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May 19, 2014 05:51PM
What's a curated bookshelf? Sounds like something from a museum?
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I'm not sure! But it sounds an awful lot more formal and organised than my bookshelves!
Ok this is a weird question but friends, I need assistance: MIDGES! They are in my house! They won't leave me alone! I've tried laying out saucers of vinegar with sugar and washing liquid to euthanize them but to no avail. I've bought some drain unblocker as the next step but beyond that I am stumped. Any suggestions? Is it me? Am I eating so much fruit that I literally smell like an old banana?
Found this on google
"There are a few ways that you can get rid of fruit flies/ gnats/midges safely and naturally. These all work to trap the fruit flies. What seems to be the best way is to leave some red wine in a saucer or glass, cover it with cling film and put some holes in it so that once the flies get in they will struggle to get out. You can also use cider or any kind of soda to make this trap.
The flies are attracted to anything that is left out that has a high sugar content so any liquids that meet this criteria are great. The flies will drown in the liquid and this will get rid of them.
Another way is to mix lemongrass oil with water and spray this around the room. This will also kill spiders, insects and other flies so you may not wish to use this method if you have pet spider or insects. This may also be harmful to fish
Buying fly strips to hang up in your home is another method . Flies stick to the strips and they are natural but there is little to get the flies to fly into them in the first place."
Citronella candles were suggested a few times - otherwise there seem to be various electronic gizmos that either repell them with ultrasonic sound or frazzle them ( reminds me of the scene from - The Castle, when they're sat out on the veranda at Bonnydoon. Dad remarks on the tranquility accompanied by the sound of large numbers of insects being zapped by the machine thingy ( which was a bargain, no doubt)
"There are a few ways that you can get rid of fruit flies/ gnats/midges safely and naturally. These all work to trap the fruit flies. What seems to be the best way is to leave some red wine in a saucer or glass, cover it with cling film and put some holes in it so that once the flies get in they will struggle to get out. You can also use cider or any kind of soda to make this trap.
The flies are attracted to anything that is left out that has a high sugar content so any liquids that meet this criteria are great. The flies will drown in the liquid and this will get rid of them.
Another way is to mix lemongrass oil with water and spray this around the room. This will also kill spiders, insects and other flies so you may not wish to use this method if you have pet spider or insects. This may also be harmful to fish
Buying fly strips to hang up in your home is another method . Flies stick to the strips and they are natural but there is little to get the flies to fly into them in the first place."
Citronella candles were suggested a few times - otherwise there seem to be various electronic gizmos that either repell them with ultrasonic sound or frazzle them ( reminds me of the scene from - The Castle, when they're sat out on the veranda at Bonnydoon. Dad remarks on the tranquility accompanied by the sound of large numbers of insects being zapped by the machine thingy ( which was a bargain, no doubt)
Haha!! Oh I love a good Castle reference :) Well, the citronella candles sound a good idea but I think they would smell if I burnt them inside? I am wondering if this unseasonable autumn heatwave is the cause of their rapid breeding. We also have a rotten drain outside a window that has dodgy seals so that may contribute too. We've told the estate agent but he is lazy.I tried the saucer technique, albeit with no cling film but to no avail! They must be smart ones who figured out my plan!
Will persevere as humanely as possible before I resort to mass chemical bug bombs!
I don't think citronella smells too bad - don't know if it actually works though.
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I've been working all the late shifts till half 9 for the last week then today I got a nice cushy 4 o'clock finish on a lovely sunny day and came out of work to find.... my car had a flat tyre :( So had to sit in the car park and wait to be rescued (although the chap from the AA was very nice so it wasn't all bad!)
Oh Laurel that is such bad luck! At least it wasn't pouring rain in the middle of the night. I hope you had a lovely tea to go home to :)
Always, always at the most inconvenient moment does the car somehow let you down!
Poor Laurel! Hope you had a good book to read whilst waiting for the AA man! I once had a puncture in the dark on a lonely country road and had to walk to a spooky looking cottage to ask to borrow the phone (pre-mobile phone era)!! All the horror films I'd ever watched came back to haunt me! Luckily farmer and his wife were not out of "Psycho".
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Oh dear Laurel - things can only get better :0)
I'm not having the best of weeks either - my shoulder, which has been dodgy for a while ( years of carrying round loads of books) finally had enough when I took A Man of No Qualities to work with me - it starts off ok 1st thing in the morning, but after a couple of hours at work - owwww - Robert Musil you have a lot to answer for.
I'm not having the best of weeks either - my shoulder, which has been dodgy for a while ( years of carrying round loads of books) finally had enough when I took A Man of No Qualities to work with me - it starts off ok 1st thing in the morning, but after a couple of hours at work - owwww - Robert Musil you have a lot to answer for.
@Laurel - Oh the trusty Kindle - entertaining and a handy weapon if needed ;) The bug battle is not really progressing. We cleaned out the drains as best we could and that seems to have helped a little but the unusual heat wave is working against us. My husband is annoying me by saying he doesn't notice them which makes me think that its me they seek out!! @Lee - You poor thing! Nothing more distracting than a sore shoulder. And it can dampen your mood something shocking. Is your other half helping you out with massages/cooking/shopping etc? Hope you feel better soon!
@Laurel - at least the tills didn't drop on your toes, or at least I'm assuming they didn't! @Lee - that can really hurt. Don't want to worry you but I had to have surgery on my shoulder 18 months ago to repair damage caused be trying to carry too much - take it easy!!!!!!
@Laurel, Angela & Lee - Oh dear, sounds like you're all having a run of bad luck at the moment. Hope all your probs get sorted. You need some cheerful books to read such as (if you've not already read them) Diary of a Nobody (plans going awry); Down Under - Bill Bryson (dangers of Aussie insects); The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett featuring a suitcase with feet that could walk by itself! :-)
Thanks for your kind thoughts everyone - I'm acquiring a rucksack and an electronic massager gizmo which I hope will sort things out.
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Oh, Lee, you poor thing :-( I must admit I adopted the rucksack style bag many years ago for fear of developing back or shoulder problems
Bit better today - I've finally been forced to take notice of the health and safety advice about sitting posture and screen and keyboard position which I've been blithely ignoring for years - I feel old and decrepit :0(
Oh Lee! You're not old and decrepit I'm sure. You'll feel better soon. Shoulders back, sit straight, head balanced evenly on neck and you won't go wrong. The problem being - who on earth can work at a computer like this?
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Oooh raspberry mojito - surely a cure for all ills (and a far more attractive one than the executioners axe suggested by Sir Walter Raleigh).
@ Hilary - you're right - sitting "properly" at the computer makes me feel like I'm in a straight jacket - it is helping my shoulder though.
@ Hilary - you're right - sitting "properly" at the computer makes me feel like I'm in a straight jacket - it is helping my shoulder though.
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Hope everyone has a lovely day - I'm actually off work today (yay!) so am just lazing around although I'm going to do some baking this afternoon. What's everyone else got on the agenda?
I'm also just lazing around, trying not to think about housework! It feels like it's been a tough week and I just want to enjoy a nice day with books, magazines and DVDs!
Ooh looks like we are all being lazy together. I went and saw Wicked today and am now on the couch feeling poorly - flu I think. What's in the oven Laurel? @Ellie - housework is rubbish but sometimes if you sit in another room you can just pretend it isn't there...?
Oh poor you Angie - get well soon. :0)
Lazing around for me too - it's the weather for it. Some house work must be done though :0(
Here's Paul Robeson singing summertime to help you relax after your stressful week, Ellie. I love his voice.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7j5CieXP...
Lazing around for me too - it's the weather for it. Some house work must be done though :0(
Here's Paul Robeson singing summertime to help you relax after your stressful week, Ellie. I love his voice.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7j5CieXP...
Thanks Lee - I hope your shoulder is feeling better. Soak up that Vitamin D :-)
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I've just discovered that you can import all the books you have bought on Amazon (real and electronic) in to good reads . Just go into My Books and click on import Amazon books - only the titles you choose will go on your book shelves - so you don't need to worry about everyone knowing about that biography of David Hasseloff
That's good Lee. I need to find out how to do that immediately. My only concern is that there must be some limit to the number of books you can 1) have on your kindle and 2) store for for on the cloud. I seem to remember Ellie or Laurel mentioning it was about 1000 on the Kindle. Has anyone any evidence about what happens if you get close to that?
I know that you can pay for extra amazon cloud space if you need to - but I think I might have been confusing - it's just the book titles you can import - so you can add them to your to read list ( this will help me immensely with my TBR mountain list)
@Laurel - Thank you. And I can practically smell that baking from here. I am a sucker for cakes and muffins. You must have some very happy family members :o)@Lee - The Hoff? Really?!?
Hey, don't dis the Hoffster.
No negativity here.. I was merely confirming the fact :P
How's your shoulder Lee? I hope you are all having a lovely week so far :-)
Much better now thank you - but I'm not going to take it for granted. It's rucksacks and sitting properly all the way now :0)
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I'm relaxing with a cuppa and some chocolate cos it's been pure carnage in my shop today - queue out the door all day again and then the dishwasher broke so had to handwash everything and not enough staff to go round - but on the up side... only 3 more days till the kids go back to school yay!
What a day! Hope you can put your feet up soon. :0)
You're ignorant American cousin is, alas, once again in need, or perhaps we should just admit perennial need, of cultural interpretation; what's a 'cuppa'? Tea?
You made me smile there Antipodes, it's just a colloquialism for "a cup of"
Sounds like that choccie is well deserved Laurel :)
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Everyone all ready for the weekend???
Ah, if I may be so bold as to interject; the English 'cuppa' (I may be wrong but I do think it is quite particular to the English, rather than GB or UK) is not merely a 'cup of tea', it is, as the long-running British soap opera, Eastenders, proves, the solution to any domestic problem you could possibly think of! Washing machine broken down? Have a cuppa. Wife ran off with the milkman? Aww, sit down and 'ave a cuppa, it'll all seem better!! :-)
In that sense, I believe the word 'chocolate' can also be used instead of 'cuppa' ;)
Absolutely - particularly for a hormonal female!though it doesn't have quite the same quintessent Englishness :-)
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