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Gnats!
I think they're gnats. They've been hanging out by the cat food bowls
ever since I moved to Florida. I looked around for something to kill them but I don't like what I read on the labels. Then I found some advice about mixing apple cider vineger, some sugar, and a few drops of dishwashing detergent. Supposedly the sweet stuff attracts the gnats and the detergent breaks the surface tension so they drown. It does seem to work, but leaving that concoction around the cats food bowls means that sooner or later it's going to get knocked over. Right now I have it near the food area but not quite in it, and it hasn't been knocked over yet. Any other ideas on how to get rid of gnats? I understand from my neighbors that it is gnat season now so maybe it will get better soon. |
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Gnats!
On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 23:03:40 -0500, dgk wrote:
I think they're gnats. They've been hanging out by the cat food bowls ever since I moved to Florida. I looked around for something to kill them but I don't like what I read on the labels. Then I found some advice about mixing apple cider vineger, some sugar, and a few drops of dishwashing detergent. Supposedly the sweet stuff attracts the gnats and the detergent breaks the surface tension so they drown. It does seem to work, but leaving that concoction around the cats food bowls means that sooner or later it's going to get knocked over. Right now I have it near the food area but not quite in it, and it hasn't been knocked over yet. Any other ideas on how to get rid of gnats? I understand from my neighbors that it is gnat season now so maybe it will get better soon. There was one time I managed to get rid of a bunch of gnats. I happened to be jogging up a steep hill, when I ran into a whole cloud of gnats just as I was breathing in very deeply. They all got stuck to the alveoli of my lungs and died. |
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Gnats!
Takayuki wrote:
On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 23:03:40 -0500, dgk wrote: I think they're gnats. They've been hanging out by the cat food bowls ever since I moved to Florida. I looked around for something to kill them but I don't like what I read on the labels. Then I found some advice about mixing apple cider vineger, some sugar, and a few drops of dishwashing detergent. Supposedly the sweet stuff attracts the gnats and the detergent breaks the surface tension so they drown. It does seem to work, but leaving that concoction around the cats food bowls means that sooner or later it's going to get knocked over. Right now I have it near the food area but not quite in it, and it hasn't been knocked over yet. Any other ideas on how to get rid of gnats? I understand from my neighbors that it is gnat season now so maybe it will get better soon. There was one time I managed to get rid of a bunch of gnats. I happened to be jogging up a steep hill, when I ran into a whole cloud of gnats just as I was breathing in very deeply. They all got stuck to the alveoli of my lungs and died. GROSS!! I'm glad *you* didn't die. That must have been disgusting. -- Joyce There is no alternative to being yourself. |
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Gnats!
There was one time I managed to get rid of a bunch of gnats.
I happened to be jogging up a steep hill, when I ran into a whole cloud of gnats just as I was breathing in very deeply. They all got stuck to the alveoli of my lungs and died. I was once walking in a remote part of Scotland with my ex-wife when we had to go through a huge cloud of flies. She breathed one in and swallowed it. She just couldn't see the funny side of me getting "There Was An Old Woman Who Swallowed A Fly" stuck in my head and trying to remember it all for the rest of the walk. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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