This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

...Jim Thompson
--
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Jim Thompson Inscribed thus:

This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

...Jim Thompson
Fly Spray ! ;-)

--
Best Regards:
Baron.

Jim Thompson wrote:
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

Call your local police force, and complain that the gnats are illegal
immigrants.

When they get there, demand to see birth certificates (be sure to have
yours handy).

--
Tim Wescott
Control system and signal processing consulting
www.wescottdesign.com

"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

If a swarm forms indoors, suck them up with a dust buster vacuum cleaner -
squirt some fly spray into the nozzle before switching off, otherwise
they'll just fly back out again.

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:12:33 -0700, Tim Wescott
wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

Call your local police force, and complain that the gnats are illegal
immigrants.

When they get there, demand to see birth certificates (be sure to have
yours handy).

Now! Now! Be nice! The law simply says that in addition to the
normal "show your driver's license" during a traffic stop or similar,
UPON SUSPICION, because you can't produce ID, the officer can ask if
you're a legal immigrant.

Personally I think, instead of jail time, we need to institute
"rock-pile" service... a year on the rock pile, particularly if
administered by Arpaio should stop this nonsense.

...Jim Thompson
--
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| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
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The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy

"Jim Thompson" wrote
in message ...
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

...Jim Thompson
--

Spray your screens with OFF. This should keep the gnats from getting in
the house.

Cheers

"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

Hang some garlic - they might be vampire gnats.

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:26:25 +0100, "ian field"
wrote:


"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

If a swarm forms indoors, suck them up with a dust buster vacuum cleaner -
squirt some fly spray into the nozzle before switching off,

Do NOT do that! Some vacuums use the air from the vacuum outlet to
cool the motor, and the motor has exposed brushes. The fact that 'fly
spray' is usually flammable, and brushes spark, will help prove the
big bang theory quite effectively!

otherwise
they'll just fly back out again.

"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.


Avon Skin-so-Soft is better than DEET stuff (Off) hands down. Used to go
fishing down the off and deepwoods off and that seemed like it attracted the
gnats. Switched to skin so soft and it went WAY down.

Also helps to puff a nice green cigar in the room.

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:12:33 -0700, Tim Wescott
wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

Call your local police force, and complain that the gnats are illegal
immigrants.

When they get there, demand to see birth certificates (be sure to have
yours handy).

Now! Now! Be nice! The law simply says that in addition to the
normal "show your driver's license" during a traffic stop or similar,
UPON SUSPICION, because you can't produce ID, the officer can ask if
you're a legal immigrant.

Personally I think, instead of jail time, we need to institute
"rock-pile" service... a year on the rock pile, particularly if
administered by Arpaio should stop this nonsense.


You're just waiting for 'someone' from D.C. to show up without the
proper papers, aren't you? ;-)

--
Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to
have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:41:35 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


Jim Thompson wrote:

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:12:33 -0700, Tim Wescott
wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

Call your local police force, and complain that the gnats are illegal
immigrants.

When they get there, demand to see birth certificates (be sure to have
yours handy).

Now! Now! Be nice! The law simply says that in addition to the
normal "show your driver's license" during a traffic stop or similar,
UPON SUSPICION, because you can't produce ID, the officer can ask if
you're a legal immigrant.

Personally I think, instead of jail time, we need to institute
"rock-pile" service... a year on the rock pile, particularly if
administered by Arpaio should stop this nonsense.


You're just waiting for 'someone' from D.C. to show up without the
proper papers, aren't you? ;-)

Now! Now! You know that I'm quite prim and proper... bang!

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
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The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy

In , Jim Thompson wrote:
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-)

Due to El Nino, which typically makes winter cooler, stormier
and wetter in southern tier of USA.

- Don Klipstein )

In , Jim Thompson wrote:
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-)
has left us here in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

I do remember homebrewing bugzappers in the late 1970's. As I remember,
I could not find any light that was good at attracting gnats to their
doom.

Then again, any that fly at night appeared to me to be attracted well to
a F20T12B fluorescent lamp. The broader band spectrum appears to me to
work better than BL, 350BL, and BLB. One more thing - I attracted more
flying insects powering the lamp with DC than with AC.

But for attracting to their doom gnats other than ones endangering
themselves with a nightlife - best I can think of is a nice warm cup of
some sort of tea. It appears to me that they like moisture. If that does
not work, then all I can think of for now is that the lower elevation
Arozina heat and aridity will do them in sometime in May.

In article , ian field wrote:

"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

If a swarm forms indoors, suck them up with a dust buster vacuum cleaner -
squirt some fly spray into the nozzle before switching off, otherwise
they'll just fly back out again.

I might worry about the spray being flammable and getting to the
sparking brushes in the motor.

Instead, I would put the dustbuuster in an oven and heat it to about
130-140 F. And cap the nozzle with one of my hands along the way, or plug
the nozzle with a wad of toilet paper or paper towel or trash paper.

- Don Klipstein )

"PeterD" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:26:25 +0100, "ian field"
wrote:


"Jim Thompson" wrote
in
message ...
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

If a swarm forms indoors, suck them up with a dust buster vacuum
cleaner -
squirt some fly spray into the nozzle before switching off,

Do NOT do that! Some vacuums use the air from the vacuum outlet to
cool the motor, and the motor has exposed brushes. The fact that 'fly
spray' is usually flammable, and brushes spark, will help prove the
big bang theory quite effectively!


What about vacuuming up some spray? Rather than shooting the spray into
the nozzle, direct the spray a few inches in front of the nozzle so that
(most of?) the propellant is dissipated before the spray enters the motor.

otherwise
they'll just fly back out again.

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:42:43 -0700 Jim Thompson
wrote in Message id:
:

This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

...Jim Thompson

Fill a bowl with some vinegar. Cover it with plastic wrap and poke lots of
holes in it that are just big enough for them to enter. Gnats are
attracted to vinegar and will find their way in, then die.

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:34:46 -0400, the renowned JW
wrote:

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:42:43 -0700 Jim Thompson
wrote in Message id:
:

This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

...Jim Thompson

Fill a bowl with some vinegar. Cover it with plastic wrap and poke lots of
holes in it that are just big enough for them to enter. Gnats are
attracted to vinegar and will find their way in, then die.

Dish soap and water will work too.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
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"PeterD" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:26:25 +0100, "ian field"
wrote:


"Jim Thompson" wrote
in
message ...
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

If a swarm forms indoors, suck them up with a dust buster vacuum cleaner -
squirt some fly spray into the nozzle before switching off,

Do NOT do that! Some vacuums use the air from the vacuum outlet to
cool the motor, and the motor has exposed brushes. The fact that 'fly
spray' is usually flammable, and brushes spark, will help prove the
big bang theory quite effectively!


What a complete and utter load of bollox!

A year or two ago some nut posted vids of his antics when he had a pile of
old vacuum cleaners to play with, he set one up on a table in his back
garden, switched it on and stuffed the hose into a bucket of petrol.

Sure enough the sparks from the brushes ignited the fumes and the vacuum
cleaner did a fair impersonation of a jet engine with a lick of flame out
the end, it kept going quite a long time before the bearings siezed and the
motor whent phut.

I have a small mains powered (220V) handheld vacuum cleaner that I used to
catch wasps, moths and other flying insects, and I always gave it a squirt
of fly spray, that never once ignited and even if it did it wouldn't do any
more than singe any accumulated fluff.

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:26:55 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:34:46 -0400, the renowned JW
wrote:

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:42:43 -0700 Jim Thompson
wrote in Message id:
:

This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

...Jim Thompson

Fill a bowl with some vinegar. Cover it with plastic wrap and poke lots of
holes in it that are just big enough for them to enter. Gnats are
attracted to vinegar and will find their way in, then die.

Dish soap and water will work too.

Oh, you have to put a bit of ripe banana peel in there too.

"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

Is there much of a bat population there? Don't know how well they do with
gnats but with moths and mosquitoes they are rather effective.

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:03:09 -0400 Spehro Pefhany
wrote in Message id:
:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:26:55 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:34:46 -0400, the renowned JW
wrote:

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:42:43 -0700 Jim Thompson
wrote in Message id:
:

This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

...Jim Thompson

Fill a bowl with some vinegar. Cover it with plastic wrap and poke lots of
holes in it that are just big enough for them to enter. Gnats are
attracted to vinegar and will find their way in, then die.

Dish soap and water will work too.

Oh, you have to put a bit of ripe banana peel in there too.

Would probably be good for catching fruit flies as well.

Jim Thompson wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

You're just waiting for 'someone' from D.C. to show up without the
proper papers, aren't you? ;-)

Now! Now! You know that I'm quite prim and proper... bang!


Do you yell 'FORE' before taking your shot? ;-)


--
Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to
have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.

Spehro Pefhany wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:26:55 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:34:46 -0400, the renowned JW
wrote:

Fill a bowl with some vinegar. Cover it with plastic wrap and poke lots of
holes in it that are just big enough for them to enter. Gnats are
attracted to vinegar and will find their way in, then die.

Dish soap and water will work too.

Oh, you have to put a bit of ripe banana peel in there too.


Would that work on dirty politicians if you used a couple dollars in
change, instead of the banana peel?


--
Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to
have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:32:03 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


Spehro Pefhany wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:26:55 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:34:46 -0400, the renowned JW
wrote:

Fill a bowl with some vinegar. Cover it with plastic wrap and poke lots of
holes in it that are just big enough for them to enter. Gnats are
attracted to vinegar and will find their way in, then die.

Dish soap and water will work too.

Oh, you have to put a bit of ripe banana peel in there too.


Would that work on dirty politicians if you used a couple dollars in
change, instead of the banana peel?

Unmarked hundreds, maybe.

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:30:07 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


Jim Thompson wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

You're just waiting for 'someone' from D.C. to show up without the
proper papers, aren't you? ;-)

Now! Now! You know that I'm quite prim and proper... bang!


Do you yell 'FORE' before taking your shot? ;-)

I'm like the famous Houston Police solution to multiple 7-11 robberies
and killings... Bang! Bang! "STOP... Police!" ;-)

Really happened, IIRC, around 1968. We were visiting the
parents-in-law in Houston. I was delighted :-)

...Jim Thompson
--
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| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
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The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:34:46 -0400, JW wrote:

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:42:43 -0700 Jim Thompson
wrote in Message id:
:

This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

...Jim Thompson

Fill a bowl with some vinegar. Cover it with plastic wrap and poke lots of
holes in it that are just big enough for them to enter. Gnats are
attracted to vinegar and will find their way in, then die.

That suddenly makes sense... those damned gnats will find a glass of
wine about as quickly as you can pour it :-(

Maybe something like a cat watering fountain, but with recirculating
cheap white wine :-)

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
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The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...

Jim Thompson wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

You're just waiting for 'someone' from D.C. to show up without the
proper papers, aren't you? ;-)

Now! Now! You know that I'm quite prim and proper... bang!


Do you yell 'FORE' before taking your shot? ;-)

Its fun to stand on the edge of a golf course and shout "SKIN" after anyone
shouts "FORE".

ian field wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...

Jim Thompson wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

You're just waiting for 'someone' from D.C. to show up without the
proper papers, aren't you? ;-)

Now! Now! You know that I'm quite prim and proper... bang!


Do you yell 'FORE' before taking your shot? ;-)

Its fun to stand on the edge of a golf course and shout "SKIN" after anyone
shouts "FORE".


If you say so. I prefer a freon powered sports horn, while they are
swinging their club.


--
Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to
have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:34:46 -0400, JW wrote:

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:42:43 -0700 Jim Thompson
wrote in Message id:
:

This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

...Jim Thompson

Fill a bowl with some vinegar. Cover it with plastic wrap and poke lots of
holes in it that are just big enough for them to enter. Gnats are
attracted to vinegar and will find their way in, then die.

That suddenly makes sense... those damned gnats will find a glass of
wine about as quickly as you can pour it :-(

Maybe something like a cat watering fountain, but with recirculating
cheap white wine :-)


Then you can put it back in a bottle with a French label and save it
for visiting liberals.


--
Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to
have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...

ian field wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...

Jim Thompson wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

You're just waiting for 'someone' from D.C. to show up without the
proper papers, aren't you? ;-)

Now! Now! You know that I'm quite prim and proper... bang!


Do you yell 'FORE' before taking your shot? ;-)

Its fun to stand on the edge of a golf course and shout "SKIN" after
anyone
shouts "FORE".


If you say so. I prefer a freon powered sports horn, while they are
swinging their club.

Drop wads of cotton wool soaked in ammonium-iodide and dried, into as many
holes as possible before the game is due to start.

ian field wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...

ian field wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...

Jim Thompson wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

You're just waiting for 'someone' from D.C. to show up without the
proper papers, aren't you? ;-)

Now! Now! You know that I'm quite prim and proper... bang!


Do you yell 'FORE' before taking your shot? ;-)

Its fun to stand on the edge of a golf course and shout "SKIN" after
anyone
shouts "FORE".


If you say so. I prefer a freon powered sports horn, while they are
swinging their club.

Drop wads of cotton wool soaked in ammonium-iodide and dried, into as many
holes as possible before the game is due to start.


Or miniature bear traps that snap shut, when they try to retrieve
their balls.


--
Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to
have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...

ian field wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...

ian field wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...

Jim Thompson wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

You're just waiting for 'someone' from D.C. to show up without
the
proper papers, aren't you? ;-)

Now! Now! You know that I'm quite prim and proper... bang!


Do you yell 'FORE' before taking your shot? ;-)

Its fun to stand on the edge of a golf course and shout "SKIN" after
anyone
shouts "FORE".


If you say so. I prefer a freon powered sports horn, while they are
swinging their club.

Drop wads of cotton wool soaked in ammonium-iodide and dried, into as
many
holes as possible before the game is due to start.


Or miniature bear traps that snap shut, when they try to retrieve
their balls.

Speaking of golfers, balls and bear traps......................

In article , Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Spehro Pefhany wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:26:55 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:34:46 -0400, the renowned JW
wrote:

Fill a bowl with some vinegar. Cover it with plastic wrap and poke
lots of holes in it that are just big enough for them to enter. Gnats
are attracted to vinegar and will find their way in, then die.

Dish soap and water will work too.

Oh, you have to put a bit of ripe banana peel in there too.

Would that work on dirty politicians if you used a couple dollars in
change, instead of the banana peel?

I doubt it. It appears to me that you have to bid higher than the
"usual suspects" do in buying/renting politicians, in terms of how much
money as well as not making them have to go to your home to get it (you
need to bring the money to where they "work").

Furthermore, if mere dish soap or vinegar could kill corrupt
politicians, then more Americans would risk life imprisonment or death
penalty for assassination of corrupt politicians than we currently have
trying for such. For one thing, I have not heard of many roaches or rats
kicking the bucket due to vinegar or dish soap.

- Don Klipstein )

In article , ian field wrote:

"PeterD" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:26:25 +0100, "ian field"
wrote:

"Jim Thompson" wrote
in
message ...
This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

If a swarm forms indoors, suck them up with a dust buster vacuum cleaner -
squirt some fly spray into the nozzle before switching off,

Do NOT do that! Some vacuums use the air from the vacuum outlet to
cool the motor, and the motor has exposed brushes. The fact that 'fly
spray' is usually flammable, and brushes spark, will help prove the
big bang theory quite effectively!


What a complete and utter load of bollox!

A year or two ago some nut posted vids of his antics when he had a pile of
old vacuum cleaners to play with, he set one up on a table in his back
garden, switched it on and stuffed the hose into a bucket of petrol.

Sure enough the sparks from the brushes ignited the fumes and the vacuum
cleaner did a fair impersonation of a jet engine with a lick of flame out
the end, it kept going quite a long time before the bearings siezed and the
motor whent phut.

I have a small mains powered (220V) handheld vacuum cleaner that I used to
catch wasps, moths and other flying insects, and I always gave it a squirt
of fly spray, that never once ignited and even if it did it wouldn't do any
more than singe any accumulated fluff.

I wish your good furtune in that area to continue.

However, there is Murphy's Law, along with the wisdom of repeating your
achievement of having a vacuum cleaner impersonate a jet engine with
flame coming out.

If I were to spray bug spray into a vacuum cleaner, I would take it
outdoors first, with the hose plugged or blocked by something, such as a
wad of toilet paper or a plastic bag and a rubber band. This requires a
50 or 100 foot extension cord, and I would advise carrying along a
portable fire extinguisher or a 5 gallon bucket of water or otherwise be
prepared for the worse. Maybe wear safety goggles in the unlikely event
that they will actually be necessary.

- Don Klipstein )

Don Klipstein wrote:

In article , Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Spehro Pefhany wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:26:55 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:34:46 -0400, the renowned JW
wrote:

Fill a bowl with some vinegar. Cover it with plastic wrap and poke
lots of holes in it that are just big enough for them to enter. Gnats
are attracted to vinegar and will find their way in, then die.

Dish soap and water will work too.

Oh, you have to put a bit of ripe banana peel in there too.

Would that work on dirty politicians if you used a couple dollars in
change, instead of the banana peel?

I doubt it. It appears to me that you have to bid higher than the
"usual suspects" do in buying/renting politicians, in terms of how much
money as well as not making them have to go to your home to get it (you
need to bring the money to where they "work").

Furthermore, if mere dish soap or vinegar could kill corrupt
politicians, then more Americans would risk life imprisonment or death
penalty for assassination of corrupt politicians than we currently have
trying for such. For one thing, I have not heard of many roaches or rats
kicking the bucket due to vinegar or dish soap.


That's interesting. One type of rat trap is a five gallon bucket of
soapy water with a pop can on a rod, over the water. A little peanut
butter is used for bait. The vermin climes up on the rod, then the can
to eat the bait. It's weight makes the can turn on the rod which drops
the vermin into the water, where it drowns. Politicians are just big
rats, they just need a different bait.


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ian field wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Or miniature bear traps that snap shut, when they try to retrieve
their balls.

Speaking of golfers, balls and bear traps......................


'Miniature bear traps'.


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On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:23:39 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

[snip]

That's interesting. One type of rat trap is a five gallon bucket of
soapy water with a pop can on a rod, over the water. A little peanut
butter is used for bait. The vermin climes up on the rod, then the can
to eat the bait. It's weight makes the can turn on the rod which drops
the vermin into the water, where it drowns. Politicians are just big
rats, they just need a different bait.

That's an interesting gimmick. Another seasonal problem... jack
rabbits. Any cute tricks to trap and/or kill?

...Jim Thompson
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Jim Thompson wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:23:39 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

[snip]

That's interesting. One type of rat trap is a five gallon bucket of
soapy water with a pop can on a rod, over the water. A little peanut
butter is used for bait. The vermin climbs up on the rod, then the can
to eat the bait. It's weight makes the can turn on the rod which drops
the vermin into the water, where it drowns. Politicians are just big
rats, they just need a different bait.

That's an interesting gimmick. Another seasonal problem... jack
rabbits. Any cute tricks to trap and/or kill?


Scale it up to a 55 gallon drum and find the right bait? The soapy
water keeps the vermin from climbing out of the container. What do they
like to eat?


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In message , Michael A. Terrell
writes
Or miniature bear traps that snap shut, when they try to retrieve
their balls.

You have miniature bears there? Or do you do things with your balls I
really don't want to know about?


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On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:42:43 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here
in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up.

They're even getting into the house.

Any convenient solutions?

...Jim Thompson


You should find the farmer that is causing them and go after him to
eradicate them. There is a similar such case currently in San Diego.