On Jan 16, 2010, at 8:07 PM, William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sessoms" > Subject: OT: I REALLY hate squirrels > > >> Just spent 2 hours in the dark because a squirrel got the wrong way on the >> transformer out on the power pole. Tripped a main breaker 4 blocks away and >> knocked out power for 7 blocks. >> >> I really hate squirrels. > > We never had a problem with squirrels, but then the city passed an anti cat > ordinance 15 or so years ago. Now we keep squirrels as "pets". > If you feed them well, they play less havoc with infrastructures. > Unfortunately, like Tribbles, feeding them has an immediate and ghastly > effect on their population if there are few natural predators. > Eventually, they form little squirrel gangs, and they hang around your car > waiting for you to come out so that they can curse and swear at you and throw > acorns at your head in an attempt to ransom more food from you. > They sit in the tree beside your dog run and taunt your very excitable dogs > by swearing at them and throwing things at them. > One of them had Bella acting like a slavering idiot the other day. > Bella is what is called a "redirect biter". If she is going off at a squirel, > she is noisy enogh that the police will be called by someone, since it sounds > like she is being run through a mangling machine. > She cannot be distracted by anything if she's on a squirrel, and she WILL > bite if you engage her directly. > Anyway, I share your loathing of the little beasts, though I dare not write > stuff like this with the blinds open in case one of the little bastards is > looking in the window with the binoculars it and it's little gang of heathen > squirrel thugs relieved me of the other day. > And God help anyone who runs one of the little buggers over. > The squirrels follow those poor saps home and then eat their houses while > they are at work. > It's mean streets I tell you. > At least you can make friends with a cat most of the tme. > You need coyotes. We had a lot of squirrel and rabbit problems up until a few years ago. Up until the coyotes moved back into town. Now all is well. Paul
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