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Well, this is 2015, and the Women's World Cup, but congratulations to Germany and France for the third best soccer game I have ever seen and No. 1, I saw live.

Damn Chris! Glad everything turned out OK. Scary shit my friend.

Agreed, I am hoping it was just the introducing new characters tripe and now we can get down to business.

Happy Birthday, Brent!

Happy Birthday, Raffy!

Happy Birthday, Chris!

Happy Birthday, Ari!

Happy Birthday, Shelly! Actually I think 40 is the new 20.

^^^ I think that is not the link you were looking for.

Dear Mr. Biased Piece-of-Shit Soccer Ref Cunt: Here is a piece of advice. If you want your biased calling to have any chance of flying under the radar, do not fist bump the players of the opposing team. More on point, I let my displeasure with the referree be known to pretty much everyone and he threatened to throw me off the tournament field. I said fine. He said fine. I said, well? .... I watched the end of the game.

Wow! Just Wow!

Just got back from MathCon in Chicago.

FTFY

Happy Birthday, Jeffy!

If you decide to sell the Stealths, I call dibs, unless somebody has already called dibs, in which case, nevermind!

Lots of things eat dead things and if they have died of poisoning then they are also full of poison. If the dead rats cannot be removed by a predator then it is probably OK. I have seen raccoons get into bear-proof containers so there is that. The reason I said to check them twice a day is because it tends to be hot in attacks and dead things and hot places are not a match made in heaven. While the bait is an attractant, the amount is relatively small so I would be surprised if it increased the immigration rate significantly.

That seems like a better company. I also understand not wanting to deal with rodents. No big deal for me since I did my Master's project live-trapping White-footed Mice and did a later project on Cotton Rats. Both involved handling living rodents. White-footed Mice are actually pretty non-aggressive. The same cannot be said for Cotton Rats. We usually end up with anywhere from 2 - 5 White-Footed Mice that decide it is a good idea to take up residence in our house. It always ends up being detrimental to their fitness. I am not a big fan of poison, especially in open areas, because it usually ends up taking out non-target species, many of which actually help control the pest, and so you actually end up making your problem worse.

What I would do is set traps myself. I would probably set four traps in places where you notice rat droppings. I would check them twice a day, once in the morning. If you catch a rat replace the trap with a new one, set it and wash the old trap and let air dry before using again. If you have rats you should catch some in the first few days. I would not worry about getting the house sealed up unless you keep catching the rats semi-continuously. If you are only catching 1 or 2 a month then you have to weigh the cost with the expense of knocking it down to 1 or 2 per year. I doubt you could ever get it down to zero. The rat pictures on the website are actually mice.

Back slowly away from this one. It cannot really be done unless you are going to pay exorbitant amounts of money. What is required is to close every hole 1/2" diam. or larger for rats and 1/4" diam. or larger for mice. If you miss any, they will find them since they have nothing but time. Grahame has a good idea or you could go with Greg's solution and cultivate rattlesnakes, which love to eat rodents.

Happy Birthday, Zach!

Happy Birthday, Tyler!

Happy Birthday, Mike!

Happy Birthday, Doug!

Reviving this thread. So my AirPort Extreme is starting to act a bit flaky and will need to be replaced. I have been happy with it and could simply replace it with the updated model. A refurb goes for $129 so not too expensive. I know a few people recently updated so if there is a reason to go another route please let me know.