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

California has no night life?

On Thu, 02 Jan 2003 08:50:46 -0800 David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
wrote:

> 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 
> > > To: 
> > > 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

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