How do you get roaches out of your luggage?
Oct 24th, 2005, 10:13 PM
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I had a big roach FLY onto my hair at a pool in Honolulu (not a hotel pool). Trapped behind a gate that was jammed, I really and truly screamed like a banchee, and felt like the woman in that bug scene in "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom."
That was the last time I saw a roach in Hawaii--7 yrs ago.
Walking stryofoam cups--LOL!
FainaA there are plastic cockroaches for sale in Hawaii (in Calif too, no doubt). I know cuz I scared my friends with them. Maybe someone can bring some back for your gtg idea??
In answer to the original question, in NY they say the roach eggs live in paper bags. So whatever else you do Goatman, do not bring back anything in paper bags from Hawaii.
That was the last time I saw a roach in Hawaii--7 yrs ago.
Walking stryofoam cups--LOL!
FainaA there are plastic cockroaches for sale in Hawaii (in Calif too, no doubt). I know cuz I scared my friends with them. Maybe someone can bring some back for your gtg idea??
In answer to the original question, in NY they say the roach eggs live in paper bags. So whatever else you do Goatman, do not bring back anything in paper bags from Hawaii.
Oct 24th, 2005, 10:51 PM
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OMGosh! What a group! I am actually laughing out loud here. Walking cups,chinese chalk, Cheech & Chong..but really, Goatman-has your wife talked to someone with an Hawain roach story from hell? Hope you have a good trip, chillykim
Oct 25th, 2005, 05:04 AM
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You are unlikely to get roaches in a hotel. But there definitely are roaches in Hawaii. This is probably true for any warm climate.
I lived in Hawaii for a few years. In the first place I lived, at night the walls were filled with what seemed to be hundreds of roaches. I very quickly learned to never walk into the bathroom without first turning on the light and counting to 10. This at least spared me from having to see them. My roommates were cleanliness fanatics, constantly cleaning up so the roaches wouldn't want to stay. But nothing worked.
One day I saw a lizard crawling up the bathroom wall. My roommate said "Don't worry. The lizards eat the roaches, so it's a good thing"!
I lived in Hawaii for a few years. In the first place I lived, at night the walls were filled with what seemed to be hundreds of roaches. I very quickly learned to never walk into the bathroom without first turning on the light and counting to 10. This at least spared me from having to see them. My roommates were cleanliness fanatics, constantly cleaning up so the roaches wouldn't want to stay. But nothing worked.
One day I saw a lizard crawling up the bathroom wall. My roommate said "Don't worry. The lizards eat the roaches, so it's a good thing"!
Oct 25th, 2005, 05:11 AM
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If you think the roaches, especially the ones which live mainly outside, are huge, wait until you see some of the spiders!
"My wife is utterly phobia about roaches. She thinks roaches will get into our luggage and we'll bring them back home with us where they will infest our house. Is there something we can do to prevent that?"
I suspect this is some sort of "Fodorite chic" (or is it "hip"..such a '50's term) way of postijg a troll but if you want THE answer I would say it is as follows:
you can preventit by having a little heart-to-heart with your wife and helping her get over her "phobia."
"My wife is utterly phobia about roaches. She thinks roaches will get into our luggage and we'll bring them back home with us where they will infest our house. Is there something we can do to prevent that?"
I suspect this is some sort of "Fodorite chic" (or is it "hip"..such a '50's term) way of postijg a troll but if you want THE answer I would say it is as follows:
you can preventit by having a little heart-to-heart with your wife and helping her get over her "phobia."
Oct 25th, 2005, 06:42 AM
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Thanks for all your replies. Reading them was a lot more fun than working at any rate. We're not staying in a hotel - we've rented a house near Hilo for our trip. After reading this thread my wife is now certifibly freaked, especially by the image of roaches crawling on us while we sleep. She needs help alright, in more ways than one. Trust me, CaliNurse, we would never, ever, ever, have a paper grocery bag in our house. FainaAgain, I'm wondering if "Chinese chalk" is boric acid. Thanks again everyone. I think we'll give some of your suggestions a try. Well, except maybe the lizards; they're a little hard to come by this time of year.
Oct 25th, 2005, 08:51 AM
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BuffaloGirl: If you meant my reference to recipe threads, while then yes - that was directed at them, one in paricular. But yes, we always did kid about being careful when ship-baked goods had "nuts" in them! Any veterans probably can relate.
I was quite serious about spraying the bag's insides and even contents. I don't mean to saturate the clothing, but just enough to kill any stowaways so that when Mrs. Goatman gets home she need only deal with dead ones, not escapees too. Even a product like "Off" or "6-12" or "Old Woodsman" or similar prodcuts that are (claimed to be) safe on humans could be used. I wash everything in the bag when I return home, so my comment on laundry wasn't that the suggested treatment be a substitute for washing, but just a containment measure.
I too wondered if "Chinese chalk" is boric acid.
I was quite serious about spraying the bag's insides and even contents. I don't mean to saturate the clothing, but just enough to kill any stowaways so that when Mrs. Goatman gets home she need only deal with dead ones, not escapees too. Even a product like "Off" or "6-12" or "Old Woodsman" or similar prodcuts that are (claimed to be) safe on humans could be used. I wash everything in the bag when I return home, so my comment on laundry wasn't that the suggested treatment be a substitute for washing, but just a containment measure.
I too wondered if "Chinese chalk" is boric acid.
Oct 25th, 2005, 10:32 AM
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People with roach phobias are perfectly normal in my book.
You all know there is a rainy side and a dry side to all the islands and I assume the roaches are mostly on the rainy sides.
I have seen roaches in the apartments I have rented in Lahaina and in the house I rented in Hana there were giant roaches who attacked me at night. One ran up my arm as I was reading a book then he/she ran across the book and fell into my lap. I did the hula that night for sure.
Tropical places have bugs, no?
You all know there is a rainy side and a dry side to all the islands and I assume the roaches are mostly on the rainy sides.
I have seen roaches in the apartments I have rented in Lahaina and in the house I rented in Hana there were giant roaches who attacked me at night. One ran up my arm as I was reading a book then he/she ran across the book and fell into my lap. I did the hula that night for sure.
Tropical places have bugs, no?
Oct 25th, 2005, 10:57 AM
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I too was wondering if Chinese Chalk is boric acid. We used boric acid tablets in our house in New Orleans in areas I didn't want to spray...such as the cabinet where I kept spices and where one particularly ugly and large roach lived. I still recall the first time we put the boric acid tablet in that cabinet...it was 1/3 gone the next morning and I never saw that spice cabinet roach again. They are attracted to it for some reason and it really does work.
I know I can't tell you you aren't going to get roaches in your luggage and have you comforted by my words (you are not going to get them in luggage, though, and even if you did, they sure won't infest your house on your return) but if you want to be doubly sure, buy some of the tablets and put them in your suitcase. Just don't mistake them later for aspirin!
I know I can't tell you you aren't going to get roaches in your luggage and have you comforted by my words (you are not going to get them in luggage, though, and even if you did, they sure won't infest your house on your return) but if you want to be doubly sure, buy some of the tablets and put them in your suitcase. Just don't mistake them later for aspirin!
Oct 25th, 2005, 11:04 AM
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A friend from work was feeding her bird on her lanai (in Florida) one evening and had a roach crawl up her very long hair...then quickly got into her ear!!!!!!AAAUUUGGGHHH!!
Her husband rushed her to the ER (they didn't know what the critter was), because the more she screamed the more her ear canal opened up...and the farther it went into her ear.
SOOOO....I think roach phobia's are normal!
Her husband rushed her to the ER (they didn't know what the critter was), because the more she screamed the more her ear canal opened up...and the farther it went into her ear.
SOOOO....I think roach phobia's are normal!
Oct 25th, 2005, 11:23 AM
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While I have not experienced roaches in three trips to Hawaii, I guess that doesn't mean they don't exist.
Since this seems a loaded issue for your wife, why don't you buy some real cheap luggage, maybe a couple duffle bags and toss them after you get back?
Since this seems a loaded issue for your wife, why don't you buy some real cheap luggage, maybe a couple duffle bags and toss them after you get back?
Oct 25th, 2005, 11:35 AM
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A few years ago, our daughter, by then in her mid twenties, got a roach in her long hair at a restaurant in Newport, RI, of all places. Due to her early childhood experiences in New Orleans, where I involuntarily shrieked whenever I saw a roach, she was deathly afraid of them.
When she felt the thing crawl into her hair, she grabbed her napkin, screamed, flipped it all around the top of her head to get rid of the roach, then tossed the napkin just to get it out of there, with no thought to where she was tossing. Unfortunately she tossed it right into the middle of the table where it landed on the lit candle which proceeded to set her napkin on fire--amazingly quickly! All of us jumped up then, and poured the water from our water glasses onto the fire on the table to put it out. About that time the server came over and could not IMAGINE what on earth his crazy table was up to, what with a burning napkin in the center of the table and everyone pouring water onto the table. LOL yes, it was a scene of the first order! Yes they are probably still talking about it!
When she felt the thing crawl into her hair, she grabbed her napkin, screamed, flipped it all around the top of her head to get rid of the roach, then tossed the napkin just to get it out of there, with no thought to where she was tossing. Unfortunately she tossed it right into the middle of the table where it landed on the lit candle which proceeded to set her napkin on fire--amazingly quickly! All of us jumped up then, and poured the water from our water glasses onto the fire on the table to put it out. About that time the server came over and could not IMAGINE what on earth his crazy table was up to, what with a burning napkin in the center of the table and everyone pouring water onto the table. LOL yes, it was a scene of the first order! Yes they are probably still talking about it!
Oct 25th, 2005, 11:37 AM
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Chinese Chalk is very toxic..please remember you are touching it as well.
DON'T!
Regarding the roach phobia, I suggest buying several gross of rubber roaches and desensitizing her. Try having them fall out of the overhead compartment, have a few delivered with her meal on the plane, ask the flight attendants to don roach antennae and all the while you will be wearing a "Mr. Bugsaway" T shirt beneath your hawaiian shirt. You can rip off your outer wear to reveal your daunting self at the most appropriate moment.
The message eventaully gotten will be "Danger lurks everywhere and only I can protect you, and I will".
Good luck with that.
DON'T!
Regarding the roach phobia, I suggest buying several gross of rubber roaches and desensitizing her. Try having them fall out of the overhead compartment, have a few delivered with her meal on the plane, ask the flight attendants to don roach antennae and all the while you will be wearing a "Mr. Bugsaway" T shirt beneath your hawaiian shirt. You can rip off your outer wear to reveal your daunting self at the most appropriate moment.
The message eventaully gotten will be "Danger lurks everywhere and only I can protect you, and I will".
Good luck with that.
Oct 25th, 2005, 12:18 PM
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In all seriousness won't the checked luggage screening by the government inspectors irradiate any bugs ? Given the lengths that are gone through to keep bugs from coming into and out of Hawaii, I'd think it very unlikely that you'd bring home roaches.
And if that is not true, it is still not a bad story to sell to your wife
Alan
And if that is not true, it is still not a bad story to sell to your wife
Alan
