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Default Ants In The Kitchen

Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>
>> Omelet wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Ever try glue traps for ants?

>>
>> Nope.
>>
>> >
>> > I tried them briefly for rats, but kept catching geckos. :-( Not
>> > good.

>>
>> Tried glue traps for mice, (years ago, before I had cats) and they
>> didn't seem to work either.
>>
>> > I got rid of them pronto and went back to snap traps. Those big
>> > rat traps are hard and dangerous to set tho'.

>>
>> Quite so.

>
> As in a danger of broken fingers. <g>
>
>>
>> >
>> > Roach hotels (box glue traps) work well for roaches. I need to
>> > pick up some of those for the break room at work. :-P

>>
>> No roaches here (thank gawd).

>
> This is the south. Google for "palmetto bugs".
>
>>
>> >
>> > People at work are such slobs...
>> > The microwaves are a disgrace as idiots refuse to cover food when
>> > they are warming it.

>>
>>
>> Why should they? The seem to think that there is a MW 'cleaning
>> fairy' that will come in and do it for them...

>
> Buncha M-F'ers ! Sorry, but it truly tics me off. It's why I quit
> cleaning up after the slobs! I think Catherine has too. Maria left.
> She was the only other one that cleaned the m-waves.
>
> I refuse...
>
>>
>>
>> > I ALWAYS do! I refuse to clean them anymore. Nobody
>> > seems to give a flying damn.

>>
>> Don't blame you.

>
> At least the one at home is clean!


Yep. Easy enough to just wipe it down after use if something you've used
it for makes a bit of a mess.
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