http://realityme.net/2006/01/15/filed-under-dumbass/ A juggling technophile shares personal stories, challenges, humor and perhaps some political commentary. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://realityme.net/2006/01/15/filed-under-dumbass/comment-page-1/#comment-10238 Reality Me » Squirrels in the Attic Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:58:11 +0000 http://blog.siliconholler.com/2006/01/15/filed-under-dumbass/#comment-10238 [...] Last year we had some unwelcome guests, two squirrels in the attic. I ran us out of the house by converting our home into the sweet smell of my grandmother’s closet. By the end of the summer, the moth ball smell had final dissipated and the critters had not returned. When this year’s cold came, so did our boarders. All day today I’ve heard scampering in the bedroom. I finally figured it out! We have squirrels in the woodstove! My solution? I grabbed a string of firecrackers, lit it and threw it in. Unfortunately, I have to come realise that my woodstove is more of a crab trap for squirrels than a home. Now I have a trapped and very frightened squirrel. It is Christmas. Maybe I’ll name him Ches and simply light a fire… [...] [...] Last year we had some unwelcome guests, two squirrels in the attic. I ran us out of the house by converting our home into the sweet smell of my grandmother’s closet. By the end of the summer, the moth ball smell had final dissipated and the critters had not returned. When this year’s cold came, so did our boarders. All day today I’ve heard scampering in the bedroom. I finally figured it out! We have squirrels in the woodstove! My solution? I grabbed a string of firecrackers, lit it and threw it in. Unfortunately, I have to come realise that my woodstove is more of a crab trap for squirrels than a home. Now I have a trapped and very frightened squirrel. It is Christmas. Maybe I’ll name him Ches and simply light a fire… [...]

]]> http://realityme.net/2006/01/15/filed-under-dumbass/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Cathy Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:37:32 +0000 http://blog.siliconholler.com/2006/01/15/filed-under-dumbass/#comment-56 5 days later and I still have a headache 5 days later and I still have a headache

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