@awk I take it you are roach farming? I am busy corralling mine. I have a very successful breeding program going on. Takes no effort on my part. I was roach free until they started doing the foundation work. Then a massive migration.
Besides what you see here I have 6 more stickies in the kitchen and 5 more baits (3 small and 2 more big). Seems to be working as the numbers are dropping although I know I have an American cockroach (fortunately most of mine are German roaches) running around somewhere this evening as one of the cats was looking very intently under some shelves.
@awk@Kidsandliz
OH MY… That’s awful! I’ve always thought there was nothing more gross and dirty than to see/have cockroaches in a home but I guess it would be much worse to know they’re there and do nothing about it!!
Good luck with the eviction process!!
@awk@Lynnerizer The building owners stopped having pest control come. I bought a bunch of combat and sticky things. Trouble is without them doing something anymore it is going to be hard to keep my apt roach free. Makes me happy though there are a ton of babies on there as at least I know they haven’t reproduced before they got caught.
@awk@Kidsandliz@Lynnerizer Boric acid is your friend. Put it wherever you’ve seen them (but not where pets might come into contact with it). Put it in every space between the walls and appliances in your kitchen. If you don’t have pets, sprinkle it on the baseboards. The little bastards carry it back to their nests, so it kills the roach who came into contact with it and all its nasty little friends. It doesn’t kill the eggs, but it will gradually kill off all the adults.
@awk@Kidsandliz@Lynnerizer The best thing you can do, especially in multi housing living quarters (apartments, condos, townhomes, etc), is purchase a bag of diatomaceous earth and SPRINKLE it along all of your baseboards around your home. Leave it for a week, then vacuum it up. It’s harmless to people, children and pets. Works everytime.
Set up cameras to capture the ants at work, do a David Attenborough style voiceover, put it on Youtube, get discovered, change careers, retire to a mountaintop/island/etc., live out my days proclaiming David Attenborough style voiceovers about whatever’s going on around me into the void.
The old varnished wood floor in the kitchen is beautiful, but it also has all these gaps, so anything spilt is sweep, vacuum, mop, repeat. Dry stuff is easier than wet stuff. Cat barf is the worst - I’ve actually grabbed a gagging kitto and ran him to a more solid floor surface rather than dig that stuff out from between the floor boards …
@stolicat Not to mention cat barf can wreck the finish on stuff. I was gone one weekend and one of the damn cats barffed on a marble top dresser and it also ran down the side. Took the shine off the marble and damaged the finish. Now I cover the tops of things with those waterproof washable pads you put on kids’ beds which has saved me more than once. I had a cat who died a couple of years ago who’d jump off the bed when he’d barf (trained him to do that). Unfortunately my current set of cats refuse to learn that trick.
Depends on what it is. Flour? Sweep and vacuum. Chips or crackers? The cats take care of it. Sugary anything? Sweep and/or vacuum. Might mop too. Especially this time of year. Ants are a bitch to get rid of.
@kjady@Tadlem43 You have easily frightened ants. Ours, not so much. It may confuse them, but it does not deter them for long. OTOH, finding their entry point, usually a weep hole at the base of the outer wall, and spraying it liberally with an industrial insecticide (I favor the stuff used by utility maintenance crews) usually convinces them to stay away. I will admit that I have been debating the merits of building an aluminum furnace and using the fire ant nests as casting molds.
Used to leave it there until the wife saw it and cleaned it up but since she has been sick still left it there until she noticed it and then I was forced to deal with it. Bummer.
Depends on the ingredients. Salt gets treated way differently than powdered sugar.
Maybe if the hookers were more careful with the “powdered sugar”, fewer of them would end up in your trunk.
@macromeh I am not that harsh. They are hospitality engineers not bakers.
Let the roaches take care of it. Should be gone in a few days.
@awk I take it you are roach farming? I am busy corralling mine. I have a very successful breeding program going on. Takes no effort on my part. I was roach free until they started doing the foundation work. Then a massive migration.
Besides what you see here I have 6 more stickies in the kitchen and 5 more baits (3 small and 2 more big). Seems to be working as the numbers are dropping although I know I have an American cockroach (fortunately most of mine are German roaches) running around somewhere this evening as one of the cats was looking very intently under some shelves.
@awk @Kidsandliz
OH MY… That’s awful! I’ve always thought there was nothing more gross and dirty than to see/have cockroaches in a home but I guess it would be much worse to know they’re there and do nothing about it!!
Good luck with the eviction process!!
@awk @Lynnerizer The building owners stopped having pest control come. I bought a bunch of combat and sticky things. Trouble is without them doing something anymore it is going to be hard to keep my apt roach free. Makes me happy though there are a ton of babies on there as at least I know they haven’t reproduced before they got caught.
@awk @Kidsandliz @Lynnerizer Boric acid is your friend. Put it wherever you’ve seen them (but not where pets might come into contact with it). Put it in every space between the walls and appliances in your kitchen. If you don’t have pets, sprinkle it on the baseboards. The little bastards carry it back to their nests, so it kills the roach who came into contact with it and all its nasty little friends. It doesn’t kill the eggs, but it will gradually kill off all the adults.
@awk @Kidsandliz @Lynnerizer The best thing you can do, especially in multi housing living quarters (apartments, condos, townhomes, etc), is purchase a bag of diatomaceous earth and SPRINKLE it along all of your baseboards around your home. Leave it for a week, then vacuum it up. It’s harmless to people, children and pets. Works everytime.
My dog would probably have it up before I could grab this stick vacuum. Unless it smelled like dog shapoo; then she’d run and hide.
Set up cameras to capture the ants at work, do a David Attenborough style voiceover, put it on Youtube, get discovered, change careers, retire to a mountaintop/island/etc., live out my days proclaiming David Attenborough style voiceovers about whatever’s going on around me into the void.
@Aspirant_Fool
That’s a pretty lofty aspiration!
@Kyeh
Aspiration… Ha… ISWYDT!
Depends.
If it’s a spilled Depends, that’s a bleach and mop job.
Mist of the time, the dog patrol is faster than the eye.
I just call the Garbage Goober to take care of it.
@mbimeh Until he gets all uppity from his wife yelling at him and tries to become your sidekick.
The old varnished wood floor in the kitchen is beautiful, but it also has all these gaps, so anything spilt is sweep, vacuum, mop, repeat. Dry stuff is easier than wet stuff. Cat barf is the worst - I’ve actually grabbed a gagging kitto and ran him to a more solid floor surface rather than dig that stuff out from between the floor boards …
@stolicat Not to mention cat barf can wreck the finish on stuff. I was gone one weekend and one of the damn cats barffed on a marble top dresser and it also ran down the side. Took the shine off the marble and damaged the finish. Now I cover the tops of things with those waterproof washable pads you put on kids’ beds which has saved me more than once. I had a cat who died a couple of years ago who’d jump off the bed when he’d barf (trained him to do that). Unfortunately my current set of cats refuse to learn that trick.
@stolicat
This is me, reading this thread. Barf!
Depends on what it is. Flour? Sweep and vacuum. Chips or crackers? The cats take care of it. Sugary anything? Sweep and/or vacuum. Might mop too. Especially this time of year. Ants are a bitch to get rid of.
@kjady Use Pine Sol. They run from it!
@kjady @Tadlem43 You have easily frightened ants. Ours, not so much. It may confuse them, but it does not deter them for long. OTOH, finding their entry point, usually a weep hole at the base of the outer wall, and spraying it liberally with an industrial insecticide (I favor the stuff used by utility maintenance crews) usually convinces them to stay away. I will admit that I have been debating the merits of building an aluminum furnace and using the fire ant nests as casting molds.
Just yell “Vacuum!”. The dog will come running and check for food on the floor. If she can’t have it then sweep, mop as needed.
@callow A coworker of mine named her dog Hoover.
@callow I had a Doberman who would come running when she heard “Vacuum!”. She used to hover around the kids’ highchair at mealtime. Best dog ever.
@callow @macromeh When I was a kid we had a little dog named Heather. When she was bad, she got sent to the kitchen.
Most of my friends thought the dog’s name was “Kitchen Heather!”
I was relating that story recently, and #3 sister exclaimed:
“Friends? I thought the dog’s name was Kitchen Heather!”
@blaineg @callow @macromeh
All cats are named Dammit! no matter what else they may be called.
Sweep and mop isn’t an option?
Swear
Sweep
Mop up any ‘dust’ remaining with damp paper towel.
Buy this vacuum and suck it up !!!
Blame someone else
Does that include the broken glass the dry ingredients were contained in?
I just wait for the cleaning lady and hope she’s coming soon!!!
Used to leave it there until the wife saw it and cleaned it up but since she has been sick still left it there until she noticed it and then I was forced to deal with it. Bummer.