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On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:14:01 -0500, c186282 wrote:

> Was in the middle of posting here some hours ago when a small RAT
> suddenly scurried across my floor.
> Never had one indoors.

A rat or a field mouse? I've never seen a rat around here although there 
are plenty of field mice. It's not very good rat habitat.

I leave the rodent problems to the Cat Force. 

When I was a kid we dried some squash/pumpkin seeds in the fall and that 
attracted mice. My mother had a thing about mice so my father put down 
some poison. It was some sort of phosphorous concoction that smoked as you 
spread it on the bread. No more mice.

Fast forward to just before Christmas when there was a cold snap. The dog 
had a house out in the chicken house but we let him in the cellar. Of 
course he found the long forgotten rat poison. Scratch one beagle. 

No way would I use poison. I'd rather not kill the hawks, eagles, cats, 
raccoons, and other things that might eat a dead rat.

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Mr. Ratt Screws Up c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-12-10 06:14 -0500
  Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-12-10 13:10 +0100
    Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-12-10 21:21 -0500
      Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-12-11 11:33 +0100
        Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-12-11 23:27 -0500
  Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up CtrlAltDel <Altie@BHam.com> - 2025-12-11 00:18 +0000
    Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-11 09:33 +0000
  Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-11 03:38 +0000
    Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2025-12-11 04:20 +0000
      Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-12-11 03:53 -0500
    Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-12-11 01:16 -0500
      Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-12-11 11:43 +0100
        Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-12-11 23:30 -0500
          Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-12-12 12:09 +0100
          Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-12 11:16 +0000
            Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-12-12 13:44 +0100
              Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-12 15:24 +0000
            Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-12 20:02 +0000
              Re: Mr. Ratt Screws Up The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-15 19:16 +0000

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