Bed bugs invaded us, we conquered them! Lesson #1 DON'T use an exterminator!

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Bed bugs invaded us, we conquered them! Lesson #1 DON'T use an exterminator!

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Posted 2 years ago
Tue Feb 1 2011 0:15:32
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Posted 2 years ago
Tue Feb 1 2011 0:28:08
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This looks like a totally sketchy advertisement. FLAG
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Posted 2 years ago
Tue Feb 1 2011 0:32:52
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LOL My thoughts exactly. I see someone trying to sell their own services by presenting what may be a bogus infomercial type success story about how great these mysterious people who they paid were but are probably one in the same. Or in cahoots.

If you decide to go along with this and contact the person at that email please be careful. I smell something strange. Hopefully not but quite possible. Wherever there is suffering there is usually exploitation.
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Posted 2 years ago
Tue Feb 1 2011 0:38:26
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Mature women? Like these?

SCENE I. A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron.

Thunder. Enter the three Witches
First Witch
Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.

Second Witch
Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined.

Third Witch
Harpier cries 'Tis time, 'tis time.

First Witch
Round about the cauldron go;
In the poison'd entrails throw.
Toad, that under cold stone
Days and nights has thirty-one
Swelter'd venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i' the charmed pot.

ALL
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

Second Witch
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

ALL
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Third Witch
Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witches' mummy, maw and gulf
Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark,
Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark,
Liver of blaspheming Jew,
Gall of goat, and slips of yew
Silver'd in the moon's eclipse,
Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips,
Finger of birth-strangled babe
Ditch-deliver'd by a drab,
Make the gruel thick and slab:
Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,
For the ingredients of our cauldron.

ALL
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Second Witch
Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.

Enter HECATE to the other three Witches

HECATE
O well done! I commend your pains;
And every one shall share i' the gains;
And now about the cauldron sing,
Live elves and fairies in a ring,
Enchanting all that you put in.

Music and a song: 'Black spirits,' & c

HECATE retires

Second Witch
By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.
Open, locks,
Whoever knocks!

Enter MACBETH

MACBETH
How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags!
What is't you do?

ALL
A deed without a name.

MACBETH
I conjure you, by that which you profess,
Howe'er you come to know it, answer me:
Though you untie the winds and let them fight
Against the churches; though the yesty waves
Confound and swallow navigation up;
Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down;
Though castles topple on their warders' heads;
Though palaces and pyramids do slope
Their heads to their foundations; though the treasure
Of nature's germens tumble all together,
Even till destruction sicken; answer me
To what I ask you.

First Witch
Speak.

Second Witch
Demand.

Third Witch
We'll answer.

First Witch
Say, if thou'dst rather hear it from our mouths,
Or from our masters?

MACBETH
Call 'em; let me see 'em.

First Witch
Pour in sow's blood, that hath eaten
Her nine farrow; grease that's sweaten
From the murderer's gibbet throw
Into the flame.

ALL
Come, high or low;
Thyself and office deftly show!

Thunder. First Apparition: an armed Head

MACBETH
Tell me, thou unknown power,--

First Witch
He knows thy thought:
Hear his speech, but say thou nought.

First Apparition
Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! beware Macduff;
Beware the thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough.

Descends

MACBETH
Whate'er thou art, for thy good caution, thanks;
Thou hast harp'd my fear aright: but one
word more,--

First Witch
He will not be commanded: here's another,
More potent than the first.

Thunder. Second Apparition: A bloody Child

Second Apparition
Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth!

MACBETH
Had I three ears, I'ld hear thee.

Second Apparition
Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn
The power of man, for none of woman born
Shall harm Macbeth.

Descends

MACBETH
Then live, Macduff: what need I fear of thee?
But yet I'll make assurance double sure,
And take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live;
That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies,
And sleep in spite of thunder.

Thunder. Third Apparition: a Child crowned, with a tree in his hand

What is this
That rises like the issue of a king,
And wears upon his baby-brow the round
And top of sovereignty?

ALL
Listen, but speak not to't.

Third Apparition
Be lion-mettled, proud; and take no care
Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are:
Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until
Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill
Shall come against him.

Descends

MACBETH
That will never be
Who can impress the forest, bid the tree
Unfix his earth-bound root? Sweet bodements! good!
Rebellion's head, rise never till the wood
Of Birnam rise, and our high-placed Macbeth
Shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath
To time and mortal custom. Yet my heart
Throbs to know one thing: tell me, if your art
Can tell so much: shall Banquo's issue ever
Reign in this kingdom?

ALL
Seek to know no more.

MACBETH
I will be satisfied: deny me this,
And an eternal curse fall on you! Let me know.
Why sinks that cauldron? and what noise is this?

Hautboys

First Witch
Show!

Second Witch
Show!

Third Witch
Show!

ALL
Show his eyes, and grieve his heart;
Come like shadows, so depart!

A show of Eight Kings, the last with a glass in his hand; GHOST OF BANQUO following

MACBETH
Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo: down!
Thy crown does sear mine eye-balls. And thy hair,
Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the first.
A third is like the former. Filthy hags!
Why do you show me this? A fourth! Start, eyes!
What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom?
Another yet! A seventh! I'll see no more:
And yet the eighth appears, who bears a glass
Which shows me many more; and some I see
That two-fold balls and treble scepters carry:
Horrible sight! Now, I see, 'tis true;
For the blood-bolter'd Banquo smiles upon me,
And points at them for his.

Apparitions vanish

What, is this so?

First Witch
Ay, sir, all this is so: but why
Stands Macbeth thus amazedly?
Come, sisters, cheer we up his sprites,
And show the best of our delights:
I'll charm the air to give a sound,
While you perform your antic round:
That this great king may kindly say,
Our duties did his welcome pay.

Music. The witches dance and then vanish, with HECATE

MACBETH
Where are they? Gone? Let this pernicious hour
Stand aye accursed in the calendar!
Come in, without there!

Enter LENNOX

LENNOX
What's your grace's will?

MACBETH
Saw you the weird sisters?

LENNOX
No, my lord.

MACBETH
Came they not by you?

LENNOX
No, indeed, my lord.

MACBETH
Infected be the air whereon they ride;
And damn'd all those that trust them! I did hear
The galloping of horse: who was't came by?

LENNOX
'Tis two or three, my lord, that bring you word
Macduff is fled to England.

MACBETH
Fled to England!

LENNOX
Ay, my good lord.

MACBETH
Time, thou anticipatest my dread exploits:
The flighty purpose never is o'ertook
Unless the deed go with it; from this moment
The very firstlings of my heart shall be
The firstlings of my hand. And even now,
To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done:
The castle of Macduff I will surprise;
Seize upon Fife; give to the edge o' the sword
His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls
That trace him in his line. No boasting like a fool;
This deed I'll do before this purpose cool.
But no more sights!--Where are these gentlemen?
Come, bring me where they are.

Exeunt
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Posted 2 years ago
Tue Feb 1 2011 1:14:51
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I suppose the immature response to their SPAM here would be to SPAM their email ....
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Posted 2 years ago
Tue Feb 1 2011 1:16:19
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Sorry to burst your bubble but, my post is not an advertisement. I simply explained what me and my boyfriend went through and what we did to get rid of the bugs. If you've had them, you know that it is a nightmare, to say the least.

I have not posted on any other site, and the ONLY reason I posted on this site is because someone at work mentioned it. Neither me nor my boyfriend sell anything. I’m 20 and actually work for BC Hydro. My boyfriend is employed at UBC. We’re not in the bug business. Regardless, it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t tell others what worked for us. The last two people who helped us were very nice, and very helpful. Is it a crime to promote them in someway, to show our appreciation? Do you have a problem with that?

It’s sad when a person tries to help another, with no strings attached....but just for the sake of helping. Then a jerk comes along and tries to make it ugly for everyone else, just because he’s sick, himself. Only someone with a pessimistic mind would think of turnign a good thing into something as cunning and depressing as what you’re suggesting.

By the way, I tried to repair the email address in my post. That’s why there are two posts back to back.... Now, I need to try to figure out why it shows as two postings.

Maybe instead of knocking a person down, you might want to try helping. If I haven’t already figured out how to repair the post, don't hesitate to share your knowledge. You seem to be one of those who has an answer for everything, and professes to know it all.
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Posted 2 years ago
Tue Feb 1 2011 1:25:39
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I'll keep the email just encase I encounter a bed bug problem in my home.

Do they rub you down with lamp oil?
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Posted 2 years ago
Tue Feb 1 2011 8:15:20
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If I ever get them at home I am calling KQ, I even have a secret stash of Millano's to sooth his furrowed brow at the end of the process.

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Posted 2 years ago
Tue Feb 1 2011 9:55:38
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So what did I miss? Something has obviously been deleted.

I hate it when I come here and someone says they have a solution, but whatever they said is gone. Yah, sure, probably spam, but at this point I would take a cure from a spammer if they had one.

The rest of you got some cure-all you haven't told us about? Please do share. Inquiring and devastated minds want to know.
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Posted 2 years ago
Tue Feb 1 2011 10:21:16
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If it worked it would not be spam.

Bedbug sufferers should never be seen as an easy sell for get rich schemes. You tend to get them bounced around but the reality is that its not a one sized fits all problem. You need to know what to do in a single bedbug getting home versus a home with hundreds or thousands of them.

Most of these miracle cures are little more than snake oil marketed well like the fairy tales of the brothers grim.

If there were a miracle cure I would certainly find work a lot easier.

David
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Posted 2 years ago
Tue Feb 1 2011 10:33:14
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Darn, I missed it too. This wasn't the couple who are touting some type of orange oil, is it? They were on here a couple of months ago with their cruise ship story. Then they plastered all the cruise ship boards with their magic oil story.
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Posted 2 years ago
Tue Feb 1 2011 11:38:44
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so unsettling - 1 hour ago »
So what did I miss? Something has obviously been deleted.
I hate it when I come here and someone says they have a solution, but whatever they said is gone. Yah, sure, probably spam, but at this point I would take a cure from a spammer if they had one.
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Hi so unsettling,

I know it's frustrating to come here and find something deleted.

The five identical posts which used to be posted above (!) were quarantined for the time being.

They promoted a group of mature ladies who will use essential oils to eliminate bed bugs -- in ONE day! They were touted as a miracle solution, and other forms of bed bug treatment were said to not work.

Firms are not allowed to advertise in forum threads. (Even though this message purported to come from a customer, lots of firms use that tactic too.)

And even getting beyond that, the message set off a lot of alarms for many of us because of the kind of solution it was promoting. While you may be interested in reading about any miracle cure going, I also have to be concerned about newcomers who may not be as savvy about bed bugs and may not be able to weigh the best options.

I am dialoguing with the author right now about some of these issues, and it is possible I will reinstate the post with the email deleted, and perhaps some other information about the mysterious ladies in question. However, the fact remains that the information does not seem sound at all.

Finally, when single posts are sent to spam, they disappear and you'd never know they were here. When people jump in and respond, it's hard to delete those messages, especially when people seem to be having such fun with the conversation, as perplexing as those responses may seem to others who did not see the original post. I welcome input on whether these should always be deleted, or not.
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Posted 2 years ago
Tue Feb 1 2011 11:54:45
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I understand why you would delete it and respect your judgment in deciding to do so.

I think there is no point in leaving this stuff here, if the original post is determined to be spam, and those who open it after the deletion can't understand the thread. It just made me curious; that's all. I know there is no miracle cure, but had no idea why Shakespeare was on the scene. Cheers:)
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Posted 2 years ago
Tue Feb 1 2011 13:32:14
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I think so, they do seem to have bad luck, if I were them I would start inspecting locations or at least try a different type of holiday.

Otherwise I suspect the cruise line people will be offering them scuba lessons with concrete boots.

David