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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:31 PM Original message |
Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. this sounds like a job for |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I'm sure Tom could use the work |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. his cousin tried to pick me up |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. YUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Call Tom Delay |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. That's how fire ants, seen all over the South, first arrived: By cargo ship. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think I saw this movie at a drive-in in the early 70s. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Indeed: Phase IV |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. THEM! |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. you dont need poisons! diatemaceous earth. period end of story |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. or Boric Acid |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. diatemaceous earth? What' that do? How to apply? I use it in the pool filter. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Wrong kind - you need food grade. |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Correct me if I'm wrong... |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Now that's interesting - |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm so glad I don't live there now |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. me too |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Only 240 years for me |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. I once found mushrooms growing under the floormats of my car, in Houston |
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jaksavage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. A hoard of insects will come down upon thee... nt |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. See! We must secure our ports to keep the Terrorants out!! |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. Where's Leiningen, now that we need him? . . . |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
37. you rock, i was about to post a link to the same story |
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darue (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. one more reason I'll never go near texas n/t |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yeechh. |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I'm Kent Brockman |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. . |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. Don't know if it will work for this kind of ant, but... |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. Send them over to Crawford; they'll love that. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. Uncles are worse |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. Thats good! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
23. If we're lucky, they will provide some competition for the fire ants... |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. The good news is they like to eat fire ants - From OP article |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. Great. An ant with a heightened taste for electronics. |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Do I need to upgrade my firewall? nt |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. bbbbbbwwwwaaaa ah ah ha hahahahaha |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Less wall, more fire |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. I'm thinking a honeypot would be more effective against this invader |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. Ew ew ew ew ew! |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. Cedarcide! |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## DON'T DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
38. At last I know what to name my band! |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
39. That's just fucking great... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
40. I'll bet the Argentine Ants we have here in California could still kick their butts. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
42. sadly, this is just the latest in a series of |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I worked in a warehouse that shipped stuff TO China - repair parts |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
44. I wonder if that ant-killing fungus could take care of them... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
46. Sweet Jesus! |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
49. So we can check pestilence off the list. I would guess famine is next, |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
50. They wander erratically and are attracted to electricity? |
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Lefty-Taylor (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
51. Good gawd. As if Houston didn't have enough problems ... |
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