Date:         Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:13:48 -0400
Reply-To:     Jason <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jason <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: mouse profing
Comments: To: Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net>
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I know I shouldn't be chuckling at this but I am......

Jason
On 2012-08-08 1:13 AM, "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> I had a mouse problem in the house once. I set out 4 traps and caught at
> least 3 every night for about a week. And my (Vanagon) point is - you never
> have just one!!!!
>
> One morning I had one caught only by his tail. He was alive - he'd run in
> place a while, rest a while, run in place... So I got the bright idea that
> I
> would drown him in the sink. I released him from the trap into the sink. He
> ran around the sink twice then ducked into the hole in the center, so I
> turned on the water and hit the switch..... "The end" wasn't exactly
> planned
> this way.
>
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> MICHAEL H
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 11:31 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: mouse profing
>
> something about the scent of original Irish Spring bar soap repels them
> also
> - with a longer,more practicle service life than dryer sheets (which do
> work)
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848@HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2012 5:27 PM
> Subject: Re: mouse profing
>
> I have great success with dryer sheets in all the cabinets and battery
> compartments.....the clean smell seems to drive them off.
>
> > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 19:52:24 -0700
> > From: scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM
> > Subject: Re: mouse profing
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> > I don't think there is a way to keep them out really..
> > not a practical reliable one.
> >   I have always kept some of those yellow boxes of mouse poison around ..
> > and put those little boxes in  nooks ..say behind a rear tail light.
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