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Old 10-29-2008, 06:56 PM   #961
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Old 10-29-2008, 07:08 PM   #962
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that sounds like a declaration with a story behind it...
I also now need a drink :


At some point during the night a mouse (I strongly suspect it was just the one, there wasn't enough, um, evidence to suggest there's been more) got in the kitchen, got ONTO the worksurface, and availed themselves of the one foil-wrapped chocolate that was sitting there not in a box.

The first I knew of it was when I moved some bits to clear enough (I need at least three times the amount of space clear to do pastry than I actually use) worksurface to wash so I could roll pastry out and found shredded foil wrapping. And then other evidence

The only things the poxy mouse had touched was the one chocolate, and paused to take a nibble out of an instruction leaflet (that I'd forgotten I still had, as I no longer have the gadget it tells me how to use!). That's it. The bread was untouched (but went in the bin anyway), the box of chocolates and the box of barfi were untouched (thankfully - I needed something sweet at that point!), everything else - untouched. Even the toaster cable.

So apart from a brief stop for pizza (the pie making can wait until tomorrow now) I've spent all evening bleaching and disinfecting my kitchen (all three smallish worksurfaces of it); and blocking the only possible way the blasted thing could have got up.
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Old 10-30-2008, 05:32 AM   #963
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Why do Gadgets stop working at the most inopportune times

Either when you need it most, or when the replacement is on the way, but you need it to just limp along for a couple of more days .

Or both

My Phone just conked out completely, just before our New Year and the replacement while ordered a week ago is not arriving for a few days.

Now I have over 60 SMS's from friends which I Can't identify let alone answer as I don't have their Numbers stored on the el cheapo phone I keep around to use with my other SIM.

So I'm going to have to compare the numbers from each message with my contacts in outlook to find out who sent it (as I have a completely crap memory for numbers. took me a year to remember my own )before I can reply.
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Old 10-30-2008, 11:33 AM   #964
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Old 10-30-2008, 11:54 AM   #965
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Evil mousie! Yurusenai! ("It cannot be forgiven!" in Japanese)
i'll second that !!

and sorry about your phone, bbusybookworm. that's the sort of thing that drives me mad. good luck.
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Old 10-30-2008, 12:39 PM   #966
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My vent.

Moronic recruiters!!! I get a call an hour ago about a programming contract. Great, I'm between contracts and open to offers. This recruiter doesn't know anything about the language being recruited for. I have to spend 20 minutes explaining to the moron what the moron is trying to recruit for! The moron can't seem to find it on Google, and doesn't know anything that hasn't been around for the last 5 years! And this person want to get 25% of my billing rate??? Bloody bastich!!!!
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Old 10-30-2008, 12:42 PM   #967
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My vent.

Moronic recruiters!!! I get a call an hour ago about a programming contract. Great, I'm between contracts and open to offers. This recruiter doesn't know anything about the language being recruited for. I have to spend 20 minutes explaining to the moron what the moron is trying to recruit for! The moron can't seem to find it on Google, and doesn't know anything that hasn't been around for the last 5 years! And this person want to get 25% of my billing rate??? Bloody bastich!!!!
I trust you sent him a bill for your time....
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Old 10-30-2008, 01:08 PM   #968
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And with a wee dram for company.....
Hey, that's no way to describe his dearly beloved ...

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I also now need a drink :


At some point during the night a mouse (I strongly suspect it was just the one, there wasn't enough, um, evidence to suggest there's been more) got in the kitchen, got ONTO the worksurface, and availed themselves of the one foil-wrapped chocolate that was sitting there not in a box.

The first I knew of it was when I moved some bits to clear enough (I need at least three times the amount of space clear to do pastry than I actually use) worksurface to wash so I could roll pastry out and found shredded foil wrapping. And then other evidence

The only things the poxy mouse had touched was the one chocolate, and paused to take a nibble out of an instruction leaflet (that I'd forgotten I still had, as I no longer have the gadget it tells me how to use!). That's it. The bread was untouched (but went in the bin anyway), the box of chocolates and the box of barfi were untouched (thankfully - I needed something sweet at that point!), everything else - untouched. Even the toaster cable.

So apart from a brief stop for pizza (the pie making can wait until tomorrow now) I've spent all evening bleaching and disinfecting my kitchen (all three smallish worksurfaces of it); and blocking the only possible way the blasted thing could have got up.
You need a cat.....

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I trust you sent him a bill for your time....
No need, just pay the laddy at the door on the way out.....
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Old 10-30-2008, 03:19 PM   #969
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I also now need a drink :


At some point during the night a mouse (I strongly suspect it was just the one, there wasn't enough, um, evidence to suggest there's been more) got in the kitchen, got ONTO the worksurface, and availed themselves of the one foil-wrapped chocolate that was sitting there not in a box.

The first I knew of it was when I moved some bits to clear enough (I need at least three times the amount of space clear to do pastry than I actually use) worksurface to wash so I could roll pastry out and found shredded foil wrapping. And then other evidence

The only things the poxy mouse had touched was the one chocolate, and paused to take a nibble out of an instruction leaflet (that I'd forgotten I still had, as I no longer have the gadget it tells me how to use!). That's it. The bread was untouched (but went in the bin anyway), the box of chocolates and the box of barfi were untouched (thankfully - I needed something sweet at that point!), everything else - untouched. Even the toaster cable.

So apart from a brief stop for pizza (the pie making can wait until tomorrow now) I've spent all evening bleaching and disinfecting my kitchen (all three smallish worksurfaces of it); and blocking the only possible way the blasted thing could have got up.
You need a cat.....
Or just a good old fashioned rat killing!
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Old 10-30-2008, 04:59 PM   #970
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That's one thing I don't miss now we don't have any - finding the occasional dead or almost dead mouse about the place!

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Or just a good old fashioned rat killing!
Anyone have a terrier I can borrow?
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Old 10-31-2008, 01:17 PM   #971
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Anyone have a terrier I can borrow?
A ferret would be better ...
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Old 10-31-2008, 01:23 PM   #972
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A ferret would be better ...
Unfortunately, they are illegal as pets in some places, like NYC.

I was amused a while back when a friend recounted that someone had put out poison in her neighborhood, and killed off the feral cat population. Of course, the rat population soared.

Suddenly, all of the locals that bought Jack Russell terriers because they were cute little dogs sized for Manhattan apartments discovered what else they were...
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Old 10-31-2008, 01:36 PM   #973
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ferrets are illegal !

some folk put them down their trousers .....
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some folk put them down their trousers .....
Ferrets may be illegal, but being a weasel must not be, if this place I work in is any indication...
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