Monty
Gold Member
- Jan 26, 2005
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- All Treasure Hunting
The little vermin have started again this year. I have left them alone at the pleading from my wife Kay even though they have chewed the TV cable lines for the third time. The Cable Guy was out yesterday (Not Larry) and replaced several of the lines to homes. I saw the guilty culprit again yesterday morning digging in some cypress mulch in my flower bed. I figured she was building a nest so I crept up close to watch her. The little tart ran under my car and was gone for several minutes and then came back out to scratch around in the mulch again. I was going to the store for my wife and as I approached she ran up my big oak tree with a bunch of mulch in tow. So, I started my car (2006) Dodge Durango Hemi, and it was running rough and the check engine light came on. I pulled back in the driveway and lifted the hood to find an almost completed squirrel nest on one bank of my V-8 . After cleaning out all the trash and sticks it still ran rough so I got a flash light and checked closer. That little %$%^* had chewed my ignition wires. Several completely severed and the others with missing insulation. Do you have any idea what an ignition wiring harness costs for a Dodge Hemi? You don't want to know! So, the war was on. Without a hint of hesitance or guilt, I fetched my trusty .17 caliber pellet rifle and sent that squirrel to meet Jesus. Sorry if I offended our in house animal lovers, but I was here before the squirrels. I've been here 28 years and there wasn't even a tree in sight on the field where I built my house. They moved in about 5 years ago and have not been good neighbors. Yeah, well the death penalty may have been a little severe, but it was instant and dare I say "humane". Go ahead and hit me I can take it. Monty