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| Thread ID: 97266 | 2009-02-10 01:28:00 | Filthy Cockies infested house on the News last night | SolMiester (139) | PC World Chat |
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| 746454 | 2009-02-11 01:53:00 | Every so often we get the Gisborne Roaches. On the odd occasion we do get the blasted German Roaches popping up. Thats probably due to the fact that we run a food business and are near nigh impossible to remove. You can control them, but you cannot 100% eradicate them. Especially when the building(s) is 80+ years old. But a spray with BV2 knocks them dead in 30 seconds. Though I hear that oven cleaner works really well. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 746455 | 2009-02-11 02:18:00 | Yes we all get cockroaches, I do and I went to a party at an immaculate million dollar house and there was one there. But that house sickened me, there was rubbish and food particles everywhere ! Housing NZ should give him one weeks warning and then kick him out. Why should we pay taxes to a loser like that ? Why didn't the reporter Barbara (islander) Dreaver have the courage / sense to ask him why he does not keep our house clean and tidy ? Is he on the DPB ? If so he has plenty of time to clean the place up and look after his kids. Is he on the DPB ? If so, he should not be, he should get a job and get someone to look after his kids. I agree about Babara Dreaver, hope tvnz are giving her a boot up the backside for not asking the hard questions, which is why dont you clean the place up and keep it clean, and are you going to replace the wallpaper you pulled down, are you going to fix the hole in the wall. Australia would be quite sad if they knew that makes 600 pm news while they are going through their worst ever civil disaster. Being a male is a reasonable excuse for being untidy but this guy was pushing the limits. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 746456 | 2009-02-11 02:26:00 | I agree about Babara Dreaver, hope tvnz are giving her a boot up the backside for not asking the hard questions, which is why dont you clean the place up and keep it clean, and are you going to replace the wallpaper you pulled down, are you going to fix the hole in the wall. Australia would be quite sad if they knew that makes 600 pm news while they are going through their worst ever civil disaster. Being a male is a reasonable excuse for being untidy but this guy was pushing the limits. Quite agree... and he said the holes in the wall were caused by a child falling down the stairs and going through the wall??? They looked like they had been kicked in to me. A small child would probably just bounce off gib board in a house of that era. The studs and noggins/dwangs would have been quite close together compared with a modern house. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 746457 | 2009-02-11 04:15:00 | You either have very bad eyes or you should be in the Guinness Book of Records . Are they bigger than silverfish or whitetail spiders? Do they usually hide or are they not particularly shy? It wouldn't be easy to confuse them with a weta on the outside wall of a West Coast bach would it? I think I must have been in primary school the last time I saw a 'roach in the insect drawer of our museum . Must go and have a look again sometime . PS Just asked The Boss - he hasn't seen a cockroach either . Put both of us in the Guinness Book of Records . :thumbs: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 746458 | 2009-02-11 04:34:00 | Do they usually hide or are they not particularly shy? I think I must have been in primary school the last time I saw a 'roach in the insect drawer of our museum . Must go and have a look again sometime . PS Just asked The Boss - he hasn't seen a cockroach either . Put both of us in the Guinness Book of Records . :thumbs: They do hide . I'm told that turning the lights on in a commercial kitchen after hours can be a revelation . Try under the stove or fridge . |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 746459 | 2009-02-11 05:54:00 | It wouldn't be easy to confuse them with a weta on the outside wall of a West Coast bach would it? Landcare Research has a list of bugs to scream at . ( . landcareresearch . co . nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/invertid/index . asp" target="_blank">www . landcareresearch . co . nz) |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 746460 | 2009-02-11 07:13:00 | They do hide . I'm told that turning the lights on in a commercial kitchen after hours can be a revelation . Try under the stove or fridge . Righto, well I've been out to the kitchen in the wee small hours plenty of times and have never disturbed any little visitors . Landcare Research has a list of bugs to scream at . ( . landcareresearch . co . nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/invertid/index . asp" target="_blank">www . landcareresearch . co . nz) Good site . The West Coast creatures were definitely wetas . :thumbs: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 746461 | 2009-02-11 07:47:00 | Righto, well I've been out to the kitchen in the wee small hours plenty of times and have never disturbed any little visitors . Sound and sound vibrations are more than enough to send them scarpering . What you should try is, the NO brand roach traps . Place at corner edges, behind fridge/freezer and skirting . Essentially they are a very sticky flat area with a scent based attractant . They go towards the attractant and get caught on the traps . Then they die of starvation . Check out Mitre10, Bunnings for them . If you don't get any after a month, you should be in the clear . |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 746462 | 2009-02-11 08:03:00 | You're trying to tell someone who obviously doesn't have a roach problem to go and buy roach traps? Sorry bobby, but you're doing it wrong. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 746463 | 2009-02-11 08:56:00 | The reason animals would probably not eat them is something to do with the smell they make when squashed | Whenu (9358) | ||
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