AliceTheOwl Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word The r is redundant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word If there's a common critter against whom mental cruelty pranks are required, it's squirrels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word A mangy squirrel once tried to abduct my ice cream cone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word I LIKE squirrels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word So do I, as long as we're not competing for the same food source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word I don't consider it competition. It's good for me to be parted from my food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word I bet you're ambivalent about it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word Only if I REALLY wanted that food, and it's all I'm getting for some time. But I'm never outdoors under such circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word There's some overlap between what I want to eat what they eat, but almost none of that grows in my yard. (When I lived in Austin and there were pecan trees all over, my opinion was different.) No, I have jaundiced view of them as a homeowner. I think they're annoying little vandals, chewing on all & sundry, leaving nuts in electrical vaults, causing fires and leaks, and so on. And they like stealing the peanuts and sunflower seeds out of the bird feeder. A pity we don't have more hawks in my part of town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word Could be worse. Could be termites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word Carpenter ants are more common here than termites, and I look for signs of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word They are also quite unwelcome. My first year in NC, my kitchen had an ant infestation, and it just would not go away. The exterminator came by twice a week. Finally, it stopped raining so much, and the ants stopped drowning whenever they tried to fend for themselves. They went away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word Here, they are part of the native ecosystem, so you have to make sure there's no all-wood connection between any wooden part of your house and the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word I thought they also didn't mind concrete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Re: The Last Word I haven't been told they go through concrete, but the vapor barrier layer that is always put between the concrete and the wood may defeat them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Re: The Last Word I LIKE squirrels. You. don't. say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Re: The Last Word Yes she does. Don't you pay attention? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Re: The Last Word I haven't been told they go through concrete' date=' but the vapor barrier layer that is always put between the concrete and the wood may defeat them.[/quote'] Ah, yes. That would probably do it. I might be thinking of termites. Which the building I work in is infested with. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Re: The Last Word Rats can go thru concrete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Re: The Last Word I know they aren't the same critter, but the Pacific Science Center has a habitrail-type setup for a colony of naked mole-rats. One of the tubes ends in a block of concrete, which is there so the critters can wear their teeth down. I don't know how often they have to replace that block, or how fast they go through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Re: The Last Word Naked mole rats are both terrifying and cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Re: The Last Word And they inspired a great hoax that'd make a great thing to have in an RPG that happens on an ice continent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Re: The Last Word Man, I'm glad Josh hasn't seen that article. (He had our characters on an ice planet a couple of sessions ago.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Re: The Last Word Lessee ... PM ... engine troubles & course reversal ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Re: The Last Word Man, you can do anything with Science these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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