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1. Richard Fontana Bradley M. Kuhn

   Requested hotel room change yesterday after using @bkuhn #bedbugs check technique, tho' no clear evidence of bedbugs.

   about 8 months ago from web
   • Bradley M. Kuhn François Marier

     @fmarier, Key is: "search everywhere in dark w/ a flashlight for blood spots & #bedbugs". That's basically what online videos/docs teach.

     about 8 months ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn

     @fontana, my guess: you found blood spots on mattress of the size of squashed #bedbugs. Am I right? (BTW, thinking of getting some DE soon).

     about 8 months ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn LinuxCon

     @fontana, BTW,at !LinuxCon I confirmed 1st-hand the rumor I'd heard previously: Keith #Bergelt of #OIN is as #bedbugs phobic as you & I are!

     about 8 months ago
   • r7 Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn diatomaceous earth?

     about 8 months ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn r7

     Yeah, diatomaceous earth is apparently the best protection against #bedbugs you can get (and it's cheap too).

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   • r7 Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn we use it to de-mite the chickens

     about 8 months ago
   • r7 Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn and not environmentally destructive and good for increasing the water-retentive properties of soil #wonderstuff

     about 8 months ago
   • Richard Fontana Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn no, nothing so clear. It's possible you would have concluded it was likely a #bedbugs free room.

     about 8 months ago
   • Richard Fontana LinuxCon , Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn I did consider sleeping in bathtub, but that has associated problems

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   • Christopher Allan Webber Bradley M. Kuhn

     I have a pretty strong bedbug phobia but b/c of bad experience where I came very close to bringing them home. Hard to sleep in hotels now :\

     about 8 months ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Christopher Allan Webber

     @cwebber, I recall; you started a thread here about it. OTOH, I still know of no one who had #bedbugs bite at hotels after searching room.

     about 8 months ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn

     @fontana, I'm now baffled why you requested a room change. Merely very old mattress (that bothers me sometimes, like we had at #PDX 2xTree.

     about 8 months ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn LinuxCon

     @fontana, I think if I were stuck, I'd rent a car and sleep in it. But, OTOH, car seats can have #bedbugs too. The only answer is no travel.

     about 8 months ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn LinuxCon

     @fontana, FWIW, Keith #Bergelt told me at !LinuxCon that he did indeed once sleep in a bathtub due to fear of #bedbugs in the room.

     about 8 months ago
   • Richard Fontana Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn this article says diatomaceous earth "may take weeks to work" : http://ur1.ca/a8h6b #bedbugs

     about 8 months ago