Paradichlorobenzene is a pretty horrible carcinogen and toxin. Mothballs are rarely a good idea for any purpose whatsoever, although Iāve seen a clever trick for controlling lymeās disease that uses it.
To be fair, Iām pretty tired of inconsiderate neighbors letting their dogs crap in my yard too. I think this solution is a bit worse however.
As I recall, paradichlorobenzene melts at 53C - a blowtorch applied to the driveway might make for a slick result, and a smoother surface would emit less of that lovely chemical stench.
Of course, sweaters are in less danger in that neighbourhood than in most!
Butā¦she put them on the driveway, so doesnāt that sort of defeat her plan?
Iām trying to think of the last stink so serious as to offend the noses of one of our dogs and Iām drawing a blank. One might think her alpha dog marking of her turf would just be interpreted by the local canines as some sort of challenge, a top turd throw down, as it were. Or was she just trying to sufficiently offend the animals at the other end of the leash?
Things to add to your driveway to stop dogs shitting on it:
1: a gate
2: a sentry gun hosepipe*
*this is a thing, i remember seeing a vid of one built for exactly this purpose, but the problem was cats (harder to lock out of yards, cats). It was on Hackaday, I think
That was deeply weird. Broken API?
I strongly suspect that the site is designed to sell ads to hypochondriacs and this is simply an edge case, along the lines of the Keep calm and do unspeakable things t shirt fiasco.
OK, but I didnāt want any of the actual t-shirts that advocated specific unspeakable actions, but now I really really want one that literally says ākeep calm and do unspeakable thingsā, dammit.
Perhaps with an elder sign or a cthulhu in place of the crown?
Florida - I live in Tallahassee and all of this is incomprehensible to us all.
Florida woman, Florida man; theyāre our neighbors!
Iāve got one sayās āgan radge and eat cowies*ā
*ecstasy
Like antifreeze, moth balls have a sweet taste. Tempting for many animals and children. Definitely a health hazard scattered on a driveway
The alternative is naphthalene. Who knows which ones they are. Naphthalene is cool as it can double as a scintillator, if you get a photomultiplier to deposit it onto; voila, mothball radiation sensor! And it doesnāt even smell that bad.
Finely ground hot pepper usually does the trick without chemically maming the neighbor kids and no dog or cat is likely to try a second time.
OR this:
Bonus, it works against those noisy neighborhood kids as well!
If the neighbor kids are immune to the effects of inhaling cayenne they arenāt human. (Trust me on this, do not attempt at home.)
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