bedbugs

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

This isn't a Davis-centric PSA (thank goodness), but as we gear up for the usual May/June mass exodus, and the sidewalks flood with random items to be picked over before trash night, I thought y'all might find this article on bedbugs an informative read. I know it seems like common sense to not drag random mattresses in off the street, but hey, these things spread in weird ways.

If you're an inveterate scavenger, or just like giving and getting free stuff, there is a lively Somerville Freecycle community where you won't have to ask yourself, "Why IS this armchair on the curb?"

Comments

[myselftheliar.livejournal.com]

I had bedbugs, and it was hell. HELL I SAY. Be very careful what you bring inside. I got them from staying at a friends who (unbeknownst to me) had brought in a couch off the street. This was near fenway, but even so, BE CAREFUL

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

I am remembering my first Boston boxspring, dragged in off the curb on September 1 a decade ago...ah, innocence! Thankfully it was fine, but won't ever do that again.