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Another to check out: Ginger Snaps - Alice Waters
- Thread starter meryl
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Does anyone else remember the "Three Stooges" episode where Curly goes
absolutely berserk whenever he sees a mouse and the only way the other two stooges can calm him down is to cram cheese in his mouth?
"Moe! Larry! Cheese!"
"Moe! Larry! Cheese!"
Well, that's how I feel now everytime I see the word gingerbread, or--so it would appear--simply the word ginger.
absolutely berserk whenever he sees a mouse and the only way the other two stooges can calm him down is to cram cheese in his mouth?
"Moe! Larry! Cheese!"
"Moe! Larry! Cheese!"
Well, that's how I feel now everytime I see the word gingerbread, or--so it would appear--simply the word ginger.
You are speaking to the woman who just made 100 chocolate seashells,
a chocolate ice cream cone, and tonight, will add chocolate trim to the roof of this sucker.
I BOUGHT OUT Walmart's white candy wafer allotment.
How it's staying up and defying gravity is a wonderment to me. I can only assume it's waiting until I deliver it to the mall on Thursday to crash.
a chocolate ice cream cone, and tonight, will add chocolate trim to the roof of this sucker.
I BOUGHT OUT Walmart's white candy wafer allotment.
How it's staying up and defying gravity is a wonderment to me. I can only assume it's waiting until I deliver it to the mall on Thursday to crash.
Sorry, let'ts try again: HA! It;s "Don't say RAT around here! . . . "
during the day I keep the door to the garage open so our two housecats can go in and out (they are not let outside). Well a rat must've snuck in when they were sleeping because one got into the house. The male cat was going bonkers trying to get the thing while it was under the piano in the dining room. two days passed and the cats couldn't get it. I set traps but it was quiet that night. Next morning I open the garage and lo and behold there is a gift of a small, dead rat in front of the door next to the washer. It was so small and sorta sad looking that I felt sorry for it--for about 10 seconds!
No more rat noises, no more kitty bonkers and the cats are currently in great favor around here. . .
It's kind of strange because ever since we got the cats and have had them sleeping in the garage at night we have not seen any rat or mouse sign at all--till now. I guess this rat must've been young and stupid.
during the day I keep the door to the garage open so our two housecats can go in and out (they are not let outside). Well a rat must've snuck in when they were sleeping because one got into the house. The male cat was going bonkers trying to get the thing while it was under the piano in the dining room. two days passed and the cats couldn't get it. I set traps but it was quiet that night. Next morning I open the garage and lo and behold there is a gift of a small, dead rat in front of the door next to the washer. It was so small and sorta sad looking that I felt sorry for it--for about 10 seconds!
No more rat noises, no more kitty bonkers and the cats are currently in great favor around here. . .
It's kind of strange because ever since we got the cats and have had them sleeping in the garage at night we have not seen any rat or mouse sign at all--till now. I guess this rat must've been young and stupid.
FYI: I got rid of mice in my house AND rats in the attic with one trick: Peppermint Oil
My cat is useless, and I had used every trap and poison there was and so when I heard it on the radio I was skeptical. All you do is put a few drops of essential peppermint oil on a pieces of cloth and scatter them around. It has to be the essential oil that you'll find in aromatherapy shops or a health food store. Extract won't do it.
A few cloths spotted under the sink got rid of the mice, and it's been several years since I've seen any evidence. A few cloths in the attic and under the house kept rats away for 2 years. I heard scampering once last year and re-applied. That was it.
I had previously spent a fortune on exterminators but the critters always came back.
I swear, it really works. One whiff of that stuff and they stay away.
My cat is useless, and I had used every trap and poison there was and so when I heard it on the radio I was skeptical. All you do is put a few drops of essential peppermint oil on a pieces of cloth and scatter them around. It has to be the essential oil that you'll find in aromatherapy shops or a health food store. Extract won't do it.
A few cloths spotted under the sink got rid of the mice, and it's been several years since I've seen any evidence. A few cloths in the attic and under the house kept rats away for 2 years. I heard scampering once last year and re-applied. That was it.
I had previously spent a fortune on exterminators but the critters always came back.
I swear, it really works. One whiff of that stuff and they stay away.
cynupstateny
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Had dinner at Eleven Madison Park in the city a few weeks ago. Cutting across the
park to get a cab and a rat the size of a cat ran over my shoe! I'm still traumatized!
park to get a cab and a rat the size of a cat ran over my shoe! I'm still traumatized!
cynupstateny
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Maybe they can send a truck with a sprayer to do Manhattan!
Ya know, I read about that - I'm gonna check it out. Thanks! I put some Bounce in the
drawers where the "evidence" was, and it may be working, or it's just a coincidence. Apparently, they hate the smell of Bounce, but so do I, and I can't put any of my utensils in the drawer, as they'll pick up the odor - peppermint sounds much better!
drawers where the "evidence" was, and it may be working, or it's just a coincidence. Apparently, they hate the smell of Bounce, but so do I, and I can't put any of my utensils in the drawer, as they'll pick up the odor - peppermint sounds much better!
Ugh - that would make me completely flip out. One night, when I was living in Manhattan,
I had kept the window slightly ajar in my bedroom, which faced a fire escape. Dumb move. Note: my bed was right under the window. I slept like a baby, UNTIL something startled me, *shocked* me, is more like it. I felt some weight on my head - guess what? A giant mouse had jumped right on my head. I screamed and screamed and screamed! I'd never been so utterly repulsed, disgusted, grossed out, and terrified in all my life. I had to run after it with a broom - killed it with the handle, screaming and yelling at it the whole time. What a scene.
I had kept the window slightly ajar in my bedroom, which faced a fire escape. Dumb move. Note: my bed was right under the window. I slept like a baby, UNTIL something startled me, *shocked* me, is more like it. I felt some weight on my head - guess what? A giant mouse had jumped right on my head. I screamed and screamed and screamed! I'd never been so utterly repulsed, disgusted, grossed out, and terrified in all my life. I had to run after it with a broom - killed it with the handle, screaming and yelling at it the whole time. What a scene.