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   Message 39,137 of 40,484   
   T to songbird   
   Re: Marigold Destruction   
   20 May 20 15:23:37   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2020-05-18 18:30, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   >> On 2020-05-17 04:31, RosemontCrest wrote:   
   >>> 3) Deer. It is common for deer to chomp the tops off flowers, taste   
   >>> them, then discard them if not tasty enough. Deer h   
   ve no fear of cats.   
   >>   
   >> One of my customers uses a radio controlled toy car to   
   >> chase deer.  Deer don't fear yip dogs either.   
   >    
   >    with a night scope and a flash bang of some kind   
   > that could be fun.  mini-tank with big bore spark   
   > shooting noise maker.  :)   
   >    
   >    in the end though a fence would be cheaper and   
   > nice to keep the ticks away.  we've already found   
   > two deer ticks this year (not by them biting us)   
   > in the house brought in on clothes after working   
   > in areas where they come through the yard.  i   
   > wrap the lil buggers in a bit of toilet paper   
   > and then chop them with scissors to make sure   
   > they are dead.  they're very hard to kill.   
   >    
   >    hunting them in the fall would be good if i   
   > could bring myself to do it, but i'm not that   
   > hungry yet.   
   >    
   >    
   >    songbird   
   >    
      
   Deer will jump of a 12 foot fence.  The trick is   
   to make sure they can see what in on the other   
   side and they won't attempt it   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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