on with the pool and about the roaches... thing is, "exterminators" here would prolly be much the same as the "gardeners," "air con men," "handymen," and any other titles you can think of - ie the Mexican gentlemen who live on the complex They would prolly come around with a fogger or some raid or something and that would be it!!!

if you are going to use a fogger, I would take the cats out of the house.. you can get this dry fogger stuff too that doesn't leave a film of guck on everything.. it is a little more expensive but I think it is worth it... it is called Hot Shot No Mess Fogger (it says something about dry fog on the box).. I picked it up form Home Depot for like 10 bucks for 3 cans... I need to do it again because the first time didn't help because I didn't use enough... with that one you also don't have to worry about making sure your pilots lights are off and stuff...

Oh that would be worth looking into! The reason we didn't use a fogger when we went away was because of the pilot lights - the cat was safely in boarding so it would have been an ideal time! First though we need to figure out where they are getting in...

By the way I looove the pic in your siggie - it is soo cute

[Marilyn. 340]

Does your landlord not provide any kind of exterminating? I would have thought that it would be in their interest to keep their properties relatively bug-free.

I'm not sure - I might annoy Jeremy to e-mail him or something - find out what is going on with the pool and about the roaches... thing is, "exterminators" here would prolly be much the same as the "gardeners," "air con men," "handymen," and any other titles you can think of - ie the Mexican gentlemen who live on the complex They would prolly come around with a fogger or some raid or something and that would be it!!!

if you are going to use a fogger, I would take the cats out of the house.. you can get this dry fogger stuff too that doesn't leave a film of guck on everything.. it is a little more expensive but I think it is worth it... it is called Hot Shot No Mess Fogger (it says something about dry fog on the box).. I picked it up form Home Depot for like 10 bucks for 3 cans... I need to do it again because the first time didn't help because I didn't use enough... with that one you also don't have to worry about making sure your pilots lights are off and stuff...

Oh that would be worth looking into! The reason we didn't use a fogger when we went away was because of the pilot lights - the cat was safely in boarding so it would have been an ideal time! First though we need to figure out where they are getting in...

By the way I looove the pic in your siggie - it is soo cute

it also didn't have a strong smell when I cam back in.....

[TBoneTX 45,291]

I almost missed this:

my almost-four years in the UK was a lovely little holiday from cockroaches... I don't think I saw a single one the whole time I was there

No roachcocks in the U.K.? And the U.K. calls itself diverse?! Oof, man.

[TBoneTX 45,291]

I'm not used to not know my neighbors and chatting with them and exchanging food with them..

~~helpful tone~~ This is the perfect opportunity to become acquainted with one's friendly neighbo(u)rhood roachcocks. Most are excellent conversationalists, si man.

[TBoneTX 45,291]

~bump~ This thread sure died... eaten by roachcocks?

I'm a native Americano/Colonist, and I don't like hurricanes, strange or known!

[StillThePrettiest 3]

I think you might be a thread-killer

[Jeraly 4]

[StillThePrettiest 3]

strange thing I'm not used to: farking hurricanes

but seriously: why the DANG are the street numbers all so high? my first street number in Australia was a single digit (5); my two addresses in London were three digits (111) and two (16) respectively, and here our address has FIVE bloody digits (18010)! I could sort of understand it if that made the number totally unique for the district - fewer postal mix-ups - but no; there are at least three more in our subdivision alone! and there's no standardised way of saying it - is it 'one eight oh one oh' or 'eighteen oh one oh' or 'one eighty ten' or 'eighteen thousand...' you get the idea

in the words of Obelix (slightly paraphrased): these yankees are crazy

[mox 298]

You answered your own question StP. You bloody Aussies and Brits took all the low numbers, so we're stuck with all the big ones. In fact, by the time California became a state they'd run out of numbers out here, so all our addresses are made up of wingdings. True fact.

[StillThePrettiest 3]

*pinches mox*

how do you tell someone your address then? 'ambulance smiley-face aeroplane heart star arrow, Cambell Parade, Los Angeles'

[mox 298]

*pinches mox*

how do you tell someone your address then? 'ambulance smiley-face aeroplane heart star arrow, Cambell Parade, Los Angeles'

Exactly.

And if you think that's bad, it was really crazy down in Pitcairn. They don't even have a written alphabet, so each address is assigned a unique smell. My fiancee's address was:

" "

Pitcairn Islands

The Ocean

If I wanted to mail something to her, I had to put a little drop of the postal scent (obtained during my visit) in between the quotes.

[Jeraly 4]

*pinches mox*

how do you tell someone your address then? 'ambulance smiley-face aeroplane heart star arrow, Cambell Parade, Los Angeles'

Exactly.

And if you think that's bad, it was really crazy down in Pitcairn. They don't even have a written alphabet, so each address is assigned a unique smell. My fiancee's address was:

" "

Pitcairn Islands

The Ocean

If I wanted to mail something to her, I had to put a little drop of the postal scent (obtained during my visit) in between the quotes.

:lol:

Ahh Pitcairn - I never realised it was a Polynesian island

As for numbers - we are 912 but all the other addresses I have known Jeremy living at were five digits as well - I used to just say each number individually, but of course that prolly changes depending on the number

[TBoneTX 45,291]

"I posted to VJ, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt... er, hat -- si, man!" And numberlessness. Guess I'll have to go to a numberyard, si man.

Edited September 18, 2008 by TBoneTX