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My Almost-daily Journal |
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| About I love trying out new things, especially when it comes to internet technology. I never really kept a journal, but it's something that I've always wanted to do. Now, everybody will get a chance to look inside my twisted, and somewhat-warped mind.
I've also subscribed to Audio Blog, so a few times a week, I'll leave actual voice blogs. Very cool!XML Newsfeed Previous Posts
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Thursday, May 08, 2003
Dammon Hardware I took a stroll to my local Dammon Hardware Store around the corner from my house to buy some garden chemicals- crabgrass killer, dandelion killer, vegetation killer, rose anti-fungal stuff, and a few other things. I was mostly looking for Diazanon- the garden insecticide that has been banned by the federal government. I was hoping to pick up the last scraps of this stuff since we can no longer buy it. If the government is banning it, I figure it's gotta be good! I wanted to stock up on it! I'm not sure why they've banned it, but after doing a little research, the next best chemical is only 10% as effective! Rats! At least I have two jugs of this stuff from last year. I'm gonna have to really ration this stuff. Even the Orkin guy suggested that I use that as a perimeter barrier around my house, since even their current barrier protector isn't as good as Diazanon. Oh well. Go figure. While there, I also noticed that they had 500% more Carpenter Ant insecticides than any other store I checked- Meijers, Target, Walmart, etc. I was actually impressed with their selection. I also noticed that they also had the same powder that Orkin was spraying into my walls and attic, as well as the goop that they spread in the cracks under my sink. I priced the stuff out, and it would have cost me about $25 to load myself with the same aersenal that Orkin brought over just the other day. I'm such a sap! I paid $275 for a sales guy to tell me that my roof was leaking (remember, I got a brand new, high-dollar roof back in 2001) and for a field technician to spend 30 minutes doing what I could have done. Do I feel better that I had a professional company come out to rid me of Carpenter Ants? No. At least I know now what to do- drill a few holes, inject some powder, squirt some goop between some cracks, and spray around the perimeter of the house. Anybody else have Carpenter Ant issues? I'll come out to your house and do what Orkin would do for only $125... that's more than half off! If anybody is interested, let me know. Shit, I'll do it for free, as long as you help me move in a few months. :) Live and learn. Carpenter Ant Insecticide Active Ingredients In case anybody has ever wondered what type of chemicals I have floating around in my house, here it is... The powder that was injected into my walls was nothing more than flour, powdered sugar and boric acid. The goop that went into the cracks was also nothing else than a clear sugar paste with boric acid. The spray around the perimeter was nothing more than citric acid. I'm such a sap. posted by Dino at 3:17 AM (permanent link) |