Robert's Rants
Robert's Rants
A personal blog on the Canadian pesticide industry and other pet peeves and interests

Trudeau coughs up $4bn for affordable housing! 7 new Toronto home starts!

A slight exaggeration but not that far off. As the new average home price hits $700k, we’re going to make some 5800 families happy. and thats all good, but Take that same $4 billion and hire 32,000 nurses and/or police and/or teachers at $125,000 each. Imagine the effect on 20 hour emergency room visits, and […]

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Read the Label…if you can!

Okay, so my ranting about this label issue and a major gap in communications that needs addressed continues! The fine print is too damn fine. Simple enough. The whole pest control manufacturing industry, at least those still dumb enough to be in the pesticide business, are required to put a label and a booklet/pamphlet/Directions For […]

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So about this “Residential” definition

It makes you wonder how many people (including children) sat around in a committee, eating tax dollar donuts, did it take to come up with a definition for ”residential”? This ones from Demand CS 11.2 Animal Housing (such as poultry and livestock housing) For indoor applications to residential areas (where the general public, including children […]

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It’s that time! Read the Label! I dare ya’…

To try to interpret the damn things. I know I’m getting old and dumb(er) but I swear the Direction for Use labels for new products, and those recently reviewed, makes it harder to actually use the product. In a recent poll, nearly 75% of the PCO’s residing in the US read the label, compared to […]

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I’m always amazed at the beauty of a simple Spider web.

I took the above picture last night as the sun was starting to set. Simply beautiful for a split second, with time and hour and planets lined up just right. like a tiny moment of Zen. 10 seconds later a yellow jacket hit the web and a short battle ensued, with the spider using all […]

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Twice-Stabbed poor thing

I don’t make these up.  A Twice -stabbed Lady Beetle.   Kinda Shakespearean. Coulda been “Black Ladybug with Two Red Spots” Spreading it’s elytra to dry out her wings.    

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I’m sorry, but our neighbors to the south are just too damn funny

A picture in the Sunday NYT (New York Times) yesterday shows a young woman with all the garb taking a refresher target practice course.  Honing hers skills with a .38 S&W. Police Force maybe? Security Guard? NCIS?  FBI? CSI Miami? Nope nope nope A kindergarten teacher.  I repeat, kinder…garten…teacher. Big lined paper…check Crayons…check Weekly readers…check […]

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Bug of the Day

I was out walking Blu and Lucy “The Hellhound” around the neighborhood when I came across this little creature. Not one, but thousands European Firebug,   Look at the perfection in the markings.  Millions of years of evolution have led to an art no one can duplicate. Seems winters are longer, milder.  Summer is short […]

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I guess I’m just plain simple

But I’m really having a hard time with this one. The ugly looking pile on my desk, with the fine Corinthian leather, is a document allowing me to participate in a tender with a government agency helping those that need some help.  And help in servicing and procuring products in their pest prevention program. I […]

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A Handsmaid’s Tale: Now playing live in D.C.

So 9 conservative Supreme Court justices are changing the rights of women to control their own destinies and bodies.  All in one little vote and signing a decision. Did you see they’re smiling photo shoot?  The pasty ass smiles killed me. 9 people nominated by 1 or 2 old men, and approved by another 100 […]

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