The Coffee House

Gary A. · May 31, 2018

smoke665 said:
@Gary A. they can be nasty critters. If you don't want to harm them, then the best thing might be to trap them, so they can be relocated far away. I have a couple different sizes of the these Live Animal Traps (5 Different Sizes in Stock) - Havahart® I prefer the two door model as they are more apt to enter if both ends are open.

Gary’s neighbor has live traps which Gary can use. The neighbor uses them mainly for raccoons. After he captures them, he will paint their behinds red just to see if they return after release. Gary can imagine the thoughts of a newly release raccoon ... " I ain't ever goin' back there. That human is a crazy ... spray paintin' my ass red and all ...".

The problem with a live trap is that I need to capture the babies as well.

In the past, Gary has waited until the Opossums 'play possum' then bags them up and take them upstream from where Maggie and Max were playing (in the black water), where the stream and surrounding land is natural and not developed into a park. One time Gary walked the mile or so with an opossum scooped up on a shovel. The opossum played possum the entire trip. (Playing possum is involuntary and may last a few minutes or even hours.)

ceemac · May 31, 2018

When my kids were young they made me live trap mice and we would release them in the park half amile away. Never thought of painting them red. haha

smoke665 · May 31, 2018

@Gary A. you and your possum story remind me of a friend of mine. He decided that he wanted a Fainting Goat to add to his menagerie of critters on his little farm. He searched till he found some in TN. His only vehicle was an Expedition and being the neophyte that he was made no preparations for transporting a 80lb farm animal. So he folds down the seat in the rear puts the goat in the back and takes off. Goats being goats it's climbing over everything and bouncing around like a ping pong ball in a hurricane. In frustration he screams a few choice words at the goat who promptly falls down feet in the air. He drove the remainder of the hour home, everytime the goat got up he screamed at it and causing it to faint. :allteeth:

Gary A. · May 31, 2018

smoke665 said:
@Gary A. you and your possum story remind me of a friend of mine. He decided that he wanted a Fainting Goat to add to his menagerie of critters on his little farm. He searched till he found some in TN. His only vehicle was an Expedition and being the neophyte that he was made no preparations for transporting a 80lb farm animal. So he folds down the seat in the rear puts the goat in the back and takes off. Goats being goats it's climbing over everything and bouncing around like a ping pong ball in a hurricane. In frustration he screams a few choice words at the goat who promptly falls down feet in the air. He drove the remainder of the hour home, everytime the goat got up he screamed at it and causing it to faint.

Gary has a similar reaction when he gets screamed at.

Fujidave · May 31, 2018

Got well caught in a thunder storm me and Susie, got soaked through and I had to tell her Don`t worry about the thunder as it`s the lightning to be fearful of.

smoke665 · May 31, 2018

Fujidave said:
Got well caught in a thunder storm me and Susie, got soaked through and I had to tell her Don`t worry about the thunder as it`s the lightning to be fearful of.

Yup if it hits you, you won't hear the thunder. LOL

Fujidave · May 31, 2018

smoke665 said:
Fujidave said:

Got well caught in a thunder storm me and Susie, got soaked through and I had to tell her Don`t worry about the thunder as it`s the lightning to be fearful of.

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Yup if it hits you, you won't hear the thunder. LOL

Very true that. I remember working on Devils Dyke when one of the members was teeing off, he got hit by lightning and was dead before he hit the ground or golf ball.

smoke665 · May 31, 2018

Fujidave said:
Very true that. I remember working on Devils Dyke when one of the members was teeing off, he got hit by lightning and was dead before he hit the ground or golf ball.

My father was hit twice in his life (not direct), once when it jumped from the tree to the tractor he was on, and once when it struck the CB antenna on the pickup he had his arm resting on. Other then some minor burns and a pair of new shoes on the truck strike (it blew silver dollar size holes in the soles), he never had any serious side effects.

Fujidave · May 31, 2018

smoke665 said:
Fujidave said:

Very true that. I remember working on Devils Dyke when one of the members was teeing off, he got hit by lightning and was dead before he hit the ground or golf ball.

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My father was hit twice in his life (not direct), once when it jumped from the tree to the tractor he was on, and once when it struck the CB antenna on the pickup he had his arm resting on. Other then some minor burns and a pair of new shoes on the truck strike (it blew silver dollar size holes in the soles), he never had any serious side effects.

One very lucky man then I`d say.

davidharmier60 · May 31, 2018

This morning I walked out to the truck and realized I did not have my key blob. Looked everywhere I could including in the truck with a flashlight but did not find/see them.
So took the other vehicle to work. Explained to Trish that I thought Sister NEEDED the car. So I had 4 and a half or so for the day and 20 and a little for the week.
Been reading. Need to do at least 7 penny rolls. Guess that comes next.

davidharmier60 · May 31, 2018

OH. Learned from the wrecker driver who opened my truck at work. Pried the upper part of the door away from the body. Used a yardstick to push the unlock button.
Went and had a key cut. It is thin and is in my wallet so this can't happen again. I remember thinking I had to clip the keys to my belt loop after visiting the box at the front of the neighborhood but apparently I missed.

smoke665 · May 31, 2018

davidharmier60 said:
Learned from the wrecker driver who opened my truck at work. Pried the upper part of the door away from the body.

A county deputy did that for me at a gas station one time, when I locked the keys in the truck when I got out to fill up. :cupcake:

Used a hard rubber wedge thingy, worked slick

davidharmier60 · May 31, 2018

It was in fact Spaghetti night.
Thinking of Blue Bell later.

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smoke665 · May 31, 2018

Sadie Mae talked us into a ride to Dairy Queen for desert :biggrin-93:

Tony744 · May 31, 2018

davidharmier60 said:
This morning I walked out to the truck and realized I did not have my key blob. Looked everywhere I could including in the truck with a flashlight but did not find/see them.
So took the other vehicle to work. Explained to Trish that I thought Sister NEEDED the car. So I had 4 and a half or so for the day and 20 and a little for the week.
Been reading. Need to do at least 7 penny rolls. Guess that comes next.

Did that once back when I was driving truck. Stopped at the yard and got out of the truck to talk with the boss. Went to get back into the truck to find the door locked and the key sitting in the ignition.