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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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              [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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                    • D dandy72

                      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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                        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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                          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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                              • L Lost User

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

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                                Kirk 10389821
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                                And I think the assumption that it can chew through internet fiber might make it worse! Horrible pictures come to mind... LOL

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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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                                  obermd
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                                  Quit encasing cables in yummy plastics.

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