I worked in a fine-dining restaurant with large glass windows, and in the afternoon, houseflies would start buzzing in the warm windows. ...
I recently read your column in the Dallas Morning News and wanted to add onto the hint about poison ivy, poison oak and sumac. I got a bad case of poison ivy years ago because I kept putting on the same gardening clothes for a couple of days! I learned that my rash was much worse because of the urushiol on my clothing.
Please make sure your readers know that if they get exposed, they should remove and wash those clothes before wearing them again! Also, you can get infected from touching any part of these plants.I just used an old trick that I was taught years ago. I worked in a fine-dining restaurant with large glass windows, and in the afternoon, houseflies would start buzzing in the warm windows.
So, we would roll up the Venetian blinds to expose as much clear window glass as possible. Armed with a spray bottle of plain alcohol, we simply sprayed the flies as they buzzed in the window. The weight of the liquid dropped them to the windowsill, where we could trap them with a paper towel and send them on “the one-way trip.”
Today my nearest spray bottle is Windex, which gives an added side benefit of wiping the window clean after I drop the fly! As always, I read your column daily in the Rutland Herald. -- Heather Masterton Lemmons, Rutland, VermontI encourage everyone to get out and walk! It can be early in the morning before it’s too hot. I have my walking clothes, socks and shoes that are ready for me to jump into. I carry mace or pepper spray for protection.
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