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From: dts@gitpyr.UUCP (Danny Sharpe)
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Subject: Re: How do you kill roaches?
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Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 19:01:34 EDT
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In article <307@harvard.ARPA> sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki) writes:
>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.
>
Amazingly enough, the house I live in has no roaches even though it's
in Atlanta and we aren't too careful about sweeping up our stray crumbs.
I asked my landlord why this should be so.  His response was
that when he first moved in there were no roaches because the house had
been uninhabited for six months across a winter so any pests had most
likely froze.  Immediately upon moving in he bought a large supply of
Harris' Famous Roach Tablets and stuffed them into every crack and
crevice, of which our house has many.  No roaches, beyond the occasional
explorer from the yard, have ever appeared in the seven years since (he
has renewed the tablets once).

He had had good luck with these tablets before, in an apartment that
was heavily infested.  It took a couple of months, but the roach
population eventually died down to a reasonable level if not completely
to zero.

Harris' Famous Roach Tablets contain, if I recall correctly, boric acid
and bait.

Of course, ours is an old house and there's lots of holes to put bait
where the cats can't get to it (we have three).  This may not be true
of your place.  I have no idea whether this stuff would hurt a cat that
ate one of the tablets.  In fact, I don't know for sure whether it even
works; all I have is my landlord's statement that it is the most likely
reason for our apparent lack of roaches.  And then there's the question
of whether it is available in your area.

(-:If all of these obstacles can't be surmounted, I suggest you move out
for the winter and then when you move back in don't bring any food (or
books or anything else edible) inside ever again.:-)


                                            -Danny


PS --

   Lest anyone be offended, I have no connection with whoever makes or
   sells the product discussed above.




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