• Brr

    From digimaus@618:618/1 to All on Mon Nov 10 18:18:20 2025
    Hi everyone,

    Speaking of warm buns, it dropped to 30F (-1.1C) today with fierce winds and blowing snow. We normally don't get this kind of weather until February.

    Glad I didn't need to go anywhere!

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  • From Zip@618:500/27 to digimaus on Tue Nov 11 17:13:45 2025
    Hello Sean!

    On 10 Nov 2025, digimaus said the following...

    Speaking of warm buns, it dropped to 30F (-1.1C) today with fierce winds and blowing snow. We normally don't get this kind of weather until February.

    February is usually the "primary" month of really winterish weather here, although some snow usually appears (and sometimes also stays :-D) in early or mid-December. Christmases have rarely been white here for many years, sadly...

    Forecasts say that we'll be getting 0C this Friday, and the first snow next week, so I guess winter is on its way now...

    Best regards
    Björn

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  • From Mortar M.@618:250/19 to digimaus on Tue Nov 11 11:29:20 2025
    Re: Brr
    By: digimaus to All on Mon Nov 10 2025 18:18:20

    Speaking of warm buns, it dropped to 30F (-1.1C) today with fierce winds and blowing snow. We normally don't get this kind of weather until February.

    According to Ryan Hall Y'all (YT weather channel), this Winter is going to be tougher than we've seen in the past several years for most of the northern half of the lower 48. Check out his Snow Prediction video at ryanhallyall.com.
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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to digimaus on Tue Nov 11 10:51:11 2025
    Sean,

    Speaking of warm buns, it dropped to 30F (-1.1C) today with
    fierce winds and blowing snow. We normally don't get this kind
    of weather until February.

    It was in the upper 20s at Little Rock the last 2 mornings, so our
    growing season is over.

    Glad I didn't need to go anywhere!

    I had to go to get my wellness check yesterday, and my weight and triglycerides are very elevated. The thing is, when you're on a fixed
    income, you have to eat on the cheap. At least the cholesterol was
    good.

    At least the A1C was 6.2, so just below the threshold of type 2
    diabetes. But, I know he's going to put me on a strict diet. The
    thing is, I'm NOT getting rid of the food I already have...except
    by eating it.

    Daryl

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to DIGIMAUS on Wed Nov 12 08:04:02 2025
    Speaking of warm buns, it dropped to 30F (-1.1C) today with fierce winds and
    >blowing snow. We normally don't get this kind of weather until February.

    Glad I didn't need to go anywhere!

    I guess that far south that would be a bit of a shock..

    I took out my water system almost a week ago because the water lines
    were freezing up every night and it droppd down to under 20f the
    last 2 nights with daytime highs still below freezing. I was out
    yesterday afternoon sweeping the snow off my deck, fortunately
    hardly an inch of it rather than the 4 inches they said we might
    get. This is still a bit early for any serious snow..

    My place was never intended for winter use so I have hassles like
    having to chop holes in the ice in bay out front and carrying pails
    of water up the hill for basic needs.

    I've sat through November storms (The Gales of November!) with
    100 mph winds and had temps hit -47f in mid winter, but it hasn't
    gotten quite that cold in a long time. These days it rarely gets
    below a balmy -20f. B)

    I'm about 160 miles North of Toronto BTW..

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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to Mortar M. on Wed Nov 12 17:47:51 2025
    According to Ryan Hall Y'all (YT weather channel), this Winter
    is going to be tougher than we've seen in the past several
    years for most of the northern half of the lower 48. Check out
    his Snow Prediction video at ryanhallyall.com.

    I *LOVE* his weather briefings, and tend to watch the live streams, especially when they affect my region.

    He's also a ham radio operator, KJ4WHM.

    He also just came out with a new version of the Yall-O-Meter for
    measuring snow...and apparently, those sell like hotcakes!!

    Daryl, N5VLZ

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to ZIP on Thu Nov 13 07:43:08 2025
    February is usually the "primary" month of really winterish weather here, alt
    >gh some snow usually appears (and sometimes also stays :-D) in early or mid-D
    >mber. Christmases have rarely been white here for many years, sadly...

    Forecasts say that we'll be getting 0C this Friday, and the first snow next w
    >, so I guess winter is on its way now...

    I always feel like Sweden is 'way up North', but it sounds like the
    weather here in Central Ontario (160 miles North of Toronto) maybe
    would give you a run for your money.

    We can pretty much figure on serious winter weather from mid December
    until late February, possibly into March. We've already had some
    snow and a few night-time lows down at -7c or so..

    Last winter was one of the worst in many years. The man who plows out
    the road here said he's been doing it for 8 years and that was by
    far the worst snow conditions he's ever seen here. There were also
    stories on the news saying that certain storm systems, some lasting
    for days, were the worst we've had in over 30 years. A few times
    we had to have the private road in here plowed 4 times in a week,
    which adds up at $75 per visit, paid by 2 owners..

    On the plus side, in recent years, we much more rarely get temperatures
    down in the low -30's and into the -40's Celcius.
    (Not that much different in Fahrenheit since -40 is -40 in both..)

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Daryl Stout on Thu Nov 13 09:53:52 2025
    Daryl Stout wrote to digimaus <=-

    At least the A1C was 6.2, so just below the threshold of type 2 diabetes. But, I know he's going to put me on a strict diet. The
    thing is, I'm NOT getting rid of the food I already have...except
    by eating it.

    One can eat decently even on a fixed income but you have to cook
    everything to make sure you control what's going in your body. The most expensive thing for me to buy is meat of any type.

    I keep my eye out for sales and what-not across different stores to help
    with that. My doctors get upset that I don't eat three meals a day and
    I tell them I can't afford it. I make too much to get SNAP benefits
    ($200 too much a month) but after all the bills are paid, I barely have
    enough for food.

    Of course, no one has any help for me with that.

    -- Sean

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Rob Mccart on Thu Nov 13 10:21:10 2025
    Rob Mccart wrote to DIGIMAUS <=-

    I guess that far south that would be a bit of a shock..

    I live in the Appalachian Mountains so I am no stranger to cold but it's usually in the late winter when it hits here.

    My place was never intended for winter use so I have hassles like
    having to chop holes in the ice in bay out front and carrying pails
    of water up the hill for basic needs.

    I've lived in tents and cabins with my family here we had water in metal barrels that would freeze solid. Since I was the oldest child and the
    only son, I was out there at 5 AM with a blowtorch warming up the
    barrels.

    I've sat through November storms (The Gales of November!) with
    100 mph winds and had temps hit -47f in mid winter, but it hasn't
    gotten quite that cold in a long time. These days it rarely gets
    below a balmy -20f. B)

    It is unusual here to drop below freezing for any great length.

    I'm about 160 miles North of Toronto BTW..

    I'm 270 miles northeast of Atlanta.

    -- Sean

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  • From Mortar M.@618:250/19 to Daryl Stout on Thu Nov 13 12:15:06 2025
    Re: Re: Brr
    By: Daryl Stout to Mortar M. on Wed Nov 12 2025 17:47:51

    I *LOVE* his weather briefings, and tend to watch the live streams...

    Me too, and I hope he never has one for my area, IYKWIM.

    He's also a ham radio operator, KJ4WHM.

    Didn't know that. I don't recall him ever mentioning it. I'll have to start tuning in his area more often.

    He also just came out with a new version of the Yall-O-Meter...

    And don't forget about the $1K prize if he picks your pic. Cha-CHING!
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  • From Zip@618:500/27 to Rob Mccart on Thu Nov 13 20:18:24 2025
    Hello Rob!

    Thank you for your reply!

    On 13 Nov 2025, Rob Mccart said the following...

    I always feel like Sweden is 'way up North', but it sounds like the weather here in Central Ontario (160 miles North of Toronto) maybe
    would give you a run for your money.

    Sure sounds so! :)

    On the plus side, in recent years, we much more rarely get temperatures down in the low -30's and into the -40's Celcius.

    We've had -20C during some of the past winter seasons, but it rarely falls below that. I remember checking if the (then newly installed) LED lights in the lighting fixture on the balcony still worked at -21C, and they did. :)

    Best regards
    Zip

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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to digimaus on Thu Nov 13 16:55:43 2025
    Sean,

    One can eat decently even on a fixed income but you have to
    cook everything to make sure you control what's going in your
    body. The most expensive thing for me to buy is meat of any
    type.

    Right now, I'm on a Starkist Tuna Salad sandwich kick, with the
    Funion Onion Rings on the side. They have several varieties of the
    tuna salad, including Deli Style, Ranch, Bacon Ranch, Hickory Smoked,
    Honey Barbecue, Herb N Garlic, and Lemon Pepper. They also have HOT
    things like Buffalo and related items, which I don't care for. But,
    one package makes 2 sandwiches, and I add Kraft Sweet Honey Barbecue
    Sauce to enhance the flavor.

    I keep my eye out for sales and what-not across different
    stores to help with that. My doctors get upset that I don't
    eat three meals a day and I tell them I can't afford it. I
    make too much to get SNAP benefits ($200 too much a month) but
    after all the bills are paid, I barely have enough for food.

    They said I'd only be able to get $20, and I said "it's not worth
    it".

    Of course, no one has any help for me with that.

    Too many have more money than they know what to do with.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to Mortar M. on Thu Nov 13 16:55:43 2025
    I *LOVE* his weather briefings, and tend to watch the live streams...

    Me too, and I hope he never has one for my area, IYKWIM.

    It's like if you see Jim Cantore in your area, you're screwed.

    He's also a ham radio operator, KJ4WHM.

    Didn't know that. I don't recall him ever mentioning it. I'll
    have to start tuning in his area more often.

    He has been a ham at least 15 years, from what I understand.

    He also just came out with a new version of the Yall-O-Meter...

    And don't forget about the $1K prize if he picks your pic.

    Exactly. He said those things and the NOAA Weather Radio units
    sell like hotcakes.

    This week, YallBot turned 1 year old.

    Daryl

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Daryl Stout on Fri Nov 14 00:25:49 2025
    Daryl Stout wrote to digimaus <=-

    Right now, I'm on a Starkist Tuna Salad sandwich kick, with the
    Funion Onion Rings on the side. They have several varieties of the
    tuna salad, including Deli Style, Ranch, Bacon Ranch, Hickory Smoked, Honey Barbecue, Herb N Garlic, and Lemon Pepper. They also have HOT
    things like Buffalo and related items, which I don't care for. But,
    one package makes 2 sandwiches, and I add Kraft Sweet Honey Barbecue
    Sauce to enhance the flavor.

    I like my tuna sandwiches with a little salt and pepper. Plain like me.

    Too many have more money than they know what to do with.

    Not always an enviable position but an extra $500 amount wouldn't
    hurt.

    -- Sean

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to DIGIMAUS on Sat Nov 15 08:14:38 2025
    My place was never intended for winter use so I have hassles like
    having to chop holes in the ice in bay out front and carrying pails
    of water up the hill for basic needs.

    I've lived in tents and cabins with my family here we had water in metal
    >barrels that would freeze solid. Since I was the oldest child and the
    >only son, I was out there at 5 AM with a blowtorch warming up the
    >barrels.

    The first time I started staying here over the winter, back in the
    late 80's, I learned the hard way that I needed more insulation
    than I had added. I woke up a few times in the morning to pails
    of water on the kitchen floor having a layer of ice on the surface.
    I wintered here for 13 consecutive years back then.

    I was here last winter and am expecting to survive it again this
    year, but I'm not as young as I once was so I'm not sure how
    long I can continue doing that, which also makes it impractical
    to spend a lot of money on renovations to make thing better for
    just a couple of years.

    For a lot of years I was living with my parents in winter since
    they needed the help then and, although I missed being in my own
    place, it was more comfortable in winter being in a 'normal' house..

    It is unusual here to drop below freezing for any great length.

    Wouldn't that be nice.. B)

    Right now we're getting just above freezing during the day and
    just below freezing at night but, within a week or two, it will
    drop below, and stay below freezing non stop most likely until
    early March.

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to ZIP on Sat Nov 15 08:14:38 2025
    On the plus side, in recent years, we much more rarely get temperatures down in the low -30's and into the -40's Celcius.

    We've had -20C during some of the past winter seasons, but it rarely falls be
    > that. I remember checking if the (then newly installed) LED lights in the li
    >ing fixture on the balcony still worked at -21C, and they did. :)

    My biggest worry whil I was still wintering elsewhere was that temps
    much lower than -20c can damage LCD monitors and TV sets..

    I generally have a lot of computer stuff here so I have to move
    some of it with me if I leave here over the winter..

    It's always nice finding people from far away places to find out
    how the rest of the world makes out. In the early years of this
    BBS system (early 90's) I made some good friends in a number of
    countries, quite a few from Australia back then.

    I even had a couple from Australia stop in to visit me here
    when they were on a bit of a world tour one year. They were
    lucky they got here as late in the spring as they did or
    they'd have had to hike in through deep snow to get here..

    Ha.. I always thought at the time how wild it would be to
    maybe see a Kangaroo in the wild if I ever visited Australia,
    but it was an amusing shock when they absolutely freaked out
    over seeing a Chipmunk for the first time.. B)

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  • From August Abolins@618:400/23.10 to Rob Mccart on Sat Nov 15 08:38:00 2025
    Hello Rob!

    but it was an amusing shock when they absolutely freaked out
    over seeing a Chipmunk for the first time.. B)

    Did they explain why? Did they think it was some kind of
    harmful rat?

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to ROB MCCART on Sat Nov 15 10:17:21 2025
    Ha.. I always thought at the time how wild it would be to
    maybe see a Kangaroo in the wild if I ever visited Australia,
    but it was an amusing shock when they absolutely freaked out
    over seeing a Chipmunk for the first time.. B)

    Considering some of the scary stuff they have in Australia, that was
    amusing I am sure. ;)

    Mike


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  • From Zip@618:500/27 to Rob Mccart on Sat Nov 15 20:11:56 2025
    Hello Rob!

    On 15 Nov 2025, Rob Mccart said the following...

    My biggest worry whil I was still wintering elsewhere was that temps
    much lower than -20c can damage LCD monitors and TV sets..

    Yep, gotta make sure to have some maintenance heating...

    how the rest of the world makes out. In the early years of this
    BBS system (early 90's) I made some good friends in a number of
    countries, quite a few from Australia back then.

    That's cool! I mostly met people through local events here in the mid-90s, but that was fun, too!

    but it was an amusing shock when they absolutely freaked out
    over seeing a Chipmunk for the first time.. B)

    Aww -- those are cute. =)

    Best regards
    Zip

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  • From Mortar M.@618:250/19 to Daryl Stout on Sat Nov 15 13:46:05 2025
    Re: Re: Brr
    By: Daryl Stout to Mortar M. on Thu Nov 13 2025 16:55:43

    This week, YallBot turned 1 year old.

    Has it been that long? I remember when it first got started. It wasn't too bright back then. Ryan would ask it question and get something totally unrelated back. Oh, they grow up so fast.
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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to digimaus on Fri Nov 14 13:44:10 2025
    Sean,

    I like my tuna sandwiches with a little salt and pepper. Plain
    like me.

    I rarely season my food...but most all foods (especially the processed
    ones) are drowning in sodium (salt). Whenever we ordered pizza, Janice
    said "I want every anchovy you have in the place!!". I told her "You can
    have those nasty things"...a massive salt lick, IMO.

    I asked her what would she do, if an anchovy dropped off on the floor
    with the dachshund in the area. She promptly growled "If he touches it,
    he dies!!" <G>

    Even though those who are diabetic and/or have heart issues, need to
    limit their sodium, she apparently liked her food extra salty. So, I got sarcastic with her, saying "You must hate salt"...and she deadpanned "I despise it"...while drowning her food in it. After her death, her Mom
    asked why I didn't stop her. I replied that when I tried to, she just
    gave me the "stink eye", so I shut up...as I knew I would never win that argument.

    That was the ONLY thing she was jealous of...her food. She would eat
    anything that wouldn't eat her first...she'd bite it back.

    Too many have more money than they know what to do with.

    Not always an enviable position but an extra $500 amount
    wouldn't hurt.

    If prices were like what they were 45 years ago, I could make it on
    what I get for disability....or even get paid the monthly deal on a
    bi-weekly basis. Yet, if you don't use all the money, they will figure
    you don't need that much, and will cut down your disability payment.
    You don't even get the chance to save up for a rainy day, as it were.

    ... You have my two cents' worth. Now can I have my change?

    It's like the kid who wanted Santa to send him $50 for Christmas.
    He wrote a letter, and got a reply back, but only a penny was in
    the envelope. The child wrote back, thanking Santa, but noting "it
    figures that the government would take nearly all of it out for
    taxes". <G>

    Speaking of pennies, they are no longer making them. Businesses
    are rounding up costs to make it come out to an even nickel, dime,
    quarter, half dollar, or silver dollar amount (i.e. the Susan B.
    Anthony dollars that looked like quarters, but they'd get you 5
    games of pinball).

    Many folks would put pennies on the railroad tracks to have a
    steam locomotive run over them and flatten them...but that was
    dangerous, as they could become projectile missiles, flying out
    from the rail, then hurting or killing someone. Besides, railroad
    right of way is private property, and they will get you for
    trespassing.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to Mortar M. on Sun Nov 16 21:26:03 2025
    This week, YallBot turned 1 year old.

    Has it been that long? I remember when it first got started.
    It wasn't too bright back then. Ryan would ask it question and
    get something totally unrelated back. Oh, they grow up so fast.

    At least he hasn't had to change its diaper. <G>

    The thing is, if someone in chat tends to be a real doofus, Ya'llBot
    will tell them how the cow ate the cabbage, and what dressing was on
    it. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Mon Nov 17 08:37:05 2025
    but it was an amusing shock when they absolutely freaked out
    over seeing a Chipmunk for the first time.. B)

    Did they explain why? Did they think it was some kind of
    >harmful rat?

    It was more of an excited freak-out. Having never seen one in real
    life, and probably not realizing they were common here, they just
    thought it was super neat.. Chip and Dale come to life..
    (Or Alvin, Simon and Theadore...) B)

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to MIKE POWELL on Mon Nov 17 08:37:05 2025
    Ha.. I always thought at the time how wild it would be to
    >> maybe see a Kangaroo in the wild if I ever visited Australia,
    >> but it was an amusing shock when they absolutely freaked out
    >> over seeing a Chipmunk for the first time.. B)

    Considering some of the scary stuff they have in Australia, that was
    >amusing I am sure. ;)

    Yes, they told me about a family garden party they had one time where
    they had placed a baby buggy under a tree so the baby would be out
    of the direct sun, and when they went to get it later, there was
    a fairly large and VERY poisonous snake sleeping happily beside
    the baby..

    I think Australia is known for a huge number of poisonous snakes
    and spiders and such.

    Here about the only thing I have to watch for are rattlesnakes,
    and they tend to warn you ahead of time.. B)

    I suppose there are some Copperheads around as well but I don't
    know anyone who's seen one in this area.

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to ZIP on Mon Nov 17 08:37:05 2025
    how the rest of the world makes out. In the early years of this
    BBS system (early 90's) I made some good friends in a number of
    countries, quite a few from Australia back then.

    That's cool! I mostly met people through local events here in the mid-90s, bu
    >hat was fun, too!

    We had a few of those get togethers here as well, but usually so far
    from where I live I didn't manage to get there, but one time I
    stopped in to visit one Sysop where he worked and he had little time
    to chat but called another couple on the BBS who invited me over
    for lunch and such. They gave me a copy of a computer game that I
    used for years after that..

    but it was an amusing shock when they absolutely freaked out
    over seeing a Chipmunk for the first time.. B)

    Aww -- those are cute. =)

    I don't think those are native where you are, other than the
    Siberian Chipmunk that was introduced into Europe and Sweden
    at one point, so maybe you have that one. Checking online,
    they look pretty much identical to the ones we have here..

    Best wishes..

    Rob

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to Rob Mccart on Mon Nov 17 08:59:43 2025
    Re: Brr
    By: Rob Mccart to AUGUST ABOLINS on Mon Nov 17 2025 08:37:05

    It was more of an excited freak-out. Having never seen one in real
    life, and probably not realizing they were common here, they just
    thought it was super neat.. Chip and Dale come to life..
    (Or Alvin, Simon and Theadore...) B)

    Back in 2015 I was hiking up the dunes at Pictured Rocks in Michigan's UP. I heard a couple of voices just ahead but, when I got to the bend in the path, there was only one person and they were wandering off from where I heard the voices.

    I looked down, and there stood a chipmunk on its hind legs. I waited a moment to see if it would impart any of its wisdom on me, but it just stood there so I moved on. :D

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to Rob Mccart on Mon Nov 17 09:02:35 2025
    Re: Re: Brr
    By: Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL on Mon Nov 17 2025 08:37:05

    Yes, they told me about a family garden party they had one time where
    they had placed a baby buggy under a tree so the baby would be out
    of the direct sun, and when they went to get it later, there was
    a fairly large and VERY poisonous snake sleeping happily beside
    the baby..

    I think Australia is known for a huge number of poisonous snakes
    and spiders and such.

    Here about the only thing I have to watch for are rattlesnakes,
    and they tend to warn you ahead of time.. B)

    I wonder how they rectified that situation? :O

    They are known for poisonous snakes and spiders. We do have rattlers in Kentucky, but the Copperheads are much more numerous, IIRC. We also have water mocs, a/k/a cottonmouths.

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  • From Mortar M.@618:250/19 to Daryl Stout on Mon Nov 17 10:17:35 2025
    Re: Re: Brr
    By: Daryl Stout to Mortar M. on Sun Nov 16 2025 21:26:03

    The thing is, if someone in chat tends to be a real doofus, Ya'llBot
    will tell them how the cow ate the cabbage, and what dressing was on
    it. <G>

    Heh, I've not heard that, though I don't tune in Y'allbot much. The times I did, she was all business. Guess she's loosened up a bit.
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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Mike Powell on Mon Nov 17 14:06:01 2025
    Mike Powell wrote to Rob Mccart <=-

    I looked down, and there stood a chipmunk on its hind legs. I waited a moment to see if it would impart any of its wisdom on me, but it just stood there so moved on. :D

    Reminds me of the singing frog of Looney Tunes fame... XD

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  • From Zip@618:500/27 to Rob Mccart on Mon Nov 17 20:21:54 2025
    Hello Rob!

    On 17 Nov 2025, Rob Mccart said the following...

    I don't think those are native where you are, other than the
    Siberian Chipmunk that was introduced into Europe and Sweden

    No, I think I've only ever seen red squirrels here, no chipmunks... unless you count Chip 'n' Dale. :)

    Best regards
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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to DIGIMAUS on Tue Nov 18 09:54:54 2025
    I looked down, and there stood a chipmunk on its hind legs. I waited a moment to see if it would impart any of its wisdom on me, but it just stood there so moved on. :D

    Reminds me of the singing frog of Looney Tunes fame... XD

    I must not have been the one it decided it wanted to talk/sing to. :D

    Mike

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Mike Powell on Tue Nov 18 10:41:01 2025
    Mike Powell wrote to DIGIMAUS <=-

    I must not have been the one it decided it wanted to talk/sing to. :D

    Now I'm thinking of the scene in "Spacebvalls" with the singing alien.
    XD

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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to digimaus on Tue Nov 18 21:36:19 2025
    Reminds me of the singing frog of Looney Tunes fame... XD

    "Everybody do the Michigan Rag!!" <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to ZIP on Wed Nov 19 09:10:26 2025
    I don't think those are native where you are, other than the
    Siberian Chipmunk that was introduced into Europe and Sweden

    No, I think I've only ever seen red squirrels here, no chipmunks...
    >unless you count Chip 'n' Dale. :)

    I sort of thought you probably didn't have them there from your
    comment on the situation.

    I have to say that Chipmunks are probably my favourite of all the
    critters around here. They generally don't do any damage, live in
    holes they dig in the ground mostly, don't make much noise and are
    rather cute and can be tempted to take food from your hand if you
    care to take the time..

    Red Squirrels are a pain.. they will chew holes in your eaves
    to get into the attic where it's warmer and are a lot noisier..
    Raccoons can be quite destructive as well.

    The rest of things are pretty shy around people. I've had
    porupines, mink and various weasel types, muskrats, beavers,
    ground hogs, foxes, skunks and lots of larger things like deer,
    moose, bears and, a while back, a wolf pack and even a Cougar.
    (a.k.a. Puma, Panther or Mountain Lion depending on where it is..).

    I won't bother with the reptiles and amphibians.. B)

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to MIKE POWELL on Wed Nov 19 09:10:26 2025
    Yes, they told me about a family garden party they had one time where
    > > they had placed a baby buggy under a tree so the baby would be out
    > > of the direct sun, and when they went to get it later, there was
    > > a fairly large and VERY poisonous snake sleeping happily beside
    > > the baby..

    I wonder how they rectified that situation? :O

    As I recall, the father grabbed a stick and was going to try to flip
    the snake out but as he and a few others got closer to the buggy
    the snake got nervous and climbed out on its own.

    We've discovered it's pretty hard to catch snakes unless you
    really work at it. My father hated snakes and there was a fox
    snake over 6 feet long that had taken up living under my place
    and would climb up the steps and sun itself on my front deck.
    It didn't bother me much, I'd just step over it on my way in
    or out the front door, but dad decided we should catch it and
    take it out to an island somewhere to get rid of it. We tried
    to sweep it into a full sized garbage can to hold it but when
    we got it about half way in, it just stretched out and climbed
    over the top of the can and escaped, but it did move somewhere
    else after that so I guess it accomplished the same thing..

    They are known for poisonous snakes and spiders. We do have rattlers
    >in Kentucky, but the Copperheads are much more numerous, IIRC.
    >We also have watocs, a/k/a cottonmouths.

    I didn't know watocs and cottonmouths were the same. I assumed one
    lived on dry land and the other around the water..
    Actually, it says online they are different but often mistaken for
    each other because they look near identical. We have those here, or
    some sorts of water snakes, too but they are nonvenomous..

    I was just looking online and they say we don't have any Copperheads
    in Ontario anymore, the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake being our
    only venomous snake, but I know they used to be around. My father
    in his youth worked forest fires up north and he said it used to
    drive him up a wall (tree?) when the snakes would come crawling out
    of the fire zone by the dozens, often right over their boots, and
    there were definitely Copperheads back then he said.

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to DIGIMAUS on Wed Nov 19 11:13:06 2025
    Mike Powell wrote to DIGIMAUS <=-

    I must not have been the one it decided it wanted to talk/sing to. :D

    Now I'm thinking of the scene in "Spacebvalls" with the singing alien.
    XD

    I maybe shouldn't admit this -- I might lose my Gen X card -- but I have
    never seen that movie. :O

    Mike


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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to ROB MCCART on Wed Nov 19 11:13:06 2025
    I wonder how they rectified that situation? :O

    As I recall, the father grabbed a stick and was going to try to flip
    the snake out but as he and a few others got closer to the buggy
    the snake got nervous and climbed out on its own.

    *Most* snakes will usually try to avoid confrontation if they can.

    We've discovered it's pretty hard to catch snakes unless you
    really work at it. My father hated snakes and there was a fox
    snake over 6 feet long that had taken up living under my place
    and would climb up the steps and sun itself on my front deck.
    It didn't bother me much, I'd just step over it on my way in
    or out the front door, but dad decided we should catch it and
    take it out to an island somewhere to get rid of it. We tried
    to sweep it into a full sized garbage can to hold it but when
    we got it about half way in, it just stretched out and climbed
    over the top of the can and escaped, but it did move somewhere
    else after that so I guess it accomplished the same thing..

    I had a black snake that was hanging around some. I think I might have accidentally scared it off and wish I had not. I wouldn't mind having a
    few of those around to keep the mouse and chipmunk populations in check!

    They are known for poisonous snakes and spiders. We do have rattlers
    >in Kentucky, but the Copperheads are much more numerous, IIRC.
    >We also have watocs, a/k/a cottonmouths.

    I didn't know watocs and cottonmouths were the same. I assumed one
    lived on dry land and the other around the water..
    Actually, it says online they are different but often mistaken for
    each other because they look near identical. We have those here, or
    some sorts of water snakes, too but they are nonvenomous..

    That was a typo. The synchronet internal editor and I sometimes don't get along. That should be water mocs and, yes, they are the same as
    cottonmouths. My thinking is that if you can see their white mouths you
    are too close! :D

    Some scientist don't like the term "water moc" because they believe it
    confuses people into demonizing other non-venomous water snakes. We
    usually called them cottonmouths.

    I was just looking online and they say we don't have any Copperheads
    in Ontario anymore, the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake being our
    only venomous snake, but I know they used to be around. My father
    in his youth worked forest fires up north and he said it used to
    drive him up a wall (tree?) when the snakes would come crawling out
    of the fire zone by the dozens, often right over their boots, and
    there were definitely Copperheads back then he said.

    As a youth, my father nearly had a misadventure with a whole nest of them
    in a hollow stump. Luckily, his father noticed the danger and stopped him
    just in time.

    We used to just have three venomous snake species in Kentucky but,
    recently, we've had another type of rattlesnake move into the SW portion of
    the state.

    Mike

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to ROB MCCART on Wed Nov 19 11:13:06 2025
    I have to say that Chipmunks are probably my favourite of all the
    critters around here. They generally don't do any damage, live in
    holes they dig in the ground mostly, don't make much noise and are
    rather cute and can be tempted to take food from your hand if you
    care to take the time..

    Red Squirrels are a pain.. they will chew holes in your eaves
    to get into the attic where it's warmer and are a lot noisier..
    Raccoons can be quite destructive as well.

    Here, the only ones I have had in the attic are the Chipmunks and the small "field mice" that are common around here... I think they are called
    voles... so the Chipmunks are low on my list. I have caught gray squirrels trying to get into the attic a time or two but, as the eves are brick they
    have yet to get in (knock on wood).

    The starlings are more common "attemptors" but have also yet to be
    successful (another knock on wood!).

    Mike

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  • From Mortar M.@618:250/19 to digimaus on Wed Nov 19 13:56:36 2025
    Re: Re: Brr
    By: digimaus to Mike Powell on Mon Nov 17 2025 14:06:01

    Reminds me of the singing frog of Looney Tunes fame... XD

    Hmmm, I was thinking of the chest alien from Spaceballs.
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  • From Mortar M.@618:250/19 to Mike Powell on Wed Nov 19 14:44:59 2025
    Re: Re: Brr
    By: Mike Powell to DIGIMAUS on Wed Nov 19 2025 11:13:06

    Now I'm thinking of the scene in "Spacebvalls" with the singing alien.

    I maybe shouldn't admit this -- I might lose my Gen X card -- but I have never seen that movie. :O

    Best of the Mel Brooks flicks, IMO.
    "I'm a Mog, half Man, half dog.
    I'm my own best friend."
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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Mike Powell on Wed Nov 19 13:03:42 2025
    Mike Powell wrote to DIGIMAUS <=-

    I maybe shouldn't admit this -- I might lose my Gen X card -- but I
    have never seen that movie. :O

    I've never watched "Top Gun" so don't feel bad. But if you do ever want
    to watch it, let me know.

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Mortar M. on Wed Nov 19 17:59:50 2025
    Mortar M. wrote to digimaus <=-

    Hmmm, I was thinking of the chest alien from Spaceballs.

    That is a hilarious scene.

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to MORTAR M. on Thu Nov 20 11:37:26 2025
    Now I'm thinking of the scene in "Spacebvalls" with the singing alien.

    I maybe shouldn't admit this -- I might lose my Gen X card -- but I have never seen that movie. :O

    Best of the Mel Brooks flicks, IMO.
    "I'm a Mog, half Man, half dog.
    I'm my own best friend."

    Ahhh, so that is where that quote comes from!

    Mike

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to DIGIMAUS on Thu Nov 20 11:37:26 2025
    I maybe shouldn't admit this -- I might lose my Gen X card -- but I
    have never seen that movie. :O

    I've never watched "Top Gun" so don't feel bad. But if you do ever want
    to watch it, let me know.

    LOL, the only reason I saw "Top Gun" was because a teacher showed it during class over the holidays when a lot of students were out. :D

    Mike


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  • From Mortar M.@618:250/19 to digimaus on Thu Nov 20 11:36:40 2025
    Re: Re: Brr
    By: digimaus to Mortar M. on Wed Nov 19 2025 17:59:50

    Hmmm, I was thinking of the chest alien from Spaceballs.

    That is a hilarious scene.

    What was neat was they got the same actor from Alien.
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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to digimaus on Thu Nov 20 02:44:32 2025
    Sean,

    I've never watched "Top Gun" so don't feel bad. But if you do
    ever want to watch it, let me know.

    There was a neat pinball machine by that name. If you set a high
    score, or when the game finished, it played "Anchors Aweigh". It
    made me want to stand and salute. :)

    Daryl

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Mortar M. on Thu Nov 20 17:38:06 2025
    Mortar M. wrote to digimaus:

    What was neat was they got the same actor from Alien.

    Yeah, Mel Brooks specifically asked John Hurt if he'd do that scene again. Comndy gold and a great sendup of "Aliens".

    -- Sean



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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to Mike Powell on Thu Nov 20 14:51:04 2025
    Mike,

    LOL, the only reason I saw "Top Gun" was because a teacher
    showed it during class over the holidays when a lot of students
    were out. :D

    I found neat YouTube Channel last night, Alpha Bravo Pinball...
    I watched videos on "Top Gun" and "High Speed", both manufactured
    by Williams in the mid 1980's.

    No telling how much money I spent over the years playing pinball,
    earning a Master Of Student Union and a Doctor Of Pinball in college,
    when I wasn't studying for my Bachelor Of Arts in Radio, TV, and Film.

    Daryl

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to MIKE POWELL on Fri Nov 21 07:50:42 2025
    As I recall, the father grabbed a stick and was going to try to flip
    >> the snake out but as he and a few others got closer to the buggy
    >> the snake got nervous and climbed out on its own.

    *Most* snakes will usually try to avoid confrontation if they can.

    My brothers dog was sleeping outside in the grass a few years
    back and he woke up to find a rattlesnake right beside his head.
    The dog just sort of lifted his head to look at the snake, no
    quick or threatening movements, and the snake bit him on the face.
    Fat faced dog and a big vet bill ensued...

    I had a black snake that was hanging around some. I think I might have
    >accidentally scared it off and wish I had not. I wouldn't mind having a
    >few of those around to keep the mouse and chipmunk populations in check!

    Yes, I found the same thing when that snake was around. Fox Snakes
    like to climb too. We find them all the time half way up a wall or a
    tree going after bird's nests. It's amazing how well they manage that.
    There are some horizontal round logs that help keep our log cabin
    places roofs square and rigid about 7 feet off the floor, and one
    time we showed up for the weekend and there was a Fox Snake wrapped
    around that log over the kitchen area. I guess he found a big enough
    hole to sneak in and was mouse hunting along the top of the walls.. B)

    I didn't know watocs and cottonmouths were the same. I assumed one
    >> lived on dry land and the other around the water..

    That was a typo. The synchronet internal editor and I sometimes don't get
    >along. That should be water mocs and, yes, they are the same as
    >cottonmouths. My thinking is that if you can see their white mouths you
    >are too close! :D

    Right, I first thought that was what you meant but I looked up watocs
    since I wasn't familiar with the term, and the name is apparently used
    quite a bit for general water snakes.

    I was just looking online and they say we don't have any Copperheads
    >> in Ontario anymore, the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake being our
    >> only venomous snake

    We used to just have three venomous snake species in Kentucky but,
    >recently, we've had another type of rattlesnake move into the SW
    >portion of the state.

    The price you pay for the warmer climate? B)

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to MIKE POWELL on Fri Nov 21 07:50:42 2025
    I have to say that Chipmunks are probably my favourite of all the
    >> critters around here. They generally don't do any damage, live in
    >> holes they dig in the ground mostly, don't make much noise

    Red Squirrels are a pain.. they will chew holes in your eaves
    >> to get into the attic where it's warmer and are a lot noisier..

    Here, the only ones I have had in the attic are the Chipmunks and the small
    >"field mice" that are common around here... I think they are called
    >voles... so the Chipmunks are low on my list.

    Hmm... We've never had chipmunks try to get in the house, other than the
    odd time they might 'explore' if you leave a door wide open.

    Mice are another story.. This year is very light on mice for some
    reason but last year at this time, just before the snow covers
    the ground seriously, I caught about 20 of them over a couple
    of weeks.. They happily live outside all summer but, come the
    cold weather, they come looking for warmer places to make a nest.

    So far this year I've only caught one..

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to Daryl Stout on Fri Nov 21 08:35:19 2025
    Re: Re: Brr
    By: Daryl Stout to Mike Powell on Thu Nov 20 2025 14:51:04

    No telling how much money I spent over the years playing pinball,
    earning a Master Of Student Union and a Doctor Of Pinball in college,
    when I wasn't studying for my Bachelor Of Arts in Radio, TV, and Film.

    Pinball was something I was never very good at, but I did sometimes enjoy watching others (who were good at it) play.

    Mike
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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to Rob Mccart on Fri Nov 21 08:39:30 2025
    Re: Re: Brr
    By: Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL on Fri Nov 21 2025 07:50:42

    I was just looking online and they say we don't have any Copperheads
    >> in Ontario anymore, the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake being our
    >> only venomous snake

    We used to just have three venomous snake species in Kentucky but,
    >recently, we've had another type of rattlesnake move into the SW
    >portion of the state.

    The price you pay for the warmer climate? B)

    In theory, yours should be getting warmer also, which makes one wonder where all the copperheads went? Farther North? :D

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to Rob Mccart on Fri Nov 21 08:40:53 2025
    Re: Re: Brr
    By: Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL on Fri Nov 21 2025 07:50:42

    Mice are another story.. This year is very light on mice for some
    reason but last year at this time, just before the snow covers
    the ground seriously, I caught about 20 of them over a couple
    of weeks.. They happily live outside all summer but, come the
    cold weather, they come looking for warmer places to make a nest.

    So far this year I've only caught one..

    I wonder if that is a sign that the serious snow cover is not near yet?

    Mike
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  • From August Abolins@618:400/23.10 to Rob Mccart on Fri Nov 21 20:43:00 2025
    Hello Rob!

    Mice are another story.. This year is very light on mice
    for some reason but last year at this time, just before
    the snow covers the ground seriously, I caught about 20 of
    them over a couple of weeks.. They happily live outside
    all summer but, come the cold weather, they come looking
    for warmer places to make a nest.

    So far this year I've only caught one..


    I've caught more this year sofar than last year.

    Sofar.. maybe 8, and I've been lax in resetting the traps.




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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to DARYL STOUT on Sun Nov 23 08:13:46 2025
    No telling how much money I spent over the years playing pinball,
    >earning a Master Of Student Union and a Doctor Of Pinball in college,
    >when I wasn't studying for my Bachelor Of Arts in Radio, TV, and Film.

    In my misspent youth, age 16 or 17, I spent a lot of hours hanging
    around in a pool hall that had a few pinball machines. I had a
    favourite I played most of the time and I learned all the tricks to
    make points and we used to have a contest to see if we could do what
    we called 'Beating the Machine'..

    That might sound like winning a free game but, what it involved was
    running the machine out of free games. Most machines could only rack
    up 15 free games, and then if you won one more, it made a loud 'CLACK'
    sound, and the whole place would know that you had 'Beat the Machine'.

    At that point, you usually grabbed some kid and told him he had 15
    free games to play and walked away..

    I definitely did that twice, possibly 3 times..

    It drove the owners nuts because you can imagine the how much
    time you had tied up that machine on just one lousy quarter.. B)

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to MIKE POWELL on Sun Nov 23 08:13:46 2025
    We used to just have three venomous snake species in Kentucky but,
    >recently, we've had another type of rattlesnake move into the SW
    >portion of the state.

    The price you pay for the warmer climate? B)

    Coincidentally I was reading a book today and they mentioned that
    there were 5 types of just Rattlesnakes in Utah so things could be
    worse I guess.. B)

    In theory, yours should be getting warmer also, which makes one
    >wonder where all the copperheads went? Farther North? :D

    Apparently not. It doesn't look like temperature was the main thing
    that caused their disappearance. The only place I saw mentioned in
    Canada where they still have them was in Gaspesie National Park
    in Quebec. A map of where they are found in the USA showed mainly
    mid southern to southern states in the East half of the country
    pretty much all the way up to the Canadian Border near the East coast.

    Not shown in Florida for some reason, maybe the heat but they are
    all over Texas so maybe not that..

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to MIKE POWELL on Sun Nov 23 08:13:46 2025
    Mice are another story.. This year is very light on mice for some
    > > reason but last year at this time, just before the snow covers
    > > the ground seriously, I caught about 20 of them over a couple
    > > of weeks.. They happily live outside all summer but, come the
    > > cold weather, they come looking for warmer places to make a nest.

    > > So far this year I've only caught one..

    I wonder if that is a sign that the serious snow cover is not near yet?

    Funny, possibly while I was writing this message I caught my second
    mouse for this fall.. I checked the trap and there was a very fresh
    one in there that same night..

    Generally the snow is what stops them coming in. Once you start
    getting temperatures down below 50f they start to look for ways
    to get in to make their winter nest in a warmer place. They move
    back outside when things warm up again in the spring suggesting
    they don't really like being in the house. (More food outside?)

    One thing most people don't know is that mice live in fairly
    big colonies so if you catch a few, that will just be a small
    part of the colonie in your area. They generally number over
    50 to as many as 100 in one fairly small area covering just
    a few thousand square feet.

    That may not be quite the same within cities as it is in open
    rural country like we have here.

    One year I found a mouse had built a nest under the hood of my
    pickup truck, so I set a trap under the hood, and when I checked
    the next day I'd caught a mouse. I figured I should set the trap
    again in case there were others, and sure enough the next day
    I'd caught another mouse... So, set it again just to be on
    the safe side? Long story short, after I caught my 17th mouse
    I decided that the bait in my trap was just drawing them in so
    I stopped setting the trap and they didn't come back..

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Sun Nov 23 08:13:46 2025
    Mice are another story.. This year is very light on mice
    for some reason

    So far this year I've only caught one..


    I've caught more this year sofar than last year.

    Sofar.. maybe 8, and I've been lax in resetting the traps.

    I did just catch my second one, but the temperature is staying a
    bit warm still. I think I heard a noise so there may be another
    one working its way in. They get between my walls and find big
    enough holes somewhere at the top so they come into the attic
    area first. That's where I set most of my traps.

    If there are lots of mice around I may have 5 or 6 traps going.

    This year my sister, whos cottage is not used from late October
    until May, built one of those Pail traps, where you take a big
    5 gallon pail and put a few inches of antifreeze in it and build
    a ramp up to the lid where there is some bait beside a hinged
    unit that, if a mouse steps on it, flips and dumps it into the
    pail. There are a few different designs to do that, some simpler
    to make but hers was a commercial unit, not home made.

    The beauty of these is that they have unlimited capacity since
    the mice never get to the bait and the pail can hold lots of
    them, and the antifreeze not only kills the mice but it stops
    them from smelling if it starts to warm up..

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to Rob Mccart on Sun Nov 23 08:33:43 2025
    Re: Re: Brr
    By: Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL on Sun Nov 23 2025 08:13:46

    In theory, yours should be getting warmer also, which makes one
    >wonder where all the copperheads went? Farther North? :D

    Apparently not. It doesn't look like temperature was the main thing
    that caused their disappearance. The only place I saw mentioned in
    Canada where they still have them was in Gaspesie National Park
    in Quebec. A map of where they are found in the USA showed mainly
    mid southern to southern states in the East half of the country
    pretty much all the way up to the Canadian Border near the East coast.

    Not shown in Florida for some reason, maybe the heat but they are
    all over Texas so maybe not that..

    Maybe they have a natural predator there, or maybe it has something to do with the composition of the soil... or the type of areas they prefer may be too damp in Florida.

    Mike
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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to Rob Mccart on Sun Nov 23 08:35:35 2025
    Re: Re: Brr
    By: Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL on Sun Nov 23 2025 08:13:46

    One year I found a mouse had built a nest under the hood of my
    pickup truck, so I set a trap under the hood, and when I checked
    the next day I'd caught a mouse. I figured I should set the trap
    again in case there were others, and sure enough the next day
    I'd caught another mouse... So, set it again just to be on
    the safe side? Long story short, after I caught my 17th mouse
    I decided that the bait in my trap was just drawing them in so
    I stopped setting the trap and they didn't come back..

    LOL, that will teach you. ;)

    Mike
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  • From August Abolins@618:400/23.10 to Rob Mccart on Sun Nov 23 12:16:00 2025
    Hello Rob!

    ** On Sunday 23.11.25 - 08:13, you wrote to me:

    This year my sister, whos cottage is not used from late October
    until May, built one of those Pail traps, ...

    The beauty of these is that they have unlimited capacity since
    the mice never get to the bait and the pail can hold lots of
    them, and the antifreeze not only kills the mice but it stops
    them from smelling if it starts to warm up..

    I emailed you a pic of one that was built and used here. It
    wasn't as effective as a plain ol' bucket with some water!

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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to Rob Mccart on Sun Nov 23 22:09:32 2025
    Rob,

    That might sound like winning a free game but, what it involved
    was running the machine out of free games. Most machines could
    only rack up 15 free games, and then if you won one more, it
    made a loud 'CLACK' sound, and the whole place would know that
    you had 'Beat the Machine'.

    I remember when you beat the high score, you got 3 free games, but
    they usually had a max of 5 or 10 games to win. You tried to TILT it
    just before it rolled over from 999,990 (for the games that had that
    as the high water mark). Now, in some of the games, it takes well over
    a million just to get 1 replay.

    At that point, you usually grabbed some kid and told him he had
    15 free games to play and walked away..

    I did that myself...especially when I had to get to my next class
    in college...although I enjoyed the Student Union Gameroom more. <G>

    It drove the owners nuts because you can imagine the how much
    time you had tied up that machine on just one lousy quarter..

    A former Sysop (who passed away several years ago) got to where
    he could beat the original Pac-Man video game multiple times on just
    one quarter.

    Daryl

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  • From Mortar M.@618:250/19 to Daryl Stout on Mon Nov 24 14:09:16 2025
    Re: Re: Brr
    By: Daryl Stout to Rob Mccart on Sun Nov 23 2025 22:09:32

    I did that myself...especially when I had to get to my next class
    in college...although I enjoyed the Student Union Gameroom more. <G>

    I was like that with Tempest. I also spent lots of time in the SU. In my freshman year, I spent so much time there, I got put on FA probation; Seems my grades didn't quite thrill them. Next semester I was pretty much holed up in the library. Heh.
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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to MIKE POWELL on Tue Nov 25 08:49:28 2025
    (Copperheads) are Not shown in Florida for some reason, maybe the
    >heat but they are all over Texas so maybe not that..

    Maybe they have a natural predator there, or maybe it has something
    >to do with the composition of the soil... or the type of areas they
    >prefer may be too damp in Florida.

    Maybe.. Hard to say but the map seemed to show a straight horizontal
    line near the top of Florida which seemed odd.. Visa expired? B)

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Tue Nov 25 08:49:28 2025
    This year my sister, whos cottage is not used from late October
    until May, built one of those Pail traps, ...

    I emailed you a pic of one that was built and used here. It
    >wasn't as effective as a plain ol' bucket with some water!

    Yes, it will be interesting to see if we have any luck with them.
    (She bought 2 - for 2 buildings) The ramp setup might help or
    hurt that. As I mentioned ealier, I took a tiny bit of peanut butter
    and touched it along up the ramp hoping the mice would smell that
    more easily and follow it up looking for more.

    The ramp on hers looked pretty steep to me but I guess it's been
    tested by the maker, plus I've seen mice walk vertically up a wooden
    wall so they are pretty good at getting places..

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to DARYL STOUT on Tue Nov 25 08:49:28 2025
    That might sound like winning a free game but, what it involved
    was running the machine out of free games. Most machines could
    only rack up 15 free games

    I remember when you beat the high score, you got 3 free games, but
    >they usually had a max of 5 or 10 games to win. You tried to TILT it
    >just before it rolled over from 999,990 (for the games that had that
    >as the high water mark). Now, in some of the games, it takes well over
    >a million just to get 1 replay.

    This was a long time ago and the machine was very mechanical.
    I'm not sure if it even kept track of a high score, and there
    was no way to put in a name or initials if it did..

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to ROB MCCART on Tue Nov 25 11:12:25 2025
    (Copperheads) are Not shown in Florida for some reason, maybe the
    >heat but they are all over Texas so maybe not that..

    Maybe they have a natural predator there, or maybe it has something
    >to do with the composition of the soil... or the type of areas they
    >prefer may be too damp in Florida.

    Maybe.. Hard to say but the map seemed to show a straight horizontal
    line near the top of Florida which seemed odd.. Visa expired? B)

    Maybe their state does not report stats on vipers or, at least,
    copperheads. <shrugs>

    Mike


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  • From Jimmy Anderson@618:250/24 to Daryl Stout on Tue Nov 25 22:47:02 2025
    Daryl Stout wrote to digimaus <=-

    Sean,

    I've never watched "Top Gun" so don't feel bad. But if you do
    ever want to watch it, let me know.

    There was a neat pinball machine by that name. If you set a high
    score, or when the game finished, it played "Anchors Aweigh". It
    made me want to stand and salute. :)

    Yeah! Nothing to do with the movie, but a VERY cool machine!

    I have it on an iPad app too... :-)



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  • From Jimmy Anderson@618:250/24 to Daryl Stout on Tue Nov 25 22:47:02 2025
    Daryl Stout wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    I found neat YouTube Channel last night, Alpha Bravo Pinball...
    I watched videos on "Top Gun" and "High Speed", both manufactured
    by Williams in the mid 1980's.

    No telling how much money I spent over the years playing pinball, earning a Master Of Student Union and a Doctor Of Pinball in college,
    when I wasn't studying for my Bachelor Of Arts in Radio, TV, and Film.

    I played some video games, but love pinball to this day!!!


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  • From Jimmy Anderson@618:250/24 to Rob Mccart on Tue Nov 25 22:47:02 2025
    Rob Mccart wrote to DARYL STOUT <=-

    No telling how much money I spent over the years playing pinball,
    >earning a Master Of Student Union and a Doctor Of Pinball in college,
    >when I wasn't studying for my Bachelor Of Arts in Radio, TV, and Film.

    In my misspent youth, age 16 or 17, I spent a lot of hours hanging
    around in a pool hall that had a few pinball machines. I had a
    favourite I played most of the time and I learned all the tricks to
    make points and we used to have a contest to see if we could do what
    we called 'Beating the Machine'..

    That might sound like winning a free game but, what it involved was running the machine out of free games. Most machines could only rack
    up 15 free games, and then if you won one more, it made a loud 'CLACK' sound, and the whole place would know that you had 'Beat the Machine'.

    At that point, you usually grabbed some kid and told him he had 15
    free games to play and walked away..

    I definitely did that twice, possibly 3 times..

    It drove the owners nuts because you can imagine the how much
    time you had tied up that machine on just one lousy quarter.. B)

    Love it!!!

    I didn't know there was a limit like that. :-) I enjoyed the pre-
    digital days where you could 'roll over' the score. :-)



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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to Rob Mccart on Tue Nov 25 21:50:10 2025
    Rob,

    This was a long time ago and the machine was very mechanical.
    I'm not sure if it even kept track of a high score, and there
    was no way to put in a name or initials if it did..

    The numbers for the score were on wheels. Now, it's all digital
    electronics.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to Jimmy Anderson on Wed Nov 26 11:27:50 2025
    Jimmy,

    There was a neat pinball machine by that name. If you set a high
    score, or when the game finished, it played "Anchors Aweigh". It
    made me want to stand and salute. :)

    Yeah! Nothing to do with the movie, but a VERY cool machine!

    It's amazing how much technology has advanced with that.

    I have it on an iPad app too... :-)

    Really?? I found one pinball game for the Android, that has several variations, but I've played more with Pyramid Solitaire lately.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to Jimmy Anderson on Wed Nov 26 11:27:50 2025
    Jimmy,

    I played some video games, but love pinball to this day!!!

    You and me both.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to Jimmy Anderson on Wed Nov 26 11:27:51 2025
    Jimmy,

    I didn't know there was a limit like that. :-) I enjoyed the
    pre- digital days where you could 'roll over' the score. :-)

    And, there was 3 claps of the board as you rolled it over.

    Daryl

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to MIKE POWELL on Thu Nov 27 09:18:49 2025
    (Copperheads) are Not shown in Florida for some reason, maybe the
    >heat but they are all over Texas so maybe not that..

    Maybe.. Hard to say but the map seemed to show a straight horizontal
    >> line near the top of Florida which seemed odd.. Visa expired? B)

    Maybe their state does not report stats on vipers or, at least,
    >copperheads. <shrugs>

    If you just ask the question, it says online that there are copperhheads
    in Florida in very limited areas, maybe a few more places than the
    huge map of the USA showing their range I saw showed the other day.

    They said they are far less common than the other 5 venomous snake types
    in Florida.

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to JIMMY ANDERSON on Thu Nov 27 09:18:49 2025
    At that point, you usually grabbed some kid and told him he had 15
    free games to play and walked away..

    It drove the owners nuts because you can imagine the how much
    time you had tied up that machine on just one lousy quarter.. B)

    Love it!!!

    I didn't know there was a limit like that. :-) I enjoyed the pre-
    >digital days where you could 'roll over' the score. :-)

    Yes, it's a long time since I've touched a mechanical pin ball machine.
    I still play video games on my computer, and occasionally cell phone,
    but I don't frequent many places where I run into other options.

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to DARYL STOUT on Thu Nov 27 09:18:49 2025
    This was a long time ago and the machine was very mechanical.
    I'm not sure if it even kept track of a high score, and there
    was no way to put in a name or initials if it did..

    The numbers for the score were on wheels. Now, it's all digital
    >electronics.

    Yes.. as I said I don't recall a high score on the machine but it's
    possible there was one. I was about to say that if I could run the
    machine out of free games then I should have had the high score but,
    in reality, to win 15 free games, you play a lot of separate games
    where you may win 2 or 3 free games that add up, so you could still
    be a long way from the highest score in a single game..

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