On Aug 4, 6:29 am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> > "jmcquown" > dropped this turd
> :in rec.food.cooking
>
> >> Dave Smith wrote:
>
> >>> So today I will have to find a nice new lifter.... and remember not
> >>> to leave it outside, at least for the next two weeks until they
> >>> move.
>
> >> Actually, it's a good thing they are moving. I know the dogs are
> >> nice and all that but it's rather inconvenient to have to remember
> >> to bring everything inside just because of them
>
> > Not where I live. If it's left outside it's fair game for the 'coons
> > and opossums. Of course my dog is legendary for her grill snatchings
> > but she's never swiped a utensil.
>
> I only had one instance in 10 years of a raccoon coming sniffing around my
> trash can. My patio is fenced and so is the area where my trash can is. My
> trash can has a flip up handle that locks the lid down. I know raccoons are
> smart but by the time I heard one trying to get into the trash can I'd run
> outside to confront it and it ran away. It gave up and didn't come back.
>
> http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...ductId=176274-...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ytftry
>
> Jill

Probably wouldn't last day. Some of those racoons carry their own
tool kits.

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada