"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
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Okay, in the "don't try this at home" category comes the tale of Tom and
the Gophers. Tom, being the resourceful lad that he is, decided to nuke
the
little buggers digging up his yard. So one morning, he puts calcium
carbide in
the gopher hole and adds water before going to church. On returning, he
inserted a length of fuse and lit it. "And lo, the yard did part like
unto the
Red Sea" as the acetylene gas blew his yard into a miniature model of
Verdun in
1917. That was only half the problem. Blew part of the neighbor's yard
up as
well.

Didn't phase the gophers one bit.


I *knew* this sounded familiar.

Tom's technique was flawed. Here are the correct instructions, from
"Popular Mechanics Shop Notes for 1915."

http://www.mendosus.com/jpg/moles.jpg

If all else fails...

Jeff