Rodney Bullock Posted January 10, 2007 Report Posted January 10, 2007 I took the 1940 out Saturday for some DB Blaster and discovered that somebody had been playing in my car. I put down dryer sheets and cut up some irish spring soap. It pull in some small leaves and thngs no harm done however I would like to keep these little friends out of my Plymouth:o It would be diffrent if they chiped in for GAS! Anyone got any home remedy:) Now that my car runs and stops great I would hate to have to do the interior again. Quote
Chester Brzostowski Posted January 10, 2007 Report Posted January 10, 2007 What type of little friends are we talking about, midgets, mice, ???. Either way I would change the locks... If they leave droppings behind they should not be considered friends. Chet... Quote
Young Ed Posted January 10, 2007 Report Posted January 10, 2007 Rodney I think the soap and dryer sheets work as long as you remember to replace them when the sent it worn off. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted January 10, 2007 Report Posted January 10, 2007 There are a few remedies out there..Irish Spring bath soap..original scent bar cut into chunks, dryer sheets, Moth Balls (don't use entire moth or you have upholestry problems of another manner) get a cat, get couple of cats..don't feed cats so they will work properly, and then the L. Earle special of running it in a enclosed shed (less owner and cats) and let the monoxide do the job for you. Quote
rearview Posted January 10, 2007 Report Posted January 10, 2007 Chili powder works pretty darn good also... sprinkle a little on their backs and the cats go right after them. Seriously, put some on the carpet in the areas you suspect they enter. I use it in my hunting trailer up north, works great. Quote
Allan Faust Posted January 10, 2007 Report Posted January 10, 2007 Geez, I guess I won't be ridin with ya any time soon Chet.... I'm allergic to Irish Spring..... (and no "are you a man or a mouse jokes ok!!!! ) Allan Quote
Ed Griffin Posted January 10, 2007 Report Posted January 10, 2007 My father in law just recently brought up the same solution as rearview (name?) did about using chili powder only it was to keep squirls out of the attic. His tactic was to put down food/bait and then circle it with the chili powder. Said that they will cross it to get to the food and get it on the paws. After that you can just imagine so I'd go for the chili powder personally. He had a bad squirl problem and had for years with me replacing chewed screens, removing nests etc.. but none since he started using the chili powder. Quote
Norm's Coupe Posted January 10, 2007 Report Posted January 10, 2007 Pick up a few boxes of DeCon at the hardware store. Set it out against the garage wall on the floor and feed them. Once they eat the stuff it will eat them from the inside out, leaving only a little dust. The garage will be varmit free in no time and so will the car. Quote
PatS.... Posted January 10, 2007 Report Posted January 10, 2007 Hey Rodney, come on up here. Going to 25 below tonight(38 below with the wind)!!! No mouse problem at all!!! Quote
Rodney Bullock Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Posted January 10, 2007 The chilli powder sounds good, We have alot of that around here. Pat, that's so cold I would not wish that on any mouse! Quote
RobertKB Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Hey Pat, I live just south of you in Lethbridge and we are getting the same cold weather. It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. (Anyone want to know where that expression originated I can tell ya). Sure glad to have a heated garage!!! Only the second dose of this cold stuff this winter. I actually had my D25 out last Tuesday. Quote
55 Fargo Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Hey it's about -2 here right now with a viscious north wind, but its sunny crystal clear with amazing blue skies. The thing is when it's this cold, it gets very dry, it's almost like it's colder when you have say 25 degrees and damp humid weather as compared to a calm sunny day when it's -10f, at least that's my experience. Once its -15 to -40, it's cold no matter what.Fred Quote
55 Fargo Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 USDA Plant hardiness zones we here in Manitoba have the following rating 3a and 3b, this translates to we can have temps down to -35 to -40. Calgary is zone 4, temps to -30 to -35, Fargo ND is also zone 4, Minneapolis is zone 4b down to -25, Texas is zone 7 to zone 8 and possibly zone 9 in spots. Southern California is zones 8 to 9b I think. Vancouver Canada is zone 8, it's our mildest region of our country..........Fred Quote
Young Ed Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Fred interesting to see we aren't that far behind here in Mpls. Its been unusually mild this year but thats supposed to start changing tomorrow. I can still see some of my grass right now! Quote
Don G 1947 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Hey Pat, I live just south of you in Lethbridge and we are getting the same cold weather. It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. (Anyone want to know where that expression originated I can tell ya). Sure glad to have a heated garage!!! Only the second dose of this cold stuff this winter. I actually had my D25 out last Tuesday. I believe a "brass monkey" was the brass base that cannon balls were stacked on. When the weather got really cold the brass would contract and the cannon balls would shift on the brass monkey and and fall from the neat pile. Thus the expression "freeze the balls off a brass monkey." Now if I only knew something useful! Don Quote
RobertKB Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Congrats, Don. You are exactly right. Son of a gun, it's amazing how many sayings have come down to us from the old navy days. Quote
Brad Lustig Posted January 12, 2007 Report Posted January 12, 2007 Hey Pat, I live just south of you in Lethbridge and we are getting the same cold weather. It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. (Anyone want to know where that expression originated I can tell ya). Sure glad to have a heated garage!!! Only the second dose of this cold stuff this winter. I actually had my D25 out last Tuesday. Don't believe everything you get in your email inbox http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/brass.htm Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted January 12, 2007 Report Posted January 12, 2007 Good old Snopes.......they always seem to have the answer, don't they?? Quote
Brad Lustig Posted January 12, 2007 Report Posted January 12, 2007 The real question is can you use the Freeze Off spray to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. Might help keep them from rusting, too. Quote
RobertKB Posted January 12, 2007 Report Posted January 12, 2007 Can't quite agree with Snopes. Of course when the ship was sailing, they would not have cannonballs stacked on deck. The brass monkey would have been used to stack cannonballs during inspections in harbour or when the "powers that be" were coming aboard while at anchor. So, whoever let "the cat out of the bag" at Snopes has it wrong I believe. Also, according to Darwin, I believe that the monkeys would be our uncles. No matter what you believe it is as cold as hell here although I always thought hell was hot. What is amazing is how we got from Rodney's problem to where we are now. I love convoluted threads!! Quote
Dennis_MN Posted January 12, 2007 Report Posted January 12, 2007 I thought we were getting rid of mice:eek: I escaped from Minnesota on Tuesday to the warmth of Southern Californa in the Huntington Beach area but it looks like I took the cold weather with me. Shucks, poor Californians are getting set to suffer. I use moth balls in little pie tins placed around the pickup. Then I put a few up the exhaust pipe followed by steel wool. Hope it works. I made a list of every thing that I did and put it on the steering wheel so that when spring comes I can undo what I did. Dennis Sullivan Quote
Dennis Hemingway Posted January 12, 2007 Report Posted January 12, 2007 So your to blame, and you have a good first name too. They say we have a 30% chance for snow tonight here in the Mojave Desert. Dennis Quote
Brad Lustig Posted January 12, 2007 Report Posted January 12, 2007 I'm fighting a rodent problem in my attic right now. dCon, snap traps, and sticky traps (because I want them to suffer a bit:eek: ) Full on assault! Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted January 12, 2007 Report Posted January 12, 2007 I too have had some of them late little prowlers in the house..I live in a farming community..out in der sticks..when the weather turns cold they pack their bags and move in with me..every year without fail. I see the first sign of them and out comes the traps...if I had a cat about the place I would just have to buy a trap large enough to catch it... Quote
55 Fargo Posted January 12, 2007 Report Posted January 12, 2007 Tim, I also am in a farming district, tonight I went behind the house to fix a temperature sending unit, and I saw a little mouse scurring across the snow, it was -18 at the time, the little crittur must be living in some straw bales I have on top of my septic tank area.......Fred Quote
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