Is a guarantee a guarantee if you have to pay an annual fee for it? That's the question Chris over at The Consumerist is asking. After paying $1,700 to have Orkin exterminate the termites in his 60-year-old house last year, Chris was surprised to be charged $214 this...
Let’s call the whole thing off. The ninety-decibel, seventeen-year reunion with the Midwest Cicada is about to begin. They call this brood 13, and it happens to be the lucky number for those states around Illinois. While mainly harmless, they can damage or kill small...
Termites are high on the list of Insects We Could Do Without. I’d even put them above mosquitoes, primarily due to the damage costs incurred yearly by homeowners nationwide. Termite control is an industry unto itself, and it continually sees new products and means to...
If I could have just one of God’s creatures wiped completely off the face of the Earth, it would be the mosquito. Nothing ruins an outdoor event like the mosquito—swarming, buzz-in-your-ear, blood-sucking mosquitoes. Sadly, none of my prayers have been answered, so I,...
