Preparedness for when

pineapple

It's ratcatchers anon day at pineapple mansions.
We do see rats sometimes due to the proximity of the farm. Anyway after seeing a rat several times on the patio in broad daylight, I set up a spring door cage trap. First I caught a mouse - which I released over towards Appleby and next I caught a vole (I think) which I released closer to home, The rat was having none of it however. So I cooked it some pork chop and still it wasn't tempted. Have replaced the bait with meat smeared in fat and peanut butter. But I also got another cage and a Snickers bar. Apparently rats love em. But so do I and I seem to have eaten it. So ratty will have to make do with bread and peanut butter (though I did lay a little trail of chocolate along the route,,,)
To be continued....

maryb

Ivyleaf I think you made all us ladies of a certain age laugh ruefully.

Look away Bob, this might be TMI!

I remember taking my DD to a birthday party in someone's garden when she was eight and the parents laid on a barbecue for the other mums and dads. They had a big trampoline in the garden which the girls were having huge fun on. They shouted to us to come and have a go so three of us mums took our shoes off and climbed on giggling, had a little bounce and then looked at each other. I forget which one said it first but it was along the lines of 'not after two children!' and we shuffled off giggling even more!!

I am actually looking at rebounders because it is really difficult to increase bone density in your spine. But although I am out of my back brace now I am not quite up to that sort of impact exercise.

After my back brace beat me into submission I got quite fond of it and I could see how women used to actually like wearing corsets as long as they weren't tight laced. It was so supportive of my back it was like sitting back in a comfortable armchair that really fitted the small of your back.

It was one of these
http://www.healthandcare.co.uk/back-braces/J002%252FM.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwzN27BRDFn9aAwLmH2yISJABWuEXcThbYI-hI8aZEOdcHzNHIQ8_Zbbx2WUoKklcprVcRDxoCFYPw_wcB#

Or maybe I just developed Stockholm Syndrome lol

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maryb wrote: »

Look away Bob, this might be TMI!

Not sure which bit was supposed to be TMI.

GreyQueen

Bob, if you hafta ask, you're too young to be tole............

moneyistooshorttomention

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Howling winds up here, atm.

The only good side to it, is that my shirts were dry in about 20 minutes.

I am just SO glad you've got them - instead of us for once.....:rotfl:

Sorree Bob - but I never even knew what peeps meant about "howling winds" until I moved here. At which point = I knew exactly what they meant:(. Damn it....:rotfl:

I've been out in the garden today and getting it "sorted/good to go" in the first place (a bl**dy again:cool:) and "think" (yeh...alright...hope) that I've sorted that - as far as my own personal garden is concerned - ie put in enough "barriers/you name it" that the Blimmin' Wind can't manage to get into my property.

Boy - am I ever envious at the local friend that announced recently that their personal property just doesnt get The Wind howling around the place - ever:cool:

jk0

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

GQ Dh has twice now caught a wood pigeon

How do you prepare one of them?

moneyistooshorttomention

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Not sure which bit was supposed to be TMI.

Personally - I'd go for the viewpoint that "There is NO way that is TMI - as I would be VERY surprised indeed if most women realised that there is a limit to how many pregnancies?/children? women can have and expect their bodies to get back to normal in all respects".

Personal admission time is that I certainly expected that ALL women had bodies that "got back to normal" in absolutely ALL respects (health/looks/you name it) after having child/children and the thought hadnt crossed my mind for one millisecond that things might be otherwise. That was until I encountered MSE Forum and read all the comments about this on here and thought :eek::eek::eek::eek: about what the statistical odds were that that would be the case:eek::eek:.

Personally - I think the MSE forum is being VERY VERY valuable indeed at alerting women that this "may" not be the case for them personally:eek:.

GreyQueen

jk0 wrote: »

How do you prepare one of them?

Twist the wings off, pull the head off, stick your thumbs (kuckle to knuckle) down the neck hole, fingers on outside of bird and turn it inside out. The pyrmidical breastbone pops out and then you can carve the meat off that. And make a pie. Takes a couple of minutes, tops.

Which we did in the woods. Hell, I thought to myself at the time, I don't even make pastry from scratch in my kitchen, and here I am doing it in the woods. :rotfl:

ivyleaf

maryb That brace looks a bit scary! But I'm so glad it worked for you :T

pineapple After reading that you're coping with catching rats I'm feeling a lot less unhappy about our uninvited mice, so thanks.

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GreyQueen wrote: »

and here I am doing it in the woods. :rotfl:

Didn't you get arrested, for outraging public decency?