Friday, December 21, 2007

Who said that?

"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country... Corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed."

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- Abraham Lincoln - Nov 21, 1864

Friday, December 14, 2007

Oh no! not another one ?

I have another rodent visitor, or the same ones come back again (I think not, as the teeth marks are less powerful and much smaller) so out comes the trap and I will try three times more and then the killer comes out (the head ache maker) sorry, thats the way it goes in my house, I`m compassionate untill my piles tweak and then its death! :o)) more later

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

feel like a real sh1t today

its frosty here this morning and I have been on the hunt for " game" and this morning the poor little field mouse was caught, where he had been raiding my food cupboard, in my live trap.

After several nights of patient stalking! I set the trap each night and after 3 nights, wammo!! I caught the little chap! so its off to the bottom of the garden by the warm compost heap and the shed to release him and off he goes straight under the shed. Boy do I feel like an a`hole kicking hi/her out in the cold. I take nothing into account of the hundreds of white mice, bread for food that I "humanely" killed to feed to various animals, along with rabbits etc. or the animals that I had put to death for various other reasons, illness, culling etc :o(( boy have I been mean in my life? unless you are the hungry animal recipient, Big cats, small cats, snake etc. I really feel bad about todays eviction, strange isn`t it? I hope it survives. But doesn`t come back of course! :o)) they do make a mess in their search for survival. Perhaps I`ll take some food down for it when its settled in! :o)) I hope the foxes dont get it, perhaps I should trap it again and look after it in the garage, no that would be cruel, keeping a wild animal in captivity when there is an alternative, Unlike captive bred Zoo animals! Oh what to do? :o((

Monday, December 10, 2007

Sunday, December 02, 2007

The mundane life of the retired!

Saturday morning, the weathers rubbish, the wind is blowing at 70+ knots and "stair rods are drumming on the galley roof ". Not much life around the marina today except for a stretcher and several police men attending a boat (who knows? looks like a death). Later on I had a walk across to a friends boat and ended Joining him and his family in a Middle eastern equavalent of bubble and squeak (no sheeps eyes though) eventuially I went back to my boat and climbed into bed at about 11.30. The Wind was increasing and boat a couple down from me had as usual, (inconsiderate Owners) developed noisy halliads. I quickly checked out the selection of kitchen knives displayed in the galley in case I couldn`t sleep (not much chance of that) and turned in.

I was awakened by stronger winds, driving rain, the noise of the halliads was now unbearable but it was light and so I declined my imediate instinct to nip aboard and cut them six feet up the mast (nasty b*stard) I lay for five minutes contemplating whether or not to make some tea, and checked my watch! Pow!!!!!! it was 09.51 and now Sunday morning, I had slept through all that noise of squeeking fenders, "halliad tap" and wind and rain so a quick shower was in order and a trip to the Cafe for breakfast.

Another of my friends from a sail boat was there too and looking very bleary eyed, told me that he had been awake all night and that he had registered winds of over 100 Mph ? He fell asleep while I was eating my breakfast and I shook him to tell him that I was off back to the boat It is still chucking it down and blowing at some 70 kts. Yawn think I might have a sleep this afternoon :o)) (yea right!)