The Guardian is celebrating the Beijing Olympics by publishing short stories, and the first one is a hilarious one written by Hari Kunzru, and it features pandas. It also reminds me of Chet. :D
The bane of every book collecting person: the Silverfish. DUN DUN DUNNNNN!!!
How to get rid of them?
If one book has been infected, place it inside an air-tight plastic bag along with some silica gel desiccant. The silica gel is important to get rid of moisture, because you will now place the sealed plastic bag with the book in it inside the freezer. Leave it in there for a couple of days so that those bugs catch their death of cold.
If you're feeling particularly paranoid, (like I usually am) feel free to leave the plastic bag in there for a week. If they're not dead, then you might likely have an infestation of zombie silverfish, which is out of the scope of this blogpost.
But what if a whole colony of silverfish decided to invade your whole bookcase? Then you have to make sure you're ready for war.
Place a generous amount of silica gel (or if you can find it, diatomaceous earth) behind your books at the back of the shelves so that moisture levels remain low. Silverfish l…
How to get rid of them?
If one book has been infected, place it inside an air-tight plastic bag along with some silica gel desiccant. The silica gel is important to get rid of moisture, because you will now place the sealed plastic bag with the book in it inside the freezer. Leave it in there for a couple of days so that those bugs catch their death of cold.
If you're feeling particularly paranoid, (like I usually am) feel free to leave the plastic bag in there for a week. If they're not dead, then you might likely have an infestation of zombie silverfish, which is out of the scope of this blogpost.
But what if a whole colony of silverfish decided to invade your whole bookcase? Then you have to make sure you're ready for war.
Place a generous amount of silica gel (or if you can find it, diatomaceous earth) behind your books at the back of the shelves so that moisture levels remain low. Silverfish l…
haha i was just about to link it for chet on my blog too!!
ReplyDeleteThe pandas' way of talking is just what I imagine would be if pandas could talk. I don't trust those cute furballs...I know they're going to fling a little red book at me and spout Maoism when I least expect it!
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ReplyDeleteWhat! Well count me disappointed Chet! Now I have to find a new purpose in life!
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