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From: wtm@bunker.UUCP (William T. McGarry)
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Subject: One way to get of roaches
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Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 00:57:39 EDT
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>> I've just moved into a nice apartment that suits me in every way with
>> the exception of the roaches. I would like to get rid of them forever.
>> I know that this is impossible, and would appreciate any hints on how
>> to come close to this.

Back when I lived in Newark, New Jersey, and the roaches were bigger
than the rats, we always used to sprinkle boric acid powder in and
behind the cabinets, etc.  As far as I know, the boric acid is
relatively harmless to pets (it's used as an eye wash) and it is
cheap.  The roaches would eat the boric acid and it would mutate
them to the point where they could not reproduce (ever see a two-
headed cockroach?).

This always seemed to work for us.

					Bill McGarry
					decvax!bunker!wtm