[Vision2020] Roaches, was tunnels

[Craine Kit]

In the 70's, I was one of two janitors in the UI Home Ec building.  
Roaches were everywhere.  I'd be working in the basement and hear the  
echoing crutch slow roach meeting its end,  followed by a maniacal  
laugh and a 'got you.' Made me cringe.

Kit Craine





On Feb 20, 2009, at 8:20 AM, Ellen Roskovich wrote:

> Sunil. . . I think the only roaches in Moscow live in the tunnels  
> under the UI.  And this is a good thing. . .  and we should all  
> hope they stay there.  They are HUGE!!  and they hiss.  One of my  
> son's classmates brought some to class for "show and tell".  They  
> ended up as classroom "pets" and I think they fed them cornflakes.   
> I can't imagine stepping on one. Yuck.
>
> Ellen A. Roskovich
>
> From: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:17:11 -0800
> Subject: [Vision2020] Roaches, was tunnels
>
> Janesta,
>
> I've never seen a roach in Moscow.  This is the second time I've  
> heard a roach story here, but I've still escaped them.
>
> In Malaysia we had Periplaneta americanas, which would fly around  
> outside and inside, and many other varieties. In Davis we had  
> smaller, non-flying roaches, and I was relieved not to find them here.
>
> Now I guess I had better start looking around more carefully.
>
> Sunil
>
> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:48:44 -0800
> From: janesta at gmail.com
> To: lfalen at turbonet.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Tunnels
>
> In 1978, I went into the tunnels, as I was working for a company  
> that had a contracted job down there.
>
> It was heebie-jeebie time... HUGE cockroaches, in my imagination  
> now, they are as big as Madagascar Beetles! HA!!   I did not think  
> those critters existed in Idaho because of the cold.
>
> It was big down there, and there was evidence of people visiting  
> for non work purposes. I don't have a clue how to get to them  
> anymore. It was quite an exciting part of the job.
>
> Janesta
>
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:49 AM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
> I will take your word for it. Heimisch may have  been wrong, but he  
> told me that when he was Acting Dean of CALS.
> Roger
> -----Original message-----
> From: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:01:44 -0800
> To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com,  Dickow dickow at turbonet.com,  
> vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Tunnels
>
> > The steam tunnels are NOT sealed from human access, Roger!
> >
> > I know this for a fact, first-hand fact.
> >
> > Enough said.
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> > > Not for steam, but according to Heimisch they are for people.  
> That all I
> > know about it. He
> > told me that just after they increased the security to the Ag.  
> Biotech.
> > Building.
> > > Roger
> > > -----Original message-----
> > > From: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
> > > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:44:02 -0800
> > > To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com,  Dickow dickow at turbonet.com,
> > vision2020 at moscow.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Tunnels
> > >
> > > > Roger Falen stated:
> > > >
> > > > "When I was an undergraduate living in Upham Hall, some kids  
> went from
> > > > there to all over campus by way of the tunnels. According to  
> Dick
> > > > Heimisch. they are now sealed off."
> > > >
> > > > Trust me, Roger.  The steam tunnels are NOT sealed off.
> > > >
> > > > Tom Hansen
> > > > Moscow, Idaho
> > > >
> > > > "For a lapsed Lutheran born-again Buddhist pan-Humanist  
> Universalist
> > > > Unitarian Wiccan Agnostic like myself there's really no  
> reason ever to
> > go
> > > > to work."
> > > >
> > > > - Roy Zimmerman
> > > >
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> >
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