<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<META content=Word.Document name=ProgId>
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3354" name=GENERATOR>
<META content="Microsoft Word 10" name=Originator><LINK
href="cid:filelist.xml@01C8D009.E5D65090" rel=File-List><o:SmartTagType
name="State"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType
name="City"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType
name="country-region"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType
name="place"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:DoNotRelyOnCSS/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:SpellingState>Clean</w:SpellingState>
<w:GrammarState>Clean</w:GrammarState>
<w:DocumentKind>DocumentEmail</w:DocumentKind>
<w:EnvelopeVis/>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
</w:Compatibility>
<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>
<STYLE>st1\:* {
BEHAVIOR: url(#default#ieooui)
}
</STYLE>
<![endif]-->
<STYLE>@font-face {
font-family: Wingdings;
}
@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin: .5in; mso-footer-margin: .5in; mso-paper-source: 0; }
P.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"
}
LI.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"
}
DIV.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"
}
A:link {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single
}
SPAN.MsoHyperlink {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single
}
A:visited {
COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single
}
SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {
COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single
}
SPAN.EmailStyle17 {
COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal-reply; mso-style-noshow: yes; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial
}
SPAN.SpellE {
mso-style-name: ""; mso-spl-e: yes
}
DIV.Section1 {
page: Section1
}
</STYLE>
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
</style>
<![endif]--></HEAD>
<BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" vLink=purple link=blue>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=897552715-17062008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Tone!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=897552715-17062008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=897552715-17062008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks for the advice. I had read about
diatomaceous earth in my Internet search for effective ant killing without
complex chemical compounds. I was a little dubious about it working in the
perpetually moist Pacific Northwest, but that concern may be misplaced.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=897552715-17062008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=897552715-17062008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>btw, I did not use gasoline. First, I dug up a
lot of the hill (and ants) and put it (them) is a 55 gallon drum I have and just
carted it off about a quarter mile. After doing that 3 times, I had a
large flat spot with a hole in the middle and about a zillion ants going
crazy. Then I spread a couple gallons of ammonia around, hoping that
if I hadn't already killed the queen that the ammonia would do it. (It's
very toxic but breaks down very quickly. Works great on underground yellow
jacket nests.) However, it only temporarily slowed down the ants, which
started rebuilding. So that's when I dug up even more ants, making
the hole even deeper and wider, and then sprinkled several pounds of sugared
borax and some grits. Supposedly when they eat the grits, the grits
swell up inside and the ants blow up. Sort of the opposite of
diatomaceous earth. When i did the second round of digging I did not
find anymore larve, so maybe the queen is nailed and the remaining workers
are just on autopilot. One can hope. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=897552715-17062008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=897552715-17062008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Actually, Larry had the best idea. I need to find an
ant with a tiny orange tunic and a pair of teeny tiny katana and put him in the
ant hill. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=897552715-17062008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=897552715-17062008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Gary G. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=897552715-17062008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left>
<HR tabIndex=-1>
<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> groop-bounces@groo.com
[mailto:groop-bounces@groo.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Tone<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday,
June 16, 2008 8:37 PM<BR><B>To:</B> groop@groo.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Groop] Ants!!!!!<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:City><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gary</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Rather than blowing up a drum of gasoline or whatever it is you are doing
to get rid of insect pests, try something called “diatomaceous earth.” It is a
white powder that is composed of fossilized skeletons of marine and freshwater
organisms that lived 20 million years ago. A protein in it attracts roaches and
some other insects while the power scratches up their waxy outer coating. Within
a day or two the bugs die of dehydration. Also, if you leave the stuff in place
and do not get it wet, it will continue working and
working.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Any bug walking through the stuff gets scratched up like it is glass or
something to them. It is nontoxic and useful against ants, earwigs, fleas, sow
bugs, silverfish, millipedes, roaches, and weevils. There might still be a
company in </SPAN></FONT><st1:country-region><st1:place><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mexico</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,
</SPAN></FONT><st1:State><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Missouri</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (where
</SPAN></FONT><st1:country-region><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mexico</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> is the name
of the town not the country) by the name of Brookstone, which sells the stuff
under the product name “Insectigone”. This might be an old number for
Brookstone, but maybe you can try your luck at it:
800-926-7000.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sometime environmentally friendly
non-toxic solutions to problems are the best solutions. </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN
style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings">J</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">_<I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">TONE</SPAN></I>_<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>