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Thread ID: 116466 2011-03-05 02:59:00 They don't make stuff like they used to tuiruru (12277) PC World Chat
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1183718 2011-03-06 01:24:00 The Pyrethrum stuff doesn't work that well the Mortein chemical stuff does as does the RAID chemical stuff gary67 (56)
1183719 2011-03-06 01:43:00 Before Mortein, Raid, etc. there was Flit, and before aerosol spray cans there was the Flit Gun :clap Terry Porritt (14)
1183720 2011-03-06 02:12:00 Before Mortein, Raid, etc. there was Flit, and before aerosol spray cans there was the Flit Gun :clap

And Flit contained DDT (www.sustainlabour.org)!!

Scroll down to see the product list!!

And further down for even more enlightenment!! :xmouth:
tuiruru (12277)
1183721 2011-03-06 03:07:00 And Flit contained DDT (www.sustainlabour.org)!!

Scroll down to see the product list!!

And further down for even more enlightenment!! :xmouth:


If it flew or crawled DDT gave them what for.. it was used everywhere...pity about the fish and the birds of prey :eek:

"In 1955, the World Health Organization commenced a program to eradicate malaria worldwide, relying largely on DDT. The program was initially highly successful, eliminating the disease in "Taiwan, much of the Caribbean, the Balkans, parts of northern Africa, the northern region of Australia, and a large swath of the South Pacific"[19] and dramatically reducing mortality in Sri Lanka and India"

en.wikipedia.org

Whole areas were blanketed with DDT to kill off the mozzies.
Terry Porritt (14)
1183722 2011-03-06 07:33:00 If it has two legs or more DDT gave them what for..

Fixed that for you :devil
Gobe1 (6290)
1183723 2011-03-06 09:26:00 Mortein knocks down blowflies pretty much instantly, you can hear their wings getting out of sync in a matter of seconds. I thought it wasn't killing normal house flies anymore as they seemed to be immune, but found that it was, it just took much much longer.

We only get four or five flies a day in the house anyway, even with the doors and windows open. We leave nothing around for them to feed on or drink and I think we've been blacklisted in their "Desirable Homes" directory now. Our neighbours have a dog and their house is full of them. They use flystrips too, but they are gross and neither MrsT nor I could never have them. :yuck:

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
1183724 2011-03-06 09:53:00 Mortein knocks down blowflies pretty much instantly, you can hear their wings getting out of sync in a matter of seconds. I thought it wasn't killing normal house flies anymore as they seemed to be immune, but found that it was, it just took much much longer.

We only get four or five flies a day in the house anyway, even with the doors and windows open. We leave nothing around for them to feed on or drink and I think we've been blacklisted in their "Desirable Homes" directory now. Our neighbours have a dog and their house is full of them. They use flystrips too, but they are gross and neither MrsT nor I could never have them. :yuck:

Cheers

Billy 8-{)

Is that the same same listing you are in for the Microsoft Tech Support phone scammers??

:D
johcar (6283)
1183725 2011-03-06 19:17:00 I do not get many flies in my house but I always have a can of Mortein fly spray handy. It kills flies and spiders. Bobh (5192)
1183726 2011-03-06 21:05:00 I do not get many flies in my house but I always have a can of Mortein fly spray handy. It kills flies and spiders.

Spiders kill flies
Gobe1 (6290)
1183727 2011-03-06 21:28:00 SWMBO decided to ignore the aesthetics of long sticky dangly things in the lounge (she's been ignoring mine for years now ;)), and went into Hammer Hardware this morning to get some of Wainui's fly strip wotsits. The bad news is they've sold out - the good news is we got the last packet!

Let battle commence!! :angry
tuiruru (12277)
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