"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

Will Power said:
And why all the hate for Raccoons? They look very handsome, agile, but then we don't have them here so I can admire them at a distance.
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I enjoy admiring them at a distance, too. They are beautiful animals. But the personality of Rocket Raccoon from "Guardians of the Galaxy" does a nice job of showing what a raccoon would be like if it could talk and use weapons - just randomly destructive for the fun of it. Around here we often refer to them as 'trash pandas'. Not a noble or fearsome beast, more like a random hooligan that enjoys property damage.
 
Will Power said:
Deal with that Mouse problem quick...or you'll be overrun :eek: and then the Rats may take a fancy to your kitchen too..

Traps, well yes they can work but sometimes it just maims them or takes off a leg...then drag themselves off to die behind some wall, the STINK 💩

I could send her over for an eye-watering fee 😎 but not only is she a remorseless hunter of rodents, small snakes too and unfortunately lizards but she leaves birds alone, just chases them. Once rodents get a whiff of a hunter Cat they wisely move house or die in the attempt...

And why all the hate for Raccoons? They look very handsome, agile, but then we don't have them here so I can admire them at a distance.

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I would love a cat, but my daughter is allergic :(.

Raccoons are indeed smart and agile, but also very destructive and riddled with diseases, most notably rabies. They are very common where I live.

Years ago I was asked to install a metal cap on a lady’s chimney. The story she told my employer at the time was that she kept finding the hand towels in her bathroom covered in black smudges, and thought someone was breaking into her home to use the toilet. Apparently it turned out to be a raccoon who was climbing down the chimney, using the water, and then drying its hands on the towel. I witnessed none of this first hand, but I have no reason to doubt it.
 
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Tyson A Wright said:
I enjoy admiring them at a distance, too. They are beautiful animals. But the personality of Rocket Raccoon from "Guardians of the Galaxy" does a nice job of showing what a raccoon would be like if it could talk and use weapons - just randomly destructive for the fun of it. Around here we often refer to them as 'trash pandas'. Not a noble or fearsome beast, more like a random hooligan that enjoys property damage.
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Another quick raccoon story, if you will bear with with me:

For several years my mother kept a raccoon from stealing the goldfish from the small plastic pond on my parents’ patio, and out of their garbage can, by bribing it with food and a small puzzle.

Every night she would put leftovers outside under an upturned plastic container, and put a fist-sized rock on top of the container. The raccoon would lift the rock off, turn over the container, and eat the food.

We all advised her that it was a bad idea, but in the end no harm came of it.
 
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Just Tom. said:
I am currently locked in a battle of wits with a mouse which has been seen scurrying across my kitchen floor the past 3 days. He has so far artfully dodged the glue traps I put out, even while scampering for his life when the light goes on. My wife has been laughing at me and calling me Mr. McGregor…

Besides the beard and glasses, I don’t see the resemblance at all…
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Got you covered... So to speak.

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knarfeng said:
Got you covered... So to speak.

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I accidentally stepped on one of the glue traps last night. Glad it wasn’t one of those…

I didn’t see hide nor hair of the critter last night or this morning - hopefully the traps, poison, and hot oven convinced him to leave and find a more suitable residence.
 
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Just Tom. said:
I accidentally stepped on one of the glue traps last night. Glad it wasn’t one of those…

I didn’t see hide nor hair of the critter last night or this morning - hopefully the traps, poison, and hot oven convinced him to leave and find a more suitable residence.
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I hope you weren't stuck there all night Tom! :eek: Having never seen a glue trap*, I'm having to imagine what they're like! :D ;) :thumbsup:


* - They're common here, I've just never had to use one.
 
Just Tom. said:
It was horrible. This is how I spent the night:

I couldn’t even reach my pocket knife to pry myself free with it.

(actually they are just small rectangular plastic trays filled with gooey stuff - I just had to peel it off the bottom of my slipper)
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LOL! 🤣 Very good Tom 🤣 I'm glad you weren't seriously injured! :D :thumbsup:
Peregrin said:
Oh, come on man! Enough already!:D
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That's crazy! :eek:
 
A raccoon once took up residence under my roof. I tried for weeks to live-trap her, but all I caught was the neighborhood cats. One day, I caught her out in the open. My neighbor, a framing contractor, had once been a left-handed pitcher in the Houston Astros’ organization. It was probably hubris that led him to believe he could hit her with a hammer from 30 feet.He missed twice and she escaped down tha arbor vitae and up into a 50-foot elm.

The upshot was, I buried her out behind my garage.
 
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