[Magdalen] speaking of critters...

Christopher Hart cervus51 at gmail.com
Mon May 16 23:09:40 UTC 2016


Many years ago when I had a outdoor refrigerator I used a cable designed
for securing a bicycle. It went around the fridge and through the handle so
it would slip off and was secured with a padlock. I'd like to see the
critter who could get through that.

On Monday, May 16, 2016, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I use a bungee cord--but that's as much to keep the dog out as other
> critters! Unfortunately, I haven't found a bungee cord long enough to go
> around the fridge!
>
> On May 16, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> In Wisconsin they used to sell a gadget called a "raccoon strap" that went
> on the top of garbage cans. We just keep a concrete block on ours.
>
> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Louise Laughton <llaug2 at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > May Sarton wrote about raccoons that became enraged at her placement of a
> > woodpile that blocked their access to goodies at her house and woke her
> in
> > the night with the noise they made throwing the logs around. Our
> > neighborhood in Syracuse was once jumping up and down with raccoons (they
> > never met a garbage can they couldn’t open), but then they disappeared.
> > Wildlife people said they died from distemper, not from rabies.
>


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Christopher Hart

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