The Most Expensive Free Trip Ever - TR Link is Up! Pg. 164

[glennbo123]

I can picture you on the front lawn screaming and running..

Hey, I never said "running". It was more of a "dancing/spinning" thing. Running would have been a total wuss move.

This is a timely topic because yesterday we discovered we had an extra family living with us.

I don't do mice, unless it wears pants and white gloves. They had a nice little nest inside one of the walls in the basement and when they took out the drywall our little friends decided to move upstairs.....

Oooo, bummer. But nice of you to share your home with some of God's creatures. We've had them in this house too. A few years ago we had a bunch and so did a couple of guys I worked with. We kept a tally and every morning we'd come in and update it. (Sorry Jen (Cameo818). These were not fancy rats, but ordinary pesky field mice who had entered where they were not welcome.)

Did I mention that I hate and am scared to death of mice? I've kept at least one of my doxies near me all day, after all they were bred to catch rodents.

Why no, I don't think you have.

I forgot that that's what they were bred for. Very good. I think bichons (our "Swiffer) were bred just for companionship, so he has to be near you, or preferably on you, when you're sitting on the couch and wants to turn every hug into a that includes him.

I'm telling you, its rough being one of the few civilians on our block. As to soldiers and mice, I do know a couple who flipped a script when a copperhead snake invaded our camp site during a men's fishing trip at church. Of course I was screeching louder than they were so I still lost points! My redeeming grace is that I can do passably well at the firing range and can smoke a mean brisket.

Good to hear you've got some skills to point to for man points. Hmmm, I've got a woodshop/man-cave, so that should count for something.

Wow. I would've LOVED to have seen that. America's Funniest Home Videos or what?!

Good thing the big mama wasn't in there to protect her babies. You could've got a nasty bite. Mice and rats don't give me the heebie jeebies when their domesticated and are pets. But finding them in my ceiling or closet or a bag out in the garage.... NOT SO MUCH!

Still. That's pretty funny

I coulda been $10,000 richer, for sure, but the event will just have to live in everyone's imagination.

I have no idea where mama mouse was, and am glad I never found her.

ahh varmits.

They took out my roof.

Literally.

Jeff and I noticed we were hearing an odd "scratching" noise above our heads. And in the kids rooms.

It was rather loud

And CREEPY. Icky Icky sounding

After months of praying it would go away on its own (ok maybe 2, tops) we decided to investigate. I had been a single mom for 4 years at this point and sadly had NEVER been in the attic of my house.

I'm with you on taking a "wait and see" approach for a while!

And I have been in my attic. Actually, I've taken an unusual, unexpected, exit from it as well. But that's another Glennbo story!

Face mask. Check
Rubber gloves. Check
Long sleeve shirt and pants. Check.

All I could picture was a rabid animal attacking us the minute we opened that ceiling access door.

Ghostbusters for wimps.

Who aren't you gonna call?

Sure enough. A racoon.

Not just one.

A mama. With babies. OOOHHH how cute, all snuggled together.

We closed the attic up. Called animal control.

They are rabid. She was nesting. Animal Control wouldn't do a thing. Their advice?

Wait for the babies to grow up (Spring, so about 4-6 weeks from when we were calling) and they will leave on their own. They gave us some strategies to try and get them to leave on their own before that.

Oh that stinks -- you call in the experts and they don't do anything! Still billed you though, I bet.

Mothballs. Loud music. Ammonia. High pitched sound waves

Problem was, it was a 1700 sf attic. We tried it all. We'd huck mothballs up there and the insulation was so thin you could hear them thunk and roll. So mama and her babies would just move away from the smell or sound. About the only good aspect was we did get them to move away from the bedrooms, to over the dining room. Only a problem on the one night we had friends over for dinner.

"Noise? What noise? I don't hear anything...do you Jeff? No, Jeff doesn't hear anything either. Here, let me make you another martini."

Mama was getting in and out through a vent on the roof. Using trees to hop to the roof. Or so we thought. Babies decided to tear up the roof from the inside out, cedar shingle by cedar shingle. Six different major holes. Beyond repair. Patch job actually made it worse.

They did. Leave on their own. And left me with a really really big bill to get the house sold.

Oh man. I'm sorry to hear they were so destructive and costly.

I hate varmits. Especially racoons. It is not a coincidence that the new house has no trees remotely within jumping distance of the roof. Nor will it ever. Good thing its a tall house!

Field mice though...those we do have. Sigh.

Pesky little things.

Awww, stinkorama! I missed some great stuff on here today! Varmits, men screaming like babies, Cherie posting from the throne room.... all great stuff. .

I admit I had a little "incident" just yesterday like this. We have two lizards that live in our house. We see them occassionally, and yesterday, as I was standing near the couch talking to my DH, it decided to hop up on my foot!! I thought, as I glanced down, that it was a big grey/brown spider and freaked OUT!! I saw him clearly just as he was running for his life back under the couch!! Poor thing, I probably scared him to death!

GREAT story Cynthia! I can't even tell you how many times we've had our phone lines in Portland chewed through by squirrels.

In Thailand we used to have to listen to the life and death battles between snakes and mammals. There was screeching, and slithering all night long. Horrible!! Horrible, I tell you!!!

Lizards invade homes during winter in Crapistan? Who'd a thunk it? They're pretty brave too, to hop on your foot.

Oh you'll find that all when you come home, the music might be different but the impact the same.

We call them...

Coyotes.

They may not slither. They may not screech but oh....all night long. Heaven forbid they hear a siren.

And then there's the crows. Some day Jeff is going to pull a Steel Magnolia Tom Skerritt. I can smell it.

Sorry about the lizard on the foot, I'd have screamed like a girl too. Oh wait. I am a girl.

Steel Magnolias is another movie I am proud to say I've never seen. Great Biscuit -- it's negative man-points if you've seen that one right?

I remember one of our cats bringing me a "PRESENT" he dropped it at my feet and it ran and sooooo did I !!!!

I've heard of that but I thought they were usually dead. Yikes.

 

[GreatBiscuit]

Good to hear you've got some skills to point to for man points. Hmmm, I've got a woodshop/man-cave, so that should count for something.

Heck Yeah! That's worth some serious pointage my friend.

 

[glennbo123]

I'm here! I read through all the updates. Thank goodness for table of contents.

You are one funny dude. I love your stream of consciousness writing, those are the best parts.

Alright, I'm in. Now I have to find the time to read your old TR...

Yay...Hucifer's here!!!!



You read the whole flashback-Europe TR? Way to go, that's impressive!

People, Hucifer has a very funny TR going on right now, you should check it out. It's just getting to the good part. Right Hucifer?

 

[marvali]

Here's a good Glennbo story everyone. One spring, a long time ago in our first house, I went to the shed and got a bag of grass seed to sprinkle on some bare spots on the front lawn. There wasn't much left in the bag when I put it away back in the fall, so I had to reach waaay down in the bag. What happened next is kind of a blur. I grabbed something that didn't feel quite like grass seed. I may have heard a squeak, I'm not really sure. But I looked in and there was a nest of several baby mice. I absolutely freaked out right there on the front lawn. I threw the bag, screamed like a little girl, and did some weird dance/spinnning-around thing before I could regain my composure. Then of course I looked up and down the street to see if anyone saw me. Fortunately, no one did (that I'm aware of). I'm sure it would have made a great video.

Popped in to catch up on my PTR reading and sure am glad I didn't miss THIS story! Is that anything like the dance you did at Kidani last summer when you got that water wedgie coming down the slide??? Just kidding, but I can see you in my mind trying to act all cool and junk after checking to see if any of the neighbors were watching....

 

[glennbo123]

Heck Yeah! That's worth some serious pointage my friend.

Good! Hey, don't miss that I asked for some man-point clarification from you on a response a little further down in the first post on this page.

Popped in to catch up on my PTR reading and sure am glad I didn't miss THIS story! Is that anything like the dance you did at Kidani last summer when you got that water wedgie coming down the slide??? Just kidding, but I can see you in my mind trying to act all cool and junk after checking to see if any of the neighbors were watching....

Oh, you would have to come strolling by just in time for that confession. You have some great timing my friend. Hey, we all have our moments.

 

[hucifer]

Yay...Hucifer's here!!!!



You read the whole flashback-Europe TR? Way to go, that's impressive!

People, Hucifer has a very funny TR going on right now, you should check it out. It's just getting to the good part. Right Hucifer?

Hey, thanks for the shout-out. It's true I've been holding out on the good stuff until now on my trip report. Prepare for the hilarity that will ensure.

Yes, I read the whole enchilada. I love your witty reparte with yourself...most amusing. Oh yes, the queen is amused. You get a gold star.

 

[glennbo123]

Hey, thanks for the shout-out. It's true I've been holding out on the good stuff until now on my trip report. Prepare for the hilarity that will ensure.

Just kidding...it's been a great read and the banter in-between is just as good.

Yes, I read the whole enchilada. I love your witty reparte with yourself...most amusing. Oh yes, the queen is amused. You get a gold star.

Thanks!

 

[eandesmom]

Popped in to catch up on my PTR reading and sure am glad I didn't miss THIS story! Is that anything like the dance you did at Kidani last summer when you got that water wedgie coming down the slide??? Just kidding, but I can see you in my mind trying to act all cool and junk after checking to see if any of the neighbors were watching....

water wedgie. That was a coffee spewing moment. Even more so than the original grass mice dance story!

 

[Cameo818]

We've had them in this house too. A few years ago we had a bunch and so did a couple of guys I worked with. We kept a tally and every morning we'd come in and update it. (Sorry Jen (Cameo818). These were not fancy rats, but ordinary pesky field mice who had entered where they were not welcome.)

I may have rats as pets, but believe me - wild rats or mice are something else entirely! No way would they be allowed in our house. Blech!

 

[GreatBiscuit]

Good! Hey, don't miss that I asked for some man-point clarification from you on a response a little further down in the first post on this page.

DOH! I missed it. Please stand by.
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Found it!

Steel Magnolias is another movie I am proud to say I've never seen. Great Biscuit -- it's negative man-points if you've seen that one right?

Affirmative captain! I have proudly never sat through this one either.

And Ditto on the shout out to hucifer. LOVING that TR!

 

[marvali]

water wedgie. That was a coffee spewing moment. Even more so than the original grass mice dance story!

Aw shucks.......you say the nicest things. I've always been good at making the ladies spew their coffee.........among other things.

And thanks, but glennbo is still the humor monger in this thread...... I'm just a travelling

 

[hucifer]

And Ditto on the shout out to hucifer. LOVING that TR!

Thanks, buddy.

And hey, you guys don't know what you're missing. Steel Magnolias is a great flick!

 

[Tribilín]

LOL! Back again to find not only a "revealing" winker's picture (now I know where all that inspiration comes from ) but also a thrilling narrative about glennbo123's brave encounter with the most destructive of all the wild beasts... LOL!

I don't know what would cause losing more man points... that weird dance/spinning of yours... or making an "Awwwwwwww" sound and an "emotionally affected" face like I would do in such situation

You should have seen the face of one of the neighbors when he knew what I was "baby talking" to when walking towards a vacant lot with a bucket in my hands... it was a tarantula I've just found in my house... it was too big to just "let it roam around"... the poor thing!

Then again a cockroach is a totally different story... a close encounter and is "bye-bye" breakfast for me

 

[englishrose47]

You guys crack me up !!!My coffe is safely away from my mouth while reading these threads !!!!

 

[All7OfUs]

Biscuit and Rosie- you guys are sure up early!! Isnt' it like 5:30 there??!! It's 4:30AM here, and I should be in bed, but can't sleep.

Water Wedgies hurt so bad!! My kids talked me into going on this 5 story water slide in Dubai- NEVER, never again! I mean I"ll never, never need prunes again.

Edited to say.... Obviously, 4:30 messes with my brain. Of course you're up, it's 5:30 PM! Duh!

 

[glennbo123]

water wedgie. That was a coffee spewing moment. Even more so than the original grass mice dance story!

As nice as the slide is at Kidani, it'd be pretty hard to get a water wedgie on it.

I may have rats as pets, but believe me - wild rats or mice are something else entirely! No way would they be allowed in our house. Blech!

Okay, good....don't want to offend a new reader and contributor.

DOH! I missed it. Please stand by.
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Found it!

Affirmative captain! I have proudly never sat through this one either.

*high five*

And Ditto on the shout out to hucifer. LOVING that TR!

Yep-er.

Aw shucks.......you say the nicest things. I've always been good at making the ladies spew their coffee.........among other things.

And thanks, but glennbo is still the humor monger in this thread...... I'm just a travelling

Oh there are many contributors!

Thanks, buddy.

And hey, you guys don't know what you're missing. Steel Magnolias is a great flick!

Probably so. I was telling a co-worker the other day how good Slumdog Millionaire was, and he said something like, "I believe you, but I won't watch it."

LOL! Back again to find not only a "revealing" winker's picture (now I know where all that inspiration comes from ) but also a thrilling narrative about glennbo123's brave encounter with the most destructive of all the wild beasts... LOL!

I don't know what would cause losing more man points... that weird dance/spinning of yours... or making an "Awwwwwwww" sound and an "emotionally affected" face like I would do in such situation

You should have seen the face of one of the neighbors when he knew what I was "baby talking" to when walking towards a vacant lot with a bucket in my hands... it was a tarantula I've just found in my house... it was too big to just "let it roam around"... the poor thing!

Then again a cockroach is a totally different story... a close encounter and is "bye-bye" breakfast for me

You are too funny Tribilín! "Emotionally affected"!! Poor little tarantula.

You guys crack me up !!!My coffe is safely away from my mouth while reading these threads !!!!

You have obviously learned a thing or two about proper DIS technique.

This emoticon ---> exhibits a major "no no"!

Biscuit and Rosie- you guys are sure up early!! Isnt' it like 5:30 there??!! It's 4:30AM here, and I should be in bed, but can't sleep.

Water Wedgies hurt so bad!! My kids talked me into going on this 5 story water slide in Dubai- NEVER, never again! I mean I"ll never, never need prunes again.

Sorry to hear you're having trouble sleeping. I'll bet your kids got a kick out of your reaction after that slide.

 

[All7OfUs]

Sorry to hear you're having trouble sleeping. I'll bet your kids got a kick out of your reaction after that slide.

They did- as much as any sadistic 11 year would. By the time I had gotten down, I didn't need the enema anymore.

 

[Tribilín]

You have obviously learned a thing or two about proper DIS technique.

This emoticon ---> exhibits a major "no no"!

Ahem! It seems some people didn't get the keyboard protectors

 

[marvali]

As nice as the slide is at Kidani, it'd be pretty hard to get a water wedgie on it.


You have obviously learned a thing or two about proper DIS technique.

This emoticon ---> exhibits a major "no no"!

Okay everyone, the water wedgie thing was a joke. Just one of those things between friends. After a DISmeet and frequent encounters during the trip including our families at the Kidani pool together, I consider Glenn a good friend now and we can joke with each other without offense (at least I hope Glenn feels that way too). However, since he is picking on my designation in my siggie, I'm not sure if I should take that "no-no" comment personal......

Of course those speedos at the pool did give me some doubts.......

 

[All7OfUs]

However, since he is picking on my designation in my siggie, I'm not sure if I should take that "no-no" comment personal......

Of course those speedos at the pool did give me some doubts.......

I highly reccommend you take NOTHING personally from here! We're mostly just a bunch of big-mouthed jokers (well, except Cynthia who's pretty classy) who like to joke around. For the most part, no-no's don't even enter the equasions.

speedos would make me have doubts about most everything. Except what's "there". EEK!