Comments on: Blind optimism http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/28/blind-optimism/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:19:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: suek http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/28/blind-optimism/comment-page-1/#comment-26652 suek Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:55:37 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3302#comment-26652 My ants are back as well. However, this time it's different - last time, they seemed uninterested in the bait, uninterested in water, uninterested in food generally. This time they headed directly for a bottle of syrup which somehow had a small nick in the handle (maybe hit a hot pan and melted the plastic?) and drowned in a surfeit of gooey sweetness. Others are swarming all over the Grants bait, leaving the Raid bait alone. I've heard that syrup plus boric acid is an effective bait/poison...since the syrup is no longer useable, maybe I need to consider that as an option... My ants are back as well. However, this time it’s different – last time, they seemed uninterested in the bait, uninterested in water, uninterested in food generally. This time they headed directly for a bottle of syrup which somehow had a small nick in the handle (maybe hit a hot pan and melted the plastic?) and drowned in a surfeit of gooey sweetness. Others are swarming all over the Grants bait, leaving the Raid bait alone.
I’ve heard that syrup plus boric acid is an effective bait/poison…since the syrup is no longer useable, maybe I need to consider that as an option…

]]> By: Don Quixote http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/28/blind-optimism/comment-page-1/#comment-26638 Don Quixote Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:42:13 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3302#comment-26638 Could be worse. I had as big an ant problem as you describe and got professional help. It worked, but as soon as the ants moved out the termites moved in. Now I've got professional termite control and I deal with the ants myself. Could be worse. I had as big an ant problem as you describe and got professional help. It worked, but as soon as the ants moved out the termites moved in. Now I’ve got professional termite control and I deal with the ants myself.

]]> By: Bookworm http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/28/blind-optimism/comment-page-1/#comment-26637 Bookworm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:06:19 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3302#comment-26637 But none of you understand: if I give up on these optimistic feelings about the weather, all I've got left are these darned ants! :lol: But none of you understand: if I give up on these optimistic feelings about the weather, all I’ve got left are these darned ants! :lol:

]]> By: suek http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/28/blind-optimism/comment-page-1/#comment-26634 suek Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:40:37 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3302#comment-26634 That's right up there with predicting the coming winter weather from the width of bands on the wooly catepillars... I'd be looking at the weather that's been rather than the weather to come...! That’s right up there with predicting the coming winter weather from the width of bands on the wooly catepillars…

I’d be looking at the weather that’s been rather than the weather to come…!

]]> By: Don Quixote http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/28/blind-optimism/comment-page-1/#comment-26633 Don Quixote Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:34:54 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3302#comment-26633 Darn, Helen, you beat me to it! My first thought was that BW's liberal roots are showing. Darn, Helen, you beat me to it! My first thought was that BW’s liberal roots are showing.

]]> By: Helen Losse http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/07/28/blind-optimism/comment-page-1/#comment-26629 Helen Losse Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:53:40 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3302#comment-26629 Sounds to me like you'll be agreeing with Al Gore pretty soon. :-) Sounds to me like you’ll be agreeing with Al Gore pretty soon. :-)

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