For the Love of God: Crickets!!

[j44ke]

The why and wherefore escapes me, but I am waging a pitched battle against crickets that get into the house in search of a perfectly resonant corner or chamber where they can project their monochromatic soliloquy into space. I love crickets, they are plenty cute and their songs are part of spring. But they are loud and tireless and if two get in at the same time, they do a saturating rendition of infinity. Also in cricket world, size does not matter. I kept looking for one in the mechanism of one of our sliding doors, and I couldn't find it. Just some kind of tiny spider. That was the cricket! A grain of rice is bigger. But the sound out of that thing! He should get as many girlfriends as he is seeking, because that sound out of something that small is a work of art. But I threw him outside into the night anyway.

[Too Tall]

The why and wherefore escapes me, but I am waging a pitched battle against crickets that get into the house in search of a perfectly resonant corner or chamber where they can project their monochromatic soliloquy into space. I love crickets, they are plenty cute and their songs are part of spring. But they are loud and tireless and if two get in at the same time, they do a saturating rendition of infinity. Also in cricket world, size does not matter. I kept looking for one in the mechanism of one of our sliding doors, and I couldn't find it. Just some kind of tiny spider. That was the cricket! A grain of rice is bigger. But the sound out of that thing! He should get as many girlfriends as he is seeking, because that sound out of something that small is a work of art. But I threw him outside into the night anyway.

Textbook case in favor of a cat.

[bigbill]

I'm not into catch-and-release when it comes to crickets, especially at night. Fortunately, they aren't a thing in NW Arizona, but they are in the Flagstaff area, especially in mountain cabins. I was this close to burning it all down one evening.

[ides1056]

Get a gecko or two.

[Mabouya]

Due to my misspent youth I've been dealing with a moderate case of tinnitus for as long as I can remember. Consequently I don't have a huge amount of sympathy for Jorn, and I know that it's a darn good thing he doesn't have to experience what I "hear" just about every waking moment of my life... ; )

[TonyP]

Due to my misspent youth I've been dealing with a moderate case of tinnitus for as long as I can remember. Consequently I don't have a huge amount of sympathy for Jorn, and I know that it's a darn good thing he doesn't have to experience what I "hear" just about every waking moment of my life... ; )

The good thing is the tinnitus drowns out the crickets. And in my case, most everything else.