Check out the full interview here app.5mag.co Hello people, welcome to issue 8 of #5 magazine and it might just be the best yet, we’ll leave you to decide… For starters, look at the man on the cover. The one and only Example, Rio was off in the states when we interviewed him but our man Vis has done a stand up job in his absence… One man Rio did meet though was Ne-Yo, a true Mr Independent who has had success as an artist a producer and a songwriter. That’s quite a hat-trick. Completing the musical trio is Miss Alice Gold, one of the rising stars of British rock who used to live in a castle in Luxembourg. As you do… After that we’ve got a par of legends for you. First there is surfing’s big wave hunter, the Brazilian Maya Gabeira, followed by the King of the comic books, Mr Stan Lee. Elsewhere we’ve got our new Movement page where you can air your views, some cutting edge fashion from the streets of London, gadgets so beautiful they’ll make your hair curl, competitions that you’ll trip over yourselves to enter and 128 minutes of music, film and exclusive footage. That’s right folks, 128 minutes. So this is not only the best issue of #5, but also the biggest. Thanks for the reading and make sure you get in touch by hashtagging #5letters.
The electric insect killer is the best way of ridding your immediate vicinity of insects, especially the flying ones such as mosquitoes. The hand held insect killer vaporizes any insect from a mosquito to a gnat instantly on contact with a nice, loud, electrical ‘zap’!
However, this is not to say that the electric insect killer cannot be used outside, as long as it is not raining. It should be treated like any other high voltage electrical equipment. Keep the indoor bug killer dry and definitely do not use it while you are standing in water!
Models do vary a lot, but there are really only two types of electric insect killer: the battery operated bug zapper and the rechargeable electric bug killer. Both models are equally effective at zapping bugs and work on the same principle.
The electric bug killer resembles a ‘kids’ tennis racket, but with three layers of ‘strings’, which are in fact wires. The central grid of wires becomes electrified at the touch of a button, while the other two grids, one on either side, are only earths.
When an insect is caught between the wires of the electric insect zapper, it creates a short, which vaporizes it instantaneously with a loud crack. The electric insect killer will kill other bugs too, but they just burn rather than just disappear.
I have been using the rechargeable kind for about five years and am extremely happy with the hand held insect killer. In fact, the electric insect killer has come a long way in the last few years. A fully charged electric bug zapper is strong enough to last for a few hundred swipes and will hold it’s charge, when unused, for weeks without any noticeable discharge.
The battery recharge unit will take intensive use for the best part of a year, although its ability to hold a charge for a few weeks gradually reduces after six or seven months.
The most recent indoor bug zapper I’ve used has a main on/off switch, a light that comes on when it is activated (the brightness of this light also indicates the battery’s strength) and an LED that comes on when the zapper is on recharge.
The instructions on the wrapper say that it should be (re)charged for about sixteen hours. I usually put it on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the indoor insect killer shows a marked increase in performance after only a couple of hours recharging.
The latest model I’ve had also comes with a powerful light called a ‘headlamp’. I have found this very handy when out in the garden, but I’m unsure whether it’s supposed to attract the flies in the dark so that you can kill them if you’re feeling bored or just vindictive, rather like an Anglerfish.
I’ve used the headlamp on my electric insect zapper for that too, but the headlamp uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the indoor bug killer is a big asset to any outdoor event. The hand held bug killer is useful to ‘clean out’ your bedroom before retiring; it’s unbeatable for evening mosquitoes and it will clear a lunch table of wasps as well.
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There are several types of stuff that you could give to your man that he will surely appreciate. In doing so, make sure that it is something appropriate for the occasion. Don’t just buy him something that he won’t use or something that he really can’t use but can’t refuse to accept it so just for formality, he’ll act surprised and eager to have it. If you think that you’ve thought every possible thing that he might like and now you’re just running out of wits, then I suggest you stick with the more unconventional type of gifts.
For starters, you may pack up a nice and sexy tote bag filled with different kinds of toiletry items that he will most likely use on a daily basis such as a nice aftershave, cologne, mouthwash, facial foam and other stuff that he can use. If you’re not too sure about what kind of scent he likes or if you really don’t know what type of scent your guy goes after (he might not like the scent of cologne you chose for him), you can play it safe and just get a good bottle of wine. I strongly suggest you grab a bottle of Root:1 Cabernet Sauvignon. At $10.99 a bottle, it’s a good deal because you get a good taste of vanilla without losing out all the other fruit flavors of plum and cherry. It’s really good and he will surely love it.
Another great gift item that you could actually give to your man is a bottle of Almond Massage oil. It also means that you better get your hands ready for a full blow-by-blow physique massage and you might need another bottle to follow the first one you bought. I would say get two of it and keep one in your bag just in case you need more due to extended pleasure.
Have you ever heard or come across the item called Kinky Dice? Neither have I but now that I’ve seen it, I think I’ve seen everything. This type of dice is not for monopoly or for a game of snakes and ladders. It doesn’t have those dots on each face but instead, a dice could have different body parts indicated on each face and another one has action words that say tickle, touch, lick, suck and a lot more. There are lots of kinky dices that have different action words and body parts indicated on them so you can just buy the ones which you think you can bear with.
You see, there are a lot of things that you can give him that shouldn’t cost you an arm and a leg and at the same time, you’ll both benefit from it. Just make sure to buy him something that you have really thought of.
There are lots of stuff that you can buy with money, but then you’ll only soon realize that he really doesn’t want it because he doesn’t need it. It doesn’t matter if it’s the cheapest gift you’ll ever give to him. As long as it’s something useful and enjoyable, it’s good to go. After all, it’s the thought that counts.
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Some of the most common indoor bugs we see anywhere in the world are flies, spiders, fleas and beetles. No-one likes to see a bug in the house, so most people will go to almost any extremes to get rid of these common indoor bugs. The less common indoor bugs may be woodlice, earwigs, scorpions and millipedes or centipedes, although they are not less unwelcome.
It does not matter where you live in the world, it is very difficult to keep these common indoor bugs outside, unless you go to the extremes of keeping all your windows and doors closed all of the time, which is quite impossible. I now live in Thailand and I know for certain that this is not possible.
So, just what can you do about it? Well, let’s deal with all the flying bugs first, as of all the common indoor bugs, I think they are the most obnoxious indoor bug. They are very irritating, buzzing around your head and mosquitoes and other flies can create painful sores and besides that, all flies carry disease. I hate to see them walking on food, knowing that they have more than likely just come off some dung heap somewhere and now they are spitting on my food in order to taste it with their stinking feet!
My first line of defence is fine-mesh door and widow screens. They are not expensive and can be added retrospectively to any window. My window meshes slide, so they will cover only one half of the window at a time, but I do not think that’s a problem. You can still set up cross-winds, by opening two or more windows at opposing sides of a room. I just love to see the flies on the mesh trying to get in by day and the mosquitoes doing the same by night. At night, it is wise to burn as little light indoors as possible in order not to attract these common indoor insects.
My second line of defence is natural predators – lizards, like Geckos (Jin Jok, in Thai). Some people don’t like them in the house either. I can’t say I’m all that keen on them indoors myself, but they are hard to keep out and they do consume hundreds, if not thousands, of indoor bugs every day. I like to see them lying in wait on the outside of the mesh, ready to pounce on any bug trying to struggle its way through the mesh.
My third line of defence is an indoor bug zapper. You know, the electric, handheld bug zapper that looks like a toy tennis racquet. The come in two forms: battery and rechargeable kinds. They are fantastic at trapping and destroying any flying indoor bug. The inset literally explodes and vaporizes on contact with the fully-charged wires of the indoor bug zapper. If you haven’t tried using one, you really ought to. They are most gratifying. These three defences keep our house pretty much free of flying insects.
The creeping common indoor bugs are less of a problem really. Door screens on self-closers will keep 99% of them out and the Geckos will help too. Spiders can get in fairly very easily, but then, I don’t mind them too much as long as they keep out of my way, as they consume other bugs too. They are on our side to be honest. However, for those who can not bear to catch them and put them outside, the handheld indoor bug zapper works a treat on spiders too.
Fleas can be a problem, if you have cats or dogs, but then if you wash or dust the animal once a month, you should be able to keep those common indoor bugs under control quite easily. However, there are two final measures that we use. Once a week, before we go out for the day, we spray every room with fly killer and every six-months we spray any rugs or carpets with an insect killer containing permethrin, which will survive washing and vacuuming for that long without losing its ability to kill common indoor bugs on contact. If you follow these measures, you will be able to keep your home or office quite free of the most common indoor bugs and any less common indoor bug too.
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I don’t know whether you have ever used a handheld, indoor bug zapper, but I think that they are amazing. I’m talking about the handheld kind that looks like a child?s plastic, toy tennis racquet. They come in two basic forms. I rather the rechargeable bug zapper, because batteries end up costing more than the indoor bug zapper itself, although you could always buy rechargeable batteries, but then they are expensive too.
My wife and I like to spend time in the garden. We meet friends there, dine there and in general loaf about outdoors, as do most folks around here, when they are not working. Besides, it’s far cooler outside than indoors. A comfy chair, some snacks, a cool drink and a book or a friend and life does not get much better. In fact, it?s idyllic.
That is until about six or seven o’clock when the first wave of mosquitoes have judged that the sun’s rays have lost enough strength that they will not evaporate and they come out searching for blood. Some evenings are worse than others, of course. Normally, the mosquitoes are fairly bearable, particularly seeing as I have discovered the indoor bug zapper. (I don’t know why it is called an ‘indoor bug zapper’, it is equally as functional outdoors as in)..
It’s not that I want to kill things, but I find it difficult to have sympathy for mosquitoes. Nevertheless, I do get a certain amount of enjoyment from seeing and hearing mosquitoes and other bugs literally blow up with a flash and a spark as they come into contact with the electric and ground wires of the indoor bug zapper. These electric bug zappers are capable of packing quite a charge, especially if the batteries are new or the pack is wholly charged.
The other day, I discovered a novel use for my handheld, indoor bug zapper. I’ll tell you how it came about. I was in the garden, as usual, and my bug zapper was close at hand as the first squadron of mosquitoes was due. I had my book in one hand and the bug zapper on my knees, when my wife asked me to go to the shop for her. No problem, so, I set off on the five minute walk.
I was half-way there when I realized that I had the indoor bug zapper in my hand, but it was not worth taking it home and beginning the trip again. Anyhow, on my return trip, I had my small bag of groceries in one hand and the indoor bug zapper in the other, when a local bully of a dog came running out of a garden straight for me. This has happened often and, although he has never bitten me yet, it is quite intimidating. He stood there glaring at me with teeth bared and his ‘pack’ of sundry local friends came out to surround me and join in.
I don’t really know what the best course of action is in this situation. I have tried holding my ground, but the intimidation just goes on and I have tried to keep walking, but he gets worryingly close by on occasion. This time, I unexpectedly lashed out with the indoor bug zapper and just caught him on the snout. Well, I’m not sure whether it hurt him, it did not seem to too much, but it gave him a very nasty shock in more ways than one, I can tell you! He leapt about four feet into the air as if he were on a pogo stick and then ran for all he was worth with all his pals following him. It was very gratifying after six months of aggravation from this dog.
Anyway, I don’t take my indoor bug zapper everywhere with me, but I will in future, if any more local dogs bother me. I know it works a treat. I have seen that one since, but he keeps far away from me and doesn’t utter a sound. I think I would take my indoor bug zapper with me, if I were wandering in an unknown part of town or the park nevertheless.
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