Among the things it's speculated moths don't have, I think it's pretty much universally agreed they don't have woolen underwear either. <g>
We have yet to see a mouse or any droppings in our house. Or near the house. We do the see the occasional field mouse, shrew, snake, or rabbit offered to us on the welcome mat as a gift, though. And we live in the country on acreage. With a cat population that fluctuates between about 6 and 12. We're a little low now and need to reload.
I prefer to get female cats and not get them spayed until they've had a litter or two. They're consistently good mousers. Although we've got one now that's never had kittens and is a very aggressive mouser and is smart enough to have eluded the other predators for about 3 years so far.
I'm trying to come up with a Lucas joke to go with your chewed insulation, but am coming up empty. Of course, all the Lucas jokes have already been written and should be put in a book. There are certainly enough of them.
This past weekend, my "big project" was to move everything out of the workshop that didn't have to be in there and could winter under the 20x120 overhang. Which is a lot of stuff. My son had already unburied all the motorcycles and neatly lined them up along a wall in the front half of the building. Looks cool. Will have to get a picture.
Remember that old black Taurus SHO? It had sat in a corner of the front of the building all year because I haven't gotten around to fixing a flat tire on it, it needs a new battery (batteries and tires are a constant fight when you have too many things using them) and because it's leaking oil onto the exhaust from some location I have yet to find.
The door hadn't been opened in at least a year.
But when I got in it, I noticed that an unopened pack of smokes in it had been chewed through. I didn't inspect, but am sure the immaculate upholstery has issues, too.
I know the door and trunk seals need replacing, but really didn't think they were bad enough to allow mouse entry. I guess I thought wrong.
That reminds me (the tie-in is a previous post that was a gag email to a track bud about selling him my Mustang -- come to think of it, you met him and took him for a Pumpkin ride -- Gary), I hope Water Wetter isn't real, real harmful stuff.
We had our first hard freeze last night, and the Mustang, being the largely neglected track ho' it is, was the first to go under the overhang the other day.
Last night, it couldn't get out from under the overhang. A slight incline, wet grass, and Hoosiers. I don't remember if you were around to see how much trouble I had getting it in the trailer at RA and how close I came to t-boning it on the back of the trailer.
So I just opened the tap on the radiator and drained the water/water-wetter mixture onto the ground and started the engine and ran it long enough to hopefully cook away most of the water in the block.
Wasn't quite ready for it to become Winter yet. I spent a lot of time last weekend sealing the major air and bird entry points into the building but have a LOT left to do before I'm ready to try heating the building again. And need to get done because I've got a lot of projects (mostly motorcycle restorations) slated for this winter.
Another project I'm considering is rather than the original plan of putting the old A-Sedan Mustang back together and putting it on eBay, instead finishing it up and using it as a driving school car and/or getting back into SCCA but only doing a few regional races. Like at MAM and HPT. Would think I'd do alright on those tracks (especially MAM, since HPT is being rebuilt right now) since I know of only 2 people who have more laps on MAM than I do.
But as with all projects around here, it all hinges on 2 or 3 other things that have to be done first. And sealing up the building better is one of them, as is getting a couple of propane furnaces in there to help out the wood furnace. And trying to think up a way to loosely partition off the front half of the building since that's the only part I actively use right now. The rest is "storage". At least, that's what I'm calling the huge mess of stuff covering most of the floor back there.
You know those clear plastic strips often used in the entrances to big freezers? Wonder if they're available in huge rolls. They'd do the trick if I can cut them to the 16-18 foot lengths I'd need. I don't need or want to completely seal off the back half of the building. I just don't want to waste BTU's heating it as aggressively as the front half.
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