"Lon" wrote in message
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Jim Thompson wrote
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Is there such a thing as an air rifle that shoots bird-shot?

We're getting over-run with rabbits, some kind of chipmunk-looking
thingy and a raccoon greeted me on the patio a few days ago...
trying to come in the doggie door!!

If I fired a shot gun in this neighborhood the resulting echo from
the surrounding hills would bring the cops in five seconds, plus
knock holes in fences :-(

...Jim Thompson

Ultrasonic repeller boxes work for me. I sling several of them
connected to a multiple outlet extention cord, into a window sill
that I keep open in the summertime.

Since BT replaced all the old red GPO telephone boxes they mounted the open
plan one up the road from me facing into the wind, every time we get heavy
rain the phone gets waterlogged and starts emitting a high pitched whistling
noise.

I always wondered why all the dogs in the neighbourhood started barking like
crazy every time we had heavy rain!