[TheForge] electric "firecracker"??? OT

[Dan Scheid]

looking though the Cabals catalog I saw a motion sensor sprinkler that is
sold to keep the deer away
Dan Scheid

> 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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