New England B.S. Thread

Our house had decorative window shutters when we bought it. Someone went through the effort of mounting them on actual hinges. So I'm painting the house on a ladder and release the thingy that held them in place and swing one away from the house. Bats. Lots of bats. Disoriented bats on a sunny summer afternoon. Bats flying, bats falling to the ground. My dog chasing bats. Utter mayhem.

 

When I first bought the house about six years ago, I heard them in the attic constantly. The attic is open-ish to the garage. Someone put thin wire mesh over the entrance but didn't close it off well around the edges. I could see the tufts of fur from where they squeezed through. I sealed that up better, replaced the side door that they could have easily crawled under, then must have caught 30 mice over the course of a week up there. No problem since - until now.

This time, I could hear them in the corner of the living room - abutting the exterior. I looked outside where the roof of the addition meets this wall and there was a small hole at the corner of the soffit of the addition. I looked in it with my scope and it looked like it led them right into the problem wall. So, I sealed it up. Apparently my investigation was correct, but my thought that they'd be gone during the day to forage for food was not.

 

Got a dehumidifier? Run it on max and mummify it.

 

It is right next to the pellet stove, so that dries up the room pretty good. It's about 20% humidity in there right now.

 

My flight was supposed to go over SC and then go east over to the Caribbean. It was cancelled because this stupid f'in balloon.

 

Charleston, Wilmington, Myrtle Beach airports put on ground stop earlier today so that it could be shot down.

 

Didn't even try to start the truck today. Took the bike for a short spin around the yard though! Winter Woolly tomorrow

 

Fired both mine up a bit ago, a little hard start but expected. We went out last night with the Rav4.

 

Cat is a little more expensive in the long run. But our lazy rug of a cat did the job. No varmints In this house. Cept me an the dawgs. But we’re bigger than the car.

 

Does anyone have any experience with anything like this?

Moen 900-001 Flo Smart Water Monitor and Shutoff in 3/4-Inch Diameter

$497 Moen 900-001 Flo Smart Water Monitor and Shutoff in 3/4" Diameter

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C03D01Q

I'm curious and contemplating. Maybe not for 500$ but I'd like to have one. Mostly the sensor less so the valve control. Peace of mind for when we skee daddle in the winters.

 

We have two, but they can't get to mice in a wall or the attic. They definitely knew something was there though. One sat and stared at that wall for hours just waiting for the mouse to find a way out.

 

The best mousers exterminate from outside the house. I was having a huge mouse problem. I acquired
a Maine Coon Cat mix who would hunt them outside the house and stack them like cordwood by the back door. Haven’t had a mouse in the house since.

 

Some good cat stories right there.

 

I'm not going to lie, it was cold! The wind in some parts was downright crazy and it was very cold last night. So cold that our yard horse would not run!

It was -6 where I was last night and crazy gusting winds!

Did anyone hear about Mt Washington last night? Wow!

 

- 135 or sumtin like that.

 

A number of Boston hospitals had major issues with pipes bursting earlier today.

 

Nothing here yet. But it’s early in the warm up.

 

Seems something might be wrong with the pilot. I've had to re-light it several times today. I think after the heat reaches the target temperature, the heater shuts off, but the pilot goes out with it. Maybe a sensor problem? I know if the sensor doesn't detect heat from the pilot's flame, the gas gets cut off.

 

Mercy Hospital in springfield where I work had a pipe burst just after I left around 3:30-4am I heard

 

Mine is a slant Finn. I hope it has that feature.