[elky] Re: Snow

  • From: STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 13:24:07 -0500 (EST)

Thanks.
 
 
In a message dated 2/22/2014 1:19:26 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jdos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

 
Yep,  uncover the tunnel, stick the pipe in, cover over and let the engine 
run..   
Some  guys make a lp concussion bomb device.. they pump lp gas into the 
tunnel, and  then  light it off with a peizo ignition source like a gas grill 
push  button… whoomp… check out the internet for videos of that …  for us  
farmer type, the dirt mounds are a real big PITA.  Doesn’t help my lawn  
mowing either. 
Jim 
 
 
From:  elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of  STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 11:49  AM
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [elky] Re:  Snow

 
Really?  I've never herd of anything like that working. 
 

 
 
In a  message dated 2/22/2014 11:50:55 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
_jdos@dunkerton.net_ (mailto:jdos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)   writes:

 
Get  some flex pipe , hook it up to the lawn mower or your car, put the 
pipe in  the tunnel and let it run for 20 min…or 30 etc… usually will kill out 
the  entire colony. 
From:  _elky-bounce@freelists.org_ (mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)  
[mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]  On Behalf Of Robert Adams
Sent: Wednesday, February 19,  2014 9:03 PM
To: elky
Subject: [elky] Re:  Snow 
 
 
Wasn't much of a fall she bounces well...  
 

 
I have checked rental cars from a few places and hotwire but they  aren't 
any cheaper and they are all far from the hotel and without a car to  get to 
the car rental place....  When we go on a trip of our own we  will go into 
spartanburg as hotels and rental cars are way cheaper. This  trip isn't bad 
since the hotel is free. She got two trips this month that  are one leg there 
and back. The hotel has a company pick up the crew from  the airport. The 
hotel is pretty nice and next to the expensive mall with  Tiffany, Gucchi and 
has a couple Maseratis in the mall (The new cheap one  that looks like a 
big buick)
 

 

 

 
As for the Pocket gophers I wish they ate  bugs. They are herbivores and 
eat tubers and tree and bush roots. Need to  kill them off before they start 
to girdle the trees and kill them. After  talking to several control guys 
they agree with what i have read and the  only thing that works is traps and 
you need to put 15-20 in the tunnels  everywhere. They also said the shooting 
method is the best if you can catch  them. They  make tunnels about 2.5-3" 
in diameter and the gophers are  about 12-14" long full grown.
 

 

 
Our cats were all nutz this morning. Everyone chasing and  running all 
over. They really liked the weather this morning but we were in  the 60s with 
near 90% humidity.
 

 

 
Robert  Adams 
 
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:30 PM,  Mary McCarthy <_printces@sandwich.net_ 
(mailto:printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx) > wrote: 
 
 
oh, dear.  Is Geri  okay?  That slipping and falling on the ice can be a 
life  changer.  

You might check somewhere else for a rental car - my  guess is the hotel is 
taking a big cut.  

82*  I remember  that.  It's 40ish, exceptionally wet (we are drowning in 
our  drought).  We had 2 1/2" of rain Sunday, an inch on Monday and 1 1/3  
yesterday.   Sprinkly today.  

The gophers aerate the  soil and eat bugs.  Not worth it.  

Our perfect dog had an  implosion yesterday.  In about 45 minutes he 
strewed the garbage  through the dining room, kitchen, eating area and family 
room. Either before  or after that he did some counter surfing and had 4 apple 
turnovers fresh  from the bakery and a pound of twizzlers.   We were upstairs 
and  didn't hear a thing.  We found him sitting in his bed with the remains 
 of bright red and yellow chip bags everywhere. ("It was a tornado, I  
swear!")  Wasn't messy garbage, mostly packaging.  So hard to yell  at him and 
laugh at the same time.  

car content - replaced a  light bulb in the jeep.  

Mary

 
 
Geri was in Charlotte last  weekend and there was a good bit of ice on the 
sidewalks and she slipped  on the sidewalk at the mall next to the hotel. I 
was going to go with her  but the flight back showed overbooked by a bunch 
but it ended up having 20  empty seats on it...  But she has the same trip 
this week so we are  going to rent a car sat morning and drive around and 
check the area out.  She has a couple houses she wants to stop and look at. 
Luckily the  doubletree suites has a Hertz counter in the lobby. Only bad part 
is that  rental cars are twice what I pay at most any other city. Their 
rental car  taxes must be quite high. 
 

 
Oh and we  were 82* yesterday and the day before was very nice at 72* and 
20%  humidity. We only see air that dry maybe 6 days in the year. Was perfect 
 all day. Course back to 60s today and 86%  humidity.
 

 
And  for varmits... I was siting outside last night and the gopher was 
clearing  dirt out of a hole about 3' away from the chair. I wish I had a .22 
at 
 that time. They are getting really bad lately doing allot of damage. They  
do nothing beneficial at all.
 

 

 
Robert Adams

 
 
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:45  AM, Mary McCarthy <_printces@sandwich.net_ 
(mailto:printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx) > wrote: 
 
 
oh, that's a funny story.   When we moved here we bought a .22 because of 
varmints.  Then Dan was  sitting out on the porch reading, and looked up just 
in time to see a  small black bear amble across the lawn in from of him.  
We looked at  the bear, looked at the .22 and laughed.  We also had a 
neighborhood  cougar for awhile.  

I have my dad's guns and when I was  little my dad's idea of 
father/daughter time was to take me to the police  shooting range with him.  No 
big deal, 
Frank.  
 
 
There's two cars in the ditch  in front of my house both  abandoned. They 
really have no clue how  to drive on snow.
 
No guns in this house. We  don't need guns.
 

 
















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