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Post by crankcaller on Sept 18, 2022 12:22:35 GMT
It's the legacy of the catman.
I'll say that before Scubar does.
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Post by Chumbles on Sept 18, 2022 12:28:30 GMT
Our gardens are back to back with the houses behind us. Apparently some old fucking bat has been leaving food out for the foxes - but of course it's just meant rats instead. Having to now look through the bushes at the bottom of the garden for dead ones. Marvellous. Foxes aren't 'cute', they are vermin; and rats are fucking nasty - wear motor cycling gloves, heavy fabric trousers and take a sand wedge or a 9 iron, depending on your height and practise your short game; try to knock the heads onto the old bats' roosting area. I did a Summer holiday job in Bearmans, a department store in Leyton; the job was effectively labouring - moving stuff, furniture deliveries (gods, two of us taking a heavy wardrobe up three flights of stairs while the driver "Done me back, in' I" watched on giving idiotic advice) and collecting the unwanted or broken stuff which got chucked on a huge pile back at the yard. Every so often we had to take shovels and brooms and chuck all the shite into a battered old emergency reserve lorry. And the rats that came out of the sewers and hung around there were bigger than goddam cats... A 6' 1" 14st of muscle backing off a 2' long shitty monster used to inspire great guffaws, but they had shovels and I had an unwieldy broom. |
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Post by RollingEscargot on Sept 18, 2022 12:36:31 GMT
A single breeding pair of rats can in theory produce tens of millions of descendants within 3 years. Of course, conditions would have to be optimal (eg easy access to fox food, space provided by adjacent gardens etc), so you're probably fine.
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Post by gongfarmer on Sept 18, 2022 12:36:44 GMT
Dog has been back to vets as was leaking a little blood from the scrotals.
Luckily he’s not torn any stitches, but has a suspected haematoma so is gonna be in his crate for the next few days.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Sept 18, 2022 12:42:37 GMT
Ffs bin night cancelled because of the big funeral tomorrow.
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Post by Shenguin on Sept 18, 2022 12:44:16 GMT
Is there much money in rat breeding? It sounds like an easy job.
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Post by Faceless on Sept 18, 2022 12:55:33 GMT
Ffs bin night cancelled because of the big funeral tomorrow. Maximum respect being shown by the bin lads there. Almost as respectful as Brentford getting battered because they're too upset to play well |
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Post by Faceless on Sept 18, 2022 12:57:28 GMT
Of course if your bin night was Tuesday, like a normal person, then you wouldn't be in this predicament
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Post by RollingEscargot on Sept 18, 2022 13:02:00 GMT
I'm thinking of putting my bins out anyway, as a political statement. Let's see who the real sheeple are on this street.
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Post by Tuffers on Sept 18, 2022 13:09:46 GMT
Of course if your bin night was Tuesday, like a normal person, then you wouldn't be in this predicament As usual, Faceless knows. |
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Post by Tuffers on Sept 18, 2022 13:14:16 GMT
Morning, Rat Fans!
Just one more day of mourning and respect, then it's back to the hate and spite of normal life.
Kids are playing Lumo. I'm on call to help when they get stuck. Hero Dad of the year award is surely mine now.
Left over lamb curry for later so no cooking needed today.
OTTM, might go for a walk in the woods.
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Post by whatalark on Sept 18, 2022 13:16:38 GMT
Bins still being collected tomorrow, but collection will start at 5.30am and continue till the funeral starts. It'll be an early rise for me in the morning to get the bins out in good time.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Sept 18, 2022 13:19:00 GMT
Will there be bins overflowing on the route taken by the funeral procession?
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Post by whatalark on Sept 18, 2022 13:40:46 GMT
When I was a soft southerner I would have been fine about putting the heating on when it first started to feel chilly. But now that I'm living in the land of hardy northerner's it's not so straight forward is it.
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Post by muffrat on Sept 18, 2022 14:23:33 GMT
Is there much money in rat breeding? It sounds like an easy job. If there's money to be made, then I'm definitely game. You'll have to find me a sexy one though, maybe put a bit of lipstick on it |
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Post by Shenguin on Sept 18, 2022 14:25:07 GMT
I'm putting my rubbish in black bin liners as a mark of respect.
It's what she would have wanted.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Sept 18, 2022 14:58:23 GMT
We had a special bin collection yesterday as tomorrow is a bank holiday. I expect it was the same for many of you, if you actually paid attention.
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Post by muffrat on Sept 18, 2022 15:07:34 GMT
Is there much money in rat breeding? It sounds like an easy job. Might need some romantic music cued up, mind. So far I've got I'm too sexy for this rat (right said Fred) You can leave this rat on (Joe Cocker) This is my rodent, this is my perfect rodent (Martin McCutcheon) |
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Post by muffrat on Sept 18, 2022 15:08:28 GMT
Will anyone take the bait?
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Post by RollingEscargot on Sept 18, 2022 15:16:15 GMT
I'm putting my rubbish in black bin liners as a mark of respect. It's what she would have wanted. I'm just going to lob mine out the upstairs window, like they probably did 96 years ago. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Sept 18, 2022 15:21:31 GMT
I'm putting my rubbish in black bin liners as a mark of respect. It's what she would have wanted. I'm just going to lob mine out the upstairs window, like they probably did 96 years ago. Wait. Was Shenguin describing shitting in a bag? Rolling is definitely crapping out of the window. |
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Post by Chumbles on Sept 18, 2022 15:23:16 GMT
Will anyone take the bait? The Boom Town Rats, Rat Trap... "Billy don't like it living here in this town He says the traps have been sprung long before he was born He says "hope bites the dust behind all the closed doors" And pus and grime ooze from its scab crusted sores" Yeuw... |
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Post by muffrat on Sept 18, 2022 15:25:58 GMT
Will anyone take the bait? The Boom Town Rats, Rat Trap... "Billy don't like it living here in this town He says the traps have been sprung long before he was born He says "hope bites the dust behind all the closed doors" And pus and grime ooze from its scab crusted sores" Yeuw... Now that's what I call bestial-romance sex music, vol. 11 |
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Post by Chumbles on Sept 18, 2022 15:33:51 GMT
I've been waiting for a rat like you - Foreigner Last Christmas I Gave You My Rat - Wham |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Sept 18, 2022 15:35:10 GMT
Will anyone take the bait? That's a bit cheesy! |
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