On 9/27/04 10:28 PM, in article , "Michelle
Fulton" wrote:

"oknwht?" wrote in message
PS: My message is meant to be humorous and I trust that I have offended no
one. The main point I wanted to make was that spiders are predators...it
may
not be a good idea to kill them.
PSS: There are companies that sell firewood in clear plastic bags. Why not
but your firewood in clear plastic bags. Seal them shut. That will ensure
no
bugs get into your house. Getting free firewood is a nice thing. There is
nothing like a nice fire in the fireplace. Did you know that it is also a
renewable resource?

I took it as humorous :-)

I know spiders are predators. I don't know where you are from, but spiders
can be very dangerous here. The reason I sprayed the garage was because the
guys that helped move the wood both had bites on their arms and spiders were
the only crawling things I saw. I didn't want to introduce them into my
house.
I'm in Canada, on the west coast. We don't have seriously dangerous spiders
here. I can understand your concern when there are dangerous spiders around.

It's not like I destroyed a natural environment. I sprayed my
garage, for God's sake!
Without belaboring the point, I am concerned about the world wide use of
chemicals. My point being-one garage here, one garage there...just how many
garages are being sprayed through out the world? The only thing I can
control is what I use. So I don't. In all honesty I'm not sure just what I
would do if I lived in your neck of the woods. Maybe a fly swatter?
Dynamite?? (snicker) Only kidding about the dynamite....
Anyway, firewood doesn't come sealed, nor with enough plastic to seal it and
it costs a stupid amount when purchased in small bundles at the store, the
likes of which is not guaranteed to be bug-free.
It may take some work but my suggestion was to put your firewood in clear
plastic bags. Then seal them shut. That may be a totally unworkable idea,
but it is a suggestion and as you say you are out of firewood.
And, yes, I love a fire in
the fireplace, don't have a job and was totally out of firewood, so I'm
thinking free is good and lower electric bill is also good....

Thanks for the laughs :-)
Thanks for recognizing the humor...

BTW, I sprayed again today, because I noticed that the piles of pulp poop
are not reemerging, so.....either spraying is having some effect on the
varmints, or they have reached the stage of development where they stop
eating and start morphing,
Hold it! Have you identified the critters...for sure?? To figure out their
life cycle, just what they are needs to be determined. They may even be
harmless...now that would be a bonus!!!
in which case, I better get the shit outa my
garage before I have a house full of them. Actually, I was going to look up
the development stages/timing for the region/climate, etc.... If someone
knows right off hand, it would save me some much needed time.....hint, hint
:-) I have discrete math test and digital logic test to prepare for :-(
Good luck in your exams.