Octopus Overlords

YellowKing wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 1:32 pm When I first had "real" maple syrup I was taken aback by how thin it was. It was excellent after I got used to it but after years of consuming the cheap stuff it was quite a shock.

GreenGoo wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 4:28 pm I'm not sure what the ratio between starting product and ending product is, but it's several orders of magnitude.

The "Rule of 86" in sugar making states that at 1% sugar concentration you would need to collect and reduce, on average, 86 gallons of raw sap to make one gallon of finished syrup.

Daehawk wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 2:42 pm I tried to starve you out by lidding the trash cans but you ate part of my home instead...out ya go!

Blackhawk wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 5:36 pm

Daehawk wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 2:42 pm I tried to starve you out by lidding the trash cans but you ate part of my home instead...out ya go!

It didn't work because they weren't there for the food. They were there for the shelter - the free food was just a bonus. As the weather warms up, you'll see less of them. Next fall when it gets cold again, they'll be back.

Daehawk wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 2:42 pm Thats it! These mice have chewed up something of my late wife. They have to go....and I cant find my 3 traps..argh. Them doing cpr was cute but ill make sure theres no one left to use it on mwahahaa..cough cough..sry....they must go though. They are chewing stuff I want to keep. They are chewing in my ceiling now..this has to stop. I dont want me or my little old dog getting a disease either. Sry cute little furry creatures. I tried to starve you out by lidding the trash cans but you ate part of my home instead...out ya go!

Anonymous Bosch wrote: Sat Dec 28, 2024 1:33 am

Daehawk wrote: Sat Dec 28, 2024 12:53 am Well Ive been trying to starve some mice out of my home. they've been here months but they seem to be more and making a mess of things. So Ive been lidding the kitchen garbage and putting a box over my bedroom one so no food is available to them. Been doing it a few days. Seems to be working. Seen less. I cant stand to just outright kill anything. im hoping they move on.

Tonight i see a little semi baby one..not a baby but not grown making their way through the house towards me in the bed room. Its a little one. I see it start to try to get a piece of dry food off the carpet edge where my dog ate. I feel sry for it so i stick my hand down. it actually came over to me and put their little front feet on my hand and tested my finger to see if its edible lol.

Then I broke off a tiny piece of saltine cracker. it took it gently from my fingers. Now I feel awful about trying to starve them out. im such a wussy when it comes to little animals no matter their type.

ive seen them come from the kitchen to in here before..they actually hop not run.

Daehawk, I've no doubt Smoove can paint you a far more vivid picture than the following, but the truth is undeniable: mice are vermin, pure and simple. Disabuse yourself of any romanticized notions of cuddly, cute, and furry anthropomorphic companions ASAP:

Fardaza wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 10:56 am I've been there once. Butchart Gardens is a year-round beautiful site to visit.

The whole area of Vancouver is incredibly beautiful though!

Daehawk wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:55 am Mouse got into my Funyums! Those little bastards! Wheres my gun??

Blackhawk wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 3:34 pm

Daehawk wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:55 am Mouse got into my Funyums! Those little bastards! Wheres my gun??

They got that, too.

Let them keep the Funyums.

Daehawk wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:55 am Mouse got into my Funyums!

Unagi wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 3:57 pm

Daehawk wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:55 am Mouse got into my Funyums!

Funyuns

like "onion" with an F

Ofion has been serving the tobaccoindustry since 25 years and has managed to established very sound reputation in the industry in terms of supplies and services.

Unagi wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 3:57 pm

Daehawk wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:55 am Mouse got into my Funyums!

Funyuns



like "onion" with an F

Blackhawk wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 4:39 pm

Unagi wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 3:57 pm

Daehawk wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:55 am Mouse got into my Funyums!

Funyuns



like "onion" with an F

I figured it was just some obscure junk food I hadn't heard of before. Daehawk brings up such things with some regularity.

The first Loch Ness Monster sighting of 2025 lasted for minutes and was caught on camera. The photos were later shared with research institutions dedicated to the study of Scotland’s Loch Ness.

YellowKing wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 10:25 am Also I'd be curious to see a size reference to that photo, as to me it looks like an otter. Otter sightings have been the source of a lot of modern Nessie sightings.

According to The Post, a witness recently noticed a “black mass” in the so-called monster’s home, aka the Scottish Highlands. The individual snapped and submitted a photo of their findings to the Loch Ness Centre in Inverness, marking the first potential sighting of 2025—and one of the most unique and clear spottings of all time.

Daehawk wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 7:15 pm Nothing that something that big could live on anyways.

coopasonic wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 12:13 pm I grew up in a tiny town, technically a village, in upstate New York. In January a fire caused by a charging device took out a good chunk of Main Street despite efforts of over 200 firefighters over 9+ hours. 5 businesses destroyed and about 3% of the population lost their homes.

I was up visiting my mom there in October, happy to see the place doing so well. Now she’s hearing rumors that nobody plans to rebuild.

I haven’t lived there since I graduated high school 36 years ago but it still makes me sad. My mom has lived there most of her life. Her apartment is like a half mile away and fine. She’s more upset that they aren’t planning to rebuild than she was about the fire. It’s just sad.