Norm, I'd like to have a few plants on deck, but am uncomfortable about the constant moisture, and how to secure them in the wind & waves.
How do you handle this? -Neal. Norm of Bandersnatch wrote: > Thanks for the info Rosalie. > > > The cats always approach something they are not sure about with their nose > so a very small zap would probably do it. > > They are not interested in grass. They want to dig up the dirt and poop in > it. > > I might try sticky pads but they could walk around them on the hatch rails > upon which I could not put anything sticky. > > Thanks for the ideas... > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Julington Creek > 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Rosalie B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Date: 8/26/2008 8:23:26 PM >> Subject: [Liveaboard] Electric fence was Re: recent info about Venezuela >> >> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:42:28 -0400, you wrote: >> >>> Actually MythBusters did a piece on that. >>> >>> Seems that there was a myth that one could pee on the third rail of an > electric railway (600 VDC in NYC subways) and get away with it unharmed. >>> So they did their thing and discovered with the high speed camera that > after a certain distance from the source the stream of pee breaks up into > individual drops so it does not conduct electricity. >>> I have considered making an electric fence around our herb garden on > board to keep the cats out by hooking up the fence wire to my 120 vac line > through a several one megohm resistor. >> Why not give them their own pot of grass, and put sticky paper around >> your pots? >> >>> Anyone think that would be both effective and safe? >>> >>> Let's see: 120 volts divided by a meg is about a tenth of a milliamp.... >> There are Scat Mats which you plug into the house current to give a >> cat that jumps on the sofa (or whatever) a shock. Don't know how >> effective they are - I gave my mom one once. >> >> We had an electric fence for the horses, and they would use their >> muzzle whiskers to check if it was on. If it was, they would gang up >> on the horse that was the least likely to give them a fight and push >> her through the fence so that they could all get out. >> >> For humans - >> >> 1-8 ma (.001-.008 amps) >> Sensation, tingling >> >> 8-15 ma (.008-.015 amps) >> Pain >> >> 15-20 ma (.015-.02 amps) >> Loss of muscle control >> >> 20-50 ma (.02-.05 amps) >> Difficult breathing, may cause damage to brain tissue and blood >> vessels, may be fatal >> >> I would assume (although I do not know for sure) that these figures >> are based on the normal body mass of an adult male. I don't know how >> much different it would be for females or for smaller mammals like >> cats. >>> >>> While there were two good ideas on how to turn a latching relay on or > off using one wire, nobody came up with a way to use one wire (plus ground > and 12 VDC at each end) to transmit both high temp and low oil alarm > signals. I am surprised. I know we have lots of clever engineers on the > List. >>> >>> >>> Norm >>> S/V Bandersnatch >>> Lying Julington Creek >>> 30 07.695N 081 38.484W >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: JohnB >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: 8/26/2008 12:53:57 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] recent info about Venezuela >>> >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> anyone tried an electric fence charger? >>> >>> Puts a whole new light on peeing over the rail at night. >>> >>> John >> _______________________________________________ >> Liveaboard mailing list >> [email protected] >> To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >> To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ >> >> To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1632 - Release Date: 8/25/2008 > 7:05 AM > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.9/1636 - Release Date: 8/26/2008 > 7:09 PM > > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
