Palmetto Bugs

Subject: cockroaches

Here in Hawaii we call the big ones "B-52s." The only thing that sort of works is Combat Roach-Killing Gel. I can't find it here, so my daughters send it to me from - where else - Brooklyn. Cats can help, but Geckos are the best. Hard to litter train, though.

seven24 wrote: I don't see roaches too often but I do get plenty of silverfish,
and I honestly believe that spiders can smell my fear. Spiders are constantly stalking me.

silverfish scared the crap outta me when i was a kid :shock:
i remember seeing my first one skittering along the wood floor of my bedroom at 2am.

by the light of the moon
the shadow cast of its million legs propelling itself on the floor :oops:

steve wrote: and having read that, I am never turning the lights in the kitchen or bathroom off again.

oh no! you gotta keep the lights on in the kitchen
otherwise they call for pizza and cigarettes
and drink your wine

Subject: thank god I'm not the only one

I'm new here and didn't realize its so common, but then again I've never lived in a really old building as I do now. I have been scared shitless to go in my bathroom because of these things. We steel-wooled and sprayed Raid and did the roach motel thing, haven't seen one since but I'm not convinced they still don't come out and play at night.

Will they go away once the heat subsides?

quijibo wrote: [quote=steve]and having read that, I am never turning the lights in the kitchen or bathroom off again.

oh no! you gotta keep the lights on in the kitchen
otherwise they call for pizza and cigarettes
and drink your wine

crap, that's where my wine's been going!