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

[Christie Dudley]

Next week is looking better for me right now as well.  I'm into crunch time
on a project I'm working on and things are getting pretty tight for me here.

Christie
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On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Robert Fletcher <lobatifricha at gmail.com>wrote:

> Regardless of whether or not there are actually bed bugs, I think our
> furniture could use a good steam cleaning.  I'd be in for any time this
> weekend, or evenings next week.
>
> -Robert
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Jack Perkins <jackaperkins at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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
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