Ants are drawn to water and some ants sugar/grease.
Posted By: Have had the same problem on 2005-07-16
In Reply to: any suggestions how to get them out of the house? - goin' crazy
We have had professional exterminators and it didn't phase them. Get Terro. You are more likely to find it at Home Depot/Lowes than at the grocery store. I got traps this year, put them in the places where we had the biggest problem with ants and they are gone, gone, gone. You can mix sugar and borax with water to dissolve it and then soak cotton balls in it and place around too. I haven't tried this, though lots of people I know have said it works.
We had ivy growing up one side of our house and the exterminator told us to get rid of it and that would help, we did and it didn't.
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Ants
California has the most ants I have ever seen in any other part of the country, LOL. Its amazing. My cousin in Brooklyn told me to put Bounce sheets and bounce liquid wherever ants are and they will not cross it, they will be gone. Well, I bought the Bounce sheets and put them under my cat and dog bowls as my cats and dogs do not eat all right away, they like to leave the bowls half full and come back later which means millions of ants in their bowls. The Bounce works pretty good. Has to be a fresh sheet under the bowl each day. Also I finally bought the Bounce liquid and poured a little around the bowl and repeat it each day. Seems to keep the ants away out here in the desert..and let me tell ya, nothing keeps these ants away. Last year I had two lizards, they were my pets. They were in their tank and the next day I opened the tank and ants had gotten into the tank and they were dead with hundreds of ants eating them. My sweet lizards. What an awful site. I hate ants..
Ants
  My best weapon so far for ants in the house is my stupid cat! He loves to swat at them, then play with them for a bit, then dinner time. He's always been a bit off lol.
ants
you know spring is here when the ants arrive!
Go to a catalog online for GARDENS ALIVE. They sell safe ant "killer" for less than $10.00. It's some kind of goop they eat and take back to nest to share with others. Works for me every spring!
Ants
Go to Walmart and buy Terro (sp?). You place a drop of it on a piece of the cardboard of the box it came in. We had a serious problem with ants and this is what we used. The ants would line up to eat it and take it back to the colony. After a week, they were all gone.
Ants
Try Terro Ant Baits. It's a liquid bait that they have to crawl into and they carry it back to the rest. You just let the ants run in and out of the bait and don't disturb them, but sometimes for a bad ant infestation it takes about 3 weeks. They are extremely attracted to the bait and it works really well. It will get rid of the entire bunch. I don't know where you live but I usually find them at Walgreens, Walmart, True Value Hardware stores, etc. Good luck!
Ant? As in ants? - try boric.....nm
ants remedy
I know this sounds ridiculous, but it works. Used to have terrible ants, especially around by cat bowls because cat food contains protine which ants like. Found this on line. Simply use laundry dryer sheets - they hate the smell. Also bay leaves from the spice department. It works too.
ants on the table
I have heard that if you have ants and can't get rid of them you also have termites. Hate to scare you, but you might want to hve it checked out to be sure. I worked for us at one place we lived. Good luck, hope it is nothing bad.
Lots of ants this year
We have a ton of ants in our potted plants on the patio. We're moving and don't want to move all the ants with us when we go. Any suggestions on how to kill the ants but not the plants?
ants on the kitchen table
Anybody else have a problem with ants on the table. We even fogged the house, used raid and still they come back. Any suggestions?
Tarro for ants (keep away for Children and Pets)
Worked great for me - like nothing else!
Trick for keeping ants off picnic tables
I know you're asking about anywhere but when we would have picnics, we would use old tuna or catfood cans and wipe them all over, inside and out, with vegetable oil or mineral oil and then set the legs of the table in them. The ants couldn't climb the slippery outsides of the cans to get onto the table. It really worked.
You might try looking up the types of birds and beatles that eat ants and keeping a few natural predators around the flowerbeds.
Yes, I'm sure an any problem always involves hundreds of ants, but it's still an ant problem.
How funny.
Water here, too. I fill water bottles halfway and freeze them
so I have ice water for the entire day. It's easier than trying to cram ice cubes down the little mouths of the bottles. I confess to having coffee, Earl Grey tea and a cola today because I'm too tired from the idiots who were rodding their cars around in front of the house from midnight until 3:00 a.m. last night. Oh, well. At least I'm off today.
Grease Lightening!
Grease Lightening is what I used to get red fruit punch out of my white carpet <G> You can get it at WalMart. I use it on everything now, including laundry stains. Have gotten rid of almost all the cleaners in the house and use it on everything. My hubby even uses it on the cars and truck! GREAT STUFF!
It's what I was drawn to as a new MT...
and it's because I found it the easiest. Most of the pt's have similar things going on and it's easy to get familiar with the terminology and drugs, in my opinion. I still feel at home with cardiology, even though I do just about everything now and don't get it as often as I used to. It's one of the better ones to start with, in my opinion.
Don't forget, new show tonight. I'm into. The "Kenicki" guy from Grease
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Grease, The Silence of the Lambs, and Dirty Dancing
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yeah get the spelling right, or you will be drawn and quartered.
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That happened to me once... guns drawn out in front yard..
lived in a track house, so houses were real close together. Turns out the single woman living next door who seemed to have no end to her money to buy nice stuff was running a racket out of her house, somehow tapping into computers in warehouses for big companies and having merchandise like applicances and computers sent to people without them having been paid for. FBI surrounded the place, digging in trash, etc. They finally got her and she went to federal prison for a while, then came back and skipped parole and they were back for her again. Weird.
to carry on a long drawn out thread on supervisor's woes below
Why in the world if it is so awful, so stressful, so thankless and pay is not that much more (someone posted $3 dollars an hour below), why do you continue to supervise?
Also the general tone of the supervisors is kind of like they don't really like or respect the MTs. Is that healthy? 
Sugar is necessary!
I eat jelly belly jelly beans to keep me going and it works! Love working at home in my office off my bedroom and do not miss communting one bit especially with the winter upon us soon!
it's not about "quality of trailers" it's about quality of people drawn to trailers.
a trailer on a private lot is one thing. a trailer park is terrible. lots of communities zone against them.
Milk and sugar
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Some sugar maybe? Or is that for too salty?
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never mind. It is fingerstick sugar and KVO
Sugar Free Chocolates
Our Walmart carries Russell Stover Sugar Free Chocolates, and they are very good.
Sorry for typos... On a sugar high!
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If you would try the Sugar Buster diet you'd
be surprised at the energy you will have. You'll notice a difference in about 3 days. I'm fixing to start it again because while I get up fine in the morning, after about 2 hours I hit a wall and it takes me about 2 hours to get past it where I can work again. The only problem is I still have 2 hours left in my morning shift when I hit that wall so need to be working.
Anyway the diet will give you lots of energy - similar to being on energy drinks, it will be healthier for you and if you need to lose a few pounds you can do that too.
ROFL! Using sugar to fuel your MT fingers?
I will admit to having a jar of Bit o' Honeys and Hershey kisses on my desk, but I only have one per day. I'm happy right where I am, too. I love working at home. We've got huge windows and a sliding glass door, and I have total control of the thermostat. It's nothing like any of my other jobs where it was always too hot or too cold and we never got to see the daylight.
Coke and pretzels!! Sugar and Salt will
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Sugar free candy suggestions? (sm)
My father-in-law is diabetic and we are visiting him tomorrow. I'd like to find him some yummy candy before I leave town. Wal-Mart is the closest store to the interstate that is 24-hour. Any suggestions for what I could find there? Thanks. 
I especially agree with taking ALL sugar out of your diet.
Grape jelly and brown sugar????
Is that as a sauce or in the meatball mix, itself? Would you mind parting with the recipe, my curiosity is getting the best of me.
Be sure to keep areas dry and free of all sugar composites.
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Boric acid plus same amount of sugar to
get the ants to take the boric acid (Mule Team Borax). Works like a charm. We had carpenter ants years ago, and exterminator wanted $700 back then to get rid of them. As just a fluke, I was listening to a radio talkshow after the call to the $700 exterminator, and they mentioned Mule Team Borax with same amount of sugar applied around the house, and make sure children or pets will not get into it.
stay away from sugar and take glucosamine chondroiten.
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OMG--1000 calories and 10 grams of sugar.
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Energy drinks. Caffeine and sugar, sm
and all kinds of vitamins. I like the Sobe one. I even drink it in the morning now, instead of coffee.
Caffeine and sugar had negative effect
My experience with trying to remain alert during 3rd shift: I was trying to perk myself up with caffeine and sugar, but also found that I actually became MORE tired as a result. Apparently, there's a biochemical explanation for this, due to the effect of caffeine and sugar on my insulin/blood sugar response. Both caffeine and sugar cause an initial rise in blood sugar, but then a serious slump in blood sugar occurs, causing me to be even more tired than before. So, I gave up the coffee and, after 3 days of withdrawal symptoms with horrendous headaches and fatigue, am having much more success staying awake during 3rd shift. I have also found that a protein drink or snack is a much better solution. Also, I am told that there are stimulants that do not affect the central nervous system as caffeine does, such as guarana, which I have not tried yet.
Also, it took me at least six weeks to adjust my body clock. I figured out that I had to sleep at the same time every day for several hours, at least 7, and couldn't just take a few naps during the day and then expect to stay awake at night.
The only reason I choose to work at night is because the pay is better; otherwise, I wouldn't do it. I look forward to someday having a decent account with a decent pay with a 24-hour turnaround time. I realize this is a fantasy.
Exercise, cutting down on sugar, and Prozac helps me. nm
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My best advice for arthritis. Take sugar out of your diet. You will not believe the difference it
Just a splash of skim milk. No sugar, creamer or flavorings.
OMG, I never made the connection but I think you're right - sugar = big line counts = $$$$$ Than
Walmart has a great selection of sugar-free candies.
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Since I gave up eating sugar and refined carbs, I don't crave chocolate sm
I gave up sugar and refined carbs in March of 2004 and I don't crave anything "bad" anymore. I actually had withdrawal-type symptoms for a few days though.
I feel much, much better now :)
I love to make meatballs with the grape jelly and brown sugar mix.
Also, the little smokies (wieners) and bbq sauce for appetizers.
WATER and MORE WATER
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A water gun would and should get a kid SM
disciplined, IMO. It's a toy and should stay home and not come to school.
At my grandson's daycare they get kicked out for making guns out of Legos! No guns in school anywhere, any time, any shape, form or fashion.
Lord, we made bazookas out of big sticks, rifles out of smaller ones, and handguns out of little bent ones. Then we proceeded to kill each other all over the place - the difference is that we didn't do it when we grew up.
Coffee and a big cup of ice water so far...nm
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Yes, and that same jug of water costs how much after it's
been paid for with tax dollars, hauled in on trucks, and handed out by National Guardsmen and FEMA workers who are being paid and are away from their own families? That little jug of water costs more to the taxpayers than Perrier.
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