>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/blueberry-imposters-fake-blueberries-may-be-in-your-packaged-foods-2446815/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Well, there *is* a legally acceptable level of rat feces in packaged food so I always just assumed ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Peanut butter for sure. Another of my staples ;-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>mmmm - PB,RF & J
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The lunchtime staple - Peanut butter, rat feces and jelly.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>( doesn't translate well <g> jam? )
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Often colloquialized here as PB&J ( sandwiches )
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>After the revolution you'll be lucky to get RF in your PB :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"If ya don't eat your RF you can't have any pudding ! "
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Slight change of subject. My daughter used to keep pet rats. They are a really good pet. They are very clean and extremely intelligent.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Amazing what a bushy tail can do. If they had cute tails people would feed them in the park <bg>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Squirrels truly have a reputation for cuteness they don't deserve. It's only their furry tails that save them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Little known squirrel fact: they have to gnaw on things constantly or their teeth would be two inches long. You could look it up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>They are also responsible for a lot of the damage to free standing telephone lines.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Still, I'll take squirrels over rats. When I lived in Chicago we had an older house with a porous foundation. Mega mice. We had regular appointments with an exterminator we all amiably called George the Mouse Man. George took care of them, all right. He put goop stained white pads around the basement and near all piping, and you would find the mice there in the morning, stricken expressions on their faces. I asked him if there was some poison they ate. He said no, they have heart attacks. He said their internal systems are nothing to speak of and the second they realize they're stuck, that's it. Anyway, George the Mouse Man said I can deal with mice, they're no big deal. But I hate rats.
>>>>>
>>>>>You can get rid of them by making sure theres nothing they can eat. Then they go away
>>>>
>>>>But how do you get rid of critters who will eat about anything?
>>>
>>>They will chew on anything but they can't live on it. If you leave crumbs about etc mice will live on it.
>>>Rat love compost heaps so if you compost your waste you need to make it rat proof. Or ignore the rats. They've never bothered me provided they aren't running round the house.
>>
>>It's hard to secure every bit of food in a house. Our mice would make their way from the basement to the kitchen and burrow into loaves of bread. Very appetizing to see in the morning.
>>
>>Not as bad as some of the unfortunate mice, though. George the Mouse Man said one of the most effective things is an ordinary mousetrap. Put a little peanut butter on it and they fall for it. Snap.
>
>Crumbs Mike they eat crumbs.
>
>Hows your snow. Got your sledge out yet ?

My ex has all of them. There's not a lot of point having a sled(ge) in Illinois anyway. It's as flat as a pancake. Near where we used to live there was a man-made sliding hill, built on trash. I am not making this up. It is known as Mt. Trashmore.