Belinda D.:
I feel like I am remote witness to your unending mystery tome. The shivers go up and down my spine when I think of "critters in the attack..." Boo!
Bold bloody critters, and critter gitt'ers in flannel shirts with unemotional snagger' poles, and cages that catch 'em live...
...you see the imagination is a terrible thing to have in here, in virtual mystery magic.
Pat Darnell
"Happy to oblige; happy to be alive; Please keep those cards and letters coming in."
I feel like I am remote witness to your unending mystery tome. The shivers go up and down my spine when I think of "critters in the attack..." Boo!
Bold bloody critters, and critter gitt'ers in flannel shirts with unemotional snagger' poles, and cages that catch 'em live...
...you see the imagination is a terrible thing to have in here, in virtual mystery magic.
Pat Darnell
"Happy to oblige; happy to be alive; Please keep those cards and letters coming in."
From: Belinda DouganSent: Thu 5/10/2007 8:02 AMTo: Patrick.DarnellSubject: RE: Hey; critter update/ No Squatters!
Don't even go there. I think there maybe some babies up there....or maybe a little paranoid! Anycase the "critter gitter" guys are coming back over this afternoon to check it out. I've heard "chirpping" at times so better safe than sorry.
Thank heavens one more project and one more db!
Belinda
Don't even go there. I think there maybe some babies up there....or maybe a little paranoid! Anycase the "critter gitter" guys are coming back over this afternoon to check it out. I've heard "chirpping" at times so better safe than sorry.
Thank heavens one more project and one more db!
Belinda
From: Patrick.DarnellSent: Thu 5/10/2007 3:23 AMTo: Belinda DouganSubject: RE: Hey; critter update/ No Squatters!
Hi Belinda:
Now that's one for the human; negative for the raccoons. I can just see that seething caught critter in its live catch'em cage. Good thing it didn't die up there.
We have rules: No Squatters!
Pat Darnell
"Happy to oblige; happy to be alive; Please keep those cards and letters coming in."
From: Belinda DouganSent: Wed 5/9/2007 8:49 AMTo: Patrick.DarnellSubject: Hey; critter update
You remember last Friday night I told you there was a "critter" that had gotten into my attic. I thought it was a squirrel. WRONG! It turned out to be a raccoon. I didn't hear it from Friday morning until Monday night. I heard it before I went to bed so it didn't have the pleasure of giving me a 1 a.m. wake up call as it did Friday morning.
Anyway, I got the "varmet getters" out to the house yesterday afternoon, they
set the trap and you guessed it, that furry, four legged joker was in the trap this morning. They are going to check and see if they think there could be another one up there. Please God not!
Anyway, he was looking at me as to say, "I got in here but I can't get out." I told that joker not to look at me in that tone of voice because he had dealt me a world of misery....
Belinda
You remember last Friday night I told you there was a "critter" that had gotten into my attic. I thought it was a squirrel. WRONG! It turned out to be a raccoon. I didn't hear it from Friday morning until Monday night. I heard it before I went to bed so it didn't have the pleasure of giving me a 1 a.m. wake up call as it did Friday morning.
Anyway, I got the "varmet getters" out to the house yesterday afternoon, they
set the trap and you guessed it, that furry, four legged joker was in the trap this morning. They are going to check and see if they think there could be another one up there. Please God not!Anyway, he was looking at me as to say, "I got in here but I can't get out." I told that joker not to look at me in that tone of voice because he had dealt me a world of misery....
Belinda
Hi Belinda:
I hope you have time to attend the Live Chat. It helps some how. Don't be shy with Prof Jeff -- he is aware of the gaps in our lessons. And, gasp, don't drop the class!
Web Page Design is similar to graphic arts design. The two are almost no different; except the method of design. Graphic Arts have been accomplished for centuries by hand with artist
materials standard to the period of artist.Only now, graphic arts of Web pages are done with electronics. I think the confusion is that it is more art than tech. Even if one is good at html, it doesn't mean a good design is going to suddenly appear. Most designs blow.
Therefore, think of a project you want to do for yourself... anything... like a story of your pet and life. I know it sounds like 7th grade, but guess what... it is when one goes from actually cutting up paper to cut /paste in electronics. The attached index may or may not work in your system, but you get the idea?
Better yet:
(Look at my friends first trial Web Site: Runhaar.com, just type in to google, The Runhaar Family Website appears) They are a large family originating in Holland; the son made this site for his college work, just like we are doing. He calls it ancient history now, since he doesn't have time to upgrade it. But there you have it.
Now you have a welcome page for a subject you know a lot about. You know where to start, and you know where it will go. Huge barrier overcome for Mrs. Dougan; stuff is now hurdled. Also, you might have a million photos of your pet... all the resource one could ask for. Make it bad, make it ugly... hey make me look! You control the html codes, as you ask "how can I make this picture of 'Thumper go on the left?"
See my attached stuff, I have been planning a site for our family Mom 2 Pop businesses, for a long time. So I just put it into this course, it's an approach I call: "No limitations Design-- Anything anyone can do, I can do ten times better and more attractive...!"
Are you smiling yet? I am
Thanks for writing. I am standing by.
Pat Darnell
"Happy to oblige; happy to be alive; Please keep those cards and letters coming in."
From: Belinda DouganSent: Wed 4/25/2007 4:29 PM
To: Patrick.DarnellSubject: Discussion Board
Hey Pat:
I read your discussion board and Candice's comments. However, I too was/am very confused. I am pretty well self taught as far as using a computer, and am totally "wierded out" by this class. I am not technically minded person especially when it comes to codes, inserting this, linking that or readinga book and knowing what it says. I am more analytical than technical, but can usually figure stuff out. But am
havin
g problems with this computer jargen. Haven't been doing to bad, but.... when it comes to inserting graphs, thumbnails, etc.... man...I have been so frustrated these last couple of weeks, I have seriously thought about dropping out until the next go around. But, I'm like a pit bull dog to a point, when I feel like I've been backed into a corner I come out more determined and with more tenacity than every.
It was a good post...but like Candice, my mind isn't wrapping around this technical stuff.
Belinda
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October 5, 2006
Raccoon Rage
In the 2004 movie Resident Evil:Apocalypse, Toronto stood in for the fictional zombie-infested Raccoon City. While the location decision was likely driven by cost considerations rather than nomenclature, the name is pretty accurate. Toronto has one of the largest raccoon populations of any city in North America, and with summer over, they’re looking to move into attics, sheds, chimneys, and anywhere else they can find a warm, dry space. They’re smart, resourceful, and with those adorable bandit mask faces, arguably the cutest of the disease-bearing urban rodents. However, even the most live and let live city-dwellers generally prefer not to have their wiring gnawed through by sharp little raccoon teeth, or their garbage and green bin stuff strewn up and down the street every trash collection day.
Back in the old days, if you had trouble with varmints in the turnip patch, the solution was easy; you’d head to the back 40 with your 12 gauge and blast away at anything that wasn’t wearing overalls. Nowadays firearms restrictions and animal cruelty regulations prohibit this kind of quick and convenient answer, so what can you do? Well, the City of Toronto offers the following tips for raccoon removal:
Encourage raccoons to leave on their own by making the home unlivable. Try: • sprinkling naptha flakes around the area • hanging ammonia-soaked rags • playing a loud radio tuned to an all-talk station • keeping the area brightly lit. Important: make sure the light source is not a potential fire hazard.
Keep in mind that these techniques may have the knock-on effect of making the home unlivable for you too. Read on after the jump for more raccoon related tips.
If you don’t feel confident enough to tackle the raccoon problem alone, the Toronto Animal Control automated raccoon hotline recommends contacting a private wildlife removal service. Torontoist called AAA Wildlife Removal, whose unlikely slogan is “The Animal’s Choice” (raccoons, given a say in the matter, would probably choose not to be removed at all). Starting at about $300 for an initial consultation, what AAA will do is find out where your woodland friends are living, force or lure them out and secure the premises to make sure that they don’t come back. You’d also do well to secure any other vulnerable areas of your home, since the now refugee raccoons are going to be looking for a new crib, and better your neighbours than you (Since 1999, provincial law has banned the relocation of wild animals, because the practice can spread disease).
Another option is just to let the raccoons stay put, grow old, raise a family and celebrate the holidays with you. Not only is it humane, but when raccoons evolve opposable thumbs and take over the planet, maybe they’ll let you live under the porch.
http://torontoist.com/2006/10/raccoon_rage.php Posted by Patrick Metzger in Environment
What? Let the raccoons remain? Have you lost your freaking mind? It's obvious you've never lived in a house with raccoons in the eaves - they're insanely noisy at night, they do countless thousands of dollars damage to literally anything they can get in to (walls, electrical, insulation/soffits, etc) if left unchecked, their dried feces can dust and spread serious disease.
The best raccoon is one squashed and flattened on the road. I do a little giggle of glee every time I see one dead by the road in the city. Hell, if I had a car, i'd go trolling for them at night!
(/loathes raccoons, had a year of sleep interrupted by the little f$%kers)
[4] Posted by: Snailspace | October 6, 2006 10:49 AM
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