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We do have moles, but they are smaller than gophers, blind and all black like a shrew. My cats love hunting those as well and letting loose in my home. Last week was entertaining, big rat died in the top drawer of the nightstand on my side of the bed, right below my c pap. One of my cats was...

I’m glad we don’t have gophers near my home. My female cat Penny would be dragging them in the house and eating portions of them like she does with rabbits. On a side note, there are numerous big pounds around my place. It’s not uncommon to run over a horny beaver trying to cross 132nd or...

Prime jr got a reality adjustment!

Guess I should say we don’t have them in Kirkland where I grew up or in the Millcreek area where I’ve lived for almost 30 years🙂

We don't have have gophers in western Washington but lots of mice, rats and shrews. My parents were born and raised in North Dakota and every summer we would go back and visit their family. Sitting on the tail gate of the country squire wagon with 22's and gopher hunting was one of the things we...

Prosecute to the fullest extent of the law and make an example of her. This is a prime example of why our country is on a imminent pathway to destruction. Public stoning would be much more in line with what should happen but we are not yet a Muslim nation.

Yea, I used the same type of weed burner tip. If you want to sterilize the ground (kill everything that was growing ) quickly, a propane fueled weed burner is the way to go. It is not a precise instrument though, keep that in mind if you use one. We use them in construction when laying out grid...

Thank you RRR for supporting what I am trying to articulate. I am singular focused by my nature and see things in black and white. What has happened to the manufacturing base of the US (national security based) as well as middle class US citizens has been orchestrated and criminal in my view...

What ever you do, get rid of the carpet. The home my first ex wife got in the divorce had a similar configuration. Carpet in a bathroom environment is not good. I would recommend a ceramic or porcelain tile on the floor.

Shit can get out of hand quickly with fire. About 5 years ago I got careless with a propane weed burner on Mothers day and caught one of the 16 + neighboring 12' tall cedar based shrubs on fire, the flame was 12' away from them. I had a garden hose ready to go, but by the time I put the fire out...

It depends on the boat. Slight wind chop usually unsticks the hull and you get better MPH. Especially if it has a flat pad near the transom, water has a " stiction coefficient", the old adage is get as much of the hull out of the water and it will go faster. My 99 Eliminator felt like it shifted...

How did this happen, all BS aside, where was the secret service? How could an unknown person get that close to a major politician with no barriers? I lean right, but it doesn't matter to me the political affiliation, letting crazy people get that close is detrimental to our country.

Small write up of the boat Howard A gave me, my girlfriend and her brother a ride in along time ago in the Delta. In 1990, Arneson built a 32-foot Skater with a 1,250 hp GE gas turbine to race 1,039 miles up the Mississippi River from New Orleans, Louisiana to St. Louis, Missouri. On September...

I had a 25 Eliminator Eagle XP with a 502 / Imco -2" lower unit, would consistently do 74MPH at sea level (salt water) lightly loaded. Fastest I have been in a boat was Howard Arneson's Mississippi Burning turbine power Skater back in 89. IIRC, the joy ride hit around 160? No helmets, goggles /...

So many branches to this thread. The US should have NEVER allowed critical infrastructure or self defense mechanisms to be built or engineered off shore. NAFTA, CAFTA and all the follow on "free trade" agreements totally kneecapped our US ability to develop and manufacture what we would need in...