The Watering Hole

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This morning, I needed a screwdriver to do some electric work. I go into the garage, open the drawer of a small woodden furniture, and so.....
Waht do I see ?????
Some little bastards, looking like white ants !!!! :-/
Bingo, that's termites !!!!  OMG !!!
They have infested the whole cupbord.... I've got to get it out in the garden, and I've immedialtely called a specialized service to get that sorted...
SHIT !!!!!!!!!!!! :-/ :-/
Whoa....I hope they're not eating your garage!  :o

Hell yeah, get those suckers killed!  ;D

Randy
Wonderful.  You'll end up with a bunch of metal tools without handles!
Hire some chimpanzees they love to eat termites.

Sorry TB I couldn't help myself, hope you get it sorted out in time.
Of course, here in Santa Cruz termites are a way of life.  Every house has them and the only way to get rid of them is to periodically tent our homes.  Since I don't believe in living in a house filled with the remnants of deadly chemicals, I have resigned myself to replacing parts of the house down the line.  Where they mainly show up is in soft woods--and the softest woods in the house are typically in the trim--around doors and windows.  Here in California, that kind of trim (if it's solid wood) is typically made of poplar... and we have termites in most of our trim pieces, especially in the corners of the house.
desertbluesman — Jul 31, 2008Hire some chimpanzees they love to eat termites.

Sorry TB I couldn't help myself, hope you get it sorted out in time.


Surrender monkeys do a far better job!!
Get Randy to show you how to drown them :) .
For all your useful comments and advices, thank you !!!  

Last news: the fuckers are installed in the walls... the whole house must be cured.. 2 days work
Cost: € 3200  :( :(
You can count how many Bogners I could buy with... :o
And the guy said: be glad you saw them now... 6 months later, it would have been too late to save the house !!!!  OMG !!!!   :o :o :'(
You should've had Komrade Kevzinski and his pals surround your house...and INFUSE mass quantities of noxious gas and liquid into the footings and walls.
I hear nothing can survive and he offers a life time guarantee.   ;D  

Randy
Tigerbill — Aug 01, 2008For all your useful comments and advices, thank you !!!  

Last news: the fuckers are installed in the walls... the whole house must be cured.. 2 days work
Cost: € 3200  :( :(
You can count how many Bogners I could buy with... :o
And the guy said: be glad you saw them now... 6 months later, it would have been too late to save the house !!!!  OMG !!!!   :o :o :'(


Those guys always say that in an attempt to make you feel better about all the money you're losing.

Similar to what Charger said, all So. Cal. houses have termites and the normal course of action is to get the house tented when you're selling it.  We had signs of them everywhere in my San Diego house towards the end.