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    Quote Originally Posted by catherine View Post
    T I've heard those glue pads are very inhumane.
    I agree, we killed it before leaving (don't tell Rob).
    "Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein

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    [QUOTE=Alan;326078]

    LOL, well in this case it hasn't been a problem for the past 24 or so years. Rather than get caught up in the Democratic Socialist way of dealing with things like this which would include assigning oppressor/victim status to each party and using all media available to complain and sow dissent, we went the Libertarian Capitalist route when we built this house and gifted ourselves with separate bathrooms. No drama, no fuss and everyone involved remains wrapped in an envelope of love, acceptance and positive esteem.

    Don't think this issue is political. It is the gentlemanly thing to do. We both now close the toilet. We used to have a dog and that trained us so the dog would not drink out of toilet. I have been married 45 years and can only think of a handful of times the seat was left up. As I said, my DH is a gentleman! Sounds like it was a good idea for you to each have your own bathroom.... dilemma solved.

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    Quote Originally Posted by frugal-one View Post
    It is the gentlemanly thing to do. We both now close the toilet. We used to have a dog and that trained us so the dog would not drink out of toilet. I have been married 45 years and can only think of a handful of times the seat was left up. As I said, my DH is a gentleman! Sounds like it was a good idea for you to each have your own bathroom.... dilemma solved.
    It wasn't actually a dilemma for us as it probably only happened a few times over our 43 years together but I'm sure your husband is truly a better gentleman than I could ever be. I'm a work in progress.
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    Yes glue pads are horrible as the rat starves and no drinking either.

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    Our area has lots of rats. A major highway project nearby has displaced a lot of them from a wooded area and that seems to have put them into reproductive mode. Last winter there were several cars on our street that had damage to under hood hoses and engine casings. The rats chewed on them after a snow storm. We found bird seed on DH's engine area several times. A neighbor caught eight in his garage over the winter (snap traps). Some people have them in their houses. Mostly they are outside. We are near the water and seem to get a lot of wildlife but I've never heard of so many rats in the 30 or so years we have lived here. If you know a fool proof way to get rid of them please share your knowledge.

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    Has anyone had a rat terrier as a pet? My neighbor had one, and one time it chased a rat but the rat escaped down a stormwater drain.

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    Arrrgh! The various forms of communication these days makes me crazy. It seems that no one in my various groups handles it all, every form.

    I came home from Hermann yesterday to find a voicemail left on my landline from someone who did not leave her name or her phone number and I am 80% sure I know who it is, but really – it is so damn annoying that people don’t leave their name. I called her back, went to voicemail. So, if it was not her who called me then I won’t know that.

    I also dislike it when peope call and immediately launch into the conversation and I’m supposed to figure out who they are. I assume this poor phone etiquette is supported by modern cell phone technology where we can always see who was calling. Except I can’t because I don’t talk on my cell phone. I use our landline.


    Two people I recently contacted had non functioning voicemail boxes,One is full and the other is not set up, it has not been set up in forever and I forget that until I call and try to use it.

    Me, I dont use my cell phone so dont try to call me on it. Just email me.
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    I use my cell as a pager; I don't talk on it if I can avoid it.

    I don't answer my landline, in fact the ringer is turned off (what a marvelous invention the ringer switch was!)

    I'm with you--email me. I far prefer that method of communicating. Plus, there's a record. Win all around.

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    This is a funny “joke is on me” incident. I hurt my back doing what I call to myself “lady of the manor” gardening. I was deadheading Iris at Missouri botanical gardens. That is a very genteel activity where one stands, bends a little, snips spent flower heads with scissors, and deposits them in a bucket,. There’s no getting dirty, no crawling around on the ground, no serious bending, and no sweating.

    So it was so strange that I pulled a muscle and I was in pain for about 20 hours, severe pain when I move a certain way. But it disappeared miraculously about noon the next day.


    I’m taking this as a lesson from the universe that I am not meant to be a lady of the manor doing light lady-type gardening, I need to be the gardeners assistant who halls buckets of mulch and digs holes and schleps armfulls of plants around. I am just a peasant.
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    BIL is on the West Coast and I'm STILL ranting. I noticed shortly after he left, when I went in to make sure the room was clear for an appraiser, that he left his room as if he were away for the weekend. Stuff cluttering the nightstands and dressers, stuff on the floor, etc. So I texted him and I told him that I had to clean out the room--that he had left a ton of crap in there. His response, "Oh, really? I knew I left my running shorts. I thought that was it." I wanted to say, "were you wearing a blindfold when you left the house last week?" But I restrained myself.

    Well, now that we're down to brass tacks on the clearing out, it has come to my attention that he also left the closet full of his clothes, on the rod, and on the shelf. He left clothes in the dresser, all three drawers, and he left clothes and paperwork in another bedroom.

    He plainly knew that we were moving out. It is beyond my comprehension that he didn't say to me, "I can't take all this stuff to the West Coast now, but I'll box it up. What do you want me to do with it?" He knowingly walked away leaving me with his stuff on top of all my stuff. And then he played dumb in the most disingenuous way.

    I don't know what to do. One side of me is like my DH on my shoulder saying "Sh*tcan it!" But the other side of me sees a man who has nothing in this world, pretty much, and even if he is not quite destitute now, he's moving there fast. His best friend--the one who prodded him out to the West Coast--called me the other day to say that BIL has been drinking heavily. He's been out there over a month now with absolutely no effort to get a job. He is really troubled. I look at the things he's left behind and they are little moments of trips I know he's taken, and other personal items aside from the clothing. So I veer toward compassion but man, I just really have to vent. Now I'll have to put his stuff in boxes and hope my son doesn't mind that they're going to be taking up space in the garage.
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