Personal Defense

[Duck]

A weed whacker built by children of the corn

Reminds me of this harrow that was leaning against the silo when we bought this old farm. I don't think I got a picture of it but it looked like this:



Except instead of angle iron it looked like the whole thing was cast.

Damn thing was leaning against the silo, spikes facing out, and my dad's friend Rita bumped it while pulling weeds and it started to fall over on her but was stopped by a big thick poison ivy vine.

I had no idea what it was but it looked like a medieval execution device.

I hauled it to an antiques dealer that we gave the manure spreader to and the lady looked at it and got wide eyed and said "I don't know what that is but I don't want it in my store"..



Ended up taking it to the scrap yard.

I wish I'd kept it though because I could use it on the gravel. Oh well... Hindsight.

 

[Tazz]

Reminds me of this harrow that was leaning against the silo when we bought this old farm. I don't think I got a picture of it but it looked like this:

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Except instead of angle iron it looked like the whole thing was cast.

Damn thing was leaning against the silo, spikes facing out, and my dad's friend Rita bumped it while pulling weeds and it started to fall over on her but was stopped by a big thick poison ivy vine.

I had no idea what it was but it looked like a medieval execution device.

I hauled it to an antiques dealer that we gave the manure spreader to and the lady looked at it and got wide eyed and said "I don't know what that is but I don't want it in my store"..



Ended up taking it to the scrap yard.

I wish I'd kept it though because I could use it on the gravel. Oh well... Hindsight.

I wish I had one. I have to figure out a way to get rid of moles without poison. Deco is destroying my yard chasing them down.

 

[Duck]

I wish I had one. I have to figure out a way to get rid of moles without poison. Deco is destroying my yard chasing them down.

Have you looked at mole traps? My local Menard's has them over by the yard stuff. I pulled one out of the box to figure out how it works. I don't have moles here, I was just curious how they worked.

You step part of it's tunnel closed, and put the trap over it. When it opens it's tunnel back up, it releases Vlad the Impaler.

 

[Electric Chicken]

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I used to carry one of these briefly when I was regional.

Day cabs don't have as much space so I had to downsize.

 

[Electric Chicken]

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Much more better

Our dispatchers have those in the office.

 

[Tazz]

Have you looked at mole traps? My local Menard's has them over by the yard stuff. I pulled one out of the box to figure out how it works. I don't have moles here, I was just curious how they worked.

You step part of it's tunnel closed, and put the trap over it. When it opens it's tunnel back up, it releases Vlad the Impaler.

Yeah but I worry about spring loaded spikes near the dogs. Kind of like the poison.

 

[Duck]

Yeah but I worry about spring loaded spikes near the dogs. Kind of like the poison.

Easy.

Get an extra trap. Remove the spikes and find a way to weaken the springs so it won't break their noses.

Let the dogs investigate it.

When it goes off and scares the crap out of them, they'll learn not to f* with it.

Dogs learn that stuff fast.

My German shepherd pissed on the electric fence.... Once.

 

[Tazz]

I think I am going to go with a sonic deterrent first. Neighbor set his up and now I have twice the friggin moles.

 

[(((ME)))]

Castor for the pest!

 

[ironpony]

I think I am going to go with a sonic deterrent first. Neighbor set his up and now I have twice the friggin moles.

Just chuck a hand grenade down the mole hole. End of problem..

 

[Tazz]

Just chuck a hand grenade down the mole hole. End of problem..

I was using some leftover cannon powder we had. Made bigger holes than Devo so defeated the purpose.

I was gonna Carl Spackler the entire yard but Crys vetoed that idea

 

[Duck]

I discovered a network of snake holes in my front yard once. Two holes and if I sprayed propane in one hole, a few minutes later I could throw a match at the other one and it would make a low pitch thump and shake the ground.

Eventually after friends came over and beer was consumed, I repeated the "experiment" using a neutral mixture of oxygen and acetylene. I set the torch in one hole, surrounded by a rag and left it on until we could smell the acetylene near the other hole.

When I threw the match at it, it was pretty loud, not as loud as when a balloon filled with it goes off, but loud. The ground shaking was way more pronounced, and I think a piece of dirt hit the bottom of a Cessna that was passing overhead.

 

[Tazz]

That will happen on occasion.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Easy.

Get an extra trap. Remove the spikes and find a way to weaken the springs so it won't break their noses.

Let the dogs investigate it.

When it goes off and scares the crap out of them, they'll learn not to f* with it.

Dogs learn that stuff fast.

My German shepherd pissed on the electric fence.... Once.

I pissed on an electric fence once too.

 

[Duck]

I pissed on an electric fence once too.

Only once though right?

 

[Electric Chicken]

Only once though right?

As long as my memory holds, there will not be a second time.

I also ate the berries you're not supposed to eat...once.

 

[Blood]

I got you covered bro don't sweat it.

Now let's talk about an interest rate on the bail money. I believe say...... twenty five is the going rate.

Compounded daily.

I asked for a hundred dollars...
you didn't have but 99!

Just loan me a dime!!
prink

 

[Hammer166]

I pissed on an electric fence once too.

Only once though right?

Why does this remind me of Johnny Knoxville and the taser? Once wasn't enough for him!

 

[Duck]

Why does this remind me of Johnny Knoxville and the taser? Once wasn't enough for him!

I watched that stupid show.... Once.

 

[gearjammer]

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