I had been shot at and missed by a bad guy the year before, I've thought ever since that the screaming invisible rat was scarier.
That sounds like something out of a movie, Alan. I feel bad for you, but I feel bad for the rat, too. I've heard those glue pads are very inhumane. We had a mouse problem when we got back to NJ, so we called an exterminator and I told him I refused to do glue pads.
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