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Author Archives: outbackmat
I Made a Birdhouse
It’s been far too long since I posted anything here and I think it’s time for an update. I am not going to make up for 3 weeks of missed posts in one blog so I will make it simple. … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronaut, birdhouse, Canada, Chris Hadfield, Gestapo, Hadfield, inspiration, internationalspacestation, Pest control, Space, Space Shuttle
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They are All Trying to Kill You!
I encounter a lot of phobias in my line of work, some are understandable and some completely outrageous. I will admit there are a lot of critters who are really creepy, like the bed bug, but they pretty harmless. Other … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear attack, Bed bug, bee sting, Black Widow, British Columbia, Brown Recluse, Brown recluse spider, Canada, mosquito, phobia, rattlesnake, Sodoku, Spider, Spider bite, Sudoku
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The Worst Kind of Customer
I find myself pretty frustrated throughout a day of work sometimes and I generally need to take a step back and meditate a bit. Let’s face it, like a proctologist, I see a lot of assholes. This is just a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bed bug, Customer, customer service, Home, Homeowners, internet, Pest control, Pesticide, satire, Shit
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Tolerance
This weeks topic is on tolerance. This is about all the things that bother us and regardless of how painful, annoying or inconvenient they are, we must endure to live with them and in many cases, embrace them. I think … Continue reading
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Tagged Ant, Biology, climate, ecosystem, Fire ant, gay pride, Insect, Invasive species, Julia Roberts, Pest control, pride, Richard Gere, Schmidt Sting Pain Index, tolerance, Vancouver
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Vendetta
So, this had been an incredibly boring 7 days. I have been struggling with finding subject matter to entertain you all with this week. That is until my last call on Friday, today. Yes Friday, the new Monday. I went … Continue reading
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Tagged Allergy, avengers, bad day, Friday, Health, Pest control, sting, Stinger, swollen, vendetta, Wasp, wasp nest, wedding, Yellowjacket
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Death and Dead Things
There are a lot of things about my job that I simply cannot sit around and discuss with my wife at dinner. I don’t work for the CIA or anything as romantic as that. It’s just pest control, but my … Continue reading
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Tagged Brad Pitt, death, Gwenyth Paltrow, Gwyneth Paltrow, hanging, Horror film, movie, Pest control, Raccoon, seven, suicide, superman, what's in the box
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Out of Sync
That’s right, I’ve started a boy band cover group. It was either Out of Sync or We B 3, but the former won because there are five of us. I was inspired because as I write this my wife is … Continue reading
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Tagged 98 Degrees, Adidas, Backstreet Boy, Boy band, escapism, falcons, funny, humor, nature, New Kids On The Block, NSYNC, Pest control, wilderness
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Switching Off
I have just returned to work after a short holiday. This was a long weekend of redneck wonderment. We shot guns, threw axes, drank and we lounged in the water. One evening I got pretty intoxicated and when I say … Continue reading
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Tagged BIlly the Exterminator, drunk santa, Earth, exterminator, Health, Management, Mental Health, modern family, Peace, Stress, stress management, Work
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Perception
People ask me all the time what it’s like in a day of the life in my job. It’s exactly like this, a little less nuclear perhaps, but close enough: The fact of the matter is, every person you talk … Continue reading
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Tagged equation, fear, funny, Ghostbusters, mice, Perception, rats, Reality
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