What to do with dead squirrel?
Unknown
the rat trap it had hit in my backyard. The trap was tethered to a tree.
The bugger (or its cousin) has been digging up my newly planted squash
seeds and this is the only way I've been able to control (somewhat) the
problem.
This morning it's surely dead (I saw one, maybe the same one) that was
evidently stunned from hitting the trap a few days ago, looking dead,
but when I turned my back it darted away.
Warm weather is expected the next few days here in Berkeley, CA (~80
degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my
trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency?
Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
Dan
JoeSpareBedroom
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In the trash with it. And, get a roll of chicken wire. Lay pieces on the
ground over your seeds, slightly arched, and weighted down at the edges with
bricks. Works like a charm.
Pat
Too bad you waited so long, but it's probably salvageable. Skin it,
gut it, cut it up and add it to spaghetti sauce. They are good eating.
aemeijers
No dead squirrels here, but I do get the occasional dead bird after they
have turf battles with their reflections in my sliding doors (in spite
of keeping them dirty and using those raptor shadow stickers). I just
pick them up with the trusty scoop shovel, and chuck them over the fence
into the woods. Something eats them.
--
aem sends...
Sanity
"JoeSpareBedroom" <news...@frontiernet.net> wrote in message
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http://www.bowhunting.net/susieq/squirrel.html
Frank
Plastic bag in trash or bury it. Worst thing you can do is let it sit
out where flies will get at it, lay eggs and maggots will cause a stink.
My lot is big enough that I just throw in brush and let foxes or crows
eat it but there is always smell potential.
Phisherman
wrote:
If you can get 3 or 4 of them, make squirrel soup. Google for
recipes.
SteveB
Got a neighbor you don't like?
Unknown
:On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:24:41 -0700, Dan Musicant (m...@privacy.net)
I've seen several suggestions (also posted on a forum) to eat it, but
I'm not enthused so far. I'm not a vegetarian but not far from one. I
eat maybe ~2 oz. beef a day, eggs once in a while (not a lot),
occasional fish and chicken. Not putting it down. Maybe if I'd ever
eaten squirrel before I'd be salivating. I once ate rabbit and didn't
like it.
I think I'm going to freeze it in plastic bag and put it out in my trash
can on trash day. Anyway, it's been sitting out there at least 14 hours
now.
Dan
John McGaw
Marshall Tucker
...only in California....
dr-...@wi.rr.com
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:24:41 -0700, Dan Musicant (m...@privacy.net) wrote:
JIMMIE
>
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I use them in Brunswick stew.
Jimmie
JIMMIE
>
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Vermin that get in my garden ususally become fertilizer for the garden
if I catch them. I just pitch them in the compost heap. Ive never
noticed any odor from it .
Jimmie
The Daring Dufas
Mmmmmmm, GUMBO!
TDD
Val
"JoeSpareBedroom" <news...@frontiernet.net> wrote in message
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JOE! I've missed you big guy. Nice of you to pop in :)
Val
dicko
This is what I do too. The raccoons drag it off overnight.
JoeSpareBedroom
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Famous last words!
cl...@snyder.on.ca
Up here the little buggers cary wire cutters (in their mouths).
Standard chicken wire doesn't hold 'em back. You need the heavy
electro welded square mesh stuff to do the job.
cl...@snyder.on.ca
>leave it out in the bushes for predators to find it.
Scavengers, not predators. Predators want to KILL their meal.
RickH
Most sanitary solution in suburbia would be to throw it on the burn
pile. If you dont have a burn pile then bury it under a tree you
would like to see grow faster. Or just throw the damn thing in the
garbage.
Malcolm Hoar
>Call a city agency?
Oh sure, call 911 and I'm sure a crack squirrel disposal
team will be knocking on your door within minutes.
>Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
Sautee with a little garlic and seasoning. Serve on a bed
of rice with a little garnish.
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The Daring Dufas
> In article <2tcmu4d72go9oeujr...@4ax.com>, Dan Musicant (m...@privacy.net) wrote:
>
>> Call a city agency?
>
> Oh sure, call 911 and I'm sure a crack squirrel disposal
> team will be knocking on your door within minutes.
>
>> Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
>
> Sautee with a little garlic and seasoning. Serve on a bed
> of rice with a little garnish.
>
Uh, don't you have to skin and clean it first?
I hate picking fur out of my teeth.
TDD
J.Gillmon Jr.
<cl...@snyder.on.ca> wrote in message
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> Up here the little buggers cary wire cutters (in their mouths).
> Standard chicken wire doesn't hold 'em back. You need the heavy
> electro welded square mesh stuff to do the job.
It's called hardware cloth.
Billy
"Marshall Tucker" <fi...@mtn.mn> wrote:
Where's your trailer parked?
--
- Billy
"For the first time in the history of the world, every human being
is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the
moment of conception until death." - Rachel Carson
JoeSpareBedroom
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>>degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my
>>trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency?
>>Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
>>
>>Dan
>
> anguish, what the hell you gonna do when things start getting *really*
> effed up in the world?
>
> Eff me, Billy.....obession with droopy labia, what to do with an
> effing dead squirrel...t'aint no wonder we're headed down the path
> we're on.....
>
> --
> Charlie
Others have gone down the same path:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/area_man_unsure_what_to_do_with
Malcolm Hoar
>On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:24:41 -0700, Dan Musicant (m...@privacy.net)
>wrote:
>
>
>>Warm weather is expected the next few days here in Berkeley, CA (~80
>>degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my
>>trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency?
>>Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
>
>anguish, what the hell you gonna do when things start getting *really*
>effed up in the world?
Good grief, man. In Berkeley, CA a dead ant is "really effed up".
It's the capital of Crazy. A city that declared Marines unwelcome
and banned Marine recruitment within the city borders until the
lure of some Federal funds proved more attractive than their
"principles".
Red Green
news:2tcmu4d72go9oeujr...@4ax.com:
> Last evening I saw it, traumatized by a blow to the head or neck from
> the rat trap it had hit in my backyard. The trap was tethered to a
> tree. The bugger (or its cousin) has been digging up my newly planted
> squash seeds and this is the only way I've been able to control
> (somewhat) the problem.
>
> This morning it's surely dead (I saw one, maybe the same one) that was
> evidently stunned from hitting the trap a few days ago, looking dead,
> but when I turned my back it darted away.
>
> Warm weather is expected the next few days here in Berkeley, CA (~80
> degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my
> trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency?
> Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
>
> Dan
What? You don't have a snake??
Option 2: BBQ
Billy
ma...@malch.com (Malcolm Hoar) wrote:
> In article <muumu41rpq2kqokem...@4ax.com>, Charlie wrote:
> >On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:24:41 -0700, Dan Musicant (m...@privacy.net)
> >wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Warm weather is expected the next few days here in Berkeley, CA (~80
> >>degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my
> >>trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency?
> >>Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
> >
> >Good lord, man. If something as minor as this is causing you such
> >anguish, what the hell you gonna do when things start getting *really*
> >effed up in the world?
>
> Good grief, man. In Berkeley, CA a dead ant is "really effed up".
>
> It's the capital of Crazy. A city that declared Marines unwelcome
> and banned Marine recruitment within the city borders until the
> lure of some Federal funds proved more attractive than their
> "principles".
One mans crazy is another's eccenric. A degree in basket weaving from UC
Berkeley is probably worth $70K/year; from Stanford $100K.
You got it effed-up. We love Marines. They do what they do very well,
it's just the anal sphincters that tell them where and when to do it
that we have a problem with. Don't want no recruitment office,
recruiting our teenagers to become cannon fodder in the "Worst President
Ever"'s vanity wars, just to make Cheney's and Rumfeld's companies rich.
Just so's you won't think I'm a knee-jerk, anti-Republican, I should
tell you that (D) Senator Diane Feinstein's husband, Richard Blum, is
making out on the wars pretty well too.
And what can you say about politicians? If they weren't psychopaths,
they wouldn't be there. Take our Republican governator, 'Ahnold",
(Please!). He's a multiple sexual offender, who smokes dope (see
"Pumping Iron",
http://www.netflix.com/Search?lnkce=iwsceOf&v1=pumping+iron&search_submit
.x=0&search_submit.y=0&lnkce=acsNoEnhRt ) and goes to Canada to smoke
Havana cigars (illegal don'cha know?). What can I say? People in La La
Land love him, but "posing" in big down there. People plowing their 4
wheel drives back and forth in the commute traffic, just to "look"
macho. At least the women down there dress for men, not like up here.
Nothing sexual, just competitive.
What jerkwater town did you say you where from?
When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a
vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a
sportsman. ~Joseph Wood Krutch
Marshall Tucker
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Ah, yet another pseudo environmentalist-wacko & Obammy-socialist weights in.
No trailer though-- gotta' 4300 square foot custom designed and built home
in north Georgia...and from which I can plink squirrels high in the adjacent
oak trees from my second floor bedroom window or balcony. The kids need to
use a scoped .22 rifle while I can drop them with a .22 pistol-- my favorite
being my vintage Browning Challenger with a 6" barrel.
JoeSpareBedroom
news:gsg79g$d58$1...@news.motzarella.org...
If you're talking about the Rachel Carson quote, she was right. All mature,
educated people are fully aware of the truth of her statement by now.
Malcolm Hoar
>You got it effed-up. We love Marines. They do what they do very well,
I guess the resolution was just badly drafted (pun intended) then?
>it's just the anal sphincters that tell them where and when to do it
>that we have a problem with. Don't want no recruitment office,
>recruiting our teenagers to become cannon fodder in the "Worst President
>Ever"'s vanity wars,
So, you reckon city government should be making the career choices
for your young citizens then?
Billy
"Marshall Tucker" <fi...@mtn.mn> wrote:
Sorry folks, forgot to take my own advice, and clip the offending
newsgroup from the header.
We got summer in northern California, bees, butterflies, and all kinds
of teeny flies working the onion flowers and the wisteria. Cranked up
Andre Bocelli and I'm digging a bed for some asparagus crowns that
should be here early this week.
--
- Billy
"For the first time in the history of the world, every human being
is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the
moment of conception until death." - Rachel Carson
Billy
ma...@malch.com (Malcolm Hoar) wrote:
> In article
> <wildbilly-64729...@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>, Billy
> <wildbilly@without_a.net> wrote:
>
> >You got it effed-up. We love Marines. They do what they do very well,
>
> I guess the resolution was just badly drafted (pun intended) then?
>
> >it's just the anal sphincters that tell them where and when to do it
> >that we have a problem with. Don't want no recruitment office,
> >recruiting our teenagers to become cannon fodder in the "Worst President
> >Ever"'s vanity wars,
>
> So, you reckon city government should be making the career choices
> for your young citizens then?
You obviously don't understand English. I would be happy to put the
present pack of congressmen against the wall, with all the Wall Street
financiers that you can find, and start over.
Granby
are really behind the times in carrying on conversations. I am really
laughing about so much that be said about a dead Squirrel. My 2 cents
1. Cook it
2. Trash it
3. Feed it to the other animals in the environment.
"Val" <ya-...@yabetcha.com> wrote in message
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>
Malcolm Hoar
>> So, you reckon city government should be making the career choices
>> for your young citizens then?
>
>You obviously don't understand English. I would be happy to put the
>present pack of congressmen against the wall, with all the Wall Street
>financiers that you can find, and start over.
So would I. And how exactly does resolution regarding Marine
recruiters advance the cause? Especially when the resolution
was quickly repealed as soon as a few Federal dollars were
dangled in front of those who enacted it.
Berkeley residents would be much better served by having
their local officials address local issues. There are
better ways for Berkeley citizens to get involved in
national politics if they choose to do so.
Engaging in silly posturing isn't going to help fix anything.
Smitty Two
> Last evening I saw it, traumatized by a blow to the head or neck from
> the rat trap it had hit in my backyard. The trap was tethered to a tree.
> The bugger (or its cousin) has been digging up my newly planted squash
> seeds and this is the only way I've been able to control (somewhat) the
> problem.
>
> This morning it's surely dead (I saw one, maybe the same one) that was
> evidently stunned from hitting the trap a few days ago, looking dead,
> but when I turned my back it darted away.
>
> Warm weather is expected the next few days here in Berkeley, CA (~80
> degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my
> trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency?
> Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
>
> Dan
My cat brings in quite a few hunting trophies. Gophers, rats, birds, and
lizards. I put them in a coffee "can" (cylindrical cardboard with
plastic lid)1 in the freezer until trash day. Keeps 'em from stinking up
anything. And no, I don't keep my coffee in the freezer, so I've never
made the sleepy-eyed mistake.
Of course, squirrel is good on the grill.
Billy
"Marshall Tucker" <fi...@mtn.mn> wrote:
A "real" man eats what he kills.
You must be one of them neo-nut, Bushites I hear tell about. Borrow and
spend Republicans ran up the tab and stuck Obama with the check. Now
want to piss and moan when Obama puts it on a pay as you go basis. Under
the "Worst President Ever" (a.k.a. Bush), A.I.G. was promised $180B.
Where was your big, complaining mouth then? I'm pissed because we are
fighting the Sunnis and the Taliban, while Northrup-Grumman, Lockheed,
Bechtel get rich. Does anyone remember a guy by the name of Osama bin
Laden?
I'm pissed because we have no reason to be in a war. This should have
been a police matter.
http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/07/29/
I'm pissed because this bailout is a fraud.
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/10/17/ex_asst_treasury_sec_paul_craig
Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Department in the Reagan administration and a former associate editor of
the Wall Street Journal. He has taught at Georgetown University and
Stanford University and is the author of many books, including
Supply-Side Revolution: An Insiderąs Account of Policymaking in
Washington.
Roberts says the latest bank measure suggests the bailout is łeither
incompetence or fraud.˛
PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS: Well, the original Paulson plan was to give the
Secretary of the Treasury $700 billion with no accountability and give
him complete control over the financial system. And that, of course, is
state capitalism or fascism.
Well, what the bailout does is it takes troubled financial instruments
off the balance sheet of the banks and puts them on the balance sheet of
the taxpayer at the US Treasury. So itąs a bailout of the financial
institutions whose recklessness caused the problem. And as Iąve already
said, it does not address the problem. It only addresses the problem of
the banks. So the foreclosures and the defaulting mortgages will
continue as the economy worsens, and yet nothing is being done to
stabilize that default rate or to stop these foreclosures. So the money
is essentially being poured into the coffers of Washingtonąs financial
donor base.
So the holdings of dollar-denominated assets, including United States
Treasuryąs, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac bonds, in foreign hands is enormous.
And they could exert, if they wish, dramatic control over American
policy just by calling up Washington and asking if they wanted to buy
these things back‹of course, with no money to buy them with. And if they
were to‹they donąt even have to dump them. If they just stopped
financing the budget deficit, the government in Washington would have to
resort to printing money, like Weimar Germany. So, this is not a strong
position.
Well, we clearly cannot afford a war that costs us a minimum‹an
out-of-pocket current cost of $200 billion a year. We canąt afford a
defense budget, which is some‹or military spending budget‹itąs got
nothing to do with defense‹of somewhere around $700 billion a year.
These are beyond our means. We donąt finance that deficit. Itąs very
strange, Amy, because itąs the foreigners who are financing our wars.
Itąs the foreigners who are financing the military spending.
And I'm pissed because gun nuts like you are pushing for violence.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8000763.stm
Right-wing groups 'growing' in US
By Jon Donnison
BBC News, Washington
America could be facing a surge in right-wing extremism, according to a
new US government report.
Richard Poplawski, a member of a racist
group, killed three police officers
The Department of Homeland Security study says the election of America's
first black president and the economic slump has helped racist groups
recruit.
But the report says no specific attacks are being planned by extremists.
Some moderate conservatives fear the administration could use the report
as an excuse to tighten gun laws and restrict freedom of speech.
Pronounced threat
The report says that high unemployment figures and home foreclosures
have created a climate similar to the early 1990s when white
supremacists saw a growth period.
That resurgence was stifled in 1995 after an FBI crackdown on extreme
right groups following the Oklahoma City bombings which were carried out
by white supremacist Timothy McVeigh.
Some extreme right websites reported a surge in membership immediately
after Barack Obama's election.
The Homeland Security study says the threat posed by what it calls "lone
wolves" and "small terrorist cells" is more pronounced that in previous
years.
It cites an example two weeks ago when three police officers were shot
dead in Pittsburgh by Richard Poplawski, who had been a member of a
white supremacist group.
Some more moderate conservatives have criticised the Homeland Security
study. They believe the White House could use it to justify tougher gun
laws and restrictions on conservatives' freedom of speech.
The issue is being keenly debated on right-wing blogs and talk shows.
Radio talk show host Michael Savage, who runs the website Savage Nation,
is asking his readers whether Homeland Security Secretary Janet
Napolitano should step down for "targeting loyal, patriotic Americans as
possible terrorists".
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/8000763.stm
Published: 2009/04/15 16:52:55 GMT
I'm pissed because you and your demented pack of lemmings are holding
"Tea Parties" without even knowing that the British tea was thrown into
Boston harbor because it was cheaper (tax included) than the tea
smuggled by John Hancock, and now you are just a sock puppet of the
hogs-in-a-trough right. Can't you think for yourself or does Michael
Savage have to tell you when to wipe your butt?
http://www.boston-tea-party.org/smuggling/John-Hancock.html
You are so miserably, pathetically stoopid, it is hard to tell where to
start your education.
God you are dumb.
No reason to tell you but I didn't vote for him either.
--
- Billy
"For the first time in the history of the world, every human being
is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the
moment of conception until death." - Rachel Carson
Chris
> Last evening I saw it, traumatized by a blow to the head or neck from
> the rat trap it had hit in my backyard. The trap was tethered to a tree.
> The bugger (or its cousin) has been digging up my newly planted squash
> seeds and this is the only way I've been able to control (somewhat) the
> problem.
>
> This morning it's surely dead (I saw one, maybe the same one) that was
> evidently stunned from hitting the trap a few days ago, looking dead,
> but when I turned my back it darted away.
>
> Warm weather is expected the next few days here in Berkeley, CA (~80
> degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my
> trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency?
> Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
>
> Dan
STEW
HeyBub
>>> "For the first time in the history of the world, every human being
>>> is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the
>>> moment of conception until death." - Rachel Carson
>>>
>>
>> Ah, yet another pseudo environmentalist-wacko & Obammy-socialist
>> weights in.
>
> If you're talking about the Rachel Carson quote, she was right. All
> mature, educated people are fully aware of the truth of her statement
> by now.
Sure, Carson was right about dangerous chemicals in the air. Since time
immemorial, all life has been subject to noxious things in the air: Sulfur
dioxide from volcanoes, extra fine dust from drought conditions, soot from
forest fires. All manner of nasty stuff. On these, Carson was irrefutably
correct.
On DDT, however, Carson was wrong. Criminally wrong. Each year over 800,000
people - mostly children - die from Malaria. Malaria is a disease we know
how to eradicate. We did it in North America. We did it in the Canal Zone.
We haven't done it in Africa because of Rachel Carson.
May her name be erased.
HeyBub
Do you have a neighbor you don't like?
Does he have a wooden front door?
Do you have a nail?
Malcolm Hoar
>degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my
>trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency?
>Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
There's also:
http://www.independent.co.
uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/is-cajun-squirrel-the-new-cheese-and-onion-1
242591.html
Billy
> On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:45:59 -0400, cl...@snyder.on.ca wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:28:05 -0500, dr-...@wi.rr.com wrote:
> >
> >>leave it out in the bushes for predators to find it.
> >
> >Scavengers, not predators. Predators want to KILL their meal.
>
>
> Predators also scavenge.
>
> From whence come you people? ahr must be chockablock full
> of...........
>
I have a horrible feeling that things may not be going well in the green
pastures to which some posters said they were fleeing to (I really hate
that preposition thingie). They had lots of information but double that
in attitude.
Let me try something. . .
Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, "Worst President Ever", Bush, Bush, Bush.
Helloooooo Ann? You there?
Keep your flashlight on Charlie, just in case. If something moves, throw
a rock at it.
Buenos noches, amigo
--
- Billy
"For the first time in the history of the world, every human being
is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the
moment of conception until death." - Rachel Carson
Hedda Lettis
> the rat trap it had hit in my backyard. The trap was tethered to a tree.
> The bugger (or its cousin) has been digging up my newly planted squash
> seeds and this is the only way I've been able to control (somewhat) the
> problem.
>
> This morning it's surely dead (I saw one, maybe the same one) that was
> evidently stunned from hitting the trap a few days ago, looking dead,
> but when I turned my back it darted away.
>
> degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my
> trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency?
> Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
>
Bury it and plant a tomato over it. It's excellent fertilizer. ;o)
Dioclese
Handle with vinyl gloves. Place in plastic bag. Empty contents on top of
the nearest large ant bed. Do not re-use the bag. Ants are the biggest
natural and quick disposal machine for dead varmints around here.
--
Dave
JoeSpareBedroom
news:gN2dnV1FKaR0dHbU...@earthlink.com...
"Salt is a chemical." You forgot to say that.
BobR
> Last evening I saw it, traumatized by a blow to the head or neck from
> the rat trap it had hit in my backyard. The trap was tethered to a tree.
> The bugger (or its cousin) has been digging up my newly planted squash
> seeds and this is the only way I've been able to control (somewhat) the
> problem.
>
> This morning it's surely dead (I saw one, maybe the same one) that was
> evidently stunned from hitting the trap a few days ago, looking dead,
> but when I turned my back it darted away.
>
> Warm weather is expected the next few days here in Berkeley, CA (~80
> degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my
> trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency?
> Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
>
> Dan
Came home from a long weekend trip last fall and while I was unloading
the car my wife headed for the master bathroom. Something about my
trying to train her to hold if for those four plus hour trips without
stopping causes her to run for that bathroom every single time. This
time was a bit different than normal and instead of seeing her emerge
with that relieved look on her face I hear the blood curdling scream.
I know that last leg of the trip was a bit longer than normal but
damn, it wasn't that long.
I dropped everything and ran for the back bathroom where I found my
wife looking like she had seen the devil himself. Her eyes were
bulging and she was pointing at the john. I didn't see anything
wrong, I had left the lid down before we left and it was still down so
I knew it wasn't that. I reached in and lifted the lid and there
curled up and floating on top of the water was a dead squirrel. It
had apparently crawled down the vent pipe and found its way into the
commode where it had drowned.
I pulled the dead carcas out and put it into a 1 gallon zip lock bag.
I then placed that bag into a trash back and sealed it. Both then
went into the trash for next day pickup. Oh, and my wife never ever
never ever goes to the potty without turning on the lights and double
checking under the lid before setting down. Can't figure why she
wanted that small ceremic squirrel to sit on the top of the tank
though.
RickH
> "Billy" <wildbilly@without_a.net> wrote in message
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Nice, we have no gun rights in Chicago, guns are illegal here (murder
capital of the US and Olympic candidate city).
Billy
ma...@malch.com (Malcolm Hoar) wrote:
> In article
> <wildbilly-9BA8E...@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>, Billy
> <wildbilly@without_a.net> wrote:
>
> >> So, you reckon city government should be making the career choices
> >> for your young citizens then?
> >
> >You obviously don't understand English. I would be happy to put the
> >present pack of congressmen against the wall, with all the Wall Street
> >financiers that you can find, and start over.
>
> So would I. And how exactly does resolution regarding Marine
> recruiters advance the cause? Especially when the resolution
> was quickly repealed as soon as a few Federal dollars were
> dangled in front of those who enacted it.
>
> Berkeley residents would be much better served by having
> their local officials address local issues. There are
> better ways for Berkeley citizens to get involved in
> national politics if they choose to do so.
>
> Engaging in silly posturing isn't going to help fix anything.
Then you could have saved us time by holstering your invectives and ad
hominens, to wit: "Berkeley, CA . . .It's the capital of Crazy. Ah, yet
another pseudo environmentalist-wacko & Obammy-socialist weights in." I
suppose you thought that this was your "charm" offensive? From what you
have written, I can only conclude that YOU don't understand us.
The residents of northern California, having few defense (offense)
contractors offering jobs, call 'em the way they sees 'em. Both of
Bush'e Wars have enriched the wealthy, traumatized their survivors, and
made the U.S.A. a pariah state in the eyes of the world.
Military spending isn't a sustainable way to create jobs. Ask the
British Empire.
I suppose you consider an environmentalist someone like Dixie Ray Lee
(acid rain, ozone hole, and global warming are all natural events),
Dennis Avery (whose work is supported by Archer Daniels Midland,
ConAgra, Cargill) and pesticide manufacturers (e.g. American Cyanamid,
Ciba-Geigy, Monsanto, Syngenta).), or Newt Gingrich, who's "Contract
with America" de-funded the Congressional Office of Technological
Assessment, blinding Congress to the impacts of pro-smokestack
deregulations.
By Obammy, I presume that you are a racist (get help).
By socialist, you must mean I don't vote for the benefit of the richest
1% of Americans. No more plantations, thang-kew very much.
As far as the dead squirrel, Dan Musicant should be more careful in the
future, but buzzards gotta live to.
If your going to shoot squirrels, eat 'em.
Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,
For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain.
America, America, man sheds his waste on thee,
And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea.
~George Carlin
Malcolm Hoar
>I suppose you thought...
So many false assumptions... except for the one about my shoe size.
FarmI
> Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
Bury it. Why would you consider doing anything else? It's free nutrients.
George.com
"Dioclese" <NONE> wrote in message
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dead birds, animals etc round my place go in to a shallow hole or even under
some thick mulch and help my trees grow. 2 cats I recently buried have a
couple of shrubs growing over them now.
rob
HeyBub
>
> Oh, and my wife never ever
> never ever goes to the potty without turning on the lights and double
> checking under the lid before setting down. Can't figure why she
> wanted that small ceremic squirrel to sit on the top of the tank
> though.
You gotta get one of these:
http://www.prankplace.com/toiletmonster.htm?gclid=CIT79Kr-gZoCFQ6jagod7GV3FQ
Your wife will be ever so, um, 'grateful' is not the exact word I'm looking
for...
BobR
> BobR wrote:
>
> > Oh, and my wife never ever
> > never ever goes to the potty without turning on the lights and double
> > checking under the lid before setting down. Can't figure why she
> > wanted that small ceremic squirrel to sit on the top of the tank
> > though.
>
> You gotta get one of these:
>
>
> Your wife will be ever so, um, 'grateful' is not the exact word I'm looking
> for...
Hey, my mama didn't raise any fools. I am not about to give that to
her, I value my life too much. Now, should I tell you about the
little green frog that she keeps on the tank as well? There are real
advantages to standing when you pee!
CanopyCo
>
> > Oh, and my wife never ever
> > never ever goes to the potty without turning on the lights and double
> > checking under the lid before setting down. Can't figure why she
> > wanted that small ceremic squirrel to sit on the top of the tank
> > though.
>
> You gotta get one of these:
>
>
> Your wife will be ever so, um, 'grateful' is not the exact word I'm looking
> for...
Another fun one is to put a ruler in the water with one end under the
front of the seat.
When someone sets down the ruler pops up and splashes at them.
Don’t ask me how I know.
;-)
CanopyCo
They are a totem to protect the person owning them from invasion from
the animal that it represents.
;-)
Try replacing the frog with a plastic frog and tie it to the seat so
that when she sets down it jumps at her from behind.
I have one that I got from the garden store that is rubber and is
about the size of a big bull frog.
People are starting to get used to seeing it jump out at them around
here.
I think I need a plastic snake.
;-)
BobR
You either don't do this at home or have a serious death wish.
Bill
Freeze the squirrel in dry ice it and send it to Tibet where it will
will be feed to large vultures.
Very good Karma.
Bill
--
Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA
Not all who wander are lost.
- J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973)
BobR
> On Apr 21, 9:16 am, BobR <re...@r-a-reed-assoc.com> wrote:
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> > On Apr 21, 7:39 am, "HeyBub" <hey...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > BobR wrote:
>
> > > > Oh, and my wife never ever
> > > > never ever goes to the potty without turning on the lights and double
> > > > checking under the lid before setting down. Can't figure why she
> > > > wanted that small ceremic squirrel to sit on the top of the tank
> > > > though.
>
> > > You gotta get one of these:
>
> > >http://www.prankplace.com/toiletmonster.htm?gclid=CIT79Kr-gZoCFQ6jago...
>
> > > Your wife will be ever so, um, 'grateful' is not the exact word I'm looking
> > > for...
>
> > Hey, my mama didn't raise any fools. I am not about to give that to
> > her, I value my life too much. Now, should I tell you about the
> > little green frog that she keeps on the tank as well? There are real
> > advantages to standing when you pee!
>
> They are a totem to protect the person owning them from invasion from
> the animal that it represents.
> ;-)
>
> Try replacing the frog with a plastic frog and tie it to the seat so
> that when she sets down it jumps at her from behind.
>
I don't need to do that because that is almost exactly what happened.
We lived in a neighborhood that was cut out of dense forest and tree
frogs were very plentiful. They would show up all over the place.
One night my wife got up in the middle of the night to go to the
bathroom. There was a small night light in the bathroom so she didn't
turn on the overhead light and sit down on the toilet. A few seconds
later, she woke the entire house with a ear piercing scream. A small
tree frog had come through the sewer line and hidden under the rim of
the toilet. When she sit down and started her thing, it apparently
decided to jump and landed on her bottom. The VERY NEXT MORNING I had
to skip work and get some wire screens to put over the sewer vents.
About a week later, the little plastic frog showed up on the back of
the tank. At least she does have a sense of humor about the event.
> I have one that I got from the garden store that is rubber and is
> about the size of a big bull frog.
>
> People are starting to get used to seeing it jump out at them around
> here.
> I think I need a plastic snake.
> ;-)-
I don't know where your "around here" is but it sure isn't around my
wife or you might not be alive too long. <BG>
aemeijers
(snip)
> I don't need to do that because that is almost exactly what happened.
> We lived in a neighborhood that was cut out of dense forest and tree
> frogs were very plentiful. They would show up all over the place.
> One night my wife got up in the middle of the night to go to the
> bathroom. There was a small night light in the bathroom so she didn't
> turn on the overhead light and sit down on the toilet. A few seconds
> later, she woke the entire house with a ear piercing scream. A small
> tree frog had come through the sewer line and hidden under the rim of
> the toilet. When she sit down and started her thing, it apparently
> decided to jump and landed on her bottom. The VERY NEXT MORNING I had
> to skip work and get some wire screens to put over the sewer vents.
> About a week later, the little plastic frog showed up on the back of
> the tank. At least she does have a sense of humor about the event.
>
was outside my domicile. Lived in apartments awhile back, and had an old
beater minivan I used as a hauling vehicle. Went out to start it up one
day, after not having used it in awhile. There was a dead tree frog,
baked onto the drivers door near the mirror. As best as I can figure,
the poor thing jumped up on there to enjoy the sunshine, and had gotten
stuck because the metal was so hot it immediately cooked his skin right
to it. It was hard to clean off, holding one hand over my mouth to avoid
gagging. (Yes, I am pretty squeamish about dead stuff. My head knows
better, but my stomach says otherwise.)
--
aem sends...
CanopyCo
Just a little something about tree frogs.
I used to keep one in the house as a pet.
They will come into the house by way of the front door next to the
door light.
They hang out there hunting bugs, and sometimes jump into the house to
explore a new hunting ground.
Then when they start drying out, they go to the best water source that
they can find.
The toilet, due to it’s large pool size and the fact that it is not
used as much as the sink and is not visible from where the people hang
out.
Thus, the screen may not solve the problem.
;-)
> > I have one that I got from the garden store that is rubber and is
> > about the size of a big bull frog.
>
> > People are starting to get used to seeing it jump out at them around
> > here.
> > I think I need a plastic snake.
> > ;-)-
>
> I don't know where your "around here" is but it sure isn't around my
> wife or you might not be alive too long. <BG>- Hide quoted text -
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I live alone, in Tulsa Oklahoma area.
Can’t imagine why.
;-)
BobR
SHHHHHHH, don't you ever tell my wife that.
I don't know how my wife does it but she finds every little critter
that manages to get into the house. Not only does she spot every tree
frong but those little lizards that manage to slip in are in great
danger from her. Where we live now there are no tree frogs but the
small almost clear baby lizards get in all the time and she finds
every last one of them. She finds and I have to remove because she
won't touch them...even the little baby ones.
> ;-)
>
> > > I have one that I got from the garden store that is rubber and is
> > > about the size of a big bull frog.
>
> > > People are starting to get used to seeing it jump out at them around
> > > here.
> > > I think I need a plastic snake.
> > > ;-)-
>
> > I don't know where your "around here" is but it sure isn't around my
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> I live alone, in Tulsa Oklahoma area.
> Can’t imagine why.
> ;-)-
I can't imagine why either. What's with these women that can't take a
joke?
charlie
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you need a cat. she'd never see them again.
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:"Dan Musicant" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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:> Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
:
:Bury it. Why would you consider doing anything else? It's free nutrients.
After reading scores of posts I decided this is the best idea. However,
before that ever happened I put the frozen corpse in the trash. Next
time.
Dan
PS It could have gone under one of my plum trees.
Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net
TimR
> m...@privacy.net wrote:
> > Last evening I saw it, traumatized by a blow to the head or neck from
> > the rat trap it had hit in my backyard. The trap was tethered to a tree.
> > The bugger (or its cousin) has been digging up my newly planted squash
> > seeds and this is the only way I've been able to control (somewhat) the
> > problem.
>
> > This morning it's surely dead (I saw one, maybe the same one) that was
> > evidently stunned from hitting the trap a few days ago, looking dead,
> > but when I turned my back it darted away.
>
> > Warm weather is expected the next few days here in Berkeley, CA (~80
> > degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my
> > trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency?
>
>
> Plastic bag in trash or bury it. Worst thing you can do is let it sit
> out where flies will get at it, lay eggs and maggots will cause a stink.
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What? That's what I do, and I fish with the maggots.
BobR
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Tell you what, the next one that I find I will send it to you for
supper.
SteveB
left a dead squirrel there once, but apparently squirrel wasn't popular that
week. It rotted, and I had to take a shovel and finally bury it .
EWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
Steve
z
> Last evening I saw it, traumatized by a blow to the head or neck from
> the rat trap it had hit in my backyard. The trap was tethered to a tree.
> The bugger (or its cousin) has been digging up my newly planted squash
> seeds and this is the only way I've been able to control (somewhat) the
> problem.
>
> This morning it's surely dead (I saw one, maybe the same one) that was
> evidently stunned from hitting the trap a few days ago, looking dead,
> but when I turned my back it darted away.
>
> Warm weather is expected the next few days here in Berkeley, CA (~80
> degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my
> trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency?
>
CPR