A cockroach ran over me in bed

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  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    iamsam_pj wrote:
    oh geez...where do i even start with experiences??! i've seen plenty while living in florida...and i'm totally freaked out by them! i'm especially terrified by the ones that fly...i will run and hide from them.
    just another reason why i'm glad to be out of florida.

    my buddy use to tell me stories about the flying cockroaches in duneeden(sp?) florida
    he said they were huge and impossible to kill/squish
    roaches are bad but i cant even imagine flyin roaches! OMG YIKES
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    emptyglass wrote:
    iamsam_pj wrote:
    oh geez...where do i even start with experiences??! i've seen plenty while living in florida...and i'm totally freaked out by them! i'm especially terrified by the ones that fly...i will run and hide from them.
    just another reason why i'm glad to be out of florida.

    my buddy use to tell me stories about the flying cockroaches in duneeden(sp?) florida
    he said they were huge and impossible to kill/squish
    roaches are bad but i cant even imagine flyin roaches! OMG YIKES

    I've encountered flying roaches in Jamaica and I can remember them coming out at nightime. Well atleast we don't have to deal with roaches like from this scene from the movie
    Papillon...with Steve McQueen 1:25 mark

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  • John Briggs 2008
    John Briggs 2008 Posts: 1,024
    There were so many cock roaches in our house when I was akid that my mom charged them rent. :D
  • mfc2006
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    iamsam_pj wrote:
    oh geez...where do i even start with experiences??! i've seen plenty while living in florida...and i'm totally freaked out by them! i'm especially terrified by the ones that fly...i will run and hide from them.

    yeah--we have those here too. not so much in Waco, but they were all over the place in Houston. texas roaches are HUGE. when we first moved into our house here about a year or so ago, i ran to the store to get my wife & i something to eat while we started unpacking. i came home and she was standing on the high part of the couch freaking out. i asked her what was wrong & she just pointed. i swear it was the biggest, nastiest roach that i had ever seen. it seemed like it took half a can of spray just to kill it--it just wouldn't die. we have our house sprayed every 2 months because of that.
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  • CServant
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    emptyglass wrote:
    iamsam_pj wrote:
    oh geez...where do i even start with experiences??! i've seen plenty while living in florida...and i'm totally freaked out by them! i'm especially terrified by the ones that fly...i will run and hide from them.
    just another reason why i'm glad to be out of florida.

    my buddy use to tell me stories about the flying cockroaches in duneeden(sp?) florida
    he said they were huge and impossible to kill/squish
    roaches are bad but i cant even imagine flyin roaches! OMG YIKES

    They're soooo BIG there you can see their legs dangling when they fly!
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  • Hawkshore
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    JaneNY wrote:

    edit - Also in Bangladesh, we went to this chinese restaurant, back in the 80's and a cockroach crawled up on the table, so we asked to be moved. Then we thought they'd try to find the cockroach. They did not - they just seated another family at the same table.


    Really! :x ....If anything he could of at least made for a nice add to the house special chop suey!
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  • WaveCameCrashin
    WaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    We call them "Palmetto Bugs" in my home state and they can fly also.
    Cant stand them, whenever I see one I kill it. They''re known to carry like 7 known diseases
  • adropinthepark
    adropinthepark Posts: 475
    I sooooo want to share this on Facebook, but can't cuz my roommie is on there.

    They wonder why there might be a rat here. Ugh. I'm only posting a link. This photo is disgusting. I want to hurl everytime I go to the kitchen.

    http://picasaweb.google.com/angiemaldri ... 7063502578


    There were cockroaches in this place when I came here, but only a few here and there. I'm actually surprised that we don't have a full blown infestation with how my roommates leave food everywhere. I swear there are actually fewer cockroaches. :? Maybe not even the bugs can handle this distgustingness. :shock: :evil:
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  • HeavyHands
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    adropinthepark wrote:
    This photo is disgusting. I want to hurl everytime I go to the kitchen.

    http://picasaweb.google.com/angiemaldri ... 7063502578

    Jeez! What exactly is in that sink?

    I once had a roommate who was so lazy and messy she got Teflon to rust. Not joking either.
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  • adropinthepark
    adropinthepark Posts: 475
    HeavyHands wrote:
    adropinthepark wrote:
    This photo is disgusting. I want to hurl everytime I go to the kitchen.

    http://picasaweb.google.com/angiemaldri ... 7063502578

    Jeez! What exactly is in that sink?

    I once had a roommate who was so lazy and messy she got Teflon to rust. Not joking either.

    Hot dogs and some other crud.

    I'd pitch a fit, but I should be moving into my own place within about a week. My roommates are great as friends, but I'm so happy I don't have to live with them much longer. I'm sure we would develop major pest issues if we continued to live in such filth.
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  • HeavyHands
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    adropinthepark wrote:
    I'd pitch a fit, but I should be moving into my own place within about a week.

    Congratulations. If I were in your position I'd be more excited about this than PJ announcing a tour. Good luck with the move.
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,071
    iamsam_pj wrote:
    oh geez...where do i even start with experiences??! i've seen plenty while living in florida...and i'm totally freaked out by them! i'm especially terrified by the ones that fly...i will run and hide from them.

    when i lived in orlando, i had an apartment that was near an oak tree so they would get into my apartment sometimes. i would have to chase them around my apartment with bug spray...bathroom cleaner...whatever i could get my hands on and hope that they would die!!

    in tampa i would see them daily scattering around the streets. sometimes they would get into my store...disgusting! just another reason why i'm glad to be out of florida.

    now you get to enjoy giant spiders
  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    CServant wrote:
    emptyglass wrote:
    iamsam_pj wrote:
    oh geez...where do i even start with experiences??! i've seen plenty while living in florida...and i'm totally freaked out by them! i'm especially terrified by the ones that fly...i will run and hide from them.
    just another reason why i'm glad to be out of florida.

    my buddy use to tell me stories about the flying cockroaches in duneeden(sp?) florida
    he said they were huge and impossible to kill/squish
    roaches are bad but i cant even imagine flyin roaches! OMG YIKES

    They're soooo BIG there you can see their legs dangling when they fly!

    Oh yeah, lots of flying ones in Bangladesh. One time when I was there a swarm started in the living room (the windows are open to the outside, with just metal grills so thieves won't get in, so bugs come in and out. Anyway my husband and I were sleeping at night and we started hearing thwap, smash, slap (the sound of sandals hitting things) from the living room, so he goes out, and then comes back in and says 'stay in there' as I cower in the mosquito net. He and his brothers were killing a lot of roaches that had been flying, smashing them with their sandals. I could hear them running on the outside of the house too. Its a tropical place. Big bugs.
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,071
    edited July 2009
    Growing up in MN, I remember having to deal with these asshole June bugs for two weeks at the beginning of every Summer.

    They fly around at dusk, and they're vision is really bad so they'll run right into you and land on your clothes and just sit there and cling to you until you pick them off of you. They're also really agressive and have no problem using those pincers.

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  • The Juggler
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  • Brain of J.Lo
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    That happened to me one time, except it was my leg. It was so big!!!! I jumped up, my husband turned on the light and we stayed awake until we found it and got rid of it. It was one of the biggest bugs I've ever seen... It still makes me shiver to think about it.
  • iamsam_pj
    iamsam_pj Posts: 300
    mfc2006 wrote:
    iamsam_pj wrote:
    oh geez...where do i even start with experiences??! i've seen plenty while living in florida...and i'm totally freaked out by them! i'm especially terrified by the ones that fly...i will run and hide from them.

    yeah--we have those here too. not so much in Waco, but they were all over the place in Houston. texas roaches are HUGE. when we first moved into our house here about a year or so ago, i ran to the store to get my wife & i something to eat while we started unpacking. i came home and she was standing on the high part of the couch freaking out. i asked her what was wrong & she just pointed. i swear it was the biggest, nastiest roach that i had ever seen. it seemed like it took half a can of spray just to kill it--it just wouldn't die. we have our house sprayed every 2 months because of that.
    they don't die!!! especially the palmetto bugs/flying roaches...i would just grab whatever i could find...raid, bathroom cleaner...and just spray the crap out of them while they ran around like crazy. then i'd lock myself in my room with a towel shoved under my door. it's not like that would help much, but it made me feel better.

    i'm hoping that because my apartment here in new that i won't have to deal with bugs too much. i can handle spiders, as long as they're not too gigantic and keep to themselves.
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    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    um, can someone tell me precisely WHY i'm reading this thread before I go to bed??? I'm not a squeamish person, but you better believe that I'm gonna flip my covers up before I get in :-)

    That's JUST what I was thinking. Fuck that. I'm gonna go read something less disturbing on the Moving Train before I go to bed (and that's saying something, since pretty much everything over there is disturbing).
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    scb wrote:
    Fuck that. I'm gonna go read something less disturbing on the Moving Train before I go to bed (and that's saying something, since pretty much everything over there is disturbing).

    It's good to know I'm making an impression. :P
  • Arcticangel
    Arcticangel Posts: 1,443
    scb wrote:
    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    um, can someone tell me precisely WHY i'm reading this thread before I go to bed??? I'm not a squeamish person, but you better believe that I'm gonna flip my covers up before I get in :-)

    That's JUST what I was thinking. Fuck that. I'm gonna go read something less disturbing on the Moving Train before I go to bed (and that's saying something, since pretty much everything over there is disturbing).

    Do we need to bump the bat thread?
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