Ants!

[Vicky =^,,^= cat]

Hi from a newbie!
The subject line says it all really. I have ants in the lounge and kitchen,
coming in from the garden. Fourtunately those rooms have no carpet, but
laminate floors, so they're easy to clean.
My problem is, I have two young inquisitive toddler daughters and also a
cat, so I cannot use chemical ant-killers. Last year I sprinkled salt and
that seemed to work, this year it is not making any difference. Someone
suggested cleaning the affected areas with vinegar, that did the trick for
about a day but now they're back.
So, can anyone suggest a 'natural' remedy to get rid of those annoying,
uninvited ants?

Thanking you muchly,
Victoria (London)

[Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.]

Hi Vicky

Powdered Cloves is a natural ant repellant. Sprinkled behind things
out of toddlers reach, like behind baseboards, behind counters, keeps
most species of ants away.

Boric Acid and Sugar mixtures allow ants to eat and go back to their
nest to share the treat. Kill's m dead! It can be put outside
anywhere you see ant trails. It does dry up in a day and only takes a
couple of drops here and there. Lowe's Hardware sells Terro Ant
Killer at 100% markup for $1.97, at WalMart it's EVERYDAY LOW GREATLY
SLASHED PRICE is $3.98 for the same size bottle, over 300% markup WOW.

TTUL
Gary

[Sweep]

raiar@bbs.galilei.com.nospam (Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.) wrote in message news:<4087dc18.483927687@news.galilei.com>...
> Hi Vicky
> Lowe's Hardware sells Terro Ant
> Killer at 100% markup for $1.97, at WalMart it's EVERYDAY LOW GREATLY
> SLASHED PRICE is $3.98 for the same size bottle, over 300% markup WOW.

She's in London

[Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.]

sweep@whoever.com (Sweep) verbositized:

>raiar@bbs.galilei.com.nospam (Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.) wrote in message news:<4087dc18.483927687@news.galilei.com>...
>> Hi Vicky
>> Lowe's Hardware sells Terro Ant
>> Killer at 100% markup for $1.97, at WalMart it's EVERYDAY LOW GREATLY
>> SLASHED PRICE is $3.98 for the same size bottle, over 300% markup WOW.
>
>She's in London

As noted by your thread, she's NOT the only one who reads the
newsgroup messages!

Gary

[Baroness Benachi]

Actually that's a 200 % mark up as it is almost exactly twice the price.

"Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr." <raiar@bbs.galilei.com.nospam> wrote in message
news:40923bae.1163756109@news.galilei.com...
> sweep@whoever.com (Sweep) verbositized:
>
> >raiar@bbs.galilei.com.nospam (Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.) wrote in message
news:<4087dc18.483927687@news.galilei.com>...
> >> Hi Vicky
> >> Lowe's Hardware sells Terro Ant
> >> Killer at 100% markup for $1.97, at WalMart it's EVERYDAY LOW GREATLY
> >> SLASHED PRICE is $3.98 for the same size bottle, over 300% markup WOW.
> >
> >She's in London
>
> As noted by your thread, she's NOT the only one who reads the
> newsgroup messages!
>
> Gary
>

[Sweep]

raiar@bbs.galilei.com.nospam (Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.) wrote in message news:<40923bae.1163756109@news.galilei.com>...
> sweep@whoever.com (Sweep) verbositized:
>
> >raiar@bbs.galilei.com.nospam (Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.) wrote in message news:<4087dc18.483927687@news.galilei.com>...
> >> Hi Vicky
> >> Lowe's Hardware sells Terro Ant
> >> Killer at 100% markup for $1.97, at WalMart it's EVERYDAY LOW GREATLY
> >> SLASHED PRICE is $3.98 for the same size bottle, over 300% markup WOW.
> >
> >She's in London
>
> As noted by your thread, she's NOT the only one who reads the
> newsgroup messages!

:P

[Michelle in WA state]

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:57:58 GMT, "Baroness Benachi"
<baroness@ysa.attmil.ne.jp> wrote:

>Actually that's a 200 % mark up as it is almost exactly twice the price.

Er... if it matters, since he said it was marked up 100% at $1.97, then
$3.98 *would* in fact be a 300% markup.

I think his points were that 1) WalMart ain't such a deal, and 2) It's
bunches cheaper to mix it yourself.

Myself, since I (also) have cats, I bought some flea powder that's intended
for use ON the cats. In these far more civilized days of products like
Advantage, I can't imagine why anyone would use flea powder on a cat, but
it works just great to sprinkle at the ant entry points. (Since it's
intended for use ON the cat, presumably if one of the cats manages to track
through it and ingest a little it won't be as bad as other insecticides.
Of course I *don't* buy Hartz brand, since they have such a terrible track
record with their on-pet flea treatments killing the pets rather than the
fleas.)

Haven't noticed any flea powder meant for use ON toddlers yet, though, so I
can't help you there.

-- Michelle

Feeding a Stray? Please Neuter or Spay!

[Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.]

"Baroness Benachi" <baroness@ysa.attmil.ne.jp> verbositized:

>Actually that's a 200 % mark up as it is almost exactly twice the price.

Exactly twice the price is 100% markup! Common retail markup.

A 98 cent cost item plus inbound shipping marked up to $3.98 is a 300%
markup $0.98 + 300% ($2.94) + $0.06 eaches shipping = $3.98

TTUL
Gary