Random Questions

I grew up with a lot of roaches (Louisiana) and DE never worked for them. They are stubborn fuckers, as you say, and it never seemed to deter them. My parents won’t use stronger means of killing pests, so we just had to deal. DE seems to be great for ants, fleas, little bugs like that though.

4 Likes

The Weather Channel’s website shows, on its monthly overview, the moon phase. If you click on the day, it expands with more information, including moonrise and moonset times.

I first noticed it for this coming Thursday, but it looks like every month, there is a day when it says “No moon” for the phase and lists a moonrise time, but no moonset time. In addition to my location, I checked several random locations around the world. They all have “no moon” sometime this week.

I don’t see any correlation with weather. There is some correlation with phase, but this isn’t just a different term for new moon or dark moon–it’s while the moon is waxing, close to half.

What does it mean???

3 Likes

It means no moon at all until the following report :upside_down_face:

3 Likes

Thanks all! (And glad to have broken the taboo on pest discussions :-P)

How long do you leave DE down for it to work? The couch is old-ish and while I’m not wanting to replace it right now I have no problem with dusting it and vacuuming up whatever we can. I currently have baking soda all over it since I had it on hand and the internet told me it might help :joy:

2 Likes

Is that 12 hours of no moon? 24? I wonder what it does to the tides.

1 Like

Well, it looks like here it rises at 3:07 PM on Thursday, does not set (disappears at some point?) and then rises again at 3:59 on Friday. So it could be as much as 24 hours 52 minutes of no moon whatsoever. I guess the tides even out.

1 Like

I’d leave it down until the problem goes away. It’s safe around humans if you’re not inhaling it (minor lung irritant if you do) but it slowly kills things over a few days, assuming they are indeed in the couch

1 Like

Does anyone have a folding desk/table they like? I would like something that can hold my laptop and a notebook and can easily be folded up and put out of the way.

2 Likes

Standing on the floor, or something that goes on top of a table or lap?

For on the floor, hard to go wrong with a basic folding table. Costco and Sam’s usually have pretty good prices on folding tables of various sizes. They might be too big for the space

This one is 6’ long but folds in half so it’s a pretty small package when folded up. I don’t have this one but we have several other Lifetime tables and they’re great. Sturdy but not too heavy.

https://www.costco.com/lifetime-6’-fold-in-half-table.product.100390878.html

This one has good reviews, never seen it in person though:

https://www.costco.com/stakmore-32"-wood-folding-table.product.100519736.html

Thanks! Ideally something that goes on the floor, maybe that fits over a radiator. It’s going in our small 2nd bedroom that already has a ton of stuff in it. I just want something I can use whenever I have Zoom calls.

1 Like

Not sure if these exist or you’d have to build something, but what about something attached to the wall that folds down? Just a brainstorm suggestion :slight_smile:

1 Like

I did think of that! It’s a good idea but maybe too much work considering we are renting. I’m inclined to get this but I have to take some measurements:

2 Likes

What about those tv tray type tables? If it just needs to be somewhere for a laptop to perch that would do it and you can’t do better for size. I frequently see them pop up on buynothing here.

3 Likes

I was just about to post that. TV tray tables are great for short-term laptop use. In husband’s grad school city, they often popped up on carbs without even having to check Buy Nothing.

2 Likes

I’m hosting a work event next week, and we are offering two meal options. One will be suitable for people who eat MEAT/dairy/gluten and the other will be gluten free and vegan. What would you call the first option? I was thinking omnivore but that doesn’t feel quite right. I want to steer away from calling it standard/regular/whatever.

6 Likes

I’d call the first option cannibalism.
(I’m assuming that’s supposed to say meat.)

If it’s only two options, can you just say what the food is going to be for each option, and then list allergen/dietary info for the first one, and then state that the second one is vegan and gluten free?

9 Likes

HAHAH whoops. Will edit.

3 Likes

Omnivore is a good label but so is giving the name of the dish plus common allergens

For vegan/GF you could do the same, give name of the dish with vegan, GF and any additional common allergens

2 Likes

I also am partial to dish name plus ingredients or omnivore w/allergens listed and vegan w/allergens listed. I think that if your goal is to avoid the meat-animal-gluten-containing dish as “normal” or “standard” and the no-animal product-no gluten dish as “not normal” or “weird” then you have to label them both by the same naming convention.

6 Likes

This is still making me laugh :rofl:

10 Likes