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CrazySingleMum View Member Profile	09/12/2009, 05:11 PM Post #1
Posts: 4,392 Joined: 6-December 07
We used to stay at home but now we have a social life ..
that closing cupboard doors keeps out cockroaches?? Anyone that is apart from my RL friend who thinks so .... Denise

Flibbertigibbert... Flibbertigibberty View Member Profile	09/12/2009, 05:16 PM Post #2
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I wish, the buggers fly in through my down lights and love cupboard hinges, they can get into just about any tiny space so no a cupboard door isn't going to stop them

Love my Boys View Member Profile	09/12/2009, 05:18 PM Post #3
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lol had to reply to this one. Seeing I found a cockroach running around in my dishwasher yesterday arvo (AFTER it had been run that morning!), my answer is no! I always thought dishwashers were sealed but obviously only when 'on' so the water doesn't leak!

!!! View Member Profile	09/12/2009, 05:18 PM Post #4
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she liked to hangout in the graveyard
Erm, no. I keep my cupboard doors closed except when using them and we still get roaches (just a part of living in Sydney unfortunately). Although...come to think of it I've never actually found one in a cupboard

Guest_cathode_*	09/12/2009, 05:20 PM Post #5


QUOTE (CrazySingleMum @ 09/12/2009, 03:11 PM) that closing cupboard doors keeps out cockroaches?? Anyone that is apart from my RL friend who thinks so .... Denise only if you spray the edges with surface spray

jfl View Member Profile	09/12/2009, 05:30 PM Post #6
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Only if a nuclear explosion is going off. And even then ... Oh no, there's another one! One of the joys of leaving Sydney was leaving the cockroaches behind. No amount of cleaning, poisoning etc ever got rid of them for any length of time.

Spikey View Member Profile	09/12/2009, 05:49 PM Post #7
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Train your dog, it's worth it!
jfl, I count that as one of my joys too - as an ex- inner-city dweller, I do NOT miss the roaches that were bigger than the sparrows.... And no, doors don't keep out bugs - they're there to look pretty and neat. I have been known to use surface spray on the edges, however - to deal with the ants.

CrazySingleMum View Member Profile	09/12/2009, 09:06 PM Post #8
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We used to stay at home but now we have a social life ..
I laughed so much, she's devastated at the thought that the little critters could get in through the cracks or from behind the cupboard, etc.

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