"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
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> Mice.
>
> It's become modom's house o' mouse. Became such in a matter of a
> couple of days. Mouseless to mouse-o-rama in not more than 48 hours.
>
> D and I hauled all the drygoods and other comestibles out of the
> pantry yesterday to clean off the shelves and better seal the food
> away from pests. Everything is in plastic containers.
>
> Today I went out to buy mouse traps. Went to the local hardware
> store. Went to Wal Mart. Went to another local store. Ran out of
> stores.
>
> There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
> geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
> told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He also
> said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.
>
> Appears we have ourselves a plague.
>
> I wonder if they'll eat the Tupperware?
> --
>
> modom
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Make some of your own.

Get some shelf paper - you know the self sticky vinyl kind and some double
sided tape or a staple gun.

Stripe off the backing and tape or staple down the shelf paper upside down
so the sticky side is up.

The other option is double sided carpet tape they use at conventions.

Dimitri