Re: Things to see, places to stay on Oahu, roaches

I used to live in Chicago, and I'll bet she means roaches.


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Franzman" <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Things to see, places to stay on Oahu, roaches


> Cathy, cockroaches are not native to Hawaii but are the centipedes?  Also
> when you said:
>
> However, you also learned to recognize that if they were big, they were
> refugees from outside, and if they were small, they were breeding in your
> house and you had a problem
>
> Were you talking about the roaches or geckos?
>
> DF
>
> cathy carpenter wrote:
>
> > Almost all homes in Hawai'i are single wall construction (most with
> > neither heat nor AC) and when you live there you get used to the
> > cockroaches. Of course if I saw one it was DEAD! I even tolerated the
> > geckos in the house, because I figured anything that might eat
> > cockroaches couldn't be all bad.  (ie. call
> > the exterminator!). I received for Christmas one year a book called "The
> > Cockroach Combat Manual" that told me more than anyone would ever want
> > to know about the beasts.  They have even made their way into local
> > vernacular: to "cockaroach" means to steal. Now, let me tell you about
> > the centipedes: somewhere between 6 - 12 inches long and impervious to
> > any insecticide available to the general public - they literally have to
> > be beaten to death.
> > Cathy
> > On Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at 02:46 PM, jim singer wrote:
> >
> > > one of the more interesting things at the national agricultural
> > > research center in beltsville is the cockroach house. man, they've got
> > > a zillion of different ones from all over the world--some so small you
> > > can barely see them, some bigger than you hand.
> >
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