The grumpy thread

[chatsharris]

It may be a gray squirrel not a rat but in either case you need to find how they have got in ie their ratrun and their access hole and block it/them with metal mesh or similar obstruction.  Put a trap cage like this

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rat-Trap-Squirrel-Heavy-Duty-Metal-Humane-Live-Bait-Vermin-Rodent-Cage-Catcher/262973735117?epid=18015694633&hash=item3d3a74c0cd:g:tFsAAOSwKT9a3Znl

 

in their path. I could lend you a couple of traps if you return them.   

 

You are not allowed to take the vermin animal in the cage miles away and release it so I would not suggest this.

 

There was a nest looking pile in the corner with droppings, so I reckon that could possibly hold some answers.  I'll let you know about the cages if that's okay. Thank you though, this place etc.

 

 

If it's a rat you get rid of it quick, they really stink once dead & it's one of those smells that permeates everything & takes ages to get rid of.

 

Noted!  I am looking for a swift resolution to this.  I don't want to kill it ideally but it definitely can't stay up there!

[Zelandeth]

Currently travelling up the country as a passenger in a 2018 Audi A5. How on earth can such an expensive car be so bloody uncomfortable?!? It's bloody torture!

[Guest Hooli]

It's taken them years to design cars as uncomfy as most modern cars. They don't miss a trick on how to make the seats inhumanly shaped, too hard etc anymore. I think they call it progress.

[Zelandeth]

Seriously wish we could just take my cars for these trips...

[New POD]

Woke up this morning, I can hear scurrying above my head.

 

There's at least one rat in the loft. Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this? I don't even know what you do with the body after!!

Depends. Do you have a bin?

[New POD]

Everyone who's got me on FB can see the full truth so I'm not entering into the childish argument you keep trying to create with me.

I do not have Farce Book.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Leave it and look at it tomorrow with fresh eues

  

The grease from the wool of the sheep will help reassembly.

Phil yes yes, I know

Baaad

[Cardinal Wolseley]

It's taken them years to design cars as uncomfy as most modern cars. They don't miss a trick on how to make the seats inhumanly shaped, too hard etc anymore. I think they call it progress.

 

Worst seats I've experienced were in a VW Golf Mk.4, the backs of which were literally hardboard covered with velour. This was also the poshest car I've owned a 1.6SE, it was by coincidence the worst car I've ever owned, so much for German build quality, the drivers window was constantly dropping out of the cradle (among other "foibles"), and I had to limp it to the VW dealer in Petersfield when I went to get shot of the thing, I doubt this helped with my p/x for a Polo.

[PhilA]

There was a nest looking pile in the corner with droppings, so I reckon that could possibly hold some answers. I'll let you know about the cages if that's okay. Thank you though, this place etc.

 

 

 

 

Noted! I am looking for a swift resolution to this. I don't want to kill it ideally but it definitely can't stay up there!

We had a couple squirrels get into the roof space of our last house. A couple of big overhanging trees were their way across, went around the roof checking and found they had broken the plastic soffit tray in one corner. They didn't like to be in there during the day as it was too hot, nailing it secure (the corner had cracked and they found it loose and broke in) resolved the problem.

 

One admittedly fell down the vent flue for the kitchen and got stuck behind the fan. Cue much scrabbling and noise at 2am- that's how we found out there were the things up there... (Flat roof building with a peaked roof added in afterwards so the roof felt etc was still up there).

 

Denying them entrance is key though.

[Guest Hooli]

 

Denying them entrance is key though.

 

Yeah that. Years ago when the flat I lived in had rats in the walls, their way in was eventually traced to a broken air brick on the ground floor.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Got the feckin' compressor to run, but unable to generate pressure to sound the air horns feck feck feck looks like a new compressor needed feck arse

 

[MikeR]

I would buy a whole new air horn kit , the old horns gum up as well ....

[The Moog]

Hangovers definitely get harder as you get older. It 6:45 pm and still feel rough.

[Guest Hooli]

Hangovers definitely get harder as you get older. It 6:45 pm and still feel rough.

 

You're looking at it the wrong way. That means you've got so much better at having hangovers than kids who get a slight headache for 10mins.

[Timewaster]

Hangovers definitely get harder as you get older. It 6:45 pm and still feel rough.

Well, I don't know how old you are, but if I go out on the piss on a Saturday night then I'm just about over it by Wednesday.

[anonymous user]

Well, I don't know how old you are, but if I go out on the piss on a Saturday night then I'm just about over it by Wednesday.

The alternative is to make a nice bloody mary for breakfast, or a port and brandy you'll soon feel better, just don't drive anywhere for a while.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Getting a final warning for jokes on here when the people they were aimed at liked the fucking post.

Seems we have the same rules as primary schools these days, rather than being allowed to converse as adults who often know each other in the real world.

Do you think a voting system on this would work?

 

I have no idea what you mean as I don't do Facebook but I'm interested in what was deemed worth of a final warning. Could your comments be voted on perhaps?

[Guest Hooli]

Democratic moderation, that could be fun. But I'm sure it'd end with accusations of ganging up & bullying.

[DodgeRover]

Or demands for another vote from those who didn't get the result they wanted first time around.

[Craig the Princess]

Or demands for another vote from those who didn't get the result they wanted first time around.

Only if the winning side had been found guilty of breaking election rules.

 

But let's leave that there before any buses get painted.

[Cavcraft]

Or perhaps just not making racist or homophobic comments in the first place. 

[catsinthewelder]

Or demands for another vote from those who didn't get the result they wanted first time around.

 

Leave the SVM alone

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Democratic moderation, that could be fun. But I'm sure it'd end with accusations of ganging up & bullying.

Meanwhile, as Australia gets its fifth Prime Minister in eight years, I wonder if Australia is just Italy in disguise?

[Guest Hooli]

I know one difference between them, I've never broke down in Australia.

[M'coli]

Or, there could be some winding in of necks and realising that there's no point in sweating the small stuff.

[busmansholiday]

Family meals ! We'll split the bill. Fuck me, my bit was 14 quid, so why is it 35 quid each. Next time I'm off to McDonalds !!!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I would buy a whole new air horn kit , the old horns gum up as well ....

 

I'm going to spray WD40 into the trumpets and see if that makes any difference*

[stonedagain]

Family meals ! We'll split the bill. Fuck me, my bit was 14 quid, so why is it 35 quid each. Next time I'm off to McDonalds !!!

It's the same when we go for a meal with Mrs Stoned's family. Always the same couple who order the most expensive starter, main & dessert, then put their drinks on the tab for good measure! Boils my piss!

[Vin]

Or demands for another vote from those who didn't get the result they wanted first Second time around.

 

EFA - (1st = 8th June 1975)

[MorrisItalSLX]

Meanwhile, as Australia gets its fifth Prime Minister in eight years, I wonder if Australia is just Italy in disguise?

Don’t get me fucking started!

 

Australian politicians are utterly, utterly hopeless.

 

That is all.