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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Hi
Folks!<BR> <BR>I am Declaring Victory over the Ants!!
<BR> <BR>This despite the fact that they openned several new fronts,
including under my driveway during the battle. However, I do not think the
reason they are essentially gone is because I poured boiling water and/or
boiling sugared borax and/or ammonia on them, dug them up, relocated them,
smoked them, torched them, or, in the case of the ones under my driveway,
entombed them with concrete (bwuhahahaha!!) No, I think I inadvertently
scared the ants that were left into moving.
<BR> <BR>You see, as I mentioned, while battling the ants I have also
been chopping down a multi-stalked maple tree (while trying not to destroy the
shed it is right next to). In addition, a big tree fell down last winter
at the back of my little acre and I chopped down another one that was
dead. With so much wood to cut up to replenish my greatly depeleted
firewood supply I decided to finally give into common sense (!!) and for the
very first time in my life I used a chainsaw. <BR> <BR>So I
think the surviving ants saw me coming towards them and thought "Oh my god! Now
he's coming at us with a chainsaw!! That's it! We're outta
here!!" (At least that's my current theory)
<BR> <BR>But regardless of the how, the ants are gone.
Yay!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Some of you
have requested photos of the War Zone. I'll send them to Eric and he can
post them. (He's always willing to do that cuz he's a great
guy.) <BR> <BR>Take care all<BR> <BR>Gary
G.<BR> <BR><EM>"The Road to Simplicity is Complicated"
</EM><BR> <BR>PS I don't know which is more amazing: That the
ants are gone or that I didn't cut my leg off with the
chainsaw. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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