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Index of Subjects ---360795340-189587950-1389281303=:74132 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Dusan and All=0AWould it not be relatively safe to use warfarin?=0AIt is= very slow acting and kills by weaking the arteries =0Aso the animal bleeds= to death. Persumably a bird eating=0Aan effected =A0rat would not get big = enough a dose to be fatal. =0AI think its is even=A0used as a medicine for = some conditions.=0ARats were always a problem around the farm and in the fi= sh=0Ashacks. Some ingenious methods were devised for their demise.=0AAfter = threshing his=A0stack of oats a neighbour once found a rat hole=0Awhere the= stack had been. He got me to pour water down the hole=0Awith the objective= of drowning its inhabitants. He stood around offering=0Aencouragement. All= of a sudden a half dozen rats popped out of a hole =0Abetween his legs and= ran up the nearest object in sight. His legs.=0AI learned a few new words = that day that my Mother had never taught me!=0AEnjoy the winter=0APaul\=0A= =0A=0A=0AOn Thursday, January 9, 2014 10:57:38 AM, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns= .sympatico.ca> wrote:=0A =0ADavid, =0A=A0=A0 getting "that last rat" is n= ot a problem. May it live to a ripe old age.=A0The=A0challenge is getting t= he next-to-last rat, of the opposite sex... :) =0ADusan Soudek=A0 =0A=0AO= n January 9, 2014 at 10:30 AM David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> w= rote: =0AInteresting but I wonder what preplanning, is as opposed to plann= ing. Can one postplan ? Getting that last rat is a tall order. =0A>Yt, DW = =0A>=A0 =0A>----- Original Message ----- =0A>>From: Angus MacLean =0A>>= To: naturens =0A>>Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 8:38 AM =0A>>Subject: = [NatureNS] Too Many Rats =0A>>=A0 =0A>>Further to Richard's link to the S= nowy Owl irruption, here is another G & M article pertaining to birds. =0A>= >=0A>>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/death-from-above= -poison-pellets-deployed-in-war-on-haida-gwaiis-rats/article14792199/ =0A>>= =0A>>Angus =0A>>No virus found in this message.=0A>>Checked by AVG - http= ://www.avg.com/=0A>>Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/6987 - Rele= ase Date: 01/08/14 ---360795340-189587950-1389281303=:74132 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo= nt-size:14pt"><div><span>Hi Dusan and All</span></div><div><span>Would it n= ot be relatively safe to use warfarin?</span></div><div><span>It is very sl= ow acting and kills by weaking the arteries </span></div><div><span>so the = animal bleeds to death. Persumably a bird eating</span></div><div><span>an = effected rat would not get big enough a dose to be fatal. </span></di= v><div><span></span><span>I think its is even used as a medicine for s= ome conditions.</span></div><div><span>Rats were always a problem around th= e farm and in the fish</span></div><div><span>shacks. Some ingenious method= s were devised for their demise.</span></div><div><span>After threshing his= stack of oats a neighbour once found a rat hole</span></div><div><spa= n>where the stack had been. He got me to pour water down the hole</span></div><div><span>with the objective of drowning its inhabitants= . He stood around offering</span></div><div><span>encouragement. All of a s= udden a half dozen rats popped out of a hole </span></div><div><span>betwee= n his legs and ran up the nearest object in sight. His legs.</span></div><d= iv><span>I learned a few new words that day that my Mother had never taught= me!</span></div><div><span>Enjoy the winter</span></div><div><span>Paul\</= span></div><div class=3D"yahoo_quoted" style=3D"display: block;"> <br> <br>= <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial= , Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: = HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;= font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> On T= hursday, January 9, 2014 10:57:38 AM, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico= .ca> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class=3D"y_msg_container"><div id=3D"yiv7468507918"><div>=0A =0A =0A <div>=0A David,=0A </div> =0A <= div>=0A getting "that last rat" is not a problem. May it liv= e to a ripe old age. The challenge is getting the next-to-last ra= t, of the opposite sex... :)=0A </div> =0A <div>=0A Dusan Soudek = =0A </div> =0A <div class=3D"yiv7468507918yqt5256237193" id=3D"yiv7468507= 918yqt23331"><div>=0A <br clear=3D"none">On January 9, 2014 at 10:30 AM D= avid & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:=0A </div> =0A = <div> =0A <blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 0px; bor= der-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;" ty= pe=3D"cite"> =0A <div>=0A <span style=3D"font-family: Arial;">Intere= sting but I wonder what preplanning, is as opposed to planning. Can one pos= tplan ? Getting that last rat is a tall order.</span>=0A </div> =0A <= div>=0A <span style=3D"font-family: Arial;">Yt, DW</span>=0A </div> = =0A <div>=0A =0A </div> =0A <blockquote style=3D"padding= -right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; border= -left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid= ;"> =0A <div style=3D"font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; = font-stretch: normal;">=0A ----- Original Message -----=0A </div> = =0A <div style=3D"background: rgb(228, 228, 228); font: 10pt/normal ari= al; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">=0A