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No one uses mothballs anymore, but moths are persistent buggers and not easily deterred. The solution is of course to be found in the use of my new vibrating coat hangers, appropriately named A Vibrating Hanger Gathers No Moths.
These are simple enough hangers, apart from the interjection of a vibrating
device placed between the lower part, from where the clothes hang, and the upper suspension hook. This device plugs into a separate power unit via a flexible lead, meaning that several vibrating hangers can be attached like an array and driven simultaneously using a single supply.
Once you place your precious coat on the hanger, and press the optional remote control, the hanger begins vibrating up and down vigorously, meaning that no moths can settle anywhere on the surface of the suspended garment.
Can also be used in stand alone mode when placed above a suitable trough to shake water off wet raincoats.
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Shaking all over.... ///////// [xenzag, Aug 09 2013]
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However, the Rolling Stones these days seem to be gathering plenty of moss. Have you seen Mick Jagger lately? |
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Ha - he could always gather Kate Moss. |
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I guess so [21 Quest], but will retain with your kind permission as a type of stand alone annotation. My search for Moths, Vibrations and Coathanger revealed no matches. |
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Would it not be more efficient to vibrate the pole
on which the clothes hangers hang? |
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Too restrictive, and not enough individual control possibilities ie a light garment may require less vibration than a heavy overcoat. |
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At the risk of disagreeing, I disagree. The amplitude
and frequency of vibration necessary to discourage a
moth should be independent of the weight of the
garment. |
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If you disagree with my disagreement, I will require
some substantiating evidence. |
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21 - I'm leaving this idea intact, with the full
acknowledgement that there was a prior dated submission
as listed. I'm doing this because my own idea is entirely
based on a set of drawings I made in one of my notebooks
many years ago, prior to even having heard of HB, and
because of its entirely different purpose. If anyone thinks
this is unfair, for whatever reason, I'll delete it and transfer
it in the form of an annotation to 21's idea. |
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Max - I disagree. Ha. I would, wouldn't I? Imagine if you will,
someone clinging unto a heavily textured wall, and
someone clinging unto one that was much smoother. Which
one will require the greater amount of vibration to shake
them off? |
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Hide and Seek is no challenge any more. The girls always pick the closet. |
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I think you'd find that the natural frequency of the clothing will vary a great deal, and so the weight, material, and shape of the garment would be important variables. |
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Or, you could always blow a fan in the closet. |
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//always blow a fan in the closet// I prefer my fans to blow me. |
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//The girls always pick the closet// - They'll prefer it even more if they know there's a row of vibrating coat hangers and a remote control just waiting in there. |
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//Max - I disagree.// That's fine, I never mind
people disagreeing as long as they realize they're
wrong. What is required, shirley, is not so much the
displacement of the moth (which does no harm), but
sufficient vibration to prevent its mating and laying
eggs on your clothing. |
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Ah - but they have to land and remain in position in order to do that. Victory is mine! |
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You may be unaware of the fact that the male
clothes moth, in order to attract a mate, sits and
vibrates its wings to produce a sort of infrasonic
buzz. It is thusfore entirely possible that a male
moth sitting idly on one of your vibrated garments
might find himself converged upon by female moths
from miles around, attracted by the phenomenal
flutter. And, given that one male clothes moth is
capable of fertilizing at least 700 females, this could
end badly. |
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