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From: mikeb@ptsfa.UUCP (Michael Barkley)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Power Rollers, Roaches, net.legal flame
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Date: Sun, 19-May-85 17:19:18 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 19 17:19:18 1985
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Power Rollers:

My wife and I own and operate apartment buildings.  We were up against a move-
in deadline and thought a Wagner Power Roller would save us a lot of time.
Our experiences were a lot like Bob Nebert's but not nearly so much fun - we
lost a day, and Wagner gained a permanent enemy, although my wife feels the 
one we got was defective and got her money back.  I suspect that the answer,
lurking deep in the instructions, is that when they say dilute latex, they
are not kidding - dilute it until is is too thin to cover and then it might
work, unless what you want is paint on the wall, of course.  Nuf said?

Roaches:

Story of My Life.  We get the buildings cleaned out of roaches, much to
everyone's relief, and Someone brings them in again in their furnishings from
somewhere that does not care what sorts of insects live there.  Don't just set
off a bomb a few days before moving - set one (or more) off once a week, using
different brands, for as many weeks as you have until you move to catch the
hatching eggs.  The Crack and Crevice sprays (with nozzle extensions) work
well also because they get the stuff deep into the hiding places.  A few years
ago an "uninvited guest" brought over a nice infestation of them in his dirty
laundry.  These were not ordinary ones, these were Housing Authority bred,
invulnerable to any toxins tolerable by humans.  The best we have been able to
do regardless of how much cash we throw at them is control them, but they are
out there, watching,  waiting, lurking....

net.legal flame:

yep. that is where I put it.  disclaimer, datclaimer, etc.....

					--mikeb
					415/261-7189