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Post by starwalker on Jan 5, 2021 20:06:36 GMT -8
My mother-in-law had a pack rat build a nest in her pick-up and she didn't catch it until it chewed on some wires.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jan 6, 2021 5:17:24 GMT -8
she didn't catch it until it chewed on some wires Some manufacturers are making wire coatings from a "green" soy-based product. Problem is, rodents love 'em (even more than before). My neighbor had a chipmunk destroy the wires in both of his vehicles. Around the same time, a mouse got to a wire in my riding lawnmower. A few years ago, my Xterra began running poorly. I thought it was bad gas, but a refill nixed that idea. Long story short, I took the air filter apart and found some mouse had made a nest in it. LOL!
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Post by Coolkat on Jan 6, 2021 5:20:45 GMT -8
Some manufacturers are making wire coatings from a "green" soy-based product. My nephew found this out the hard way. Twice! I'm told that the squirrel population had greatly decreased since.
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Post by hikerchick395 on Jan 6, 2021 9:31:44 GMT -8
Pack rats are running rampant in our neighborhood. I guess that moth balls are a good deterrent. I'm waiting for the perimeter neighbors use of moth balls to start sending the rodents our way.
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Post by autumnmist on Jan 6, 2021 10:24:47 GMT -8
My car has also hosted some unwanted rodents. When a routine vehicle checkup discovered the infestation, the manager told me that 1/2 of the engine was covered, and it was a miracle that a fire hadn't started.
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Post by desert dweller on Jan 11, 2021 9:51:10 GMT -8
I found out a cupla weeks ago that my longest running friend (35 years) is a "sole survivor" of the Sullivan Brothers family. He is the last Sullivan of that line. (If you don't know the history of the Sullivan Brothers of WWII, look it up. Basically, all 5 brothers were killed in action while serving on the same ship in the Navy.) Sully, like me, was in the Army. We got out around the same time and met at the University. I found this song by Caroline's Spine that tells the story.
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Post by Snowpeak on Jan 12, 2021 9:55:38 GMT -8
I found out a cupla weeks ago that my longest running friend (35 years) is a "sole survivor" of the Sullivan Brothers family. He is the last Sullivan of that line. (If you don't know the history of the Sullivan Brothers of WWII, look it up. Basically, all 5 brothers were killed in action while serving on the same ship in the Navy.) Sully, like me, was in the Army. We got out around the same time and met at the University. I found this song by Caroline's Spine that tells the story.
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Post by desert dweller on Jan 22, 2021 11:43:45 GMT -8
You can choose which way to walk.
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Post by desert dweller on Jan 27, 2021 11:25:42 GMT -8
Things Cowboys Don't Say
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jan 29, 2021 11:41:36 GMT -8
Such athleticism...
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Post by desert dweller on Jan 29, 2021 13:58:36 GMT -8
This guy is a trip. If you're into botany and don't mind some cussing from a New Jersey professional (I think it's a Jersey accent. Could be from New York City.) then check out this video. He puts a completely different vibe on the subject.
ETA: He has one of the most utilitarian tattoos I've seen. He has the metric scale tattooed on his middle finger going to about 6 centimeters. Good for determining size while he's out in the field, I guess.
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Post by desert dweller on Feb 24, 2021 7:24:08 GMT -8
This was how I was brought up. I still try to follow the rules.
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Post by desert dweller on Mar 3, 2021 15:25:58 GMT -8
This sentence needs to be read at least twice.
Energy-providing bacterial endosymbiont enables its unicellular eukaryotic host to breathe nitrate, demonstrating that unicellular eukaryotes may acquire endosymbionts to complement or replace functions of their mitochondrial organelles.
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Post by desert dweller on Mar 4, 2021 11:17:44 GMT -8
James Doohan, the actor who played Scotty the Engineer on the Star Trek's Enterprise was shot 6 times on D-day, but...
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Post by desert dweller on Mar 8, 2021 19:21:32 GMT -8
I never thought boomerangs really worked as advertised. That's probably because I haven't seen one properly thrown.This guy makes them and gives a demo.
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