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[glatt]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

I was horrified. I won't even explain to you what I did next...just say it had something to do with a plastic bag, a deck railing, and a thwacking noise.

Yeah. I won't tell you either, but it had something to do with a metal coffee can and a freezer.

Not sure what's best.

But I'd prefer a trap that kills.

Those poisons are bad because you want to retrieve the dead body before it stinks up the joint.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

O, the old original one.

Old Reliable.

[BigV]

I agree with footfootfoot about the Old Skool wire bail spine breakers. I've used them to kill rats in the back yard and they're very effective. Only a few times have I had the trap fail; I found it tripped and de-baited. When I reset and re-baited the trap, I got the rat the next day. I've also found skeleton-ized rats trapped. Those (rat) bastards are entirely without scruples. Fucking rats.

eta:

on a recent trip to Goodwill, I found a medium sized box with the word VICTOR on the side. ??? I opened it up and found 144 new Victor mousetraps, $25. I thought of all the Looney Tunes applications, and the attic scene from War of the Roses, but I didn't have $25 to spend on such a joke at the time, so it went to someone else. But it did look like fun!

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by BigV

I found a medium sized box with the word VICTOR on the side. ??? I opened it up and found 144 new Victor mousetraps

Weapons of Mouse Destruction!!

With a gross of them, ya coulda done this:

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Old Reliable.

A long time ago I had a rat trap go missing. Never found it.

[BigV]

that was funny as hell!

[Pete Zicato]

My fool-proof method for using the old-fashioned mouse traps.

-Take a small piece of cloth - .75"x.25" or so.
-Rub a little peanut butter on it - both sides. Rub it in.
-Place the cloth under the curl where the bait goes and sqeeze the little teeth down (with pliers) to hold the cloth tight.
-Set the trap.

I've had very good luck with this. Mice yank on the cloth trying to get the peanut butter off and spring the trap. Never found a live one.

[Spexxvet]

Aqueon® Aquarium Water Changer

No more up and down the steps with the bucket of water.

http://www.petsmart.com/gsi/webstore...a-001b2166c62d

[Undertoad]

I recommend it too, but I can't use mine now, because my only nearby faucet is the kitchen sink. Turtle shit should not drain there and I have a filter on the faucet anyway, complicating it all.

My only concern is that they say the bubbling action takes care of the chlorine, but I can't get my head around that enough to believe it.

[footfootfoot]

Chlorine is pretty volatile and will evaporate at room temp. The bubbling helps that, sort of like how a fan will help moisture evaporate. I can't remember what the scientific jargon for it is.

[Gravdigr]

Margaret Holmes Field Peas & Snaps simply cannot be made to taste any better. I don't put anything on these, no salt, no pepper, no bacon grease, no nothing. Make 'em hot, eat 'em up.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Can't get 'em here, can't even mail order, only the Field Peas without Snaps.

[BigV]

I like black eyed peas, but I don't remember ever seeing "field peas" anywhere, not fresh, not canned, not at farmers' markets, etc. They look tasty though.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Can't get 'em here, can't even mail order, only the Field Peas without Snaps.

Prolly just as good, hell, there ain't but about ten of them in there anyway.

Originally Posted by BigV

I like black eyed peas, but I don't remember ever seeing "field peas" anywhere, not fresh, not canned, not at farmers' markets, etc.

They're pretty much peas.

[BigV]

While we're talking about food...

This is what I'm getting for Twil for her birthday. (pssst, don't tell her please).

Here's the trailer for the book. NSFW, language.


Yes, the book has a trailer. I've been paging through the book, purchased at my local bookseller, Phinney Books. I give the book and my bookseller both five fucking stars.