Brought home scrap, and the cloth eating moth

**EcoSafe** · 09-08-2015, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by DakotaRog

Florida just has too many nasty critters. One nice thing about living in an area that has cold winters, some nasties can't over winter. I suspect Sioux Falls has roaches but I've never actually seen a live wild roach living here in South Dakota. Maybe I've just been lucky...

Want me ta send ya a few ?

**hobo finds** · 09-08-2015, 06:30 PM

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

Jean de la Bruyere

**nutpie** · 09-09-2015, 11:13 AM

Cannons on seagoing ships were most often made of bronze. Copper itself is too soft and sea water and the ocean air are very corrosive. (Think rusty iron cannon blowing up in your face.) Being at sea for years at a time their cannons needed a long shelf life.