[TheForge] OT: My floor is poured: the saga OT:

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

I've noticed that many blacksmiths have a preference for formidable women as do i.

On Oct 26, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Andrew Vida wrote:

We have guineas.  No snakes of any sort on God's acre, WV.

I had a jack Russell named Jack.  he was my boy.  He left us 8/12/04 and not a day goes by I do not miss him.

Rat terriers are pretty neat... but pretty small.  Sadly, not small enough that Bibi would not notice the presence and once that happens, I'm done. Stick a fork in me.


On 10/25/14, 5:15 PM, David E. Smucker wrote:
> What Andy needs is a "real" Rat Terrier.  Only way to know for sure is to
> know if the parents are real good raters.  Only farmers and such will have
> real Rat Terriers.  We have one who was just dump in our rural area and came
> to live with our two Labs.  He is young, about a year, but a real killer.
> Now just to find something to kill the copper heads.  Of course if you don't
> have any rats or mice then you will not have any copper heads around.
> Haven't seen any copper heads since "BD" came to live with us.  BD is his
> name and stands for Brown Dog, what I first called him when he showed up
> almost starved to death.  Carol says it stands for Bad Dog because he digs
> in her flowers but he is such a cute little fart.
> 
> Dave
> Brasstown, NC
> 
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> Fels & Phoebe Palmer
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> We got a JR terrier with the same intent...He's willing but ineffective.
> 
> On Oct 25, 2014, at 12:34 PM, David E. Smucker wrote:
> 
> Andy,  Get a good Rat Terrier -- a good one can kills many rats per day.
> (Mice too) but they like rats better.  Before the days of chemical bates you
> would find Rat Terriers on almost every farm in the mid-west.  My Dad loved
> Rat Terriers.  The shake the rats to death and then move on to kill another.
> Google Rat Terrier for some history.
> 
> Dave