On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:06:04 GMT, Fred R "spam
wrote:

wmbjk wrote:
On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:20:49 -0400, "Waynemak"
wrote:


Its going to get cold out and that means the mice come in. Any tips on how
to keep them out of my welders in the garage? I will set traps but anything
else to prevent the little PITAs out of my stuff.


What you need is a herd of meat-eating centipedes.
http://www.citlink.net/~wmbjk/images/mouse.jpg

I emailed that photo to a friend of mine and he found it a bit
disturbing. He thought the critter was dead. Then I told him that not
only was it alive, it wouldn't let go of the mouse. My friend said
that if it had appeared in *his* shop, he'd have gone straight for his
.357. ;-)

Wayne

That is one *mean* looking bug! Where do they live? I don't want to go
there. Ready-made B horror flick monster.

You're not kidding. We have those around here though not many thank
goodness. It's one of the few things that'll make me jumpy. You would
be especially jumpy if you've ever seen how fast one of those things
can move. I once emptied a shotgun into one at point blank range when
one popped out while I was reaching for a dove I'd shot. It didn't
even phase the centipede but it made a pretty good sized hole in the
ground.

I can take rattle snakes ok (I do get into a real heightened
awareness mode when ones around) and most anything else won't even
phase me. Wasps, spiders, and anything like that don't bother me in
the least. But those large centipedes really put the fear in me.

Wayne Cook
Shamrock, TX
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/waynecook/index.htm