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« Reply #4050 on: 18:58:09, 09-12-2007 » |
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I've been looking up house mice. I gather they can be in the house for ages before anyone sees them. I'm now convinced I must have them somewhere - there are a lot of places in this house where they could be. One site says if you can push a biro under a door they can get in. I don't think I can, but if frogs can get in obviously mice can.
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Milly Jones
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« Reply #4051 on: 19:05:56, 09-12-2007 » |
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Mary, I don't like the thought that there may be more and that they've been around for a while. I should think most homes have them under the floors. I am probably a bit obsessively clean and they carry diseases and they're incontinent which is why there's been such a furore. I love nature but I like it to be inside not outside. I haven't noticed any droppings until today and they were in the sitting room, but it must have come through the house to get there unless they're under the floor and they've come up through the floorboards and chewed the carpet somewhere. Nothing visible but could be underneath heavy furniture I suppose. Having said that, I've been keeping the back door open a lot because of the new dog so I suppose they could have come through the garage/utility room/kitchen (aaarrrgggh  ) into the sitting room. Anyway, so far only one spotted. I hate killing anything though.  |
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martle
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« Reply #4052 on: 19:11:23, 09-12-2007 » |
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Mary, I read something similar to that biro test about rats! (Obviously whatever object it was was larger than a biro - I don't remember - but it was shockingly small.) Also, if you live in a city or large town, you're never more than a few feet from a rat, whether you can see them or not...  |
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« Reply #4053 on: 19:27:36, 09-12-2007 » |
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GAH!
Why is it so difficult to shut the front door behind you?
I'm trying to work out my lovely six-part counterpoint and there's this creaking door...
All of this talk of mice is making me think even more that open doors are a bad idea.
And it's letting cold air in.
I go out nearly every single day to make sure it shuts properly.
And all of this doesn't take into consideration any question of security!
GAH!
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Morticia
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« Reply #4054 on: 19:32:43, 09-12-2007 » |
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I was paid a visit by a very young rat earlier this year. It came happily scampering up the kitchen door steps into the living room, then stood stock still. I could almost hear it thinking "Oh bugger! This was not a good idea". It dived under a very low table and stared in horror at me as I attempted to coax it out with the bribe of food. When I turned my back it scooted, never to be seen again.
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« Reply #4055 on: 19:39:56, 09-12-2007 » |
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I'm probably tempting fate here, but I don't remember ever seeing a rat or a mouse indoors in my entire life. I feel as if I've missed out, actually.
Martle, which direction is that rat supposed to be flying in? The direction of the spoon would imply that the rat is being flipped towards the cat's expectant mouth, but there's something distinctly forwards-seeming about the curve of its body. As for the legs extended downwards, I'm not sure what to make of those, not being an expert in rattine* physiology.
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*It must be 'rattine', mustn't it? Rat is rattus. How disappointingly ordinary.
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« Reply #4056 on: 19:43:59, 09-12-2007 » |
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Tinners, I'm not sure, but I suspect that photo is 'doctored' and not representative of a real-life occurence. Shhh!
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« Reply #4057 on: 19:50:24, 09-12-2007 » |
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On the other hand, I suppose it could be an entry for the caption competition: 'The rat sh*t on the cat.' (Try teaching that to your children tomorrow, MabelJane!  ) |
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Morticia
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« Reply #4058 on: 20:23:54, 09-12-2007 » |
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I suppose someone has to say this, so I may as well put my head on the block. Sigh. Anyone for ratatouille, chaps? However, before collecting my coat ..... Two weeks after the Virgin fiasco and my Outlook Express still rejects my name and password. I don`t particularly like the Virgin Webmail site and have problems forwarding mail to people, so I decided to give Virgin Tech Help another go (at the extortionate cost of 25 pence a minute plus 10 pence connection fee). The guy sounded as though he knew what he was doing and it all looked positive until ..... OE rejected me again. And again. And again. He then said it must be a Windows fault and I should contact them. Maybe it is their fault but this is costing me a fortune in `phone calls and I still have a part functioning service  Anyone out there have any bright ideas? Could I sort this myself via the Control Panel? <hair tearing emoticon> |
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Jonathan
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« Reply #4059 on: 20:55:40, 09-12-2007 » |
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Mary, I read something similar to that biro test about rats! (Obviously whatever object it was was larger than a biro - I don't remember - but it was shockingly small.) Also, if you live in a city or large town, you're never more than a few feet from a rat, whether you can see them or not... I suppose the mouse is going "weeeeeeeeeeeee" |
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Mary Chambers
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« Reply #4062 on: 14:59:17, 10-12-2007 » |
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I'm with you,Mort. I hate all technology, I've decided, after forgetting the verification code for my credit card when trying to order from Ocado, and spending literally an hour on the phone to my credit card company trying to sort it out. How on earth am I supposed to remember all these codes and passwords and answers to questions and so on? They tell you not to write them down, so I finish up writing down a code for a code, which I then don't understand.... . |
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« Reply #4063 on: 14:59:58, 10-12-2007 » |
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I know how you feel. I always feel frustrataed about things like that. After difficulties things will get to normal.  |
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« Reply #4064 on: 15:07:02, 10-12-2007 » |
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Mort, I know I've said this before but forget about OE, use Googlemail or Yahoo as your email address - I do - which means forgetting about your Virgin address.
I'm with Tiscali (who incidentally do seem pretty good in my experience) but, although I've got about 8 email addresses with them, I don't use them.
I had all sorts of problems with Outlook when I used to use it so I abandoned it and now use Thunderbird - have you tried it?
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