I was thinking why a lane in a dressing gown, but the mouse wearing one seems more likely. The mouse was obviously ready for bed, hence the dressing gown.One must ask, "Why the mouse in dressing gown"?
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Many years ago we had Khaki Cambell ducks for their egg laying and very nice too, however the then wife was not very good at sealing up the duck food so after a while we had a rat and mouse problem and even cases of them rolling the ducks eggs away to eat later.
It's nice to do no harm , but the only thing that worked was rat poison.
By the way did any one see the documentary about takeaways showing with the aid of night vision cameras rats and mice crawling all over the opened food containers and the reason they follow certain routes is due to the constant incontinence they have, thereby leaving a nice path for their friends.
I mentioned it to a lad I know who installs restaurant ducting and ventilation pipes, his comments were along the lines of "if you saw what I have seen you would never dine out"!
Or is that I would dine outside the restruant but never inside."if you saw what I have seen you would never dine out"!
No dressing gown this time ... but almost
Another furry walked down the lane well stuffed on cheese
Another furry walked down the lane well stuffed on cheese
You do know what the karma sutra is????
Are we back to takeaways and rodents..?
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
Thats it! I knew it was something like that....
I heard a long time ago, that when cleaning up cat pee, to use biological washing powder, not bleach. That will kill the smell just as effectively, and not encourage a repeat. Bleach contains ammonia, as does pee. Cats will mark their territory, especially if other cats are trying to invade, and they will often smell the ammonia in bleach and interpret it as another invader. No idea if mice will follow the ammonia trail.
Having 'enjoyed' cats for many years, the washing powder (or liquid nowadays) does seem to work.
We got back home from Maine and New Hampshire very late last night. Left the carry on bags at the foot of the stairs and went right to bed. This morning, I found evidence of a visit from a tiny furry critter. Buster dog was spending the week at his cousins' place so said critter had free run of the house. Mrs. Cheest went into full blown 'kill it with fire, slash and burn, sterilization, exterminate exterminate' mode. I rolled my eyes, which made it worse. I put my foot down when she wanted me to empty the pantry shelves and scrub all the surfaces with bleach. The signs pointed to a lone critter, not The Black Plague. I think she finally got it that I wasn't going to put up with her irrational fears this time and she crossed a line with the pantry.
Anyway, sanity shortly returned and I baited two traps. We'll see what we catch, if anything, in the morning.
Anyway, sanity shortly returned and I baited two traps. We'll see what we catch, if anything, in the morning.
Are we talking mice, rats, racoons, bears?, you never know with these strange foreign countries.
A mouse. Though we did have an 8 point whitetail deer in the backyard last week. Looked to be 250 lbs, dressed.
Nah. Too damn old to drag a deer carcass back to the house and I don't think the neighbors would appreciate me firing off a round. I know the county sheriff wouldn't. Those guys are just itching to go Rambo with their new SWAT toys.Oh No! You didn't kill Bambi.
Have been watching a few different engine rebuild videos, they tend to mostly be from the USA as it’s rare these days that people do whole engine rebuilds at home here in the uk.
And the one thing that probably shouldn’t annoy me is the use of the word “wrist pin” when they clearly keep meaning to say “gudgeon pin” it’s just weird how they keep mistaking the word gudgeon for “wrist”
And the one thing that probably shouldn’t annoy me is the use of the word “wrist pin” when they clearly keep meaning to say “gudgeon pin” it’s just weird how they keep mistaking the word gudgeon for “wrist”
As one from the other side of the pond, other than myself, no one over here can pronounce 'gudgeon', let alone know what it means. 'Wrist pin' works fine and the action is the same as a wrist.
Notice that we also got rid of that pesky extra 'u' in a lot of our words.
Lol at you coloUr full AmericansAs one from the other side of the pond, other than myself, no one over here can pronounce 'gudgeon', let alone know what it means. 'Wrist pin' works fine and the action is the same as a wrist.
Notice that we also got rid of that pesky extra 'u' in a lot of our words.
Honestly though I’ve never considered it to have any other name, but it’s always funny and interesting to come across different words being used even though we all speak the “same” language.
Obviously the enthusiasm and skill for doing this kind of work is still very much present in the US, but engines have become throw away items in the uk and probably most of Europe and so these skills are being lost.
The particular video that prompted my post was a guy restoring a 1982 fiat 124 spider
I was watching something similar the other day, and I was struggling with some of the terminology. Rocker panels (sills) and a few others i knew about, but I was puzzled when the guy said "I need to go get my SODDERING iron". At least that's what it sounded like. He then described how he was SODDERING the headlamp connector rather than using a terminal block.
Strangely though, he seemed to call solder SOLDER, which seems a bit inconsistent.
(I was watching and learning...My son is having some hassles with his LS2 V8 engine, and we have been looking for expertise in the UK, without much success. Unlike in the states, where you seem to be spoilt for choice, it looks like there is one specialist in the UK, and they are on the opposite side of the country.)
Strangely though, he seemed to call solder SOLDER, which seems a bit inconsistent.
(I was watching and learning...My son is having some hassles with his LS2 V8 engine, and we have been looking for expertise in the UK, without much success. Unlike in the states, where you seem to be spoilt for choice, it looks like there is one specialist in the UK, and they are on the opposite side of the country.)
The trouble seems to me that engines have become so specialised that people are not prepared to pay for the labour to rebuild, coupled with having to replace stretch bolts etc. and expensive rubber sealed gaskets. Even the cost of pistons , shell bearings and seals.
As an apprentice the garage I trained we at always stripped and rebuilt engines, gearboxes, differentials, even overdrive units.
There were several machine shops where you could get crankshafts reground, cylinders bored etc. locally, now most have closed with the old engineers dying off and the machines scrapped or sold off to India and Africa for peanuts, £30 or so.
It's hard to find oversize piston rings listed these days, never mind big end and main bearing shells.
As an apprentice we were shown how to use a Van Norman boring bar at college, we rebuilt engines and then Dyno tested them on a Heenan and Froude dynomometer machine from memory.
As an apprentice the garage I trained we at always stripped and rebuilt engines, gearboxes, differentials, even overdrive units.
There were several machine shops where you could get crankshafts reground, cylinders bored etc. locally, now most have closed with the old engineers dying off and the machines scrapped or sold off to India and Africa for peanuts, £30 or so.
It's hard to find oversize piston rings listed these days, never mind big end and main bearing shells.
As an apprentice we were shown how to use a Van Norman boring bar at college, we rebuilt engines and then Dyno tested them on a Heenan and Froude dynomometer machine from memory.
Chances are the 1960's Stores Department covered 90% of what was replaced on a daily basis
Most models in the lineup using the same parts
When it takes a month to get parts nowadays.. No commercial builder is going to bother
Most models in the lineup using the same parts
When it takes a month to get parts nowadays.. No commercial builder is going to bother
