On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:25:19 -0500, BeartoothGiG wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:32:33 -0600, Gloria P wrote:
>
>> I just got home from an errand and opened the sliding glass door to the
>> patio to cool off the house (75 deg. inside, 71 outside) only to see SIX
>> raccoons in or around the grape vine on the overhead trellis. The ones
>> on the ground scampered all of about 6 feet away, waiting for me to
>> leave so they could continue to eat the grapes, still green but very
>> plentiful this year. [...]
>
> In many places, coons are the chief reservoir of rabies -- and
> going out in daylight is likely to mean they have it; they're normally
> nocturnal.

at one point my parents had raccoons coming into their attic. my father
had the following conversation with a pest-control guy:

p.c. guy: the thing is, you have to watch them to see where they're going
in and out.

dad: how am i gonna watch them? they're nocturnal.

p.c. guy: i know they're not. but you gotta watch 'em anyway.

your pal,
blake