On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 20:44:35 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm,
"SteveB" quickly quoth:

After arriving at the ranch house, I see that gophers have moved in while we
were away. Amongst all the other things I have to do, I need to go get a
tank of oxygen, and begin to build my Rodent Eliminator (wouldn't want to
call it anything that would cause trademark issues). Will keep everyone
posted.

The little ****ers are making hills everywhere.

My skill is improving this week with my ground squirrels. I had
forgotten how bad eyeglasses are for shooting a steel-sighted rifle.
I'm up to 5 critters down out of 11ish shots. One was at 10' and was
so brazen that he kept digging despite my presence. I had just filled
in that hole at the bottom of my redwood, too. The little ******* paid
for his insolence.

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"Excess regulation and government spending destroy jobs and increase
unemployment. Every regulator we fire results in the creation of over
150 new jobs, enough to hire the ex-regulator, the unemployed, and
the able-bodied poor." -Michael Badnarik