FYI, I am a Lab lover 1000%. Only dog I've ever owned. Now I'm allergic, so I can't have one. But I am happy for all Lab owners everywhere....they are the bomb!
Random Thoughts the 13th: Jason Takes RTT
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FYI, I am a Lab lover 1000%. Only dog I've ever owned. Now I'm allergic, so I can't have one. But I am happy for all Lab owners everywhere....they are the bomb!
The vixen is getting pretty pissed at a chipmunk that lives under our deck. He has been OK until recently, cleans up sunflower seeds that the birds dump on the floor, but now he's taken to digging up her plants. 
I've come to the conclusion that people will steal anything.
Years ago this guy in Ames had an old set of rims with a sign that said FREE. No one would take them. A friend of his told him wait a few months and then put them back out with a sign that said $20. Stolen a couple of nights later.
This is where outside cats come in handy. All the ground squirrels (which is what your "chipmunk" probably is) are gone, and there are no hosta-chomping rabbits.The vixen is getting pretty pissed at a chipmunk that lives under our deck. He has been OK until recently, cleans up sunflower seeds that the birds dump on the floor, but now he's taken to digging up her plants.
This is where outside cats come in handy. All the ground squirrels (which is what your "chipmunk" probably is) are gone, and there are no hosta-chomping rabbits.
He looks like this:
Found under "chipmunk" in Google images.
This is where outside cats come in handy. All the ground squirrels (which is what your "chipmunk" probably is) are gone, and there are no hosta-chomping rabbits.
If we had a cat (I'm allergic to them, too!) the vixen would never let me keep it outside. We had Jinx for several years - my bestest buddy, BTW - and she didn't really bother me allergically.
The vixen is getting pretty pissed at a chipmunk that lives under our deck. He has been OK until recently, cleans up sunflower seeds that the birds dump on the floor, but now he's taken to digging up her plants.
Cute until they start getting into the garage/house and dying (stinky!) or digging so much you have to make repairs to one of your garden retaining walls. Had one die in a dryer vent and another in some towels in the garage. A third had chewed up some insulation by the front door trying to get out before I saw his head stick out the hole he had made. Couldn't find the garage one (could smell it) it until LONG time later when I found the mummified corpse. The drier vent one was the grossest thing ever. Literally a zombie, "moving" with all of the maggots. Ack! At that point their population boom became an issue and I had to go Full Boxster with the drowning bucket. Was an easy extermination but joyless as they are kinda cute.
We found one (ground squirrel) in the dryer vent when we were living in Ames. We were moving the dryer so we have no idea how long it had been in there. Luckily ours was mummified. My daughter has shown she has no problem drowning problem pests. She says she feels a little bad about doing it but she is a gamer.
This is where outside cats come in handy. All the ground squirrels (which is what your "chipmunk" probably is) are gone, and there are no hosta-chomping rabbits.
Goldie, the mascot of the Gophers, is a 13-line ground squirrel but the ground rats at my house are Eastern chipmunks.
What you doing on line? Though you'd be biking Iowa or did the crappy route through southern Iowa deter you this year?
Ground squirrels look very similar. Only difference is they don't have stripes on their cheeks.He looks like this:
Found under "chipmunk" in Google images.
Sorry - I've found that most folks don't know the difference. I'll shut up now.
The only reason these are outdoors is because we already have 6 INdoors. I've tried to find them a home but no luck.
Son had state soccer last weekend. (Ended up losing both games by a total of 5-0.) Daughter had USA Cup last weekend and state soccer this week and weekend. (They won a must-win and must-score-some-goals game last night to get to the knock out rounds. Eeked in by one point. Will play a semifinal game tonight.)
First time with not even a day of RAGBRAI since I moved up here 20 years ago and had work already scheduled for me that week. As I said in the RAGBRAI thread I feel like Ricky Bobby:
You need a new strategyThe only reason these are outdoors is because we already have 6 INdoors. I've tried to find them a home but no luck.
Shoulder(s) are still keeping me from sleeping at night...wake up a dozen times a night. Had shoulder appointment early this a.m. with PA at Twin Cities Ortho. X-rays don't show much, no bone spurs or arthritis stuff. Likely both are rotator cuff tears. Getting MRI next week and follow up with the shoulder doc. Looked him up, one of the Vikings team physicians. Kinda surprised an old washed up dude like me got a referral to him.
But, shoulders don't hurt enough during the day to keep me from biking so going off for a ride. Nice out, no gusty wind, mostly sunny, not raining. It's a meteorological miracle!
But, shoulders don't hurt enough during the day to keep me from biking so going off for a ride. Nice out, no gusty wind, mostly sunny, not raining. It's a meteorological miracle!
Shoulder(s) are still keeping me from sleeping at night...wake up a dozen times a night. Had shoulder appointment early this a.m. with PA at Twin Cities Ortho. X-rays don't show much, no bone spurs or arthritis stuff. Likely both are rotator cuff tears. Getting MRI next week and follow up with the shoulder doc. Looked him up, one of the Vikings team physicians. Kinda surprised an old washed up dude like me got a referral to him.
But, shoulders don't hurt enough during the day to keep me from biking so going off for a ride. Nice out, no gusty wind, mostly sunny, not raining. It's a meteorological miracle!
You've inspired me, I actually biked it the 5 miles into work today. The trip home is going to be the real test though as my legs are still complaining about this morning.
That would be a chipmunk. I think KC must be talking about a squinnyHe looks like this:
Found under "chipmunk" in Google images.
Beat me to it!Ground squirrels look very similar. Only difference is they don't have stripes on their cheeks.
Sorry - I've found that most folks don't know the difference. I'll shut up now.
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