Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly (Post 8994116)

Yeh,..you and me both.
Tis a bit of an art form just as you say.
One of the secrets is to initially aim for their asses or just behind them, as the crafty baskets actually lift off backwards, if you could see them in slow motion.
Another is to wait till they start walking or moving slightly.
Obviously they can't concentrate on two things at the same time, so they are then very easy meat.
I have one of those electrified tennis racket gadgets which fries them, but also costs a fortune in broken ornaments if you don't have an accurate swing.
Then there's also the spring loaded kids gun which shoots a plastic disc and zaps them on the wall from a distance.
It can almost get to be total warfare at certain times of the year. :frown: :rofl:

Problem is I occasionally get drunk with power, or something else, and imagine I am George Bush trying to save the free world from total annihalation. lol.
Sure beats the hell out of them silly computer games anyway.

Originally Posted by bil (Post 8994645)

In the UK I used to have an air rifle that fired compressed air, and could be fired without a pellet unlike most as it damages them.

This was great as the blast of air would vapourise them. I'm trying to work out a lure, something they love to land on. You then spray it with the cockroach killer that is supposed to last up to a year, and every time they land on it they die.

Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly (Post 8994770)

Whilst I agree they are fair game, I think you are beginning to sound more like a mass murderer every time you post.

Sadam Hussein eat your heart out. ;) :rofl: