Fly Swatters

[jennyjoan]

I have used above to great avail however after many years use they have become extremely limp. I bought new ones which were 3 in a pack and right away I knew they are too limp too - the flies get away.

Where can I buy a strong one. I don't want electric etc ones. thanks

[-SharonA-]

Try a tennis racket with the strings covered in double sided tape.

That'll catch 'em!!!!!!

[ladybirder]

I'm a good fly squatter jj, you can use me;-))

[ladybirder]

^ LOL Swatter!!

[trt]

Yesterdays newspaper, help to save the planet!

[Olivio]

I just pull open the net curtains and usher the fly outside with a cushion. Sometimes it's easy and others it's like playing at Wimbledon but I suppose I could always see the cardio benefit of the David and Goliath, Woman vs Fly.

Otherwise use a hardy fly spray from the pound shop but watch out as once you spray them they attack for a few minutes before dying.

[jennyjoan]

I think i may pick up a good one in a local hardware shop a cuppla miles away. If I do I will buy 2 one for upstairs and down - i can't stand the funkers!!!

[jennyjoan]

Olivio - don't have nets - used to tho - windows are wide open - oh no they can find their way in but can't find their bloody way out.

[Olivio]

They're horrible JennyJoan especially the giant Bluebottles which appear to be getting larger and larger each year. I'm pretty sure I saw one the size of a golfball the other evening. Scary.

[ladybirder]

Have you thought about fitting fly screens to your windows jj?

[jennyjoan]

too many windows and too big - most of them are like the size of shop windows. no, the oul swatters (durable) ones are great - I'm great at killing the funkers LOL

[EcclesCake]

Someone I once worked with could kill a fly by cutting them in half with a cooks knife. His success rate was breathtaking!

[jennyjoan]

oh Yuck

[rockyracoon]

That's mildly scary.

[EcclesCake]

He was a mildly scary kinda guy........

[Olivio]

Hopefully he washed it properly before using it to finish prepping the customers meals EcclesCake, but even then, Ewww.

[Quoi]

I use an elastic band................bit messy though. I used to be able to get them in mid air

[trt]

## Someone I once worked with could kill a fly by cutting them in half with a cooks knife. His success rate was breathtaking! ##

That reminds me of when I was a kid Eccles.
Me and my elder brother use to catch the bed bugs, put them on paper, and burn them alive on the gas cooker ring!

[Gill1941]

I have one of those electric tennis racquet types. Don't have to catch them in the air - if they are on a window you cover them with racquet and they roast when they try to fly off!

[gangesboy]

you can buy the battery racquets in poundland for a pound. I have 2 and they are brilliant