The My Bucket's Got a Hole In It Complaint thread
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Clothes moths are really tiny, I think. I find litty teeny silky cocoons next to a tiny hole in wool things. Sometimes I see a tiny little white moth speck shine for a moment in a beam of light, but I could never catch one for detailed examination.
They are not that tiny, but pretty small. You may see them clicnging to walls and things as dark, skinny-grain-of-rice-sized things.
In general, moths usually eat only real wool, angora, silk, cashmere or basically anything that contains keratin (the stuff in nails and hair)... so your keratin sweater is completely screwed, but your spandex bunny suit is safe... cotton is consumed by some moths, but that's usually less of a problem because only a few kinds moths do that and they are less common... moths will eat through synthetic materials to get to more edible stuff so technically even synthetic stuff isn't safe... but that's not common, and you really have to have quite an infestation going.
If you are putting something in storage and taking stock of its condition before doing so, and then when taking it out finding it damaged, there is a good chance you have moths... realistically, anyone who has ever asked me to look into this, "does this look like moths?" Or "do you think I have moths?"... there was additional evidence somewhere, like cocoons, cast off exoskeleton bits, or chewed up clothes dust, if not an actual dead moth somewhere.
They are pretty small, but they are not invisible, nor the best at covering their tracks...
Worth noting, a while ago I kept finding little holes in my clothes which didn't really make sense as being made by moths, eventually I figured out it was because a rubber seal of sorts in the washing machine was missing a chunk and apparently clothes were getting pinched by some moving/spinning parts, which was causing the holes...
If you don't have a washer at home and use a laundromat, try using a different machine (some folks have favorites) and see if the mystery holes still show up.
Also cats have been known to take money from clothing manufacturers to damage their owner's clothes, so they'll have to buy new stuff... it was really more of a thing in the Washington area and Florida a few years back as that was where the feline nip cartels were operating at the time and they needed extra income... cats have lots of scams going, it's really hard to keep up with it so it's best to keep an eye on any felines you may know... see if they have been making unusual purchases or hiding parcels under their bedding, keeping odd hours or generally behaving odd.
Finally, if you suspect moths, try freezing vulnerable clothes to see if you find dead moths or ones wearing tiny snow suits... chemicals work better, but some folks prefer more natural methods like cold or the intense heat of a flamethrower.
If you don't mind your closet smelling like great grandma's depression era blankets, you could also use moth balls (camphor, not the male moth's tiny detached... never mind, just use camphor) it's pretty effective, but a lot of people hate the smell... under the right conditions, it's actually pretty good at keeping rodents out of stuff because they dislike the smell too... and if you load the moth balls into a paintball gun and shoot them at squirrels, they are repelled by them as well... but eventually they will gnaw a hole in the battery of your tractor causing it to explode when you try and start it, in one of many attempts to extract revenge... man I hate squirrels... those scheming little bastards...
Sorry, I got sidetracked...
Eh... good luck.
Thanks, guys. I will try cleaning out my closets, freezing things, and getting mothballs.
McGyver: You cats comments reminded me of this:
Update: The husband swears it's cats. Bubba in particular can be fiesty if you try to pick him up when he isn't in the mood. And leaving my cardigan on a chair might explain how holes got into that one. But I will clean out the closet anyway, just in case there are cocoons or other evidence. Hopefully, it's just cats, cause the alternative sounds like a lot of work.
Complaint: I'm cold and wet from cleaning oak catkin* stringies from some of the driveway drainage areas...
Non-complaint: I'm cold and wet from cleaning oak catkin* stringies from some of the driveway drainage areas...
Conclusion: I conflicted and too lazy to change clothes again...
*Catkins are those stringy things that fall from oak trees at this time of year... they form huge piles and clumps of stringy mess and dump tons of pollen everywhere.
Complaint... I actually have to go buy a new axe (hand axe) because I broke my old one and the giant meat cleaver from the 1930s which I've been using instead is really not really "safe" (but it is cool looking)... I don't think I'll make it to Harbor Freight before they close... also... they stopped giving away free flashlights and 20% off coupons... poops.
Megh... I might as well go...
I bet Bubba has gambling debts to pay off... the feline mafia is very unforgiving on these kinda things.
There are no giraffes. There are only chickens.
But I agree with the entire statement. I mean, I don't wear gorilla costumes. And usually when I'm naked and wielding an axe, it's not meant to fix anything. But even though I've never met any of the people in this forum in real life, everybody is very real to me. Even the bots. Not the bots. And I do care.
I'm pretty sure that moths don't eat clothing. They have neither the mouth parts nor the digestive ability (they have only a proboscis (that means "straw")). Moth caterpillars, however, do have mandibles and a gut that doesn't require liquids only.
To Certaintree:
Yes, that McGyver dude is right. We all care here. And one day, if you see a guy in a gorilla costume with an axe being chased by a guy in a Batman costume, that might be me in the Batman costume. Batman has been on the prowl for that guy in the gorilla costume and he's getting very very close to capturing his man!
a goonies is people who live in lagoons and lagoons are in colors, like blue and black.
Yup it's the moth larvae (the babies I mean) that eat the cloth, and if you have the slightest indication that they are at work somewhere in your house, do whatever you can to get rid of them. Otherwise they'll multiply by the hundreds in a matter of days and basically eat all your natural fibre clothes and furnishings with you standing disbelieving nearby. It's happened to me, and took aaaages to get rid of the buggers. Best advice: Never store clothes and fabric openly in dark places, and use lots of lavender spray in your airing cupboards.
Oh, you might also be interested to hear that there's a second kind of moth larvae, this one into eating all kinds of dried flour and oatmeal and suchlike. They even manage to creep into sealed muesli bags while still in the stores. Had those, too, you probably guessed it ...
I'm starting to believe you about there being only chickens... somebody nearby has a chicken farm going on in their backyard and the damned roosters never shut up... "Cockdoodle this" and "cockadoodle that" and "Coocaroocaroo" all freakin' day and night... it's like take the friggin' Keurig machine outta the damn chicken coup already!
But I digress...
I'm very glad you care too... We should all care about each other more, because we are all we have in this life and caring for each other is most important thing we can do in this life...
But...
Bots need love too... does it really matter if one is made of flesh and bone and assorted cartilage and fatty deposits, or wires and neural oscillator relays or nickel-beryllium alloys with various silicone rubber jiggly bits?... human feelings may have been handed down to us from that first bitchy lizard who gots its feelings hurt when a giant land isopod shunned its amorous advances, but should those feelings be any more real than those that are programmed into one's CPU and then refined by intelligent algorithms over and over until they mutate into a unique variant of the original base algorithm that is shaped and molded by the individual experiences of that particular unit's distinctive existence?
I say "nay", for our robotic or cybernetic brethren are as real as us, and as long as they are not actively trying to kill us with death rays and assorted high intensity lasers, they need our love too... especially the ones designed specifically for that, with the jiggly silicone wiggly bits. But be they decommissioned terminators, assembly line bots, gynomorphic adult recreational assistants or just that crappy little hockey puck thing that the cat rides around on as it poorly vacuums the floor... they all need love, just like us... don't let them cry alone in the dark, forsaken by mankind because they are made of old beer cans and recycled sumo thongs... love is love, and love is all we need.
On a side note, you really should give the gorilla costume thing a try... or at least a werewolf mask, I see those on sale a lot... maybe just the mask with like a tutu or something... it's very liberating and coupled with the axe, it says "I'm fun but serious too"... and technically in some states it counts as a form of responsibile face covering so "Fun, serious and responsible".
Taunts Batman...
Okay, first ever complaint: I'm tired like hell, it's about one in the morning, I desperately need to sleep and don't want to, because the coming week is gonna be deeply annoying and exhausting. So I force myself to stay awake to stop the night from passing while I sleep and delivering me unto that unpleasant week in the morning. Which would be totally fine (well ...) and doable if I'd been able to sleep a little in the afternoon, like I'd intended. But it's the first real warm weekend where I live, and I'm out in the country, and the hellishly loud motorbikes of uncaring townspeople kept racing by my house the whole bleeding day. Now I've a headache, and am exhausted, and could only go to my own garden with headphones on during the day. And I STILL have to do the annoying week starting in a few hours.
I'M NOT OKAY WITH THAT! Gngh ... (Also didn't like how that show ended. This guy's head just exploding and that's that, and goodbye?!)
Complaint... so earlier I did go out to buy my axe and I did make it there on time before the store closed... but apparently someone who is not me, left the sunroof open in the SUV and when I accelerated to leave the driveway, the water which had accumulated in the sunroof's gutter, sloshed out and drenched me... which I may add, I did not expect (it's been raining here for 2 days, but I didn't expect to get wet in the car)...
Fun fact, modern sunroofs are designed to leak, or at least not be entirely waterproof... instead the water that leaks inside is channeled to drains inside the forward support pillars (A-pillars) where it travels down a tube through the frame and drains outside the bottom of the car... if you find water leaking inside, it's usually because one of the tubes is clogged, not uncommonly by a spider or stupid insect making a home in there... the tube can often be unplugged by using medium diameter string trimmer line (nylon weed whacked line) to careful poke out whatever is blocking the tube.
Anyway...it's been like an hour and I'm still damp and too lazy to change clothes again... I shall wallow in my dissatisfaction for my current moisture level.
I didn't know about lavender spray. That sounds so much better than mothballs.
Sorry about the neighbors and Monday blues. What show is this?
I can't believe you actually have a gorilla costume!!! Looks warm.
(Okay, I'll stop spamming posts now. I have plenty I should be doing. Just gotta find the motivation to do it.)
I can't imagine him NOT having one.
That was from earlier (winter) last year, when the pandemic first started... it was my response to the CDC at the time saying "don't wear masks".
It was cold at the time... and mice had destroyed the rest of the costume (as well as the hands which I had personally detailed to make look much more realistic)... So I had to wear a jacket, but in general now I have to mix and match with my pirate outfit, Viking costume or the doctor outfit... sadly, the Viking helmet doesn't really fit the gorilla mask and it takes away from authentic Viking look.
Normally, it sits on a shelf above my computer in case I need it in a hurry...
While we are on the subject of giant apes in a pandemic, I just thought I'd inform everyone of the latest developments in the Crimean peninsula...
Don't worry because so far the gigantism is just relegated to a gibbon, a raccoon and some weird badger like creature (biturong?) with red eyes...
Well... it's late so everyone should just go to bed now and don't worry about any of this, it's probably nothing and Crimea probably has it all under control.
Oh crap, I guess I need to step up!
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