[TheForge] electric "firecracker"??? OT

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

I don't want to think about pink racoons at all, simply don't........PF

Aaron Silver wrote:

> I have had 2 'coon incidents within the first year of living here... 
> And then none.
>
> The first was when I found one of our garbage cans full of water and 
> what I thought was my cat face down in it... I was wondering how I 
> would tell the kids as I extracted it only to find that either my cat 
> decided to rob banks with a mask on, or this wasn't my cat.
>
> A while later my dog cornered one in an outbuilding. Without a lethal 
> remedy I turned to my trusty paintball gun. By the time I let the coon 
> go he was a nice chartreuse. I figure the combo of either not coming 
> back or having to explain the strange fur coloration to your mate was 
> enough to have them spreading the word that the ol' Silver place was 
> not a five star restaurant.
>
> Aaron
>
> At 01:03 AM 11/14/2004, you wrote:
>
>> I always figured that deer that raid the garden are really there to 
>> volunteer for the freezer.... and they know that by raising one's 
>> territorial ire, that they have relieved us of the attendant guilt   
>> of doing them in.
>> Also, figuring that one deer is generally enough, I drag the offal 
>> around said garden for a while to establish a lasting scent. That 
>> seems to last  till the freezer's empty again.
>> Now racoons are another story....not nearly so sensitive and a lot 
>> harder to keep out.        Pete F
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