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

Ahem Kitty, but I've seen night baseball games televised in your area and the
sky seems filled with large moths or some other flying creatures.  My wife
would die of a heart attack!

DF

Kitty Morrissy wrote:

> There is somrthing to be said for zone 5 where nasties don't get that big.
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: cathy carpenter <cathyc@rnet.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Date: 1/1/2003 5:26:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Things to see, places to stay on Oahu, roaches
> >
> > 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. 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 (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
>
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