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Feb. 6th, 2011 09:22 pmThe UN has announced they are building a satellite powered by feces.
Houston, this is Shitstar 1. My God, it stinks up here!
Houston, this is Shitstar 1. My God, it stinks up here!
No Frills!
Jun. 2nd, 2010 05:14 pm
I don't think their milk is quite fresh. (My camera doesn't do this image justice, it's actually even greener in real life.)
Maybe he thinks he's Ralph
Mar. 13th, 2010 07:04 pmLast week my roommate's car broke down. It turned out a mouse had chewed through the air filter and damaged the Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor. It cost about $300 to have repaired.
Today, on a hunch, he checked under the hood before heading out. Sure enough, something had chewed half-way through the air filter. He didn't have a spare, so we decided to use his truck to do the shopping instead.
We opened the hood of the truck, only to discover a decapitated mouse head on one side of the engine compartment. We then found a tail on the other side. And there was fur and goo smeared all over the inside of the fan housing. Someone picked a bad place to make a nest. Yikes!
We went out and bought a replacement filter and some metal screen material. When we got home, we discovered the hole in the air filter went all the way through now. The mouse had chewed the rest of the way through the filter in the few hours that we were gone. Which meant the mouse was probably still in the long, intricately curved intake hose.
My roommate cut the metal mesh to fit into the air box, while I got some paper towels, soaked them with balsam fir and peppermint oils and stuffed them into the air box. Hopefully the mesh will keep the mouse out of the engine while the scent of the fir and peppermint should drive the mouse out of the air intake.
I've been treating the inside of my car with balsam fir and peppermint and the mice seem to have stayed away this winter. The stuff's a bit expensive (about $15 for each bottle), but that's a lot cheaper than the $100+ to have someone clean out the air vents.
Today, on a hunch, he checked under the hood before heading out. Sure enough, something had chewed half-way through the air filter. He didn't have a spare, so we decided to use his truck to do the shopping instead.
We opened the hood of the truck, only to discover a decapitated mouse head on one side of the engine compartment. We then found a tail on the other side. And there was fur and goo smeared all over the inside of the fan housing. Someone picked a bad place to make a nest. Yikes!
We went out and bought a replacement filter and some metal screen material. When we got home, we discovered the hole in the air filter went all the way through now. The mouse had chewed the rest of the way through the filter in the few hours that we were gone. Which meant the mouse was probably still in the long, intricately curved intake hose.
My roommate cut the metal mesh to fit into the air box, while I got some paper towels, soaked them with balsam fir and peppermint oils and stuffed them into the air box. Hopefully the mesh will keep the mouse out of the engine while the scent of the fir and peppermint should drive the mouse out of the air intake.
I've been treating the inside of my car with balsam fir and peppermint and the mice seem to have stayed away this winter. The stuff's a bit expensive (about $15 for each bottle), but that's a lot cheaper than the $100+ to have someone clean out the air vents.
The actual e-mail I sent to the QA manager of a seafood company:
I purchased from Costco a two-pack of Nantucket Supreme Miso Crusted Salmon with Whole Grain Noodles and Vegetables. I prepared one of the packages according to the microwave directions on the box. At first I was disappointed by the very small portion size, but this actually turned out to be a good thing. The fish STUNK. The stench permeated the noodles and vegetable making them almost inedible as well. This was one of the worst seafood meals I’ve ever had. I couldn’t eat any more and fed the rest to the dog. She loved it, but then again, she loves eating dead things she finds on the lawn. I’ve still got one box left.
Smart Balance peanut butter is probably one of the most disgusting foods I think I have ever seen. The only thing that could possibly make it worse is reduced sugar strawberry preserves. The peanut butter looks like dog sick, while the preserves look like bloody dog sick.
Ugh, this sandwich is making me ill just looking at it. As I place the two halves together, I feel like it's going to attain critical mass and detonate.
Glad it's not my lunch.
Ugh, this sandwich is making me ill just looking at it. As I place the two halves together, I feel like it's going to attain critical mass and detonate.
Glad it's not my lunch.
Made lots of lemonade today
Apr. 1st, 2006 12:10 pmWhen life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.
When life gives you an SUV, you haul crap to the dump!
I decided to make use of this rental Ford Exploder and hauled an old, broken recliner and an ancient dishwasher to the Escondido trash transfer station. They charged me $30 to dump it all. If I'd had them pick it up from the house, they'd have charged me $150.
The recliner had been sitting in the garage for several months. When I shoved it into the SUV, a mummified mouse fell out of the bottom of the chair. Eeew.
Now I need to clean the spot on the floor where the portable dishwasher used it sit. It had been sitting there since my grandfather had a new floor installed about 10 years ago, so it's kinda nasty there. Gonna need lots of mopping. Eeew.
When life gives you an SUV, you haul crap to the dump!
I decided to make use of this rental Ford Exploder and hauled an old, broken recliner and an ancient dishwasher to the Escondido trash transfer station. They charged me $30 to dump it all. If I'd had them pick it up from the house, they'd have charged me $150.
The recliner had been sitting in the garage for several months. When I shoved it into the SUV, a mummified mouse fell out of the bottom of the chair. Eeew.
Now I need to clean the spot on the floor where the portable dishwasher used it sit. It had been sitting there since my grandfather had a new floor installed about 10 years ago, so it's kinda nasty there. Gonna need lots of mopping. Eeew.
