Comments on: Them http://voodootime.com/archives/167 Just another weblog Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:06:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Minister of Squeaky Music http://voodootime.com/archives/167/comment-page-1#comment-368 The Minister of Squeaky Music Sun, 09 Nov 2003 02:51:28 +0000 http://voodootime.com/?p=167#comment-368 The last residence of the Minister was infested with ants. Having tried just about every product one can purchase the most effective way to eliminate them turned out to be lots of bleach. Lots and lots of it. Ant sprays and whatnot get expensive when you're buying by the gallon, bleach is way cheaper. At one of the gigs I had a couple years back I had a chance to pick the brain of a guy who makes his living dealing with ants(dont ask). The first key to getting rid of ants is knowing what kind of ant you have to deal with. If you have argentine(sweet) ants you're in a world of hurt. The colonies have multiple queens and they dont fight each other. Apparently they are all descended from a single queen and are so genetically similar they're all friendly to each other. Getting rid of them is almost impossible. The colonies go through phases where they look for certain types of food, knowing what they want and feeding them something they like filled with yuck that kills them is a great idea but the little buggers just WONT DIE. They keep coming back. Eventually I gave up, it was determined that anything short of full scale war, digging up the entire yard covering it with gasoline and setting everything on fire would not yield any useful results. The last residence of the Minister was infested with ants. Having tried just about every product one can purchase the most effective way to eliminate them turned out to be lots of bleach. Lots and lots of it. Ant sprays and whatnot get expensive when you’re buying by the gallon, bleach is way cheaper.

At one of the gigs I had a couple years back I had a chance to pick the brain of a guy who makes his living dealing with ants(dont ask). The first key to getting rid of ants is knowing what kind of ant you have to deal with. If you have argentine(sweet) ants you’re in a world of hurt. The colonies have multiple queens and they dont fight each other. Apparently they are all descended from a single queen and are so genetically similar they’re all friendly to each other. Getting rid of them is almost impossible. The colonies go through phases where they look for certain types of food, knowing what they want and feeding them something they like filled with yuck that kills them is a great idea but the little buggers just WONT DIE. They keep coming back.

Eventually I gave up, it was determined that anything short of full scale war, digging up the entire yard covering it with gasoline and setting everything on fire would not yield any useful results.

]]> By: obigabu http://voodootime.com/archives/167/comment-page-1#comment-367 obigabu Fri, 07 Nov 2003 18:47:39 +0000 http://voodootime.com/?p=167#comment-367 I tell you what my friend, if your trickery doesn't work. This will! I had the same problem with those little buggers. Though I was doing some webdev for a pest control company at the time and they passed that stuff my way. I can tell you that those ants never carried another one of MY picknick baskets away. That stuff works! Best of all it's pet friendly. I tell you what my friend, if your trickery doesn’t work. This will! I had the same problem with those little buggers. Though I was doing some webdev for a pest control company at the time and they passed that stuff my way. I can tell you that those ants never carried another one of MY picknick baskets away. That stuff works! Best of all it’s pet friendly.

]]> By: The Minister of Squeaky Music http://voodootime.com/archives/167/comment-page-1#comment-366 The Minister of Squeaky Music Thu, 06 Nov 2003 18:14:36 +0000 http://voodootime.com/?p=167#comment-366 Bah, mushrooms do not just grow on moist dead things. They can grow on moist live things too. And while some mushrooms are tasty, some are downright fun. There is irony in things that make you see god grow on cow shit. Deep. Bah, mushrooms do not just grow on moist dead things. They can grow on moist live things too.

And while some mushrooms are tasty, some are downright fun. There is irony in things that make you see god grow on cow shit.

Deep.

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