Bl****dy starlings...

Mike Deblis · 2006-01-24T14:30:34+00:00

Right, now I'm cross...Stupid s*dding starlings have been nesting in the roof of my workshop foryears - do they make an awful mess, or what?So, this year, I've put some of the Screwfix eaves comb filler() and verynice it is too......however, there is something living in the old nests... When I put my armup to the eave from the outside of the building (it's single storey), I wasSAVAGED by some sort of bloodthirsty insect - 20 or 30 bites all over oneside of my body (not pretty) - all my clothes straight into the wash and meinto the shower... I thought it might be fleas, but my neighbour, who knowsa bit about wildlife, reckons its some sort of mite that lives in theirnests, and not having fed all winter, they went for me......so, how can I kill the bugs (whatever they are). They're vicious, and Iwant them out. My neighbour thinks that if left for a year, they'll dieanyway, but that means I'll have to avoid the loft (not easy - loads ofstuff up there I want to use).ThanksMike

Jan 24, 2006 26 Replies

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Nigel Molesworth 20 years ago

Actually, I like Mary's posts, they always make me laugh. It's quite comforting to know that I'm still a long way from the mad house.

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Mary Fisher 20 years ago

You are seriously misinformed.

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Nigel Molesworth 20 years ago

Please enlighten us then.

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david lang 20 years ago

Quite right too Mike. Humans - top of evolutionary chain. Mites - bottom of evolutionary chain. Such a minor life form as to be beneath our contempt.

Bless them :-) Kill the little bastards, painfully if possible.

Dave

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mike 20 years ago

Mary Fisher wrote

Yes, guess you're right, I'll improve my world.

You will of course have the last word, but please don't kid yourself I'll see it

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Dave Fawthrop 20 years ago

|On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:07:49 -0000, Mary Fisher wrote: | |>They were regulation school uniform. | |Now you are talking ;-) | |>Just realised, perhaps you don't know what veggie tanned is | |To tan leather you use human urine, preferably from red-heads. So |veggie tanned must mean you use veggie urine. Or am I taking the piss?

Oak bark is a slightly less smelly alternative to urine.

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Nigel Molesworth 20 years ago

Veggies are so self-righteous, their urine must smell of flowers.

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