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[ginkgo]

I feel like such a Yenta, but kickaha and herithoth really needed to get their mutual vent on. :)

No matter how right you are, repeatedly trying to convince the man at the hardware store that the household pests he's never heard of* which you're trying to combat live in the walls of most homes in the North, but most people don't know it means he will back away

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[badger]

Sounds like the kind of conversation often found in horror stories, you're right. At least you didn't follow up with revealing the truth about Soylent Green or similar.

I hadn't thought of the story "The Yellow Wallpaper" in years, thanks for mentioning it. First found it when I was a kid in an anthology of classic horror by Leonard Wolf, along with Saki's "Sredni Vashtar".

Good luck finding an answer for the carpet beetles.

[ginkgo]

Thanks. The carpet beetles are about as happy about the renovations downstairs as we are. The vibrations are driving them from their hiding places. :/

[badger]

So you're still getting the pounding noises you remarked on a while back, and now with extra crawly bugs? Gaaah. I'm hesitant to offer suggestions because I'm assuming you two have already thought of or tried most ideas I might come up with. I hate uninvited guests, and beetles count as such for me.

[ginkgo]

Yeah, the first time around, our landlord was adding a second (!) basement apartment and the noise travelled like you wouldn't believe. This time, it's the apartment below half of our apartment. :(

These beetles are small, fortunately, but they start out in a gross larval stage which I find more of than anything else. Getting rid of the cat and any natural fiber product in the house is our only decent bet. :P Of course, then they'll just continue to live in the walls where they're happiest. Wheeeeee!

[franktheavenger]

So he doesn't believe in them because he hasn't heard of them because his store doesn't carry anything to combat them? Talk about a limited existence...

[ginkgo]

It seemed like it wasn't worth storing in his widdle brain. My guess is that he couldn't care less since there's no commercially-available way to combat them.