diebbsdie on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
So I'm not really surprised, but the Manhattan Public Library on 40th and 5th ave has now had several complaints of bed bugs. Pix 11 did a story on it tonight, and talked to an exterminator from...
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I was near there a lil while ago and reminiscing about all the research I did there. I don't want to feel like I have to avoid libraries entirely. I can't afford to buy books all the time, nor can I...
View ArticleDeedleBeetle on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
Yo Clutter Free...DiebbsDie...gang..I actually got a Nook (i call it my "nookie" :-D) and it's a heck of alot of fun. I have downloaded almost my entire hard cover and paperback library ...for freeeee!...
View Articlecilecto on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
Link to news article:http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-bed-bugs-manhattan-library,0,3991111.story
View ArticleBlue_Ox on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
I am amazed that their statement says they found 2 bugs but that they don't consider it an infestation. Do they think that infestation means they have to see hundreds crawling around, like an anthill?...
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cilecto on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
Blue_Ox - 1 minute ago » I am amazed that their statement says they found 2 bugs but that they don't consider it an infestation. Do they think that infestation means they have to see hundreds...
View ArticleNobugsonme on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
I just did a blog post on this also. Please have a look.I wonder if the librarians attended the talk Rick Cooper gave there back in May?!?
View ArticleWinston O. Buggy on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
I can not speak specifically about this library as I have just the general info that the media has spun. However I was involved in two library cases and in both the problem was isolated in nature. In...
View Articlecilecto on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
> So i'm getting rid of the paper books that attract book lice and other crawling and biting things.BB can infest books. Can book lice infest beds?
View ArticleWinston O. Buggy on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
Actually book lice a.k.a. psocids are frequently mistaken for bed bugs, but they don't bite people unlike the Anoplura order with head, body and pubic lice.
View ArticleBugsInTO on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
It's been my observation that when books are returned to libraries, they are not examined. They are just scanned. Do you think it would be effective as a deterent if all returned books were examined?...
View Articlecilecto on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
> Maybe the receptacle for the After Hours Return should be redesigned to be sealed and self-contained so that librarians could open it and inspect the books. Any thoughts. 1. heated book drops. 2....
View ArticleNobugsonme on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
There's a bigger and more expensive version of a Packtite that looks like a big metal cabinet. Libraries could easily bake the quantities of books they receive in such an apparatus.On the other hand,...
View ArticleWinston O. Buggy on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
I was over in the 833/.912 stack and what did I see, but a cimex reading “Metamorphosis” just looking at me. He wiggled and waggled his proboscis at rest and went on reading and putting the librarians...
View ArticleMyWorstFear on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
In case sales of Kindle (and its look-alikes) were declining, they will now shoot back upwards. I've contemplated one, but there still remains the problem of what to do with that kindle when you come...
View Articlemadd love on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
WOW I can't believe the library is not taking this that serious. I am sure there are probably baby nymphs running around. Seeing two should cause an alarm. I was there a few times. Sometimes people are...
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Dear Deedle--you sound like you are very happy with your kindle! i'm happy for you. but i'm sad because i love my books and they make such pretty decoration. you also made a great point that reference...
View Articlecilecto on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
> Dear Cilecto--your advice is probably the wisest, but to view BBs as chronic and endemic to a part of this city, makes me sad. Is that our future? Just getting used to them? Is there no hope? I...
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hi cilecto,what do you mean people left cities in the mid-20th century? did they leave and move West to avoid bed bugs and filth?if that is true, i guess i'll have to find a job and relocate to the...
View ArticleBugsInTO on "Manhattan Public Library Infested"
I am thinking Cilecto meant the dreaded "suburbia". My parents moved to suburbia in 1961 (mid 20th Century.) It was a detached home with lots of space around it. It was a new home without cracks and...
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