I'm suffering from an infestation and I was wondering if some kind soul 
could point me in the direction of help?


I would particularly be interested in reading about the experiences of 
anybody else who has been infested in any way.



-- 
Regards, Vince.

Harry Monk's Long Distance Diary   Luton-Huelva

http://trucknetuk.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=34657 (New 9th August 2008)

On 7 Sep, 21:48, "Knight Of The Road" 
wrote:
> I'm suffering from an infestation and I was wondering if some kind soul
> could point me in the direction of help?
>
> I would particularly be interested in reading about the experiences of
> anybody else who has been infested in any way.

If it's mice, I believe a certain Douglas Bollen has considerable
experience of dealing with such a problem.  I don't think he reads
this group, but I understand that "our" Doug is a close friend of Mr
Bollen (so close, in fact, that they share a computer and a home).
Perhaps if you ask "our" Doug nicely, he will make suitable enquiries
with Mr Bollen and report back to you.

If on the other hand you are suffering from an infestation of Gollums,
I'm not sure what to suggest.  You could try the killfile, but it is
rather cruel.  I personally prefer DougBaiting, but it doesn't
actually get rid of the infestation - it just makes you laugh about it.

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 21:48:19 +0100, "Knight Of The Road"
 wrote:

>I'm suffering from an infestation and I was wondering if some kind soul 
>could point me in the direction of help?
>
>
>I would particularly be interested in reading about the experiences of 
>anybody else who has been infested in any way.

It's strange you should mention that.

We have in fact come across an infestation by a shrunken,
beshrivelled, cretinous being, with a penchant for picking his arse on
camera in the presence of children.

We can only take succour in the sure and certain knowledge that his
carbon will be "sequestrated" (as it were) in the very near future.

In the meantime all the family here are eating all the lentils we
possibly can to deny them from him because they are his sustenance.

Sorry, got visitors,  better if I nip outside for a while ...

Derek

"BrianW"  wrote




> If it's mice, I believe a certain Douglas Bollen has considerable
> experience of dealing with such a problem.



Curiously enough, I just found this on Google groups.



"I am a Vegan and I respect animals but I consider rodent infestations to
be a
serious risk to my health.


I had a major mouse infestation which lasted for some time. I sealed my
food,
blocked the holes and used humane traps to no effect. Then I tried
poison and
traditional mouse traps. One way and another I zapped or released to the
wild a
large number of mice. When I had almost given up trying after two or
three
years, the mouse population started to dwindle and finally petered out.
My
guess is that the word got around the mouse grapevine that my place was
not a
good place to be. Since then I always leave at least one trap set and
get the
odd mouse very occasionally. I hate killing them but I value my own
health far
more. To have masses of mouse droppings all over your food and utensils
is very
unpleasant. My kitchen is now clean and I am not woken up at night by
mice
fighting and breeding under the floorboards.


Doug Bollen
e-mail.....@noid.demon.co.uk







Although of course this is not our own Doug, I believe he has had an 
identical experience in 1994 when he lived with Doug Bollen and helped him 
to write his website.










-- 
Regards, Vince.

Harry Monk's Long Distance Diary   Luton-Huelva

http://trucknetuk.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=34657 (New 9th August 2008)

"Derek"  wrote

 > It's strange you should mention that.
>
> We have in fact come across an infestation by a shrunken,
> beshrivelled, cretinous being, with a penchant for picking his arse on
> camera in the presence of children.






I see what you mean, I have changed my signature.

-- 
Regards, Vince.

"To have masses of mouse droppings all over your food and utensils is very 
unpleasant" ( Doug Bollen)

55Knight Of The Road  wrote:

> I'm suffering from an infestation and I was wondering if some kind soul
> could point me in the direction of help?

Here's a picture of someone dealing with a particularly active
infestation, probably _Enterobius vermicularis_:

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/gollumofcatford/2620004521/
1>

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 23:59:40 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth)
wrote:

>55Knight Of The Road  wrote:
>
>> I'm suffering from an infestation and I was wondering if some kind soul
>> could point me in the direction of help?
>
>Here's a picture of someone dealing with a particularly active
>infestation, probably _Enterobius vermicularis_:

Notice anyone he appears to have a full mouthfull of "Wallies" ?

>
><http://www.flickr.com/photos/gollumofcatford/2620004521/
>1>

That would definitely be regarded as "Umpty" hereabouts.

There are some cases on this following web page (Beyond "Umpty" even)
where only "Wire Brush & Dettol" might suffice. 

<http://abyssaldepths.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/warning-disturbing-visual-images/>

Derek

On 7 Sep, 23:30, "Knight Of The Road" 
wrote:
> "BrianW"  wrote
>
> > If it's mice, I believe a certain Douglas Bollen has considerable
> > experience of dealing with such a problem.
>
> Curiously enough, I just found this on Google groups.
>
> "I am a Vegan and I respect animals but I consider rodent infestations to
> be a
> serious risk to my health.
>
> I had a major mouse infestation which lasted for some time. I sealed my
> food,
> blocked the holes and used humane traps to no effect. Then I tried
> poison and
> traditional mouse traps. One way and another I zapped or released to the
> wild a
> large number of mice. When I had almost given up trying after two or
> three
> years, the mouse population started to dwindle and finally petered out.
> My
> guess is that the word got around the mouse grapevine that my place was
> not a
> good place to be. Since then I always leave at least one trap set and
> get the
> odd mouse very occasionally. I hate killing them but I value my own
> health far
> more. To have masses of mouse droppings all over your food and utensils
> is very
> unpleasant. My kitchen is now clean and I am not woken up at night by
> mice
> fighting and breeding under the floorboards.
>
> Doug Bollen
> e-mail.....@noid.demon.co.uk
>
> Although of course this is not our own Doug, I believe he has had an
> identical experience in 1994 when he lived with Doug Bollen and helped him
> to write his website.

I love the bit about the word getting out over the "mouse grapevine".

Although it is not "our" Doug, as you say, "our" Doug and Mr Bollen
are very close.  They share a computer and a house.  Some speculate
they share the same body - I'll leave you with that unpleasant
thought ...