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Discussion in 'The Water Cooler' started by buckeye, Feb 3, 2013.

  1. oldnotdead

    oldnotdead Legendary Woodsman

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    I have a bigger issue with mice than squirrel. I've never had a squirrel make a nest in my engine and chew my wiper wires...lol. Besides....I have too much fun ambusing them with my remote car horn...lol
     
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    oldnotdead Legendary Woodsman

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    Now to 2020...I now see the apocalypse is truly on us...The Buffalo Bills are winning. I haven't been watching sports....holy ****e...now I'm scared...
     
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    Every winter, after gun season, I put out corn with a couple of cameras to take inventory of the deer herd. It is 40 yards from my window. I also fill 2 bird feeders with black oil sunflower seeds. They are 10 yards from my window. I should really call them squirrel feeders that are occasionally used by birds.

    Right now there are over 20 squirrels running around out there including 2 black ones. They are fun to watch. Even more so when it is time to let the dogs out. In the 10 years I've been doing this I haven't had any squirrel damage. Possibly because of the dogs.
     
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    Chipmunks and red squirrels are evil.
     
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    To that I agree but never once have I seen either at my winter feeders. I NEVER feed before late Nov. or past March.
     
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    I feed year round birds coming to beg for food sooths me.
     
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    Ya ,well here i NYS feeders in summer can land you a fine for feeding and causing nuisance bear.
     
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    Same 410 that kills a squirrel deters a bear.
     
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    Why does a simple project in an old house always turn into a cluster f*( k !! By the time I am done putting a new bathroom vanity in... my water lines are going to be all PEX. I will never have to look at a soldered copper pipe ever again.
     
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    Did your wife tell you before hand how easy the project should be like mine does?

    Anyway, Pex and shark bite fittings are pretty miraculous. Good luck!

    Sent from my SM-G981U using Tapatalk
     
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    No... she is my technical support so she is pretty use to things going horrible wrong when working on this house. The joy will be the next project of Electrical work. But I know a GUY !! ^^^^^^^ Nice guy that I am... I will let you post meme's on your breaks.
     
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    3 idiots today, 1 semi and 2 cars between St. Cloud and Monticello. Your vehicle is not equiped to operate well in the snow, you should probably stay off the roads, but if you can't get your dumbass out of the left lane, you are a dumbassed safety hazard.
     
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    It is amazing how many people there are that have no concept of the left lane being the passing/fast lane.
    From what I see on a daily basis where I live I'm convinced that Driver's Ed is actually teaching new drivers to drive 5 mph under the speed limit in the left lane whenever they can.
     
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    So mad!! At tires, me, hubby....
    Two VERY expensive new studded snows...I decided to go get meds. aand water, drop off gifts that arrived a week late. Took A.J. For first errand ride. Radio down due to his big ears no siunds no issues. Come out of storego to drive thu thunk!!!. Rt. Rear flat and Id recjed it. Cell low, now cards to call AAA Dog in car. Dreaded hubby call...next thing I know knock knock knock....my machanic is right there at my window...BEST Machanic EVER!!!. He changed tire tookthe stud. Then calls house to say he tried warranty...NO why because winter and studded...voids warranty. He can only find a valve stem issue. Button Id broken belts so need new tire... It was $250.00 tire
    Mad at ture company, me because I didn't feel it going down, hubby because I mentioned the car feeling like the back end was "floating" two weeks ago and he checked pressure and fulled tires but didn't recheck for issues. Mentioned it to daughter who past it off as no weights in trunk yet and studs on cold pavement. I should have pressed issue ...
    In the bright side..AJ was absolutely perfect during this whole thing and my spare is a brand new factory tire never used and full sized. It was not a front end blow out at 60 mph causing an accident. We are finacially sound for such things. Seriously the odds of my mechanic that lives down the road from me being in another town at same store as me when it happened?
     
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    Please take note in that pic...the distance between cars in passing lane...just saying....
    Last guy in travel lane needs to have his front end bruised.
     
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    If somebody is on you azz speed up, called defensive driving. I do not tailgate but you have to take action to get out of the way of a tailgater, for your own safety.
     
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    And to think there really isn't any traffic on that road. Yall are spoiled and need to drive I-95, Kennedy expressway or similar...
     
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    As long as that left lane is doing 80 we are good.:biggrin: No semis in sight.
     
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    Hell, that is not passing lane distance in Green Bay, WI. And that is not a "city" of any size at all.

    More like the last 2 cars in travel lane
     

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