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Ants.

Seriously, my house has been plagued with ants since summer, and they're still coming in. During the summer, it was heat that drove them in. (We've seen his happen before). But during the fall, they seemingly invaded in an effort to avoid being rained on and flooded out of their outdoor home. Now, they're apparently hating the cold, windy weather, and are being chased inside by that (I assume).

Geez, they're just like us!

We've tried the multiple packs of the Terro ant traps, and used an untold number of cans of Raid and HotShot ant sprays, and twice we've sprayed around the outside of the house. Yet, they're still showing up inside. Not as bad as they were earlier, when they were truly invading, but we're nonetheless lamenting still seeing them at all now.

It's not like we're leaving food lying out all over the place, or have a home that's particularly dirty or untidy. While it's not necessarily white-glove clean, we're all neat and don't like messes, so we don't leave any. There's no particular "attraction" that we can discern. What gives?

 

You might try this trick:

How to Get Rid of Ants With Apple Vinegar

My gf has done that, and it has worked. I hate the smell of vinegar. Apparently ants do too.

 

I've heard peppermint, too. Sprayed mouthwash all around the outside of the house. Don't think it worked.

 

Maybe you need to buy the spice? Sounds pretty expensive though, unless you can dilute it.

 

Plenty of tips on Google. Here's one:

Borax will kill odorous house ants, and powdered sugar will attract them. Make a homemade bait by thoroughly mixing one part borax with 3 parts powdered sugar. Fill tiny containers (such as bottle caps) with this homemade bait and place them as close to the place where you suspect ants are entering your house. If you see trails of ants, place small containers of the mixture directly in their path. This prevents most of them from traveling all around your house if they have easy access to this sugary treat.

(Have pets or kids who might get into this powdery mixture? Try this instead: mix one cup warm water with ½ cup sugar and 3 tablespoons borax. Soak it up with cotton balls and place them in shallow dishes near ant trails.)

Resist the urge to kill all the ants you see. They will carry the bait back to the nest, unable to differentiate between the borax and sugar, and the borax particles will eventually kill the entire colony. The more bait carried back to the colony, the less ants you will have.

 

Men who think it necessary to expectorate repeatedly in public. Unless you have a bug in your mouth, no.

 

I've got bad sinuses.
I hawk and spit as politely as possible.

 

I have terrible sinus problems. I use a Kleenex.

I have to admit, people in foreign countries are even more disgusting with their spitting.

 

Good idea. Hadn’t thought of it.

I go through a lot tissues. I flush my sinuses religiously once a day, sometimes more.

Nothing can keep up with the copious amounts of mucous.

So inevitably I find myself in situations when hawk and spit is needed. I try to be as discreet as possible

I’m not swallowing those oysters

 

Pah, I have for years and years, hasn't killed me yet. Better than raw steak.

 

People who call regular-season OOC basketball (or football) games preseason games.