Dull Men's Club
An unofficial chapter of the popular Dull Men's Club.
1. Relevant commentary on your own dull life. Posts should be about your own dull, lived experience. This is our most important rule. Direct questions, random thoughts, comment baiting, advice seeking, many uses of "discuss" rarely comply with this rule.
2. Original, Fresh, Meaningful Content.
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Use a search engine, a tradesperson, Reddit, friends, a specialist Facebook group, apps, Wikipedia, an AI chat, a reverse image search etc. to answer simple questions or identify objects. Also see rule 1, “comment baiting”.
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7. Proofread before posting. Use good grammar and punctuation. Avoid useless phrases. Some examples: - starting a post with "So" - starting a post with pointless phrases, like "I hope this is allowed" or “this is my first post” Only share good quality, cropped images. Do not share screenshots of images; share the original image.
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When I lived in the country, I bought rat poison in bulk from the farm supply store. That was much cheaper than buying the little containers at Walmart. Warfarin has an antidote in case your pet does something stupid. (My dog never ate any but I was worried that he would.)
I'm a city boy but a guy who helped me out a lot with renovation lived there his whole life. I saw him spot a dead mouse in my house, pick it up with his bare hand, chuck it outside, and then go back to work without washing his hands. Probably not smart but it impressed me.
Luckily we don't have rats in my neck of the woods. Though, we have tree rats (red squirrels), and I deal with them with a .22. They can cause a lot of damage as well.
Maybe I should have said rodenticide, because it's not specific to rats (or to rodents, for that matter).