One morning recently, I discovered an inordinate amount of ants had
decided that my driveway would make a good place to build a home. And without
even asking permission, they’d moved right in—all 14, 273 of them! No, I didn’t
actually count. That’s just a rough estimate.
Now, in the old days, getting rid of them would have been easy—pour
about half a gallon of gasoline down the hole and strike a match! VoilĂ ! No
more ants! But these days, with all the goofy laws, I’m sure that method of
extermination is strictly prohibited. Besides, with all the neighbors coming
out to go to work, setting a big fire in my driveway is probably not a good
plan. I don’t need the fire department, police, and the EPA showing up with
their SWAT Teams! But leaving the ants there, to continue building tunnels and
mounding up sand while their population of 14,273 increased to double that or
more, was not an option.
The problem is, most of the methods I know of exterminating ants are
likely illegal. Actually, a lot of things I know in general are probably
illegal. When I was growing up, and learning how to deal with everyday
problems, we didn’t have an insane bunch of bureaucrats to over-regulate
everything under the sun. Back then, if we’d had half of the laws we do now,
I’d have probably been a seasoned criminal by age 12!
Sure, there are many products available that promise to get rid of ants
or solve other household problems. The problem is, they don’t work. Not
effectively. For instance, the new and improved “environmentally safe” weed
killers have to be sprayed multiple times. Once used to do the trick. But that
was the old stuff. The good stuff. Unless you are a rancher or insecticide
dealer, you can’t get the good stuff. This applies to many products these days,
insecticides, pesticides, and more. Even paint thinner has been emasculated.
I just shake my head when I walk through the store and see all the
“Environmentally safe” labels. All that label says to me is that the product
more than likely doesn’t work. I get the feeling that the manufacturers are
somewhere laughing at us; their impotent products are not cheap!
And so, I’m left to coming up with my own ways
to solve my problems. Like the ants. Yes, I got rid of them. No, I’m not saying
how. But, they’re gone. All 14, 273 of them!
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Of Justice, and The Wynn Garrett
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