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

[Bruce .]

Hey!  It was YOU who taught her to shoot!

Bruce
NJ

On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:

> Up until one of my asshole neighbors ran him over, Ollie (border collie)
> was ace at getting the rats out of the barn.  His back end is now loused up
> due to having been hit and he's gotten chubby and cannot get them unless
> they are in a feed bin and I tilt it for him.
>
> We had so many rats that we'd need a dozen terriers to get that under
> control.  We had so many that the barn floor has literally sunk in
> places... which I now need to re-fill.  I used to shoot them, but ammo
> isn't what it used to me in terms of $$ and availability.  Given the less
> than negligible chance that the world may fall into some state of
> post-apocalyptic chaos, I want to have as much ammunition on hand as I can
> manage, if for no other reason than to make sure I put flesh on the table.
> I for one am not fond of being hungry without choice.
>
> Besides, we now have three dogs, all larger, and if I came home with
> another one Bibi would kill me, chop me into pieces, curry me, and feed me
> to the chickens... bones and all.
>
> Just ask Bruce whether Bibi is anyone he'd ever want to piss off. :)
>
> On 10/25/14, 3:34 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.
>>
>
>
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