How do you get roaches out of your luggage?
Oct 24th, 2005, 11:21 AM
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Why not just spray/powder the contents of your bags when you pack up just before leaving AND wash everything when you get home?
Seems like a few hours in a bag with insecticide should do the trick to insure they're dead by the time you get home, and you'll be doing laundry anyway, so why worry about the odor.
Remembering my Navy days, I recall the roaches add a delightful crunchiness to baked goods, such as Hawaiian Banana bread.
Seems like a few hours in a bag with insecticide should do the trick to insure they're dead by the time you get home, and you'll be doing laundry anyway, so why worry about the odor.
Remembering my Navy days, I recall the roaches add a delightful crunchiness to baked goods, such as Hawaiian Banana bread.
Oct 24th, 2005, 11:31 AM
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Well the obvious solution is not to bring any luggage back from Hawaii. Just pack your old clothes in your worst suitcase and leave it all there - think of the time you'll save not having to check bags!
On a serious note, I agree with others that your wife needs help.
On a serious note, I agree with others that your wife needs help.
Oct 24th, 2005, 12:23 PM
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What innocents you all are. You should see some of the places I've seen.
What do you think PETA would do about the guys at GM/ Electromotive Division who in their down time herd out the biggest "beasts", put crazy glue on their backs and stick their styrofoam cups to them permanently? Have you ever seen styrofoam cups walking?
What do you think PETA would do about the guys at GM/ Electromotive Division who in their down time herd out the biggest "beasts", put crazy glue on their backs and stick their styrofoam cups to them permanently? Have you ever seen styrofoam cups walking?
Oct 24th, 2005, 12:23 PM
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I'll pass on the scorpions please. They can actually hurt you. I have never had roaches in any hotel in Hawaii, any condo I have rented, or any rental car. I was walking out on the terrace down by the beach at the Moana one night and there was one of those "suckers" taking a stroll across the terrace heading for the beach..probably liked to surf at night...
The only time I have ever seen roaches was at Mana Lea Gardens and that is kind of a "Zen", natural place, I was at a retreat of sorts, and everyone there was pretty casual about the critters. I had bought some coffee so I could make a pot in the mornings and when I opened the cupboard in the kitchen there was little roach poopie in the cupboard...I didn't want to make coffee anymore. We DID have a HUGE spider in our room at the Royal. It came crawling up the wall from behind the TV. This sucker was so big and hairy I could have given him a shave and a trim. I freaked. So, the bellman comes up and dispatches the poor creature and suggests that we might want to keep our screens closed..hmmmmm, now THERE'S a thought. It was my first trip to Hawaii and I wanted all the ocean breezes blowing through my hair..LOL so the screens were closed from that minute forward.
The only time I have ever seen roaches was at Mana Lea Gardens and that is kind of a "Zen", natural place, I was at a retreat of sorts, and everyone there was pretty casual about the critters. I had bought some coffee so I could make a pot in the mornings and when I opened the cupboard in the kitchen there was little roach poopie in the cupboard...I didn't want to make coffee anymore. We DID have a HUGE spider in our room at the Royal. It came crawling up the wall from behind the TV. This sucker was so big and hairy I could have given him a shave and a trim. I freaked. So, the bellman comes up and dispatches the poor creature and suggests that we might want to keep our screens closed..hmmmmm, now THERE'S a thought. It was my first trip to Hawaii and I wanted all the ocean breezes blowing through my hair..LOL so the screens were closed from that minute forward.
Oct 24th, 2005, 01:37 PM
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The airplanes flys at 30,000 to 40,000 feet and the cargo hold is probably not pressurized, no oxygen, everything dies. Not sure if this is true, but it might be. But, I wouldn't put a pet in a suitcase. I wouldn't put any poison in it ether, stuff is bad to mess with anyways, bad to inhale.
GREAT thread! Goatman, I hope your wife gets a good laugh out of this one! Happy planning! 
Oct 24th, 2005, 03:54 PM
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I suggest this on another roach post. Spray the outside of your suitcase a couple of times with something like RAID Roach Killer, BEFORE you pack. This will make your luggage unattractive to the roaches. And even if one should manage to get into your luggage, they would have been exposed to enough insecticide that they would be dead by the time you got home.
Oct 24th, 2005, 05:46 PM
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rb_travelerxATyahoo....I wonder how many posters pick up on your sarcasm? I have to admit I find you to be quite funny!
I think some people on these boards forget to realize that not everyone is a world traveler. Sheesh! I don't necessarily think this is a dumb question. (Yeah, it could be a troll, but probably not).
When my husband was in school he worked for a guy that repo'd telephones (circa 1980 before cordless). Unfortunately, many were repo'd from poor, run down homes in bad neighboorhoods. He and his partner would take the phones outside and drop them on the sidewalk to release the roaches who liked to live inside the warm telephones!
I think some people on these boards forget to realize that not everyone is a world traveler. Sheesh! I don't necessarily think this is a dumb question. (Yeah, it could be a troll, but probably not).
When my husband was in school he worked for a guy that repo'd telephones (circa 1980 before cordless). Unfortunately, many were repo'd from poor, run down homes in bad neighboorhoods. He and his partner would take the phones outside and drop them on the sidewalk to release the roaches who liked to live inside the warm telephones!
Oct 24th, 2005, 06:05 PM
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I don't think it's a stupid question - phobias can ruin a vacation. If you aren't using the luggage every day, why not take some BIG plastic bags (the type used for storing quilts, or similar) and seal the luggage inside until you need it again?
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Oct 24th, 2005, 07:50 PM
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Roaches are the BEST. I lead a tour group to an island. Everything was great until the first morning. One of the women took me aside and told me that she and her roommate had captured a roach from her pillow and showed it to the manager. The manager assured the women that he and the tour directors would take care of it. WOW! He comped their room for 3 nights. We refunded her room for the roach night and made several hundred dollars on the remaining comped nights. Now we always take a small jar with an "occupant" on all of our tours !! (Just kidding)
Oct 24th, 2005, 08:12 PM
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About 20 years ago wife and I lived in Arizona, and my job required me to spend lots of time in the border towns. We decorated our Phoenix home with Mexican pottery, blankets and wood carvings. During one trip we were shocked to find that a huge, and I mean HUGE scorpion had hitched a ride in the newspaper packing around a piece of pottery. As I was unwrapping it on the dining room table this 4 inch long yellow scorpion dropped out of the wrapping onto the table and his tail came to attention. After that all Mexican items were brought home in plastic trash bags that had Diazanon sprayed inside.
Oct 24th, 2005, 08:17 PM
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Just remebered a good Hawaii bug story. Wife and I were enjoying MaiTai's on a Kona restaurant patio watching the sunset when I noticed a bug floating in my drink. I called the waitress over and pointed to the bug. She reached down and picked up a teaspoon and flicked the bug out and into the bushes. She said, "Thats just a pineapple bug, we all know what they are around here." I reminded her that I was familiar with brown roaches on the mainland, but didn't want to see them enjoying my food.
