Itch itch...scratch scratch

Just reading about this whole bed bug invasion....has me sitting at my desk squirming in my seat! In addition to some colleges, they have shut the Nike Store down in NYC as a result of an infestation there.  As far as I know I have never seen a bed bug in person NOR do I want to.  I have seen a few roaches in my day....but the thought of a bugs trying to snuggle up to me in bed....freaks me out. It seems that you must get rid of your whole mattress set if you get infested. Be careful out there my people. Be careful and inspect when you go to hotels, friends and family homes.   At hotels, I am one of those people who immediately discard the comforter off of the bed unless its one of those white ones that has the outside liners that can be washed. I inspect everything ..sheets, toilet, tub....before I lay my head or behind down. Lysol is my travel companion. BE CAREFUL!!!



Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!

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Summer may be over, but bedbugs don't seem to have ended their vacation in New York.

Their latest hideout is the 95,000-square-foot Niketown store in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. Nike told CNN the company closed the store because of the presence of bedbugs. A sign posted over the weekend said the story is "temporarily closed until further notice," according to CNN affiliate WABC.

In a major space like that, seven to 10 days of treatment are recommended to eradicate the vermin, says New York Magazine.

The pest control company Terminix has rated New York the number one bed bug city, according to WABC.

Elsewhere, bedbugs are going back to school: at Lehigh University, four dorm rooms were found to have bedbugs, CNN affiliate WFMZ reported Friday. Those rooms are being treated, Lehigh officials told WFMZ.

Hotel owners and guests alike are freaked out by the possibility of bedbugs. The horror stories are building up on websites such as The Bed Bug Registry and BedBugReports.com.

The bugs leave behind itchy bite marks on the skin, and some people have allergies to them. Bedbugs tend to live within 8 feet of where humans sleep, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That means that if you're a hotel guest, bedbugs can get in your suitcases and come home with you, says Howard Russell, entomologist with diagnostic services at Michigan State University. You might want to consider keeping your luggage in garbage bags to prevent bedbugs from becoming stowaways.

It's not as easy as just waiting for the critters to die, since bedbugs can live for one year without eating.

Check out this video to find out what the government is doing to combat the problem.

Listening to NPR, they noted bed bugs can be found in movie theater seats, airplanes and other public transport, waiting rooms etc.  This is scary stuff.  A friend got them in her sofa.  Its likeyly a family member picked them up somewhere seemingly clean. 

Its sort of bizarre. I mean its not like those bugs are supersmall or anything. Seems as if a person would notice but I guess not. 

You would think so.  I'm guesing that they stick to say a pair of jeans then you sit on your furniture and ...

I personally never sit on my bed in street clothes.  That's just the germaphobe in me. 

Gurl....I am the exact same way. As a matter of fact....that was one thing that my EX and I went round and round about. I mean....we go out here and sit on strange furniture, benches...rubbing up against God know what. I think the bed should not be defiled with anything from the outside. The girls know that the first thing they are suppose to do is shed the school clothes upon coming in the door.   I don't wear my shoes nor let others wear theirs past the front alcove. I shutter to think about the crap that on the bottom of other folks shoes. I admit...I am a germaphobe too. I could go on and on about my precautions ( I don't touch any door knobs and handles with my bare hands, keep my sanitizer at the ready etc...)

Hey girl long time no see.  I'm a germaphobe too but

I have to try and regulate myself cause I can get crazy

about it.  I have the same problem with my husband

he will sit on the bed in clothes, he will lay mail or anything

else on the bed.  One day with shoes in hand he decided

to get something from his night stand.  Will you believe he

sat his shoes on the comforter?  When I got through

screaming I was tired but for this guy that don't guarantee

he won't do it again.  He has those memory laspes don't

you know?   lol

Hey Meso,

Nice to see you! Gurl....I am not as bad as I used to be. I used to be very obsessive with cleanliness before I had kids. I got to the point where I had to start making little messes for myself as a means of desensitization. When things were out of place, I would go bonkers...lol. Now its not that bad but I don't like to even think about other folks bodily fluid and dirt anywhere near me. Door knobs and handles are the worse....cause there are some nasty a@ss people out here that NEVER wash their hands. 

I remember back in the day....its was the norm for people (especially little old ladies) to come up to little kids and touch their hair, cheeks etc... I guess enough of them got cussed out...so I don't see it happening as much....lol!

Yep....it does seem that a lot of men...more so than women.... don't see or care about these issues.

Take it nice and easy....we are almost to the weekend.  

Hey MD,

I take alcohol and poor it over the faucets,

and toilet seat.  I just pour because it dries

quickly. I wipe glasses and lamp switches

and lamp pulls with it and I take sandwich

bags and drop the remote controls in and

zip them up. I shudder to think what could

be on them hands as folk lay up there

watching ***** and stuff!!   NOW, the bed

bugsss ...... ewwww!!!