I suppose I don't have the visceral reaction, cockroaches problems are essentially non-existent in the pacific northwest. I may have seen one once on a childhood trip in the south but I have never, ever seen one in a building here in Oregon.
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spaceman
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well i didnt deal with em til i was 22
and that was in worcester it turned into joes apt.
it affected my schooling,my relationship
im in MA, they are in filthy houses in ther north and unwashed places of dirt and filth.
they arent ants, they arent bees or earwigs they are roaches and when you live with them you will understand why they are so reviled
they are unbelievably disgusting
u cant leave anything alone food nope.
forget it
you want that last peice of sandwich u better put it in the fridge becuase if you leave it on the counter it will be roachED the f out
I don't get how. I click on the images I want uploaded, it uploads them and spits back a link. Easy as pie. What site do you use?
Edited to remove quotation of post directly above mine.
Edited to remove quotation of post directly above mine.
eplebnista
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ibex333
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These are not bugs. It's a species of a cockroach. They are very common in Russia and seem to be a little less common here in US. We used to call em "Prussaks" after the Prussians, because these damn things start running like crazy at the sight of a human (or a Russian for that matter... Rightly so, because we kicked their ass during the The Seven Years' War)
silverpig
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Originally posted by: Rubycon
You can kill them via asphyxiation. This is safe for the electronics. Find a local dry ice supplier and obtain a cake of several pounds. Put the notebook in a large cooler and far from the dry ice. You want to use as large of a cooler as possible - even a large fridge/freezer as the smaller it is the colder the notebook will become. You don't want it getting too cold (< -30C) or that could do damage! Also important! NEVER seal it airtight! Dry ice is CO2 in solid form and its sublimation pressure is > 1070 psig! A sealed cooler becomes a bomb at that point so you want to vent it. Once the CO2 displaces all the breathable air for a few hours ANYTHING inside is dead. So this will kill mice in an A/C unit, for example. This trick is popular for boaters/RVrs etc. that come back after layup and find all sorts of critters onboard and do NOT want to retain the services of a PCO charging over a thousand dollars to Vikane it.
I was going to suggest the exact same thing.
Either that, or put it in a ziplock bag and blow pure nitrogen in for several minutes until all the oxygen is gone.
Or, put it in an airtight container with a candle...
nerp
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Originally posted by: ibex333
These are not bugs. It's a species of a cockroach. They are very common in Russia and seem to be a little less common here in US. We used to call em "Prussaks" after the Prussians, because these damn things start running like crazy at the sight of a human (or a Russian for that matter... Rightly so, because we kicked their ass during the The Seven Years' War)
fantastic post. thank you.
polarmystery
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Originally posted by: Rubycon
You can kill them via asphyxiation. This is safe for the electronics. Find a local dry ice supplier and obtain a cake of several pounds. Put the notebook in a large cooler and far from the dry ice. You want to use as large of a cooler as possible - even a large fridge/freezer as the smaller it is the colder the notebook will become. You don't want it getting too cold (< -30C) or that could do damage! Also important! NEVER seal it airtight! Dry ice is CO2 in solid form and its sublimation pressure is > 1070 psig! A sealed cooler becomes a bomb at that point so you want to vent it. Once the CO2 displaces all the breathable air for a few hours ANYTHING inside is dead. So this will kill mice in an A/C unit, for example. This trick is popular for boaters/RVrs etc. that come back after layup and find all sorts of critters onboard and do NOT want to retain the services of a PCO charging over a thousand dollars to Vikane it.
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