Isolated Blurt Thread

[msboy8]

That's a bummah. I haven't written in way too long. Normally when things get stuck on the way out, it's because it doesn't look as good on paper as it looked in my head.

I hope that's not the case with you.

~lucky

Hmmmmm, *msboy hands carson a plunger* "Just tring to help.

 

[BlackShanglan]

"Gone where savage indignation can no longer lacerate his breast."

Drinks to you, beloved. Grace go with you.

(And no, no one modern, so don't fret that I've suffered any recent loss.)

 

[msboy8]

Your sig reminds me of when my kids were 8 & 9, BlackShanglan. I brought them into my office and they were facinated with the shredder. I just barely saved an important paper from being sacrificed, hahaha.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Your sig reminds me of when my kids were 8 & 9, BlackShanglan. I brought them into my office and they were facinated with the shredder. I just barely saved an important paper from being sacrificed, hahaha.

*laugh*

Reminds me of the Dilbert cartoon where they convince a hapless co-worker that it's the new fax machine.

They are fascinating little devices, aren't they? Deep in our little monkey brains, we're charmed with the spectacle of destruction.

Shanglan

 

[carsonshepherd]

Hmmmmm, *msboy hands carson a plunger* "Just tring to help.

Thanks, actually it did! new perspective was all I needed...

 

[msboy8]

Thanks, actually it did! new perspective was all I needed...

Your welcome buddy BTW nice AV

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Got mice?

We do. Two of them. Been chasing the damn things for 2 hours. Gave it up and went the lazy peanut butter on traps way.

Crossing fingers.

 

[Guest]

Got mice?

We do. Two of them. Been chasing the damn things for 2 hours. Gave it up and went the lazy peanut butter on traps way.

Crossing fingers.

sticky traps are supposedly humane. but exactly how is one to remove the mouse when stuck to superstrength glue? the mice just end up swimmin wiff da fishies.
good luck, luckster.
i gave up the battle

 

[carsonshepherd]

my boyfriend, the tough ex-marine sergeant, told me last night not to "lock him up in the garage with the rats".... referring to a mouse the size of my pinky

 

[msboy8]

I've got mice also, and 3 cats! They like to catch the mouse, play with it awhile and let it go. The ACLU is investigating...

 

[OhMissScarlett]

my boyfriend, the tough ex-marine sergeant, told me last night not to "lock him up in the garage with the rats".... referring to a mouse the size of my pinky

Hehe!
we have one mouse we've been trying to catch for about a month.
the fucker eats the peanut butter right off the traps, so it's become like mouse buffet.

 

[carsonshepherd]

Hehe!
we have one mouse we've been trying to catch for about a month.
the fucker eats the peanut butter right off the traps, so it's become like mouse buffet.

Wanna borrow V's 357?

 

[impressive]

Hehe!
we have one mouse we've been trying to catch for about a month.
the fucker eats the peanut butter right off the traps, so it's become like mouse buffet.

I use cyanide-spiked peanut butter.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I use cyanide-spiked peanut butter.

Note to self: Do not eat PB&J's offered by Imp.

 

[impressive]

Note to self: Do not eat PB&J's offered by Imp.

Relax. I have MUCH better on my menu.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Relax. I have MUCH better on my menu.

Oh really?

 

[OhMissScarlett]

I use cyanide-spiked peanut butter.

I'll give it a shot, if that doesn't work, I'm getting the rifle.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Well, the peanut butter certainly didn't work.

Little bastards just licked it right off and went on about their business. I couldn't care less if we had them out of the house last night, but others here slept with a flashlight and a broom (when they slept at all). Looks like I'll be stopping off at Home Depot for some foam filler and taking care of their point of entry/exit. Also going to go a different route with the traps (maybe the sticky kind) and see if it makes any difference. Somehow I doubt it, but heavy artillery is not permitted in this house, nor would it bode well for the irreplacable antiques that are EVERYWHERE.

Any other suggestions would be very welcome.

~lucky

 

[impressive]

I'll give it a shot, if that doesn't work, I'm getting the rifle.

I shot a mouse once.

Was just married (almost 2 decades ago). First house -- which had been unoccupied for several months before we moved in. Hubby went away on business & I saw a mouse. Set traps EVERYWHERE. Put one smack dab in the middle of the kitchen floor. Hubby laughed when he called that evening & I told him. He said mice run along the walls and it was pointless to put a trap in the middle of the floor.

2am : SNAP! I jumped 3 feet out of bed. All the traps were intact EXCEPT the one in the middle of the kitchen floor. In it, a little mouse was caught -- but not dead -- squealing to beat the dickens. What could I do? I had to put it out of it's misery, but I'll be damned if I was getting close.

So, I got out this pellet pistol that I'd had since college -- a "faux" weapon to frighten intruders/stalkers. Cocked it and from about 10 feet away by just the moonlight shining through the windows put a BB right in its little head. R.I.P. mousey.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

I shot a mouse once.

Was just married (almost 2 decades ago). First house -- which had been unoccupied for several months before we moved in. Hubby went away on business & I saw a mouse. Set traps EVERYWHERE. Put one smack dab in the middle of the kitchen floor. Hubby laughed when he called that evening & I told him. He said mice run along the walls and it was pointless to put a trap in the middle of the floor.

2am : SNAP! I jumped 3 feet out of bed. All the traps were intact EXCEPT the one in the middle of the kitchen floor. In it, a little mouse was caught -- but not dead -- squealing to beat the dickens. What could I do? I had to put it out of it's misery, but I'll be damned if I was getting close.

So, I got out this pellet pistol that I'd had since college -- a "faux" weapon to frighten intruders/stalkers. Cocked it and from about 10 feet away by just the moonlight shining through the windows put a BB right in its little head. R.I.P. mousey.

You're my freakin' hero.

Everyone gives my grandma a hard time about having shot a hole in the outhouse floor with a shotgun when she saw a scorpion once. I think I'll try some poison before I come to be known as the next overreactor in the family.

 

[msboy8]

You're my freakin' hero.

Everyone gives my grandma a hard time about having shot a hole in the outhouse floor with a shotgun when she saw a scorpion once. I think I'll try some poison before I come to be known as the next overreactor in the family.

Lucrecia Borja would be proud of you, MissScarlet.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Lucrecia Borja would be proud of you, MissScarlet.

heh.

 

[SlickTony]

You can probably get mice off sticky traps the same way you get duct tape off lizards--use vegetable oil.

This happened, by the way. We were living in this apartment, and during the Christmas season I liked to wrap the balcony and the stairs leading down from it in Christmas lights. Since it was a rented property, I didn't like to put brads or nails or staples or anything like that in the railings, so I used strips of duct tape and it worked pretty well.

After Christmas I sent my son out to bring in the lights. He came screaming in to tell me that a lizard was stuck to one of the pieces of duct tape, and sure enough, it was--its belly, all the way from its dotted Swiss throat to the base of its tail was firmly stuck to the duct tape. When I tried to remove the tape, it screamed--silently.

I had an idea and had Henry go in the kitchen and bring out some canola oil. I poured a little where the lizard was stuck to the tape. It came unstuck right away, and after resting in my hand, panting a little bit, it leaped to the balcony and scuttled off.

Bet canola oil, or something like it, would work on a mouse just as well.

 

[msboy8]

You can probably get mice off sticky traps the same way you get duct tape off lizards--use vegetable oil.

This happened, by the way. We were living in this apartment, and during the Christmas season I liked to wrap the balcony and the stairs leading down from it in Christmas lights. Since it was a rented property, I didn't like to put brads or nails or staples or anything like that in the railings, so I used strips of duct tape and it worked pretty well.

After Christmas I sent my son out to bring in the lights. He came screaming in to tell me that a lizard was stuck to one of the pieces of duct tape, and sure enough, it was--its belly, all the way from its dotted Swiss throat to the base of its tail was firmly stuck to the duct tape. When I tried to remove the tape, it screamed--silently.

I had an idea and had Henry go in the kitchen and bring out some canola oil. I poured a little where the lizard was stuck to the tape. It came unstuck right away, and after resting in my hand, panting a little bit, it leaped to the balcony and scuttled off.

Bet canola oil, or something like it, would work on a mouse just as well.

... and if you use canola oil the mouse/rat won't get bad colesterol!

 

[OhMissScarlett]

You can probably get mice off sticky traps the same way you get duct tape off lizards--use vegetable oil.

This happened, by the way. We were living in this apartment, and during the Christmas season I liked to wrap the balcony and the stairs leading down from it in Christmas lights. Since it was a rented property, I didn't like to put brads or nails or staples or anything like that in the railings, so I used strips of duct tape and it worked pretty well.

After Christmas I sent my son out to bring in the lights. He came screaming in to tell me that a lizard was stuck to one of the pieces of duct tape, and sure enough, it was--its belly, all the way from its dotted Swiss throat to the base of its tail was firmly stuck to the duct tape. When I tried to remove the tape, it screamed--silently.

I had an idea and had Henry go in the kitchen and bring out some canola oil. I poured a little where the lizard was stuck to the tape. It came unstuck right away, and after resting in my hand, panting a little bit, it leaped to the balcony and scuttled off.

Bet canola oil, or something like it, would work on a mouse just as well.

see, good lubrication really does fix everything!