Mice like anything that's going. It's normal to put raisins in mouse traps as the raisins don't go off. We get field mice coming in for the winter. They won't go in the living area just the attic. I screw the traps down and check at the start of the winter to see if there are any in the traps. They never need rebaiting. I haven't had any for 2 winters as I stuck at it and eventually I killed them all one winter. There were no young ones who knew where there was a nice warm attic. You have to screw them down as occasionally you will loose a trap when you only catch a leg and they crawl of with the trap. Lost one mouse trap and one rat trap because I didn't screw them down. I did see a 3 legged rat about 2 weeks after the rat trap went missing! The rats found the apple pulp from my cider production in the compost bin very acceptable. Pee is a very good compost activator but may also put the rats off...hopefully!
Give me some dialogue from your day
- Thread starter Crackle
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Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
The other day at work, a woman walked into the shop, on the phone, and as she wandered around she was saying "yeah, he got arrested at the airport..."
I told the boss about it, we laughed over wanting to know what it was all about.
Today she texted me to say someone had walked in, on the phone, saying "and will the body be ready to view today?"
I told the boss about it, we laughed over wanting to know what it was all about.
Today she texted me to say someone had walked in, on the phone, saying "and will the body be ready to view today?"
Poacher
Gravitationally challenged member
- Location
- Nottingham
... in moderation. Best in conjunction with little gem or a mixture of salad leaves.Rocket is wonderful stuff!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Yes - I started buying bags of mixed leaves after I came to the same conclusion.... in moderation. Best in conjunction with little gem or a mixture of salad leaves.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
'Col, can you look at one of the hoovers, it keeps blowing trips when plugged in'
'No problem...'
Its an industrial one, we brought them two months ago when we got new management...this one 'looks' brand new, which is odd if it keeps tripping CBs.
I seek some further info from the cleaners, who tell me....
'Its never been used, it blew the first time we plugged it in'
'But thats two months ago...why wait so long to tell us, we've got no chance of a replacement now'....that got a blank response, unsurprisingly.
I strip it out, to find water swirl marks and dried out dirt where water pooled in the housing...and the motor is rusty...and siezed.
It looks brand new outside, inside tells its own story, clearly.
I'm explaining to my colleague..sarcastically / mockingly what they claimed...
He replied...sarcastically / mockingly....'but no one used it'
I replied....
'Yeah I know, it was no-one that sucked up water into it'
£300 dry vac....bloody muppets, used once, borked, hide it away and hope no-one will realise.
'No problem...'
Its an industrial one, we brought them two months ago when we got new management...this one 'looks' brand new, which is odd if it keeps tripping CBs.
I seek some further info from the cleaners, who tell me....
'Its never been used, it blew the first time we plugged it in'
'But thats two months ago...why wait so long to tell us, we've got no chance of a replacement now'....that got a blank response, unsurprisingly.
I strip it out, to find water swirl marks and dried out dirt where water pooled in the housing...and the motor is rusty...and siezed.
It looks brand new outside, inside tells its own story, clearly.
I'm explaining to my colleague..sarcastically / mockingly what they claimed...
He replied...sarcastically / mockingly....'but no one used it'
I replied....
'Yeah I know, it was no-one that sucked up water into it'
£300 dry vac....bloody muppets, used once, borked, hide it away and hope no-one will realise.
Lullabelle
Banana
- Location
- Midlands UK
robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
On a club run this Sunday we had a couple of young lads aged 16 with us. I was at the end of the queue in the café, and just behind one of these lads. The woman serving saw him, sniggered and said ‘Oh sorry, it’s just that you look so young and they’re all about 80!’
I like to think that when she said ‘you’, she was speaking to both of us.
I like to think that when she said ‘you’, she was speaking to both of us.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Don't worry Rob - I didn't think you looked a day over 60!
robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
Oh hell, cycling obviously ages you. I had better warn those two young lads to change their ways or their youth will be soon be over.Don't worry Rob - I didn't think you looked a day over 60!
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Person 1: They closed the road can you believe it?
Person 2: There was a serious accident.
Person 1: But they CLOSED THE ROAD!
Person 2: What did you expect?
Person 1: They closed the road, it should be illegal! I was 40min late for work!
Me (thinking): Maybe the extraction of someone trapped in a car is more important than you getting to work a little late?
Colleague (to me): Talk about ego & self importance!
What if someone's in serious trouble?
Person 2: There was a serious accident.
Person 1: But they CLOSED THE ROAD!
Person 2: What did you expect?
Person 1: They closed the road, it should be illegal! I was 40min late for work!
Me (thinking): Maybe the extraction of someone trapped in a car is more important than you getting to work a little late?
Colleague (to me): Talk about ego & self importance!
What if someone's in serious trouble?
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Wife to me (she's stood at the back door)...
'Look at this !!!'...pointing to a house opposite.
'Hahaha, look at that !!!'....as a large squirrel is shimmying up a vertical brick wall by opposites bedroom wondow. It stops and appears to be looking in the window. At that moment we hear a sqeal....'EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKK
....MUUUUMMMMM'...as a circa 10 year old girl put her head to the window and came face to face with it 
'Look at this !!!'...pointing to a house opposite.
'Hahaha, look at that !!!'....as a large squirrel is shimmying up a vertical brick wall by opposites bedroom wondow. It stops and appears to be looking in the window. At that moment we hear a sqeal....'EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKK
....MUUUUMMMMM'...as a circa 10 year old girl put her head to the window and came face to face with it 
annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
- Location
- Blyth, Northumberland
Person 1: They closed the road can you believe it?
Person 2: There was a serious accident.
Person 1: But they CLOSED THE ROAD!
Person 2: What did you expect?
Person 1: They closed the road, it should be illegal! I was 40min late for work!
Me (thinking): Maybe the extraction of someone trapped in a car is more important than you getting to work a little late?
Colleague (to me): Talk about ego & self importance!
I've heard similar whinging at Kings Cross when there are delays because of a fatality on the line. Someone has died and they can't accept a 30 min delay without complaining!
Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
I am waiting for Mr G by the car. I have bought myself the first jam doughnut I've had in about 18 months and am stuffing it down surreptitiously. I've just recovered from a horrible fluey cold.
Mr G (appearing suddenly as if from thin air): You've got a doughnut!!!!
Me (mendaciously wincing and cringing, holding up last jammy bit): I've saved you a bit dear
Him: (Disproportionally charmed): Oh thank you sweetie!
Me: It's got my germs on though.
Him: Oh well I won't have it then.
Me (aside): Heh heh...
Mr G (appearing suddenly as if from thin air): You've got a doughnut!!!!
Me (mendaciously wincing and cringing, holding up last jammy bit): I've saved you a bit dear
Him: (Disproportionally charmed): Oh thank you sweetie!
Me: It's got my germs on though.
Him: Oh well I won't have it then.
Me (aside): Heh heh...
