Irrelevant Tangents

I broke my right little toe smashimg a door a long time ago. It never healed right.

Don't draw your leg back to kick. You will miss.

Take a traditional karate class. You won't regret it.

 

I'm sorry about your toe Necro.
When I read your post I laughed so hard I was almost sick.
Why don't you turn some of this stuff into a book?

 

Necro, you're not stupid, as they say in a game of cribbage, "You got Skunked!!". The weaselly little rascals are starting to move into town. Just last week I was walking up to the supermarket when I saw a lump on a neighbors lawn ( it was after sunset ). At first I thought it might be a dog or a cat, until I saw the white stripe. When it lifted it's tail and stamped it's foot, I told it that it could have the lawn and backed away. The other thing we are seeing here in Southern Michigan is an outbreak of either Distemper or Rabies in the Raccoons. There is a botanical garden about 40 miles from me that has had at least 6 Raccoons with Distemper / Rabies in the last week to 10 days.
Hope your toe gets better soon.
The Royal Canadian

 

Ya, skunks and raccoons both are rabies carriers, but I didn't give a damn. When I saw that little freeloading son of a birch tree, I just hulked out. I mean, I spent over $200 to have them removed before and I can't afford that again so I'm going to take care of it permanently. I'm going to get him and pin his head by the opening he dug to get under the porch again as a warning to the rest of his kind and any other animals that think I'm running a boarding house. God knows what the hell they been chewing on under there or digging or whatever the hell they're doing. If they would've came to me like a man and talked it out, I'd probably work something out with them, but not when they just roll right in like they own the friggin place.

 

Urine might be easier.

You could have a pee party. Invite your friends to bring some beer and come over and line up.

 

Crutches are not so bad. When I was studying at university, during first half of my first year, I broke my leg. But I was still able to attend to some (more important) lessons. Well, my father used our car to bring me to the university, but inside I was using crutches.

Are there no special traps for all kinds of animals? (Like mouse trap, rat trap, mole rat trap...)

 

Since you're layed up and also not working, get yourself a .22 cal pistol and a trunk load of 22LR. Set up a chair in the front or back yard, put your bum foot up on something, get a couple of cold ones, and while away the hours taking idle potshots at stuff. If you knock over something living, well you've got a grill don't you?

Invite your neighbors over to join you if they complain. After a while, your yard will be varmint free and later your neighborhood will be crime free.

 

Ya, there's traps for them. I rigged up a tripwire with fishing line so when they trip it, 3 crossbow bolts shoot out from the side with poison on them. There's also a second one just beyond the hole they dug to get in. I put in a little pressure plate that when activated, drops a concrete block from above. I also generously sprinkled a bottle of crushed habenero peppers around the hole. Animals really, really don't like peppers. And mothballs.(don't say it!)

I'd love to sit outside and take potshots at stuff but it's starting to get cool. I do love the cold but even I can get cold after a while. It's hovering right around 40 for the last week or so, and wet. There's a section 8 housing complex/breeding pen across the street from my house. It is the stereotypical scene, lots of traffic for the welfare people selling drugs and lowlife scumbag mother!@#$%^*& coming and going at all hours with their d-bag cars that have a jacked up bass system that shakes the piss out of everything. I have to do something about that.

 

I wonder if you could set up a trip-wire catapult to propel the skunks across the street.

(Scryler is going to kick my butt! :chairshot)

 

You probably have fixed up a helmet for that area somehow oke:

I was serious about the urine...it works. Not so serious about the party...but it would be efficient.

You could also try planting some Lantana in that area, or all round the house. Smells like cat pee and you might not like that, but neither would the skunks. The berries would make them sick if they ate it.

 

What animals prey on skunks? Owls maybe? I gotta get me a bunch of owls and set them loose on the skunks to bring about a skunk holocaust of epic proportions. Skunks don't contribute anything to the ecosystem. They are the homeless of the animal kingdom.

I don't think I can plant cat pee plants around my house. People would think my house was a nursery home. I ain't that old yet!

 

Amsterdam has been under a change in the marijuana laws over there since 2008. It is now illegal to smoke cigarettes in the coffee shops, but marijuana and hash are still legal. I love it. A lot. A real lot. While I enjoy smoking cigarettes, I would forgo it for a little while in order to go into any coffee shop and smoke 4 or 5 ounces of sativa, indica or purple kush strains in an hour or two. If I miss the cigarettes too badly, I can always step outside for a quick smoke, lol. Screw Canada. This makes me want to move to Amsterdam even more now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JAf_df9yds&feature=related

 

Years ago I took leave time in Amsterdam, (as every soldier that gets a chance does) and there was a section of the park set aside for junkies.

I couldn't believe it, they were just shooting up right there in plain sight and no one messed with them.

At first I was taken back by it, but after a while I came to see the lack of "shady" dealings and such that came from it being done out in the open like drinking.

A little later a few nurses came by with a hand pushed cart and exchanged used needles for new ones.

A brilliant idea in my opinion.

 

Wow. I am stunned. I humbly ask all the olders on here to watch this video and compare it to the original. I don't have the words. Surreal. Sublime. Just...watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxeYXyPv6lA&feature=rec-exp_fresh+div-1f-29-HM

 

Just fixed/replaced a leaking kitchen hose sprayer for the first time.

Stupid thing developed a leak causing the faucet to stutter ever time you turned on the water. You could hear the pipes in the downstairs bathroom shaking along with every chug. Probably not good for the pipes, I'm guessing.

My overly analytic brain would've turned this into a major repair operation. Patching and/or replacing the entire assembly. Thankfully I swallowed my pride (for the millionth time) and got an easy (and correct) fix to the problem.

Replaced the sprayer head in less than 2 minutes and WOO HOO!! No more chugging.

:joy:

Not bad for a quick $6 replacement part. Let's see that thing F*** up again!

Yet I still feel like I lost some "guy points" somewhere. :shrug: