My all-wool suit has moth damage on the lapel!

I have examined my other clothes, and there is no sign (yet!) af any
other damage - trust the little buggers to go for the best suit I have.

Any recommendations for prevention of moth damage, apart from the
obvious one of naptha balls?

Homer2911 wrote:
My all-wool suit has moth damage on the lapel!

I have examined my other clothes, and there is no sign (yet!) af any
other damage - trust the little buggers to go for the best suit I have.

Any recommendations for prevention of moth damage, apart from the
obvious one of naptha balls?

Put it in a plastic bag, then put it in the deep freeze.

Homer2911 wrote:

My all-wool suit has moth damage on the lapel!

I have examined my other clothes, and there is no sign (yet!) af any
other damage - trust the little buggers to go for the best suit I have.

Any recommendations for prevention of moth damage, apart from the
obvious one of naptha balls?

Insects are repelled by strong smells generally, so any strong whiff
you've got sitting around will scare them off. Mothballs last a long
long time without evaporating away, hence their use.

NT

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Homer2911 wrote:
My all-wool suit has moth damage on the lapel!

I have examined my other clothes, and there is no sign (yet!) af any
other damage - trust the little buggers to go for the best suit I have.

Any recommendations for prevention of moth damage, apart from the
obvious one of naptha balls?

Put it in a plastic bag, then put it in the deep freeze.

Please be more specific - should I put the suit or the moth in the deep
freeze?

Homer2911 wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Homer2911 wrote:
My all-wool suit has moth damage on the lapel!

I have examined my other clothes, and there is no sign (yet!) af any
other damage - trust the little buggers to go for the best suit I have.

Any recommendations for prevention of moth damage, apart from the
obvious one of naptha balls?

Put it in a plastic bag, then put it in the deep freeze.

Please be more specific - should I put the suit or the moth in the deep
freeze?

Both.

"Homer2911" wrote in message
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My all-wool suit has moth damage on the lapel!

I have examined my other clothes, and there is no sign (yet!) af any
other damage - trust the little buggers to go for the best suit I have.

Any recommendations for prevention of moth damage, apart from the
obvious one of naptha balls?

No. I have great problems because a lot of our clothes are made from wool
and aren't taken out and shaken regularly. Can't do that with balls of
knitting yarn anyway.

On the lapel? Not too bad, make a feature of it, wear a badge or even a
flower :-)

Most of our wool clothing is mediaeval so it's not important. I notice,
though, that the larvae chew through the front, where food is spilt. I think
they like tasty fibres ...

Mary

"Homer2911" wrote in message
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Homer2911 wrote:
My all-wool suit has moth damage on the lapel!

I have examined my other clothes, and there is no sign (yet!) af any
other damage - trust the little buggers to go for the best suit I have.

Any recommendations for prevention of moth damage, apart from the
obvious one of naptha balls?

Put it in a plastic bag, then put it in the deep freeze.

Please be more specific - should I put the suit or the moth in the deep
freeze?

If there are any moth eggs remaining (it's possible) they won't survive
freezing, you should put the whole garment in the freezer. A few days will
do it - but then to be sure you'll have to do it fairly often because there
will still be adult (egg-laying) moths lurking, looking for a suitable
labour wardrobe :-)

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Homer2911" wrote in message
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Homer2911 wrote:
My all-wool suit has moth damage on the lapel!

I have examined my other clothes, and there is no sign (yet!) af any
other damage - trust the little buggers to go for the best suit I have.

Any recommendations for prevention of moth damage, apart from the
obvious one of naptha balls?

Put it in a plastic bag, then put it in the deep freeze.
Please be more specific - should I put the suit or the moth in the deep
freeze?

If there are any moth eggs remaining (it's possible) they won't survive
freezing, you should put the whole garment in the freezer. A few days will
do it - but then to be sure you'll have to do it fairly often because there
will still be adult (egg-laying) moths lurking, looking for a suitable
labour wardrobe :-)


Well the answer is simple. Put the Tories back in.

All labour is tedious, dull , painful and its only gratification is that
when its finally over, you might have learnt something useful, even if
its only never to do it again.

All labour is the result of following an attractive dream, only to wake
up to the terrible reality of how wrong you can actually be.
Mary

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Well the answer is simple. Put the Tories back in.

All labour is the result of following an attractive dream, only to wake
up to the terrible reality of how wrong you can actually be.

You must have funny dreams. Does it include public utilities working
for the consumers best interests by being improved by Thatcherism?

Or do the trains run on time in them or something? Maybe you remember
something about the new superbugs? Perhaps they aught to be privatised?

Godamned Google playing arseholes again so I have to post this
excellent rebuttal for the argument for voting for a politician.

So we had the choice of an egregious Urina Heep character with a
handbag or a sheep in Foot's clothing. What the hell do people believe
they are voting for anyway? If you rreally want something done
properly, something you can keep some sort of control over, do it
yourself.

"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"Homer2911" wrote in message
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My all-wool suit has moth damage on the lapel!

I have examined my other clothes, and there is no sign (yet!) af any
other damage - trust the little buggers to go for the best suit I have.

Any recommendations for prevention of moth damage, apart from the
obvious one of naptha balls?

No. I have great problems because a lot of our clothes are made from wool
and aren't taken out and shaken regularly. Can't do that with balls of
knitting yarn anyway.

On the lapel? Not too bad, make a feature of it, wear a badge or even a
flower :-)

Most of our wool clothing is mediaeval so it's not important. I notice,
though, that the larvae chew through the front, where food is spilt. I
think they like tasty fibres ...

That's what Mary in the Spectator said too.

"Doki" wrote in message
...

"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"Homer2911" wrote in message
ups.com...
My all-wool suit has moth damage on the lapel!

I have examined my other clothes, and there is no sign (yet!) af any
other damage - trust the little buggers to go for the best suit I have.

Any recommendations for prevention of moth damage, apart from the
obvious one of naptha balls?

No. I have great problems because a lot of our clothes are made from wool
and aren't taken out and shaken regularly. Can't do that with balls of
knitting yarn anyway.

On the lapel? Not too bad, make a feature of it, wear a badge or even a
flower :-)

Most of our wool clothing is mediaeval so it's not important. I notice,
though, that the larvae chew through the front, where food is spilt. I
think they like tasty fibres ...

That's what Mary in the Spectator said too.

T'wasn't me. Is the Spectator still going?

Mary

"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"Doki" wrote in message
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"Homer2911" wrote in message
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My all-wool suit has moth damage on the lapel!

I have examined my other clothes, and there is no sign (yet!) af any
other damage - trust the little buggers to go for the best suit I have.

Any recommendations for prevention of moth damage, apart from the
obvious one of naptha balls?

No. I have great problems because a lot of our clothes are made from
wool and aren't taken out and shaken regularly. Can't do that with balls
of knitting yarn anyway.

On the lapel? Not too bad, make a feature of it, wear a badge or even a
flower :-)

Most of our wool clothing is mediaeval so it's not important. I notice,
though, that the larvae chew through the front, where food is spilt. I
think they like tasty fibres ...

That's what Mary in the Spectator said too.

T'wasn't me. Is the Spectator still going?

It keeps coming through the letterbox, so I think so.

"Doki" wrote in message
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That's what Mary in the Spectator said too.

T'wasn't me. Is the Spectator still going?

It keeps coming through the letterbox, so I think so.

:-)

Mary

In message , Mary
Fisher writes

"Doki" wrote in message
...

"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"Homer2911" wrote in message
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My all-wool suit has moth damage on the lapel!

I have examined my other clothes, and there is no sign (yet!) af any
other damage - trust the little buggers to go for the best suit I have.

Any recommendations for prevention of moth damage, apart from the
obvious one of naptha balls?

No. I have great problems because a lot of our clothes are made from wool
and aren't taken out and shaken regularly. Can't do that with balls of
knitting yarn anyway.

On the lapel? Not too bad, make a feature of it, wear a badge or even a
flower :-)

Most of our wool clothing is mediaeval so it's not important. I notice,
though, that the larvae chew through the front, where food is spilt. I
think they like tasty fibres ...

That's what Mary in the Spectator said too.

T'wasn't me. Is the Spectator still going?

Mary

There's more than one woman called Mary ?

well, I never


--
geoff

On Saturday, 28 October 2006 10:41:08 UTC+1, Homer2911 wrote:
My all-wool suit has moth damage on the lapel!

I have examined my other clothes, and there is no sign (yet!) af any
other damage - trust the little buggers to go for the best suit I have.

Any recommendations for prevention of moth damage, apart from the
obvious one of naptha balls?


There is a great new site for moth prevention: http://www.mothprevention.com/ selling the UK's widest range for moth control and prevention, with lots of great advice too. They have recently started international shipping, so can help you anywhere in the word. Good luck!

wrote:

There is a great new site for moth prevention

hey, at least you didn't claim no connection ...

http://www.free-press-release.com/news-nikki-bareham-of-eden-enterprises-spams-for-mothprevention-dot-com-1331209488.html

On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:35:37 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

There is a great new site for myth prevention: http://www.mythprevention.com/
selling the UK's widest range for myth control and prevention, with lots of
great advice too. They have recently started international shipping, so can
help you anywhere in the word. Good luck!

"They"? Nothing to do with you, then?
Fwiw, I find urban myths particularly annoying, if sometimes amusing
for a day or two.
The one about the bloke whose granny fell off the roof, like the cat,
was a cracker, but can you do anything about that?