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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A little story here. Many years ago
when I was much younger (and thinner, but let’s don’t go there), I
had a cat, Dinah, and I lived in a very nice 3<sup>rd</sup> floor apartment
here in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Dallas</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place>. I always kept the dry cat food
in the original bags, sitting on the floor of the pantry in the kitchen.
So I buy a new, large bag one day, bring it up, open it and fill the cat’s
bowl, then put the bag in the pantry. Two days later the cat is out of
food, so I open the pantry door, and there are ants. This is another
thing about 3<sup>rd</sup> floor apartments, you do not get ants coming in from
outside on their own (would you climb all those stairs???), you only get ants
if someone accidentally brings them in. So I’m looking and
wondering where the heck did all these ants come from, and all the ants are coming
from the brand new, expensive bag of premium cat food, and there are millions
of them. I grab the bag and run it out onto the balcony while the little
monsters are crawling all over my arm, biting me like crazy. So now, what
do I do, cause that bag of food was expensive and I’m not throwing it
out. Ended up calling the store, they said bring it back and we’ll
give you a new one, I said not on your life, the manager gets on the phone and
he says to put the entire bag in the freezer, it’ll kill the ants and not
harm the food in any way. So I did, and it did, and from that day to now,
every bag of cat or dog food (even food for the fish) that comes into my house
goes first to the freezer for several hours, then gets opened and transferred
to a big plastic container of some kind with a very tight lid. If
there’s too much to put in the container, it stays in the bag and goes
back into the freezer. Doesn’t harm the dog or cat (or fish) food,
and I can rest at night, knowing that NO ANTS are in my house. Traumatized
me for life. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="mailto:a.woodrum@sbcglobal.net">a.woodrum@sbcglobal.net</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> dailydrool-bounces@dailydrool.org
[mailto:dailydrool-bounces@dailydrool.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>bevzap@comcast.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, June 28, 2009 2:15
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> dailydrool@dailydrool.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Dailydrool] keeping dog
kibble fresh.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>I am just guessing at this but most bags of
kibble have a waxy lining, or a foiled lining to keep the oils in and the food
fresh. This, and keeping the bag to remind you what kind of food you bought
(which the manufacturers would like) are the only reasons I can think of for
keeping the food in the bag.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>What I do is fill the feed bin with about half
a bag and then store the rest in a freezer. It keeps Forever.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>MomPerson to Nigel, LLewis, Conley &
Cooper<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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