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  • H honey the codewitch

    I am not making this up.[^]

    To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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    Ravi Bhavnani
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    :love: /ravi

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    • R Roland M Smith

      I used to work for a power company in Vermont. My boss heard a loud bang at his house and the power goes out. He goes out into his yard and finds a smoking fried squirrel on the ground and the fuse on his utility pole was blown.

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      Gary R Wheeler
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      My uncle had the same thing, except it was a squirrel nest on top of a transformer. The casing rusted through and one night during a storm, the transformer exploded.

      Software Zen: delete this;

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      • H honey the codewitch

        I am not making this up.[^]

        To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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        dandy72
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        Beavers are no laughing matter. They'll build dams wherever they damned well please, causing water streams to get rerouted and causing floods. Destroy a dam and they'll be back at it the next day. And since it's illegal to kill them in Canada, you have to get so-called experts involved. I witnessed that firsthand 2+ decades ago. I can just imagine the stupid paperwork nowadays.

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        • H honey the codewitch

          NO EAT CAPYBARAS! BAD GRIFF

          To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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          OriginalGriff
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          They are eaten all over South America - except Chile apparently, but especially in Venezuela - and are apparently really tasty!

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            They are eaten all over South America - except Chile apparently, but especially in Venezuela - and are apparently really tasty!

            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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            honey the codewitch
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            I know this evil of which you speak, and it breaks my heart. Those critters are way to clever to be eaten. =(

            To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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            • H honey the codewitch

              I am not making this up.[^]

              To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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              den2k88
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              Ah man, this is such a rooster-up!

              GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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              • H honey the codewitch

                I wasn't aware that various species of the rodent family were verboten to speak about here. I hope rats are okay. and capybaras. Love them.

                To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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                Lost User
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                It's just the one species that is a naughty word. :laugh:

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                • H honey the codewitch

                  I know this evil of which you speak, and it breaks my heart. Those critters are way to clever to be eaten. =(

                  To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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                  Craig Robbins
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                  Not even with a little bit of Miracle Whip? :laugh:

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                  • C Craig Robbins

                    Not even with a little bit of Miracle Whip? :laugh:

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                    honey the codewitch
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                    I didn't think it could be made worse. You made it worse.

                    To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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                    • H honey the codewitch

                      I didn't think it could be made worse. You made it worse.

                      To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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                      Craig Robbins
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                      And I'm sure you know the only reason I posted that was to bug you a tiny bit ;P Best wishes HTC from Rainy Rochester MN!

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                      • H honey the codewitch

                        From what I read, a single beaver felled a tree that took out some fiber optic lines.

                        To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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                        Lost User
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                        nonsense , fake news ... beaver would "felled " the pole

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                        • H honey the codewitch

                          I am not making this up.[^]

                          To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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                          Vivi Chellappa
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                          [Teeth marks yield clue to widespread internet outage in Canada • The Register Forums](https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2022/06/15/beaver\_internet\_outage\_canada/) The last few comments full of double entendres are so funny!

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                          • H honey the codewitch

                            I know this evil of which you speak, and it breaks my heart. Those critters are way to clever to be eaten. =(

                            To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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                            englebart
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                            Some idiots in my area had them as pets with a breeding pair. Of course, they escaped and I am sure we will be overrun in a few decades. Team Coyote, do your thing!

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                            • G Gary R Wheeler

                              My uncle had the same thing, except it was a squirrel nest on top of a transformer. The casing rusted through and one night during a storm, the transformer exploded.

                              Software Zen: delete this;

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                              CodeZombie62
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                              We lived on Guam in the mid-70’s and occasionally had island wide power outages that were supposedly caused by suicidal snakes crawling into some power stations or whatever.

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                              • H honey the codewitch

                                I am not making this up.[^]

                                To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

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                                Geoff Gariepy
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                                It could pretty easily happen here in Michigan too, but I think squirrel-based outages are more common.

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                                  Beavers are no laughing matter. They'll build dams wherever they damned well please, causing water streams to get rerouted and causing floods. Destroy a dam and they'll be back at it the next day. And since it's illegal to kill them in Canada, you have to get so-called experts involved. I witnessed that firsthand 2+ decades ago. I can just imagine the stupid paperwork nowadays.

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                                  inch
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                                  And we're just trying to re-introduce them here in the UK...

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                                  • G Gary R Wheeler

                                    My uncle had the same thing, except it was a squirrel nest on top of a transformer. The casing rusted through and one night during a storm, the transformer exploded.

                                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                                    Shmoken99
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                                    But what about the squirrels?!?

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                                    • C Craig Robbins

                                      Not even with a little bit of Miracle Whip? :laugh:

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                                      Shmoken99
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                                      Mayonnaise doesn't go bad. It turns into Miracle Whip.

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                                      • R Roland M Smith

                                        I used to work for a power company in Vermont. My boss heard a loud bang at his house and the power goes out. He goes out into his yard and finds a smoking fried squirrel on the ground and the fuse on his utility pole was blown.

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                                        Kent K
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                                        Exact same thing has happened to me. Except the power pole was across the county road from my house. Called the utility company and they came out and put a new fuse up on the transformer that fed my house.. . . .and a prickly thing over the terminal where the line attaches to it to attempt to keep the critters from being a conduit for the electricity there.

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                                        • S Shmoken99

                                          But what about the squirrels?!?

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                                          Gary R Wheeler
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                                          They became squirrel-infused confetti.

                                          Software Zen: delete this;

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