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Old_Me

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well, last week i saw some "wood chips" on top of my garbage barrel..

it was not there, the previous morning, when i threw out the garbage.

so i started calling people.

seems "something" bored a hole in my soffit....

the first company i called asked how tall a ladder does he need to bring...

"uh, i dunno, i got me a 3 story tall family house, maybe a gazillion foot ladder"..??

"well, i don't have a ladder that tall, only about a 30 footer".....he says

then proceeds to tell me to "listen for noises for the next few days, and he will get the proper ladder by then.

so i called another company...

"ok, we can be there next week (today, Mon Aug 7th, from 7 AM to 9AM, and check it out"

"don't you wanna know how tall a ladder you need"?

"nope, free inspection, then after you are told what the problem is, we bring the big guns", she says.

well, it's a squirrel situation.....

but wait...."it's mating season and we have wait till the babies are a bit older so we can capture all of them, then make a repair"

"ok,, when will that be"?

"end of September"

no tree's, but a power line from the pole to the house.....most likely was the way to my house.

there goes another sad attempt to get a new laptop, and register once again for the NRA instructors training.....


1) last month, toilet repair

2) 2 weeks ago, washer repair

3) now squirrel eradication, and repair. (squirrels have to be euthanized, they do not relocate them)

well, "they say" ........"bad things come in 3's.........."

good thing i been buying extra Mega Millions Lottery tickets, for the over 1 Billion dollars.......this Tuesday

of course, with my :poop: luck, if i win..??

i'll get a freaking heart attack, and drop dead...........the ticket will be stolen, and some :poop: head will be a gazillionaire......
 
Maybe good things come in 3's too. My advice? Go buy 2 more Mega Millions tickets, have 3 strong drinks before checking your tickets. That will likely put you in a fog preventing the extreme excitement. Also, sign the back of each ticket before the drawing and let someone else check the numbers. Your signature on the back will prove they're yours and the hangover will make you less excitable if you win. :ROFLMAO:
 
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This pretty much sealed the fate of the critter forever in the minds of America 😜
 
Snake45 said:
OM. I had a VERY similar situation about a decade ago. I took care of bidness and it didn't cost me a dime, and the statute of limitations should have run on everything. ;)
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i had issues about 10 years ago with squirrels in my garden..........believe me, a 55 gallon filled to the top, and a well baited trap....

musta off'd maybe 3 dozen of those fury tailed rats.

but now, i am several years older...i cannot climb a ladder, or get onto the flat section of my roof, with out getting dizzy..

that portion of the roof is about 40' up.

even when i am at the range or club, i need to "prop" myself a tiny bit against the bench to steady myself.
 
Lock n' Load said:
Maybe good things come in 3's too. My advice? Go buy 2 more Mega Millions tickets, have 3 strong drinks before checking your tickets. That will likely put you in a fog preventing the extreme excitement. Also, sign the back of each ticket before the drawing and let someone else check the numbers. Your signature on the back will prove they're yours and the hangover will make you less excitable if you win. :ROFLMAO:
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well actually 2 thoughts on that...yes, signing the back of the ticket insures one is the winner

however

many financial advisors recommend that you do not do that, so that you call your lawyer, and the 2 of you go to the lottery building, and from there, you get to open up a trust fund, under a name you choose.

what does this do..??

hides your Identity.

and from what i recall, no FOIA (freedom of information act) can be used to find out who you are, since banking regulations are at work now.

some states, like mine, announce your name when you win.....

some like California i believe, do not.....

at least, this is what has been going around by law firms, since the first few huge lottery jackpots.
 
i asked the pest control guy, if they install these

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he said no, it's an electrical company thing.

(disclaimer) i had already read where one has to call the electric company, as the wires belong to them)

so, when i get around to it, i'll call my local electric company for a yea or nay on that device.

i'd "like to hope" for what we pay for our bills, and the money they will make on such a sale and install, it should be a "go"
 
I once ran a squirrel off a soffit I was covering up with aluminum soffit. The next day, out in the middle of a 36" soffit, there was a perfectly round hole in the aluminum soffit. Like someone drilled it. Mama squirrel had babies in there and she was obviously a skilled carpenter and had suction cup hands in a previous life.

So, the repair should not be made until the squirrel and her babies are dealt with.
 
this reminds me of the florida house
one day we heard this horrible jack hammering noise from outside near the garage
bawappp bawaaap etc horrible
ran out on the second go round and saw what looked like 2 foot tall pillated wood pecker, playing jack hammer in my eves
he looked like woody the wood pecker...HUGE animal
he flew off and then returned as soon as i stepped back in the house
i found out later he was eating carpenter ants that had decided to eat my eves at the back of garage, ..FOUND the leak

we had all the wood replaced and wouldn't you know a few weeks later this feathered freeak did it again.
tore right through the new wood. no ants...just destroyed wood
ended up dispatching this guy with a .410 hours later
cost me repairs 2 times to get rind of this guy

i feel for you with squirrel in the bell free
 
When we owned our house, we would get bats in the basement, they came down the walls from the attic and into the basement area, I tried blocking all the open spaces, used cans of spray foam, all for nothing, still would get one occasionally, and in Ohio you CAN’T kill bats, there an endangered species. Never did find out how they got into the attic, but our house was over 100 years old, remodeled several times, but they still got in.
 
Bassbob said:
I once ran a squirrel off a soffit I was covering up with aluminum soffit. The next day, out in the middle of a 36" soffit, there was a perfectly round hole in the aluminum soffit. Like someone drilled it. Mama squirrel had babies in there and she was obviously a skilled carpenter and had suction cup hands in a previous life.

So, the repair should not be made until the squirrel and her babies are dealt with.
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yes, the pest guy said, they all gotta be outta the house before they can make the repairs as well.

so, for the time being, i got "freeloading tenants"..????
Snake45 said:
Old Me, before I waste time posting helpful details, answer me this: Is shooting the tranny rats a possibility at all?

Over....
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oh man, i wish i could..but i live in the city, not the burbs or woods...
powerboatr said:
this reminds me of the florida house
one day we heard this horrible jack hammering noise from outside near the garage
bawappp bawaaap etc horrible
ran out on the second go round and saw what looked like 2 foot tall pillated wood pecker, playing jack hammer in my eves
he looked like woody the wood pecker...HUGE animal
he flew off and then returned as soon as i stepped back in the house
i found out later he was eating carpenter ants that had decided to eat my eves at the back of garage, ..FOUND the leak

we had all the wood replaced and wouldn't you know a few weeks later this feathered freeak did it again.
tore right through the new wood. no ants...just destroyed wood
ended up dispatching this guy with a .410 hours later
cost me repairs 2 times to get rind of this guy

i feel for you with squirrel in the bell free
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thanks
Annihilator said:
When we owned our house, we would get bats in the basement, they came down the walls from the attic and into the basement area, I tried blocking all the open spaces, used cans of spray foam, all for nothing, still would get one occasionally, and in Ohio you CAN’T kill bats, there an endangered species. Never did find out how they got into the attic, but our house was over 100 years old, remodeled several times, but they still got in.
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yeah, my house was built in 1860, so you just gotta know the spaces bats can get into. like a mouse, if it's head can get in? so does the rest of the body


they are protected here as well...i did "cath" 2 in those sticky glue mouse traps, in my bulkhead/shed a couple years ago.

my 2 chimneys are capped, as well.

and yet, we had 1 recently get into the house.

life is grand...isn't it..???
 
powerboatr said:
this reminds me of the florida house
one day we heard this horrible jack hammering noise from outside near the garage
bawappp bawaaap etc horrible
ran out on the second go round and saw what looked like 2 foot tall pillated wood pecker, playing jack hammer in my eves
he looked like woody the wood pecker...HUGE animal
he flew off and then returned as soon as i stepped back in the house
i found out later he was eating carpenter ants that had decided to eat my eves at the back of garage, ..FOUND the leak

we had all the wood replaced and wouldn't you know a few weeks later this feathered freeak did it again.
tore right through the new wood. no ants...just destroyed wood
ended up dispatching this guy with a .410 hours later
cost me repairs 2 times to get rind of this guy

i feel for you with squirrel in the bell free
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That’s a Pileated Woodpecker. I have a family of them in the back yard. Probably the coolest birds I’ve ever seen. They love suet. And around here anyway the damage they cause is limited to trees.
 
Bassbob said:
That’s a Pileated Woodpecker. I have a family of them in the back yard. Probably the coolest birds I’ve ever seen. They love suet. And around here anyway the damage they cause is limited to trees.
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he or she liked red painted trims, with carpenter ants. in hindsight it was good he did the 1st attack as it revealed some damaged wood behind the soffits and those ants. i think he liked the paint and primer and new wood next time

where we live now, we have LOTS of wood peckers that ...as you stated just get the trees. occasionally one will rest on a feeder and tend to make the little birds nervous or so it seems.

our little owls are the big threat...to mice, birds, rabbits and the odd cat

we have a hawk that learned to attack birds on the feeders...he is so fast that the security cameras, only catch the blurr.. as he flies in
then you see him carrying a bird off to the lair
 
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