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 […]
Read More »Step one: renege on the deal brokered at your daughters shindig Step two: enact a new law that all golf courses can only have 15 holes Step three: build to your hearts content on the 90 hectares of land freed by making rich fat cats play 3 holes twice! There you go. Green Belt saved. […]
Read More »After being chastised for being waaaaay off topic and outside the realm of pest control, I calmly corrected the former employee that it is Robert’s Rants. Not “Percy’s Perspective on Pesticides” . So who has boundaries? Not I said the little red Robbie. But actually, banning abortions is pest related, you just need to follow […]
Read More »This just in, a RR exclusive! Registration #45697 Net. Contents 24 Active Ingredient: Polyethylene terephthalate Precautions: Only for sale to licensed operators, applicators, homeowners, cottage owners, over the age of 16 and with an IQ of 45 plus. May cause: Broken and/or dislocated metacarpals Bruising Bleeding Blood Clots Moderate to severe eye injury Frequent handling […]
Read More »Here’s the gist of the issue: PMRA wants to increase revenue, or lose people. Since they’ve eliminated more pesticides and/or uses than they have registered, their responsibility is shrinking. Less to keep busy hands and minds…never mind. By expanding their scope, outside their remit under the Act, and requiring registration or certification or just requesting […]
Read More »Hey, just a point of clarification to my 3 loyal readers. This is Robert’s Rants! Not Robert’s Kudos! Not Percy’s Praises! It’s nothing more than me griping (bitchin’) about anything I want. Just trying to point out ignorance, or in the the case of our government, people getting paid to do nothing more than make […]
Read More »So I’m certain by now you’ve all heard the news about the big neonic cancellation in the westerly coast city of Bancouver. Just that one little city, where if you step across the street into Burnaby or West Van or Surrey or wherever you can use neonics to your heart’s content. C’mon, I thought that […]
Read More »In my on-going assault on stupidity, and basically how to make a label an unusable document, let’s do some quick math on the correct label rate. So as you remember after using Dragnet for 25 years, the rate for permethrin is and always has been 0.5% solution. Except termites. And their label has said put […]
Read More »Okay, here’s the contest and it’s easy peasy as my Granddaughter says: The first person to accurately count the number of times “Toxic to Bees” appears on the NEW DRAGNET LABEL wins! Use the label on the PMRA label search, dated last August. Simply email me with your guess…I mean count…to rpercy@gardexinc.com. I’ll give you […]
Read More »Alright, don’t yell for my span in betwixt rants, although there’s been more than enough insanity to fry my brains this summer. But like the rest of you dealing with Covid-19 and all the thrill and ills has been exhausting. Boredom is really draining you know. But damn if I wasn’t shaken out of my […]
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