[Gocamino] .. and bedbugs.

[Kinsey Oleman]

the suggestion to this years hospitalero trainees was
to leave sleeping bags out in the sun.

--- t <misstinuviel at lovenotwar.us> wrote:

> hi
> 
> yes!! in boston, too.
> the past several years, especially as the september
> turn-over of 
> leases, there have been many, many bedbug warnings
> and infestations in 
> boston. it got to the point where all the trash put
> out for collection 
> would have pre-printed city warnings posted on it
> 'bug infestation, do 
> not take' to try to prevent trash pickers from
> spreading the critters.
> 
> i know that up here in maine, last year the fleas
> were prolific, so far 
> this year, not as bad but still prevalent. the cycle
> for these critters 
> - bedbugs (human fleas??) and fleas seem to escalate
> as the summer 
> winds down. it's as if the little creatures have
> realized that we have 
> central heating and it might be better than
> hibernating under the 
> frozen ground.
> 
> i like the suggestion of oils to combat them.
> usually with such 
> remedies, they do a great job of prevention but once
> the infestation is 
> abundant, don't actually rid the critters. but
> simple solutions like 
> vinegar & soap spray combined with sunlight will
> kill them off your 
> clothes and bedding.
> 
> take care all
> tinuviel
> 
> >
> > Of late there have been a spate of messages
> referring to "bedbugs" in 
> > the Camino.     Well..... in tomorrow's New York
> Times   (we get the 
> > special Sunday sections on Saturday) in the Real
> Estate Section, the 
> > front page is Headlined  "BEDBUGS" in two-inch
> bold lettering.  Since 
> > the middle of the summer there have been a great
> deal of complaints 
> > about  bedbugs infestations in the city. The
> complaints were started 
> > by tourists who were paying up to 500 Dlls. a
> night in first class 
> > hotels and who were attacked by the critters. 
> With characteristic 
> > xenophobia the first  inclination was to blame
> those tourist who might 
> > have brought the bedbugs from Europe, South
> America, or whatever.  The 
> > newspaper reports, however, that the infestation
> is just as noticeable 
> > in ghetto areas of the city, which are highly
> unlikely to have been 
> > visited by tourists.
> > For months, tenants have refused to pay their high
> rents and some have 
> > even sued their landlords. Apparently the only
> effective means of 
> > combating the bugs is by bug-bombing and sealing
> off the room or rooms 
> > for a few days.  In letters to the editor, and
> such, some sufferers 
> > have suggested that getting rid of all the bedding
> and dousing the bed 
> > frame and nearby furniture and walls with rubbing
> alcohol seems to 
> > help.
> > The bugs' bites produce a rush that metamorphoses
> into liquid-filled 
> > welts which are terribly itch.  (I haven't gotten
> bitten, fortunately, 
> > but several friends of mine have).
> > Might these bugs be the Weapons of Mass
> Destruction that we have all 
> > been fearing?
> > \
> 
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