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michael · super moderator Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 981

There's a bed bug epidemic of sorts in big cities across Canada. Records and statistics are not kept but exterminators and public health offices say in the last seven years, they've seen a surge in complaints about bed bugs.

How did they get there? Travelling, sleeping in hotels and motels. Are you a frequent traveller? Do you check your suitcases, bodies and clothes when you get home?

Nasty little blood sucking bugs that leave bite marks on your body. Indeed, that's the signature mark of bed bugs, tiny critters that survive by sucking human blood while their hosts sleep.

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GardenTalker · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:02 am Post subject:

Yikes, never thought about them, we stay in motels when heading south, and coming home.
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Prairie_gal · Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 54 Location: Alberta, Canada

When I was 26, I stayed in a Pens-i-on in Athens....I remember just before I set my backpack on to the cot, the propriator came in and sprayed the mattress with a Lysol type substance..... turned the mattress over, and sprayed again. I was dumbfounded....but still stayed there at $1.50/night....

I had the book called Travel Europe on $5.00/day....it was true you can spread your money out to last a long time, now the hostels..are another story.... the early bird gets the worm...or sleep in and pick up a roll and cheese from the street.

Saying that, my standards are MUCH higher and would sooner pay more for a clean place.
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Anonymous · My Hero/Heroine Joined: 01 Jan 1970 Posts: 16777215

My god we are planning a trip for December to get away for the holidays. We need a break from all this and we deserve it. This never crossed our minds. My god wait til I tell the wife this one. We have done a lot of traveling but guess we have been the fortunate ones. Shocked

Prairie_gal · Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 54 Location: Alberta, Canada

Hi Wildbill,
This incident was in 1977, I'm hope that you wouldn't encounter this now.

After reading above, maybe we should be carrying a can of Lysol with us. Enjoy your holidays Razz

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Anonymous · My Hero/Heroine Joined: 01 Jan 1970 Posts: 16777215

That would be awful to bring something like that home in a suitcase. I can't imagine how upset the wife would be about that and me as well of course. Sad

Midlander · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject: Re: BED BUGS