Ever climbed in the Wind River Range, David?
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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From: "Adin, David" <DavidAdin@catholichealth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:44 AM
To: "Ellen Wilkinson" <gary_ellen@msn.com>; "Neil Albaugh"
<neil@dbelltech.com>; "Wester Potter" <wester6935@comcast.net>; "LAND SPEED
LIST" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: [Land-speed] Soy based plastic?
> When I was married my charming bride and I went to Canada for some
> outdoorsy type fun and games.
>
> Barb did a lot of research about the Bugaboos (spectacular scenery for
> my camera) and how to climb and such. The website warned of rodents
> eating your vehicle, and how one should use some scrap pig wire left in
> the parking area of the trailhead with some fencepost and make a fence
> around your vehicle by laying the pig wire against the truck and piling
> fence posts and large rocks around the bottom. (and this keeps out
> rodents?)
>
> After 50 miles of logging road we found the 2-track trail to the parking
> area (just about dark) so I wheeled my new, supercharged, shiny black,
> 4x4 up this trail to the parking area. When we got up the hill and saw
> many other vehicles "fenced in." One in particular had 4 or 5 large
> porcupines (technically rodents) trying to dig under the fence. When
> they saw my new truck, the little porcupine eyes got a sparkle in them
> and they charged [1] for my truck.
>
> These "rodents" are famous at trailheads in Colorado - they eat wire
> looms, radiator hoses (anti-freeze doesn't faze them) and anything soft.
>
> Barb still laughs when she recalls the hasty retreat of the mighty new
> supercharged truck!
>
> David, no longer climbs anything that won't love me back.
>
> [1] a porcupine charges about as fast as a land speed racer walks in for
> a prostate exam.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: land-speed-bounces@autox.team.net
> [mailto:land-speed-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ellen Wilkinson
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:55 AM
> To: Neil Albaugh; Wester Potter; LAND SPEED LIST
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Soy based plastic?
>
> I have recently heard anecdotal stories about rodents eating soy based
> wire
> insulation in some import cars. Anyone else heard this?
> Gary W
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Neil Albaugh<mailto:neil@dbelltech.com>
> To: Wester Potter<mailto:wester6935@comcast.net> ; LAND SPEED
> LIST<mailto:land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Soy based plastic?
>
>
> Wes;
>
> I also heard that dogs liked to eat those license plates.
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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