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I win! I win!!! <G> I'll take the top hat, please

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Ahem... Which top hat? Plain or Rainbow?

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>> ChattyCathy wrote:
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>> I win! I win!!! <G> I'll take the top hat, please
>>
>> Jill

>
>
> Ahem... Which top hat? Plain or Rainbow?
>
> Andy


Formal, definitely. If I were in a more playful mood I'd probably go with
the rainbow one. But the formal one will go with so much more <wink>

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For once I had to choose mcnl.
I have a sharpening gadget that I use as needed, but mostly use the
steel for honing.

So, it's a combination of the two.

My gadget is just a small plastic block with a hand guard with the
sharpeners crossed at an angle in the groove.

I only use it if honing alone won't quite give me the edge I want, but I
always follow up with the steel.

Nothing more dangerous than a dull knife. ;-)
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jmcquown said...

> Andy wrote:
>> jmcquown said...
>>
>>> ChattyCathy wrote:
>>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>>>
>>>> Vote now! (or note)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks go to sf for sending in this survey...
>>>
>>> I win! I win!!! <G> I'll take the top hat, please
>>>
>>> Jill

>>
>>
>> Ahem... Which top hat? Plain or Rainbow?
>>
>> Andy

>
> Formal, definitely. If I were in a more playful mood I'd probably go

with
> the rainbow one. But the formal one will go with so much more <wink>
>
> Jill



You have a point there and now your top hat will conceal it! Yuk, yuk, yuk.


Nobody's picked a rainbow top hat yet! Rainbow is my favorite color, after
blue.

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I use a double approach: have the FIL use his whetstones and keep
the edges by touching them up with my steels. (I've since learned
any blades sharpened by him require a human sacrifice so I'm more
prone to using a steel.)

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The Ranger wrote:

> I use a double approach: have the FIL use his whetstones and keep
> the edges by touching them up with my steels. (I've since learned
> any blades sharpened by him require a human sacrifice so I'm more
> prone to using a steel.)
>

I use a knife sharpening gadget for *my* knives....
DH uses a sharpening steel for his knives....



BTW, *thank you* so much for the "vinegar tip" to get rid of kitchen
ants (it's spring here and they came out in droves)...
I did what you suggested and sprayed vinegar "along their trails" and
voila! - no more ants! <Cathy grins at The Ranger>

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Alas, there is no way to reply. I use both whetstone and gadget.
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The Ranger wrote:

> I use a double approach: have the FIL use his whetstones and keep
> the edges by touching them up with my steels. (I've since learned
> any blades sharpened by him require a human sacrifice so I'm more
> prone to using a steel.)


Except that a steel is for getting the edge straight, not sharp.


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I haven't had my knives professionally sharpened in 10 years. I stick with
the honing steel mainly or the electric sharpener. The kyocera ceramic knife
will have to go in to Fantés after a couple more years for specialized
sharpening.

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Gee, the other one way I use is honing, but not exclusively. So three
ways -- so I cannot answer the survey. :-(((
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>BTW, *thank you* so much for the "vinegar tip" to get rid of kitchen
>ants (it's spring here and they came out in droves)...
>I did what you suggested and sprayed vinegar "along their trails" and
>voila! - no more ants! <Cathy grins at The Ranger>


What kind of vinegar did you use?
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:33:12 -0400, Goomba38 >
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>The Ranger wrote:
>
>> I use a double approach: have the FIL use his whetstones and keep
>> the edges by touching them up with my steels. (I've since learned
>> any blades sharpened by him require a human sacrifice so I'm more
>> prone to using a steel.)

>
>Except that a steel is for getting the edge straight, not sharp.
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Can't have a good cutting edge if it's not straight.
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> Alas, there is no way to reply. I use both whetstone and gadget.
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That would be MCINL (my choice is not listed)

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> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:28:15 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
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>> BTW, *thank you* so much for the "vinegar tip" to get rid of kitchen
>> ants (it's spring here and they came out in droves)...
>> I did what you suggested and sprayed vinegar "along their trails" and
>> voila! - no more ants! <Cathy grins at The Ranger>

>
> What kind of vinegar did you use?


Just the cheapest white vinegar I could buy - I took a "spray bottle"
filled it with the vinegar, sprayed along their trails/paths and it worked!!
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>Just the cheapest white vinegar I could buy - I took a "spray bottle"
>filled it with the vinegar, sprayed along their trails/paths and it worked!!
>--

Apparently white vinegar is a good herbicide too! It has many uses
beyond cleaning coffee pots and irons.

http://www.vinegartips.com/

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> BTW, *thank you* so much for the "vinegar tip"
> to get rid of kitchen ants (it's spring here and they
> came out in droves)... I did what you suggested
> and sprayed vinegar "along their trails" and voila!
> - no more ants! <Cathy grins at The Ranger>


It's better than spraying any poison about in the kitchen and the
combo of acid and the intense scent drives the ants nuts.
Distilled has always worked well for us and the bonus is that it
also cleans as you go.

BTW: If you _do_ find the nest, dust it with scented baby powder.
They go NUTS but quickly abandon the nest because the scent
effectively overpowers their scent receptors. I've found that a
squirt bottle (the type used for sauces) works great for "dusting"
into the nests.

ObFood: Made honest-to-goodness cornbread last night with honey
butter for dessert. My nine nieces were amazed their uncle could
make such a grand dessert. I don't think INMF even tasted either
since he vacuumed it up within seconds.

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The Ranger wrote:

> It's better than spraying any poison about in the kitchen and the
> combo of acid and the intense scent drives the ants nuts.
> Distilled has always worked well for us and the bonus is that it
> also cleans as you go.


This is true
>
> BTW: If you _do_ find the nest, dust it with scented baby powder.
> They go NUTS but quickly abandon the nest because the scent
> effectively overpowers their scent receptors. I've found that a
> squirt bottle (the type used for sauces) works great for "dusting"
> into the nests.


I will definitely try that too - I have plenty of baby powder - just
sitting in a cupboard - got so much of it given to me at my "baby
shower" for the kidlette that I thought I'd never use it - but didn't
have the heart to throw it away - (I know, I am sentimental LOL)
>
> ObFood: Made honest-to-goodness cornbread last night with honey
> butter for dessert. My nine nieces were amazed their uncle could
> make such a grand dessert. I don't think INMF even tasted either
> since he vacuumed it up within seconds.


Sounds dee-vine

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> The Ranger wrote:
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>> I use a double approach: have the FIL use his
>> whetstones and keep the edges by touching
>> them up with my steels. (I've since learned any
>> blades sharpened by him require a human sacrifice
>> so I'm more prone to using a steel.)

> Except that a steel is for getting the edge straight,
> not sharp.


I *know* that, silly. But my FIL can hone any blade so sharp, a
quick use of the steel keeps the edge for months.

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ChattyCathy wrote on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:24:26 +0200:

C> Vote now! (or note)

C> Thanks go to sf for sending in this survey...

There seems to be full spread of opinions but I would mention
that, in addition to an electric sharpener, I also use a steel
and only resort to the sharpener if it seems necessary.

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"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
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> BTW, *thank you* so much for the "vinegar tip" to get rid of kitchen ants
> (it's spring here and they came out in droves)...
> I did what you suggested and sprayed vinegar "along their trails" and
> voila! - no more ants! <Cathy grins at The Ranger>
>
> --
> Cheers
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I've tried that, too, Cathy, but I spray it on them, and they just keep
moving toward me, practically laughing in my face. I was diligent about it,
as I keep a bottle of vinegar beside the soap on the counter. But I had to
break down and put an ant-trap in the outside window sill.

Ants in Virginia -- tough!
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>> BTW, *thank you* so much for the "vinegar tip" to get rid of kitchen ants
>> (it's spring here and they came out in droves)...
>> I did what you suggested and sprayed vinegar "along their trails" and
>> voila! - no more ants! <Cathy grins at The Ranger>


>
> I've tried that, too, Cathy, but I spray it on them, and they just keep
> moving toward me, practically laughing in my face. I was diligent about it,
> as I keep a bottle of vinegar beside the soap on the counter. But I had to
> break down and put an ant-trap in the outside window sill.
>
> Ants in Virginia -- tough!


Heh. It was the opposite here - I used every ant-killer that was legally
available and our ants "laughed" at me too... so in complete desperation
I tried the vinegar trick - so who knows?

BTW - if you leave the ant-traps out for too long before replacing
them, the little bastids actually "move into them" and make a new nest -
BTDT....
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> ChattyCathy wrote on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:08:18 +0200:
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> C> Dee Dee wrote:
> C> BTW - if you leave the ant-traps out for too long before
> C> replacing them, the little bastids actually "move into them"
> C> and make a new nest - BTDT....
>
> I wonder, would glue traps work? I used them for mice in the basement
> and caught mainly crickets until the mice decided that the crickets were
> a free lunch and found out their mistake.


Not for these ants, James... these ones are "tiny" they wouldn't be
heavy enough to stick to the glue traps, IMHO, and I have used the
glue-traps for mice too - but they didn't catch any ants Luckily
having cats makes mice problems a thing of the past.
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ChattyCathy wrote on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:08:18 +0200:

C> Dee Dee wrote:
C> BTW - if you leave the ant-traps out for too long before
C> replacing them, the little bastids actually "move into them"
C> and make a new nest - BTDT....

I wonder, would glue traps work? I used them for mice in the
basement and caught mainly crickets until the mice decided that
the crickets were a free lunch and found out their mistake.

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>
>> I use a double approach: have the FIL use his whetstones and keep the
>> edges by touching them up with my steels. (I've since learned any
>> blades sharpened by him require a human sacrifice so I'm more prone to
>> using a steel.)
>>

> I use a knife sharpening gadget for *my* knives....
> DH uses a sharpening steel for his knives....
>
>
>
> BTW, *thank you* so much for the "vinegar tip" to get rid of kitchen
> ants (it's spring here and they came out in droves)...
> I did what you suggested and sprayed vinegar "along their trails" and
> voila! - no more ants! <Cathy grins at The Ranger>
>


Vinegar has hundreds of uses!

Neither Barb ("Melba") nor I have mentioned what I found on the counter
at her house a few weeks ago.

She was having a major infestation of fruit flies and was unable to
track down the source. She created a fruit fly trap in a pint jar with
a few inches of cider vinegar in the bottom and a cone-shaped funnel of
waxed paper stuck in the mouth of the jar. Much like a lobster trap,
the prey was able to enter the funnel but unable to find their way out.
When a few attempted to crawl between the jar mouth and the wax paper,
she taped over the potential exit.

Within a few days there were hundreds of fruit fly corpses floating in
the vinegar. Unfortunately she had used the last of the vinegar in the
trap. When her husband asked for some to make salad dressing, in true
Barb style she offered to strain some for him to use. He rolled his
eyes and declined.

Now can anyone suggest a foolproof solution for the house mouse who has
plagued my kitchen since the first hint of cold weather last week?
I have two different kinds of poison hidden around possible entry points
but haven't found anyone lying around with his feet in the air yet.

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> Now can anyone suggest a foolproof solution for the house mouse who has
> plagued my kitchen since the first hint of cold weather last week?
> I have two different kinds of poison hidden around possible entry points
> but haven't found anyone lying around with his feet in the air yet.
>
> gloria p


a cat? In the last month our cat has brought in two "victims" and left
them proudly for us on the kitchen floor. Hubster thinks the cat may
have found some nest or something outside because both "victims" were
very tiny. Always in the exact same spot. Ugh. The cat has free access
in and out of the house via a garage pet door.
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Puester > wrote:

> Now can anyone suggest a foolproof solution for the house mouse who has
> plagued my kitchen since the first hint of cold weather last week?
> I have two different kinds of poison hidden around possible entry points
> but haven't found anyone lying around with his feet in the air yet.


They generally wobble off somewhere else to die, gruesome as it sounds.
Make sure pets can't get at the poison. If it's poisoned grain, the
evidence of ingestion ought to be around the box in the form of some
grains outside the box. Have you seen the mouse recently? Otherwise move
the poison somewhere else. It's been foolproof in my experience.
You may have the unpleasant experience someday of finding the carcass.
They don't weigh much.

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> In article >,
> Puester > wrote:
>
>> Now can anyone suggest a foolproof solution for the house mouse who has
>> plagued my kitchen since the first hint of cold weather last week?
>> I have two different kinds of poison hidden around possible entry points
>> but haven't found anyone lying around with his feet in the air yet.

>
> They generally wobble off somewhere else to die, gruesome as it sounds.
> Make sure pets can't get at the poison. If it's poisoned grain, the
> evidence of ingestion ought to be around the box in the form of some
> grains outside the box. Have you seen the mouse recently? Otherwise move
> the poison somewhere else. It's been foolproof in my experience.
> You may have the unpleasant experience someday of finding the carcass.
> They don't weigh much.
>
> leo


Put a dab of peanut butter very close by. They cannot resist it.
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> James Silverton wrote:
>> ChattyCathy wrote on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:08:18 +0200:
>>
>> C> Dee Dee wrote:
>> C> BTW - if you leave the ant-traps out for too long before
>> C> replacing them, the little bastids actually "move into them"
>> C> and make a new nest - BTDT....
>>
>> I wonder, would glue traps work? I used them for mice in the basement and
>> caught mainly crickets until the mice decided that the crickets were a
>> free lunch and found out their mistake.

>
> Not for these ants, James... these ones are "tiny" they wouldn't be heavy
> enough to stick to the glue traps, IMHO, and I have used the glue-traps
> for mice too - but they didn't catch any ants Luckily having cats makes
> mice problems a thing of the past.
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Lucky you! With two cats and a dog, my NEW mouse problem seems to be
finding half-eaten corpses all over the damned house! <GAG>

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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:41:24 GMT, Puester >
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>Now can anyone suggest a foolproof solution for the house mouse who has
>plagued my kitchen since the first hint of cold weather last week?
>I have two different kinds of poison hidden around possible entry points
>but haven't found anyone lying around with his feet in the air yet.


Try an old fashioned mouse trap and cheese. I discovered my mice were
gourmets that turned up their noses at peanut butter and cheddar
cheese, but they were suckers for Jarlesberg.
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"Dee Dee" > wrote:

> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
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> > In article >,
> > Puester > wrote:
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> >> Now can anyone suggest a foolproof solution for the house mouse who has
> >> plagued my kitchen since the first hint of cold weather last week?
> >> I have two different kinds of poison hidden around possible entry points
> >> but haven't found anyone lying around with his feet in the air yet.

> >
> > They generally wobble off somewhere else to die, gruesome as it sounds.
> > Make sure pets can't get at the poison. If it's poisoned grain, the
> > evidence of ingestion ought to be around the box in the form of some
> > grains outside the box. Have you seen the mouse recently? Otherwise move
> > the poison somewhere else. It's been foolproof in my experience.
> > You may have the unpleasant experience someday of finding the carcass.
> > They don't weigh much.
> >
> > leo

>
> Put a dab of peanut butter very close by. They cannot resist it.
> Dee Dee


I finally had to resort to mixing poison bait WITH peanut butter to get
them to eat more of it.

I have rats outdoors, no mice. But NOT in the house thank the gods!
The rats come mostly for water, but they also eat the dogs food.

The border collie kills a lot of them. She seems to enjoy it. I do
praise her for it. ;-)
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"LynneA" > wrote:

> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
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> > James Silverton wrote:
> >> ChattyCathy wrote on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:08:18 +0200:
> >>
> >> C> Dee Dee wrote:
> >> C> BTW - if you leave the ant-traps out for too long before
> >> C> replacing them, the little bastids actually "move into them"
> >> C> and make a new nest - BTDT....
> >>
> >> I wonder, would glue traps work? I used them for mice in the basement and
> >> caught mainly crickets until the mice decided that the crickets were a
> >> free lunch and found out their mistake.

> >
> > Not for these ants, James... these ones are "tiny" they wouldn't be heavy
> > enough to stick to the glue traps, IMHO, and I have used the glue-traps
> > for mice too - but they didn't catch any ants Luckily having cats makes
> > mice problems a thing of the past.
> > --
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> >
> > Garlic: the element without which life as we know it would be impossible

>
> Lucky you! With two cats and a dog, my NEW mouse problem seems to be
> finding half-eaten corpses all over the damned house! <GAG>
>
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> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:41:24 GMT, Puester >
> wrote:
>
> >Now can anyone suggest a foolproof solution for the house mouse who has
> >plagued my kitchen since the first hint of cold weather last week?
> >I have two different kinds of poison hidden around possible entry points
> >but haven't found anyone lying around with his feet in the air yet.

>
> Try an old fashioned mouse trap and cheese. I discovered my mice were
> gourmets that turned up their noses at peanut butter and cheddar
> cheese, but they were suckers for Jarlesberg.


Gourmet mice. <g>

Mom and dad used to trap mice when we stayed in the line Cabin that
belonged to a friend of theirs in the mountains in California.

They baited it with bacon rind. Worked well!
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:04:03 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>> Vote now! (or note)
>>
>> Thanks go to sf for sending in this survey...
>>
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>
>For once I had to choose mcnl.
>I have a sharpening gadget that I use as needed, but mostly use the
>steel for honing.
>
>So, it's a combination of the two.
>
>My gadget is just a small plastic block with a hand guard with the
>sharpeners crossed at an angle in the groove.
>
>I only use it if honing alone won't quite give me the edge I want, but I
>always follow up with the steel.
>
>Nothing more dangerous than a dull knife. ;-)


i was wondering whether a sharpening device was compatible with using
a steel. i take it you get good results?

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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:59:13 -0400, Goomba38 >
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>Puester wrote:
>
>> Now can anyone suggest a foolproof solution for the house mouse who has
>> plagued my kitchen since the first hint of cold weather last week?
>> I have two different kinds of poison hidden around possible entry points
>> but haven't found anyone lying around with his feet in the air yet.
>>
>> gloria p

>
>a cat? In the last month our cat has brought in two "victims" and left
>them proudly for us on the kitchen floor. Hubster thinks the cat may
>have found some nest or something outside because both "victims" were
>very tiny. Always in the exact same spot. Ugh. The cat has free access
>in and out of the house via a garage pet door.


cut down on the cat's rations a bit and maybe he will eat more of the
evidence.

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On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:35:44 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >, sf wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:41:24 GMT, Puester >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Now can anyone suggest a foolproof solution for the house mouse who has
>> >plagued my kitchen since the first hint of cold weather last week?
>> >I have two different kinds of poison hidden around possible entry points
>> >but haven't found anyone lying around with his feet in the air yet.

>>
>> Try an old fashioned mouse trap and cheese. I discovered my mice were
>> gourmets that turned up their noses at peanut butter and cheddar
>> cheese, but they were suckers for Jarlesberg.

>
>Gourmet mice. <g>
>
>Mom and dad used to trap mice when we stayed in the line Cabin that
>belonged to a friend of theirs in the mountains in California.
>
>They baited it with bacon rind. Worked well!


christ, you people's mice are eating better than i do.

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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:33:08 -0400, "Dee Dee" >
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>
>"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
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>>
>> Thanks go to sf for sending in this survey...
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
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>>

>
>Alas, there is no way to reply. I use both whetstone and gadget.
>Dee Dee
>


which gadget, dee dee?

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"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "LynneA" > wrote:
>
>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>> news
>> >
>> > Not for these ants, James... these ones are "tiny" they wouldn't be
>> > heavy
>> > enough to stick to the glue traps, IMHO, and I have used the glue-traps
>> > for mice too - but they didn't catch any ants Luckily having cats
>> > makes
>> > mice problems a thing of the past.
>> > --
>> > Cheers
>> > Chatty Cathy
>> >
>> > Garlic: the element without which life as we know it would be
>> > impossible

>>
>> Lucky you! With two cats and a dog, my NEW mouse problem seems to be
>> finding half-eaten corpses all over the damned house! <GAG>
>>
>> Lynne A
>>

>
> <lolol!!!>
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Glad YOU are so amused, Om! ;>)

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