Comments on: Lingerie, remember lingerie? http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:12:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: buggedinbrooklyn http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2290 buggedinbrooklyn Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:22:15 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2290 I always hated laundry, but to deal with ziplocks and hot water/hot dryers, out right sucks for our favorate stuff. what I wound up doing was use a small amount of clothes from a clean ziplock bag... then they go into a dirty ziplock. I spared most of my clothes so I only runed about 5 shirts, and 4 pants. socks and mens undies do far better then what you ladys normaly dress up in. I did rewash 2 bags of clothes yesterday, and, yes, put them in my empty dresser draws. it's time for me to start moving on now. I also started to buy new clothes. something I have not done since November. wow, I have the new stuff still in plastic bags out of habbit, in my draws...I have to fix that. I also had my fist set of guests in my house this past weekend. man, I hope all the bugs are gone fore good. I also just booked a trip. yep, it's time to get over this. no if I can only stop itching...shit, still didn't buy that foo foo girly stuff yet for my itchy legs. buggedinbrooklyn I always hated laundry, but to deal with ziplocks and hot water/hot dryers, out right sucks for our favorate stuff.
what I wound up doing was use a small amount of clothes from a clean ziplock bag…
then they go into a dirty ziplock.
I spared most of my clothes so I only runed about 5 shirts, and 4 pants.
socks and mens undies do far better then what you ladys normaly dress up in.

I did rewash 2 bags of clothes yesterday, and, yes, put them in my empty dresser draws.
it’s time for me to start moving on now.

I also started to buy new clothes.
something I have not done since November.
wow, I have the new stuff still in plastic bags out of habbit, in my draws…I have to fix that.

I also had my fist set of guests in my house this past weekend.
man, I hope all the bugs are gone fore good.

I also just booked a trip.
yep, it’s time to get over this.

no if I can only stop itching…shit, still didn’t buy that foo foo girly stuff yet for my itchy legs.

buggedinbrooklyn

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2287 nobugsonme Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:01:56 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2287 Everyone--that all pretty much sounds familiar. Hymenoptera-- Oh no! I was laughing until I heard the punchline... Spraying with something then washing in cold is a good idea, but the problem is the air drying--they can crawl on when the clothes are "on the rod." (This is a problem for winter coats and rain gear, too.) Freezing after air drying might work. New invention idea: a cloth "airing closet" which is made of cloth bed bugs can't crawl through, and which hangs from a single bar from a shower rod or other hanging device. You'd have to do something to the rod to make the bedbugs unable to climb down (glue traps)? I'm good with the ideas but someone else has to build the thing. Everyone–that all pretty much sounds familiar.

Hymenoptera– Oh no! I was laughing until I heard the punchline…

Spraying with something then washing in cold is a good idea, but the problem is the air drying–they can crawl on when the clothes are “on the rod.” (This is a problem for winter coats and rain gear, too.)

Freezing after air drying might work.

New invention idea: a cloth “airing closet” which is made of cloth bed bugs can’t crawl through, and which hangs from a single bar from a shower rod or other hanging device. You’d have to do something to the rod to make the bedbugs unable to climb down (glue traps)? I’m good with the ideas but someone else has to build the thing.

]]> By: parakeets http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2283 parakeets Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:51:28 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2283 I can't wait for the day when I look forward to climbing into bed. Now it is such a fearful thing. I spray my back with Skin-so-soft and the edge of the bed with Kleen Free, look all around the mattress for bugs, put my clothes I've just worn into a zip lock bag, and take a white t-shirt out of a zip lock bag to wear...and then lie there as stiff as a board. I remember relishing that feeling of snuggling into bed. No longer. Now when I get into bed I wonder how long before the "blood meal" is served. I know I am already on the table. I can’t wait for the day when I look forward to climbing into bed. Now it is such a fearful thing. I spray my back with Skin-so-soft and the edge of the bed with Kleen Free, look all around the mattress for bugs, put my clothes I’ve just worn into a zip lock bag, and take a white t-shirt out of a zip lock bag to wear…and then lie there as stiff as a board. I remember relishing that feeling of snuggling into bed. No longer. Now when I get into bed I wonder how long before the “blood meal” is served. I know I am already on the table.

]]> By: hymenoptera http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2282 hymenoptera Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:25:36 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2282 I was going to start this response with a line about how although I don't wear lingerie I must admit to having spent some time admiring or trying to get into several sets but I'm not going to go there. But I am going to go into how this certainly does seem like a vexing problem in regard to bed bugs yet another dimension of intrusion with flimsy and somewhat transparent recourse. As a thought how would a blow dryer fair vs. the material. or what about steaming ? Another thought might be putting them in the freezer which would not kill the little buggers but make them easier to pick off, hopefully this would not result in frigidity once they defrosted. Then again you could come clean and use one of the soap material to kill on contact and then wash in cold water. I really don't mean to sound flippant but sometimes you have to make light of a situation to carry on. While on the subject of lingerie, lets throw in the subject of adult toys. I know of two cases in which bed bugs found safe heaven in "FORBIDDEN DRAWS" and the problem was not resolved till the matter was addressed. Unfortunately bedbugs are a personal pest and not only disturb our private lives but our personal relationships as well. I was going to start this response with a line about how although I don’t wear
lingerie I must admit to having spent some time admiring or trying to get into several sets but I’m not going to go there. But I am going to go into how this certainly does seem like a vexing problem in regard to bed bugs yet another dimension of intrusion with flimsy and somewhat transparent recourse.
As a thought how would a blow dryer fair vs. the material. or what about steaming ? Another thought might be putting them in the freezer which would not kill the little buggers but make them easier to pick off, hopefully this would not result in frigidity once they defrosted. Then again you could come clean and use one of the soap material to kill on contact and then wash in cold water. I really don’t mean to sound flippant but sometimes you have to make light of a situation to carry on. While on the subject of lingerie, lets throw in the subject of adult toys. I know of two cases in which bed bugs found safe heaven in “FORBIDDEN DRAWS” and the problem was not resolved till the matter was addressed. Unfortunately bedbugs are a personal pest and not only disturb our private lives but our personal relationships as well.

]]> By: willow-the-wisp http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2281 willow-the-wisp Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:31:04 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2281 I really hate re-seeing the same awful images the day I had found more than 100 of them under the futon I sleep on, almost every single night before I can fall asleep, and I really really really miss--a real good uninterrupted 8.0. (Good call, Key Master ... trying to figure out who's really a dude and whose really a lady up in here lol ...) the stigma the stigmata and all that steam chhhhh! I really hate re-seeing the same awful images the day I had found more than 100 of them under the futon I sleep on, almost every single night before I can fall asleep, and I really really really miss–a real good uninterrupted 8.0.
(Good call, Key Master … trying to figure out who’s really a dude and whose really a lady up in here lol …)
the stigma the stigmata and all that steam chhhhh!

]]> By: Bugalina http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2279 Bugalina Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:10:21 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2279 Too many to list... I look forward to the day when I can welcome people into my home, being genuinely happy again to entertain.. without worrying if they are carrying bugs, or eggs on them. I used to be the person who welcomed everyone, now I am Howard Hughes.. I will look very forward to traveling again without spending a small fortune on ziplocks... Too many to list…

I look forward to the day when I can welcome people into my home, being genuinely happy again to entertain.. without worrying if they are carrying bugs, or eggs on them. I used to be the person who welcomed everyone, now I am Howard Hughes..
I will look very forward to traveling again without spending a small fortune on ziplocks…

]]> By: lieutenantdan http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2278 lieutenantdan Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:49:44 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2278 Not thinking about nymphs that are almost impossible to see crawling on me. I am thankful to Lou for the wonderful pictures of the nymph on his finger and feeding close ups because of the valuable information that they provide us, but I can't get those images out of my mind. Not thinking about nymphs that are almost impossible to see crawling on me. I am thankful to Lou for the wonderful pictures of the nymph on his finger and feeding close ups because of the valuable information that they provide us, but I can’t get those images out of my mind.

]]> By: wantmyskinback http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2277 wantmyskinback Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:01:48 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2277 My worst new habit is putting all of my dirty laundry in a large clear bag, and also the clean laundry (in another bag). Then I put all the clothes in their respective "baggies", and probably will continue to do this for a long time. (My grandmother used to crush the cans flat after we had canned food, before throwing it out, she always had done this during the depression, hard habit to break). I look forward to sleeping on a soft down pillow, with a cushy cozy fluffy down blanket, NAKED. My worst new habit is putting all of my dirty laundry in a large clear bag, and also the clean laundry (in another bag). Then I put all the clothes in their respective “baggies”, and probably will continue to do this for a long time. (My grandmother used to crush the cans flat after we had canned food, before throwing it out, she always had done this during the depression, hard habit to break). I look forward to sleeping on a soft down pillow, with a cushy cozy fluffy down blanket, NAKED.

]]> By: S http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2276 S Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:45:30 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/17/lingerie/#comment-2276 My worst new habit is checking myself in the rearview mirror while driving. I touch my face and neck, rub my hands together, and just keep checking the mirror. It definitely looks like OCD, but for a long time I thought I was being bit in the car (and I may have been, I might never know). So I can't quite sit still while sitting in traffic. I can't wait to carry a purse. I'm carrying a plastic shopping bag, with my wallet and camera inside a gallon ziploc, inside the bag. I spray it with Kleen Free and keep it inside an XL ziploc at home. I can't wait to just toss stuff in a purse, and then toss the purse on the floor or coat rack or kitchen counter. My worst new habit is checking myself in the rearview mirror while driving. I touch my face and neck, rub my hands together, and just keep checking the mirror. It definitely looks like OCD, but for a long time I thought I was being bit in the car (and I may have been, I might never know). So I can’t quite sit still while sitting in traffic.

I can’t wait to carry a purse. I’m carrying a plastic shopping bag, with my wallet and camera inside a gallon ziploc, inside the bag. I spray it with Kleen Free and keep it inside an XL ziploc at home. I can’t wait to just toss stuff in a purse, and then toss the purse on the floor or coat rack or kitchen counter.

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