....and let's keep it that way!There seems to be more bedbug threads than actual bedbugs. hboy:
Then why did you yell out "Bedbugs!" in a crowded forum ??? :unsure:I am not aware of any problems ....
Diatomaceous soil will kill them off safely and without injury to the applicant.Gee. If there was only some chemical that was safe and effective to be used in this limited situation, but not used in aerial cropdusting operations where it could affect birds. It could probably be used to save hundreds of thousands of lives from death and debilitating illness from malaria too...Hmmm, what could there be?
That's the million dollar question, of course. Bedbugs develop pesticide resistance very quickly, so previously used pesticides like malathion and pyrethroids no longer work. DDT was no longer used against bedbugs due to ineffectiveness even before it was banned in 1972.Gee. If there was only some chemical that was safe and effective to be used in this limited situation, but not used in aerial cropdusting operations where it could affect birds. It could probably be used to save hundreds of thousands of lives from death and debilitating illness from malaria too...Hmmm, what could there be?
Not sure what high fares during periods of peak demand (i.e., holidays) has to do with bed bugs, but, anyway . . . . As far as high fares and additional cars on trains, if Amtrak had additional equipment (sleepers, or coaches), it would be hard to imagine that those cars would not be used during the summer and holiday travel periods.I just traveled the train from Charleston to DC (cardinal) and the the silver service to Tampa - round trip - the only issue I had was the cost of the holiday week sleepers on the silver service - WOW - double flying - come on! - put on more cars and sell them right for gosh sake - add an engine - make the rails the premier way to travel again! This is important - the more people that travel the rails the better chance we have of making it a viable travel option.I have traveled trains since there were linen table cloths and real plates - we loyalists out here have put up with a ton of stuff thru the years to support this alternative travel option - make it work for us!
Oh by the way - no bed bugs that I have had - more problem in coach than in sleepers and I traveled both.
Ohhhhh... That explains the temperature in my roomette two rides back....just heat the sleepers to about 120 degrees at the end of each trip!
Yeah, mine too. See my Empire Builder trip report.Ohhhhh... That explains the temperature in my roomette two rides back....just heat the sleepers to about 120 degrees at the end of each trip!
I just have to ask if you are sure these were bed bugs and not simply bugs. Honestly, I don't know if I could positively ID a bed bug from any another type of a bug.While waiting in the Lorton station for our car to be unloaded, I looked over at my laptop bag and noticed a dead bed bug on the top of it. Upon closer inspection I found several more in the crevices of the bag. What a way to end a trip! We had spent the night in a Coach car...not sure if a sleeper would have been safer.
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