Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I have a crew of busy tuxedo clad rats beating me to my tomatoes. I might have to clean out my pellet gun and dissuade the creatures from tomatoes and encourage them to go back to acorns of which there is a multitude. I don't have a problem with sharing but when all the just ripening tomatoes get 1/3 chewed up I have a problem. If only there was a rent a terrier program... On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 7:34 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > One thing I have learned the hard way is that you never allow a squirrel > a place to rest near a power or data cable run. I don't like to cut > trees, but I have trimmed branches if they grow toward a pole-to-house > 3-wire bundle. Twice I have had low 120-volt power because the aluminum > neutral was severely chewed up. But, the damage is not limited to > aluminum. Our good friends at Lighttube had to replace 100 ft of > overhead fiber optic cable because the holly trees that THEY planted to > replace my white pines grew tall enough to give the fuzzy-tailed rodents > a place to sit and chew. They were really unhappy about that. > > On 6/7/20 6:49 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > > Wow. > > There is a maxim in the high reliability data center industry (at > > least among publicists) "Always keep a dead squirrel in the freezer." > > When things go wrong and reporters converge, you can hold it up and > > say "We found this inside the main transfer switch." > > > > On 2020-06-07 1:42 pm, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> Squirrels cause more damage to power distribution lines than any other > >> single cause. But, my pole-to-house service line is not the only > >> thing that gets chewed up. My 50-yr old Sears chain link fence and > >> gate have also been attacked over the years. Apparently, squirrels > >> crave aluminum. The fence wire is tied to the top rail with a fairly > >> stiff aluminum tie. This close-up photo shows the results of numerous > >> squirrel teeth working on the aluminum. > >> > >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200607-P6071690.JPG.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com