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Rats! New Cars' Soy-Coated Wires Give Rodents Plenty To Chew On
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Posted on 02/22/2018 1:31:51 PM PST by Phillyred

Trouble is, so do the rats in her neighborhood. They’re chewing through wires in her engine compartment, causing hundreds of dollars in damages.

JoAnn and her husband Tracy live in Santee, Calif., just east of San Diego. Recently retired, they enjoy the open Every night, Joann's pours a little coyote piss around her tires. "I dot my driveway with some too," she says. She also places a Coyote urine-soaked sponge inside a tin pan near the car. She's not sure it's working yet and does not want to take her car in for any more repairs until she's rid of the rats once and for all.

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To: Robert A Cook PE

“cougar pee works too.”

Get it free at your local nursing home. Visit on bingo night.


61 posted on 02/22/2018 3:51:08 PM PST by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: Red Badger

Dental floss for rodents.


62 posted on 02/22/2018 4:57:39 PM PST by Ozark Tom
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To: OrangeHoof
Too bad “What’s MY Line?” isn’t still on the air.

Best game show ever! I loved Dorothy Kilgallen.

63 posted on 02/22/2018 5:04:08 PM PST by jpsb
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To: oldasrocks

Ozone will compete with rodents on insulation and rubber.


64 posted on 02/22/2018 5:08:50 PM PST by Ozark Tom
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To: Red Badger

They like the wires because after they are in use and warmed up, their insulation coatings smell good tasting to them, that is why. They think they are edible plant type roots or shoots/vines. Long term parking folks at Denver airport are aware of this problem.


65 posted on 02/22/2018 5:50:58 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: oldvirginian

Rabbits are not rodents, though. Lagomorphs.


66 posted on 02/22/2018 5:54:48 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

The wire mfrs could do us all a favor and put some D-con in the formula.......................


67 posted on 02/23/2018 6:21:33 AM PST by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Phillyred

My sisters truck was eaten by squirrels back in Minnesota.


68 posted on 02/23/2018 10:59:26 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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