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It's like we say down here,
"Duct tape fixes everything!"
But pest control is a new ne on me...
posted by
strat
on February 16, 2006 at 7:53 AM
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Termites.
Dear Nanaroo.. Yes, that's right. the Termites cannot chew on something very shiny like glass. In the Philippines they bury a lot of rice husk about half meter by half meter, half meter deep, before constructing a wooden house. The rice husk turns into silica which the termites' biting fangs gets broken so they leave the place. If pure Silica, the sand that is made into glass is buried around and on the foundation of a wooden house, the termites cannot penetrate the house.
Thanks for dropping by, I still owe you a blog about mermaids. My friend is in the Phils., and would be back hear in Sydney this March, he will tell me the full story of a group of fishermen who caught a mermaid in their nets about a year ago. This story I will dedicate to you. regards for now... 
Prof.
posted by
PROF-SUMAKEL33
on February 15, 2006 at 11:33 PM
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My Husband Keeps it!!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on February 15, 2006 at 9:37 PM
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Congratulations on winning your war with termites, Nanaroo!
Duct tape is good for a whole lot of things!
posted by
Blanche.
on February 15, 2006 at 8:28 PM
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Duct tape is a photography neccissity .....
I have three rolls in my truck, none of the those "outlandish" colors, either. Plain gray suits me fine.
posted by
fwmystic
on February 15, 2006 at 7:04 PM
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dang
what the heck are CAVE crickets????
posted by
Nanaroo
on February 15, 2006 at 6:59 PM
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Gee, it _looks_ like a nice enough place...
I hate termites though...although, like BrightIrish, it's cave crickets that really gross me out. It's not like you can just swat those things either.
posted by
FactorFiction
on February 15, 2006 at 6:55 PM
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Nan--- When I travel the world with my fishing gear, I wouldn't think
of leaving home without duct tape. I put long strips of it down the sides of my rod tube (sometimes mistaken for a "bazooka" and a "rocket launcher" in Latin American countries). Never know when I might need it to mend torn rain gear, tripped luggage, etc. Say, maybe termites should use duct tape on their mounds to keep out aarvarks, chimps with sticks, and other such critters.
posted by
Jazwolf
on February 15, 2006 at 6:53 PM
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That is such a nice picture of the 'Tree House' was it as peaceful as it looks.. not counting the termites and such. I once lived in a place with ' camel crickets' they freaked me out more than any other creature ever has. Thanks for the new ideas to add to my list of uses for duct tape.
posted by
BrightIrish
on February 15, 2006 at 6:47 PM
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Lucy
yeah, duct tape is good for a whole LOT of things!!!
posted by
Nanaroo
on February 15, 2006 at 6:45 PM
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Nana
I love duct tape! Always good to keep a couple rolls in my tool chest. I can recall thinking it would have come into good use while married though...
Termites...what ever it takes!!
posted by
Offy
on February 15, 2006 at 6:44 PM
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Here in Canada we have a very popular TV show called the Red Green show
Comedy skits, the show is sponsored by 3M the makers of duct tape.
You should see the wild contraptions and uses Red Green comes up with on the show.
The viewers are invited to send in their ideas, which range from taped together vehicles to things that fly.
I think you can get it on cbc.ca streaming video. It is hilarious, much better than Doug and Bob McKenzie and the great white north. Got to see this one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by
Bud-Oracle
on February 15, 2006 at 6:40 PM
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I have waterbugs everywhere here...UGH!
posted by
Renigade
on February 15, 2006 at 6:34 PM
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