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Roger Whitehead <rgw@office-futures.com> writes:
>In article <7a6s4d$kq9$1@possum.melbpc.org.au>, Rd wrote:
>> We have trouble with ants nesting all around the house, especially at
>> the foot of walls and slabs [snip]
>
>I wonder if there is an ants' Usenet, where they discuss the problems of
>trying to get rid of those pesky human newcomers, who build houses right in
>the middle of nesting grounds and who keep trying to poison everyone?

Ants infiltrated the ranks of humans well before USENET was thought of,
attempting to exterminate those bipedal giants in the most underhanded
of ways:-

My Mum has an old recipe book, with a section devoted to "Miscellaneous
Hints" for the kitchen. Amongst the ideas of using vinegar to give added
sparkle to a window pane, substituting chokos (together with a drop of
cochineal) for pears in your stewed pears recipe, and chewing on a clove
for toothache relief, there is one gem easing the hardships of housewives
in outback Australian conditions:

   Dissolve a couple of teaspoonsful of borax in a jug of milk, and
   it will keep fresh for 2 or 3 days without refrigeration.

But don't try this one at home, folks.  :-/
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John Savage            (for email, replace "ks" with "k" and delete "n")