[Noisebridge-discuss] Bedbug eradication: who's in?

[Jack Perkins]

So... there ARE or ARE NOT actual identified bed bugs at noisebridge?
Or do we just have mystery symptoms? Or do we just want to play with
steam cleaners?

-Jack

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On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:35 AM, girlgeek_wt <girlgeek at wt.net> wrote:
> If by steamer you mean one of those shark cleaner steamers, I was about
> to get a new one.  If this project happens, I would be happy to donate
> a second steamer to the task.  More attacks at one time.
> -Claudia
>
> On 10/25/2010 1:19 AM, Jack Perkins wrote:
>> That'd be pretty rad to steam clean all our furniture, but do we
>> actually HAVE bed bugs? I'm asking because I haven't been to the space
>> in almost two months now and it'd be nice to know if I should only use
>> the plastic chairs and whatnot.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jack
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Christie Dudley<longobord at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> So buried in a couple of other threads, I made two comments.  A few folks
>>> responded.
>>> I have a tool - a steamer - which kills insects living in things by pretty
>>> much boiling them.  There is no such thing as developing a resistance or
>>> tolerance to being boiled alive, so I have a high degree of confidence that
>>> no matter how highly evolved any bedbugs that may be in Noisebridge may be,
>>> they cannot survive this treatment.  It also has the added bonus of relying
>>> on only one chemical, the universal solvent, to destroy the buggers, which
>>> conveniently is automatically delivered to the space.  I also hear that it's
>>> completely harmless to humans, even the ones with allergies, unless
>>> deliberately ingested improperly.
>>> So I'm happy to bring my steamer to Noisebridge and help eradicate the
>>> bedbug problem, so long as it's not my own crusade.  It sucks working alone,
>>> especially in a place that's supposed to be as happy-fun-work-together sort
>>> of space as Noisebridge.
>>> To that end, if I can get 3 or 4 people to commit to a mutually agreeable
>>> time in helping me engage in this bedbug eradication scheme, we can stop any
>>> potential bedbugs in their tracks.
>>> (And incidentally kill any related drama on the list, although that's never
>>> a guarantee.)
>>> Christie
>>> _______
>>> But wait... there's no FCC on the moon!
>>>
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