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  1. Richard Fontana 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 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 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 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 r7 Bradley M. Kuhn

      @bkuhn diatomaceous earth?

      about 8 months ago
    • Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn r7

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

      about 8 months ago
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    • r7 r7 Bradley M. Kuhn

      @bkuhn we use it to de-mite the chickens

      about 8 months ago
    • r7 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 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 Richard Fontana LinuxCon , Bradley M. Kuhn

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

      about 8 months ago
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    • Christopher Allan Webber 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 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 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 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 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 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

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