My first thought was "of mice and men", but then my thoughts turned to my
garage experience last night.
It was after dark before I got out there. Opened the big door, flipped on the
light; remembered that I should put out the garbage and recycling ... made
one trip out to the street, came back grabbed the handle of the composting bin
and heard a strange noise as I tilted it and saw a blur of movement. My first
thought was 'skunk'. Then I thought "Nah, it must have been racoons. It was
more beige than white.' So I haul that container to the curb and come back
and 2 skunks come back around the corner of the house towards me. "Yikes!"
So, I naturally backed off and ( perhaps foolishly ) started clapping my hands
softly. Not to scare or startle them but to let them be aware that I was
there. I had 2 fears. You can guess the first one. The second was that I
did not have a remote handy to close the door and I didn't want to lose sight
of the door, have them enter and then close the door. I also wasn't found of
the idea of going up to the door to press the button, but I eventually did. I
even took the time to shut off the light. I did not, however, finish putting
out the garage.
Robert Duquette
Ottawa ON Canada
1965 RHD BRG Austin-Healey Sprite ( project )
1967 RHD MG Midget ( aka: Miss Marple )
1955 Austin-Healey 100 BN1 ( aka: Carmen )
http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/2009FallTour.jpg
> Sorry about this.
>
> Is there anyone there except for us mice?
>
>
> Hoo Roo
> Patrick Quinn
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