Monthly Archives: September 2014

Each of the rat zappers killed a rat Wednesday evening or Thursday morning, so the total is now rats in truck 16 rats in well house 9 mouse (in truck) 1 ground squirrel (in truck) 1 Andy put the Rid-a-Rat … Continue reading →

The above is a screen shot I took during BBC Scotland’s coverage of the referendum for Scottish independence. The colored areas on the map are the ones where the votes had already been counted. Areas marked in red had voted … Continue reading →

Has your life been one smooth ride? Has it had enough rapids to make it adventuresome? Or have you been “dunked” more times than you would have liked? Or…? September 18, 2014  

That was a long time ago, wasn’t it? September 17, 2014  

There are lots of elderly people and children in our street, and walking with your cellphone may cause unnecessary collisions here. —Official in the Chinese city of Chongqing So the city tried an experiment. It divided one stretch of sidewalk … Continue reading →

Yesterday I wrote saying I hated the idea of killing poor critters who only wanted to make a nest for themselves, and Beate emailed a possible solution. A friend of hers had good luck with Rid-A-Rat. The idea is simple. … Continue reading →

This weekend Andy and Orlando were going to fix up the roads so Andy can plow this winter, but Orlando couldn’t get the backhoe in time. They now plan to do it next weekend. They’re also going to install these … Continue reading →

Radical groups in Syria have for years waged a slick campaign to recruit Westerners by appealing to their sense of religious duty and by assuring them that despite all evidence to the contrary, war isn’t so tough. Recruiters have referred … Continue reading →

Her latest post, a lamp by the window is up at peanut on the table, and she’s welcoming comments again. Yay, tammy! We missed you. September 12, 2014  

Do you remember the incident with the insurance company sending us a check? We had thought the case was closed — both the insurance company and provider had said the provider had been paid. Then we received another bill from … Continue reading →