There is a cricket somewhere in this room and he is driving me crazy!!

[Jokinomx]

I can't find him and he won't quit creeeeking.... argh...

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[LiberalVoice]

1. Just move around...

When it stops creeking your close.

[koopie57]

2. our cats

take care of all our crickets.

[Blue Gardener]

13. Yep, you need a cat

Mmmmm...crickets.

[stellanoir]

3. relax

crickets are harbingers of good luck. . .

or. . .if you can find peace in the face of all that creeking. . .you're worthy of something.

[Jokinomx]

4. Crickets are our Friends.. Crickets are our Friends... Crickets are our

Friends...I will try to become one with him. Great Idea.

Damn.. he must be a Creeeking Republican....and in Cricket talk he is saying... Terror.. Terror...Terror...

I HAVE to go to sleep now... tomorrow.. I think I will bug bomb this room....

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[stellanoir]

11. LOL

no I swear his name is Jiminy and he's totally nonpartisan.

Your response reminded of a very funny though slightly related story that a fisherman once told me. . .

He was told by some older fisherman that back in the 60's there were these trap boats that required huge crews and couldn't maintain them on a regular basis. There was a handful of crusty old timers who were present as frequently as their health would allow but the rest of the crew would be a wild assortment of drifters (aka hippies). One fine morning someone showed up with a certain quantity of a certain illicit mood altering substance, a hallucinigen, which the younger deck hands ingested upon setting sail. By the time they were supposed to pull the nets those who had ingested the hallucingen were peaking and all simultaneously experienced a change of heart and refused to pull the nets. They all declared, "let the fish swim. the fish are our brothers."

The old timers were completely baffled and bothered. Scratching their heads in complete and utter disbelief, "the fish are our brothers. . .?"

Really though, I live in the country and find a strange comfort in the March peeper's and frog's nightly serenade, so when a cricket enters the house, that comfort is closer. Though if it lands in the dining room or the front hall, it's like an echo chamber and is slightly more annoying. So I understand and didn't mean to be flippant. They do dehydrate and expire naturally over a few days though. But do whatever you have to do to annihilate that nasty fear mongering fascist cricket from your domicile. Good luck.

[Jokinomx]

12. Great story... I really can relate to how they must have felt...LOL....

Since I was young... I was one to want to learn from my experiences. I have experienced much in my almost 48 years on this planet. One was to experiment with hallucinigens when I was in my twenties. They are not for everyone... but, now I know.

Thanks for sharing your story... :-)

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[puerco-bellies]

5. Many years ago I bought a Jackson's Chameleon,

And a short time later one of my bud's bought a pair (M/F) for himself. I kept mine in a bamboo bird cage and fed him mostly snails and meal worms. My buddy was one of those guys that has to one up every one and built a beautiful and huge MESH and plexi-glass cage then put in in the front room of his sister's house (where he lived at the time). In his defense the mesh was pretty small about 1/4 to 1/8 inch. He bought about 2 to 3 hundred crickets from the local pet shop and dumped them all into the cage to save himself the hassle of daily feedings. Any and all crickets who did not like the company of the lizards some how waltz through the mesh and set up their own little cricket opera society in his house. It appears that all the crickets were active members. It took about a week before they gave up on the boots and bug bomb approach and called an exterminator. O' my god, I am blessed to have rarely seen a woman as pissed as my buddies sister!!! That happened almost thirty years ago and it's still makes me laugh!

[Jokinomx]

7. That is a Funny Story,.... Thanks for Sharing... LOL

Thank God that I only have one in this house... they just never stop creeeeeking... LOL

[jdj]

6. I just read a "helpful hint" on crickets today

that you should put a wet washcloth in your bathroom or kitchen sink, and he should be hiding in there in the morning, so you can take him outside (release the hostage)

[Jokinomx]

9. Well thanks for the advice...however... he would have to learn how to

climb steps....LOL...I don't have a sink anywhere near this critter. My only solace is that I won't hear him when I go to bed.... I will deal with him tomorrow and one way or another I will get him out of my computer room.

Maybe if a just set a damp rag in a bowl... mmmmm...:think: I will give that a try.... and thanks for being such a kind person... I do prefer catching and letting him outside, rather than bug bombing this room..

:pals:


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[NJCher]

8. another cricket story

The other night I went to bed and the crickets were really loud. I told my husband, "I'd swear, there is one right here near the bed." We live in a wooded area and there are tons of them.

So fast forward to the next evening. It's time to go to bed. I go to the bed and am ready to pull the covers down when I see a cricket hopping straight up the middle of the bed toward the pillows. For all intents and purposes, it looked as if he was trying to beat me out of a pillow!

He was ousted--out the bathroom window, dropped from a Kleenex.


Cher

p.s. puerco, I laughed so hard at your story!

[Jokinomx]

10. Great Story Yourself NJcher...Thanks for Sharing it....:-)

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[Bertha Venation]

14. That's how Buddy Holly's Crickets got their name.

There was one chirping somewhere in the studio (garage studio?), and it was messing up their recording 'til they decided to keep the "noise" and co-opt the name.

Night Train can tell me if I've bought a fable....

[oscar111]

15. old kitchen paper towel cardboard tube:flypaper

catch a stray cat with tuna can out side, bring the surprised cat inside . Maybe better, a trail of tuna bits into your house.. like into your utility room.

///also, use that towel tube on your ear to pick out the direction of the cricket sound. two or 3 end on end, better.

///flystrips... put them on the floor under couch, etc, where the cricket might go and get stuck. rolled up strips work, once you unroll them.

[oscar111]

16. white noise machine$35, maybe $20: earplugs:drops to deafen

eardrops that kill the sound nerves , if you can find a dr. who will tell you some that do that. i am guessing they exist, not sure they do.

white noise machine best idea. the simple ones work best.. avoid bells and whistles like surf.

[Jokinomx]

19. your just full of good ideas aren't you...:-)

Thanks... I didn't bug bomb today... nor did I put a bowl with a damp paper towel...and you know what... he is still in this room somewhere....LOL..

Oh well... they sure are persistant little guys/girls...:-)

Mayber tomorrow I will have some time to deal with him/her. For now I will put up with the creeking for one more session on the DU.

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[Jokinomx]

18. Oh how I love this forum... I learn something new every day... even if it

is just a bit of trivia...Thanks for sharing ...:-)

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[Mayberry Machiavelli]

17. Put him on "ignore". It isn't HEyHEY is it?

[Jokinomx]

20. That is exactly what I am attempting to do... ignore him... !

LoL

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