Re: [lace-chat] Re: Insects meet their fate

2004-06-05 Thread Weronika Patena
Hmm. I don't have a flyswatter, but I use paper or such for flies, or just open the window and try to get them to leave. I deal with mosquitoes the same way you do. Especially effective when they're trying to get at you in bed at night and you don't want to get up and turn the light on. I'm

[lace-chat] Re: Insects meet their fate

2004-06-04 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Jun 4, 2004, at 8:47, Margery Allcock wrote: Tamara wrote: You kept a packa (mmm... the dictionary translation is wrong; but it's one of those flexible squares on a stick?) handy A flyswat? That's what we call ours. They're called flyswatters here; thanks Pam! And thanks Margery; if Pam

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Insects meet their fate

2004-06-04 Thread A+Y Farrell
I heard that if you hold your breath when a mozzie lands on you it can't fly away and then it is really easy to swat it. Apparently something to do with your pores closing when you breathe in. I thought it was a myth but I tried it and it works. Cheers, Yvonne. Tamara wrote: Out of