John H. wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jan 2019 11:23:21 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 03 Jan 2019 07:34:07 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:46:56 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:00:26 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:48:16 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 20:46:13 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:


On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 16:26:57 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Btw, itÂ’s 38 here now...

You can switch those numbers here more like 83
.......


IÂ’d love to but one thing about this time of year up here

No bugs

Since I cleaned out the jungle behind the house we are pretty bug free
too all year. I am out there at night with Deuce all summer. I spray
Bifen around the house and that keeps the crawly ones out.
You know those roaches the size of your thumb that scare the **** out
of the yankees. As bugs go they really are not bad. Unlike those
northern German and Asian roaches, these guys don't really live in
your house. They come and go. If you spray a perimeter about 10' wide
you never see one.

The locals called 'em 'palmetto bugs' when I lived down there. I
suppose they thought that sounded
better than 'giant roaches', which is what they are!


The big difference is they are natives and not the nasty imports that
get in your food, live in your furniture and eat the bindings out of
your books. I lived with "apartment house" roaches for a good part of
my early life in DC and these are nothing like them.

BTW "palmetto bug" is just something we say so as not to scare off the
tourists.
This is a "Palmetto Squirrel"
http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/rattus%20rattus.jpg

My daughter discovered those things when she moved to Savannah, GA.

You have them in DC. I kicked one at the Giant Food office in
Landover. Surprised the hell out of me.

Most of what we have here are Norwegian rats. But, they may be the same
thing. They don't look any
different than the ones you have in your picture.


The Norwegian is most likely bigger. We have them, but being near a
seaport guaranteed that item. We use to shoot them along the shore in
Berkeley, Albany area when we were young. 20 ga.

On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 18:45:23 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jan 2019 11:23:21 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 03 Jan 2019 07:34:07 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:46:56 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:00:26 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:48:16 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 20:46:13 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:


On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 16:26:57 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Btw, it?s 38 here now...

You can switch those numbers here more like 83
.......


I?d love to but one thing about this time of year up here

No bugs

Since I cleaned out the jungle behind the house we are pretty bug free
too all year. I am out there at night with Deuce all summer. I spray
Bifen around the house and that keeps the crawly ones out.
You know those roaches the size of your thumb that scare the **** out
of the yankees. As bugs go they really are not bad. Unlike those
northern German and Asian roaches, these guys don't really live in
your house. They come and go. If you spray a perimeter about 10' wide
you never see one.

The locals called 'em 'palmetto bugs' when I lived down there. I
suppose they thought that sounded
better than 'giant roaches', which is what they are!


The big difference is they are natives and not the nasty imports that
get in your food, live in your furniture and eat the bindings out of
your books. I lived with "apartment house" roaches for a good part of
my early life in DC and these are nothing like them.

BTW "palmetto bug" is just something we say so as not to scare off the
tourists.
This is a "Palmetto Squirrel"
http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/rattus%20rattus.jpg

My daughter discovered those things when she moved to Savannah, GA.

You have them in DC. I kicked one at the Giant Food office in
Landover. Surprised the hell out of me.

Most of what we have here are Norwegian rats. But, they may be the same
thing. They don't look any
different than the ones you have in your picture.


The Norwegian is most likely bigger. We have them, but being near a
seaport guaranteed that item. We use to shoot them along the shore in
Berkeley, Albany area when we were young. 20 ga.

I wonder if maybe all the shootings in Chicago are just folks shooting their 9mm's at rats and
missing? Or maybe the rats there just look like humans.

Things to ponder...

John H
On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 18:45:23 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jan 2019 11:23:21 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 03 Jan 2019 07:34:07 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:46:56 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:00:26 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:48:16 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 20:46:13 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:


On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 16:26:57 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Btw, it?s 38 here now...

You can switch those numbers here more like 83
.......


I?d love to but one thing about this time of year up here
- show quoted text -
I wonder if maybe all the shootings in Chicago are just folks shooting their 9mm's at rats and
missing? Or maybe the rats there just look like humans.

Things to ponder...

........


Maybe a lot of the rats are shooting back...

On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 11:22:53 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

John H
On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 18:45:23 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jan 2019 11:23:21 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 03 Jan 2019 07:34:07 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:46:56 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:00:26 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:48:16 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 20:46:13 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:


On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 16:26:57 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Btw, it?s 38 here now...

You can switch those numbers here more like 83
.......


I?d love to but one thing about this time of year up here
- show quoted text -
I wonder if maybe all the shootings in Chicago are just folks shooting their 9mm's at rats and
missing? Or maybe the rats there just look like humans.

Things to ponder...

.......


Maybe a lot of the rats are shooting back...

They probably got their rat guns at a Virginia gun show!

2:38 PMJohn H
- show quoted text -
They probably got their rat guns at a Virginia gun show!
........

From the trunk dealers?

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 11:22:53 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

John H
On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 18:45:23 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jan 2019 11:23:21 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 03 Jan 2019 07:34:07 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:46:56 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:00:26 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:48:16 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 20:46:13 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:


On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 16:26:57 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Btw, it?s 38 here now...

You can switch those numbers here more like 83
.......


I?d love to but one thing about this time of year up here
- show quoted text -
I wonder if maybe all the shootings in Chicago are just folks shooting
their 9mm's at rats and
missing? Or maybe the rats there just look like humans.

Things to ponder...

.......


Maybe a lot of the rats are shooting back...

They probably got their rat guns at a Virginia gun show!


Maryland gun show? Maryland trunks?