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From: Harold on 25 Apr 2010 22:56 "PeterD" <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote in message news:2db9t557ecch4jud76kaga36abtq4iqppk(a)4ax.com... > On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:26:25 +0100, "ian field" > <gangprobing.alien(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> >>"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote >>in >>message news:5kv8t5t1olbu8avqhonkdtrn15atkduils(a)4ax.com... >>> This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here >>> in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up. >>> >>> They're even getting into the house. >>> >>> Any convenient solutions? >> >>If a swarm forms indoors, suck them up with a dust buster vacuum >>cleaner - >>squirt some fly spray into the nozzle before switching off, > > Do NOT do that! Some vacuums use the air from the vacuum outlet to > cool the motor, and the motor has exposed brushes. The fact that 'fly > spray' is usually flammable, and brushes spark, will help prove the > big bang theory quite effectively! > What about vacuuming up some spray? Rather than shooting the spray into the nozzle, direct the spray a few inches in front of the nozzle so that (most of?) the propellant is dissipated before the spray enters the motor. >> otherwise >>they'll just fly back out again. >>
From: J.A. Legris on 25 Apr 2010 23:38 On Apr 25, 7:54 pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My- Web-Site.com> wrote: > On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:48:55 -0700, Joerg <inva...(a)invalid.invalid> > wrote: > > > > >Jim Thompson wrote: > >> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:18:15 -0700, Joerg <inva...(a)invalid.invalid> > >> wrote: > > >>> J.A. Legris wrote: > >>>> On Apr 25, 1:42 pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My- > >>>> Web-Site.com> wrote: > >>>>> This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here > >>>>> in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up. > > >>>>> They're even getting into the house. > > >>>>> Any convenient solutions? > > >>>>> ...Jim Thompson > >> [snip] > >>>> DDT works great. Don't worry about all that leftist anti-DDT "science" > >>>> - it's perfectly safe for humans. My uncle had an atomizer installed > >>>> on this forced-air HVAC system so could just set-and-forget. > > >>> Personally I wouldn't so that. If it kills gnats I can't imagine it > >>> being harmless for pets etc. > > >>> Gnats are attracted to food but most of all to moist places. So make > >>> sure there is no "smellable" food anywhere and also that there are no > >>> indoor plants with very moist soil. > > >> That-a-boy. Give up all human frivolity to avoid gnats. > > >Only until the problem subsides. It ain't that hard to put potted plants > >outside for a week or two :-) > > >WRT pesticide you can't anything powerful these days. Even "Home > >Defense" is a far cry from what it used to be a few years ago. > > >[...] > > The nanny state is what took away DDT. So the solution is mosquito > netting ?:-) > > ...Jim Thompson Only if you're a nanny yourself. Real men make DDT in the kitchen sink: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,803716,00.html -- Joe
From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 25 Apr 2010 23:55 Hang a few fly strips. -- Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul(a)Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ The only difference in the game of love over the last few thousand years is that they've changed trumps from clubs to diamonds.
From: Robert Baer on 26 Apr 2010 03:01 Baron wrote: > Jim Thompson Inscribed thus: > >> This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here >> in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up. >> >> They're even getting into the house. >> >> Any convenient solutions? >> >> ...Jim Thompson > Fly Spray ! ;-) > Anteater?
From: JW on 26 Apr 2010 05:34
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:42:43 -0700 Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote in Message id: <5kv8t5t1olbu8avqhonkdtrn15atkduils(a)4ax.com>: >This wet (and cold) winter, due to global warming ;-) has left us here >in AZ over-run with gnats as the weather warms up. > >They're even getting into the house. > >Any convenient solutions? > > ...Jim Thompson Fill a bowl with some vinegar. Cover it with plastic wrap and poke lots of holes in it that are just big enough for them to enter. Gnats are attracted to vinegar and will find their way in, then die. |