Chalk It Up.Venice Venice (vĕn`ĭs), Ital. Venezia, city (1991 pop. 309,422), capital of Venetia and of Venice prov., NE Italy, built on 118 alluvial islets within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice (an arm of the Adriatic Sea). resident Kathryn Alice thinks she's found a sure-fire way to keep ants out of her house after rainstorms like the one that hit L.A. last week. It's chalk. Not just any chalk This is insecticide insecticide Any of a large group of substances used to kill insects. Such substances are mainly used to control pests that infest cultivated plants and crops or to eliminate disease-carrying insects in specific areas. chalk made in China and sold at only a few hardware stores around town, primarily in Koreatown and Chinatown. "It's the only thing I've seen that works," said Alice, who draws a line across the ant trail with the chalk. "All of a sudden they won't cross that line." Jim Abedi, a salesman at Callahan Hardware Co. in Koreatown, said some customers drive all the way from Orange County to buy the chalk which sells for 99 cents for two pieces. "I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what's in it, but it's made in China and they have a lot bigger roaches Roaches may refer to:
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