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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 4:28 pm
Well, I stopped at the big W, and got a trap that looks very much like the one Mame had. It has the roll up door at both ends. I got two of them, and I am armed iwth peanut butter!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 4:32 pm
Stand back everyone!
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 5:17 pm
Kar, another item to use in the trap are gummi worms. The original sweet ones. GOOD LUCK!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 5:34 pm
My hubby always used peanut butter. They love the stuff. That was before we had cats that kill. LOL
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Meme9
Member
07-30-2001
| Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 8:34 pm
I panic when I think of a mouse in my house! I have to call in re-enforcements....that means anyone that can get it out. I can't sleep even after it's been caught. It takes me along time to get past it. I know it doesn't make sense, but a mouse in my house is like the world must stop until it gone. LOL I laugh when people say the know they have a mouse or mice and they go to sleep knowing it there, mission impossible here. Kar, I truly wish you luck!!!
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 8:59 pm
Konamouse????
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 6:22 am
LOL Boberg! Good luck Kar! I can't remember if we used cheese or peanut butter, but it very well may have been peanut butter. I'll ask dh if he remembers more clearly.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 8:35 am
Well, I put peanut butter on little pieces of saltines in the two traps last night. One trap was tripped and tidbit was gone, but the trap was empty. The other trap was untouched. Phooey!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 8:39 am
Maybe the little buggers like Skippy instead of Jiff? Seriously, once they know you're feeding them, they'll return I bet.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 9:03 am
karuuna, you need to put the peanut butter just inside the trap, not on saltines.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 9:04 am
Landi, I know, but I was trying not to.. LOL. Those little traps are so hard to get into, I don't know how I'd get it clean. What I can't figure is why one was tripped but empty.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 9:15 am
He was Mighty Mouse

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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 9:47 am
Maybe you could cut out the bottom of a smallish plastic bottle and put the peanut butter in there. It does sound messy otherwise. I think Tropicana has small orange juice bottles that may do the trick.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 10:25 am
LOL, Hukd! Nyheat, I think I'll try to pick up one of those long skinny bottle scrubbers at the grocery store today. The traps are long and thin, and if I buy a scrubber just for cleaning them and nothing else, that might work for me. It just icks me out to use any of my dish brushes or something that isn't disposable, and I sure can't get my hand or fingers in there!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, December 14, 2007 - 7:56 pm
Question... When I have a shower I'm in there with water running for maybe 15 minutes, by the time I've washed and rinsed my hair. When I have a bath, it fills in about 4 minutes. Does that mean I use less water in the bath than the shower, or is the flow rate likely to be very different?
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, December 14, 2007 - 8:09 pm
I don't really know, but isn't a shower usually a spray whereas tub faucet is a hard stream? So more of an equal amount of water than you'd think? Again, I don't really know.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Friday, December 14, 2007 - 10:33 pm
Supposedly the shower is more water efficient but, of course, that would depend on your shower head, etc. You could always plug the tub during your shower to see how much it fills up and then you'll know for sure.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 12:14 am
The bath is separate to the shower, or that'd be a good idea. Maybe I should see if there are water flow ratios for showers or something. I'm hoping that the bath isn't that much more water because this time of year I just love my bath! Thanks for your input.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 9:49 pm
When I was a nanny one of the places I worked they had to haul in water to fill the well. The guy plugged the tub and took a 10 - 12 minute. By minute 9 I think he had to shut the water off and pull the plug - tub was full. IF I take a bath - which is rare even tho we now have a bubble tub - I still have to shower off afterwards. Can't have any soap or shampoo residue on my body or I itch like it's been 7 years.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 17, 2008 - 10:43 am
NEW Q: Is there a trick to keeping a screen sliding door smooth? This is the second house where we've had nothing but trouble. The glass door slides fine, but the screen door is almost jammed open at this point. Over the winter, it didn't matter as we only used the glass door. But we are about to thaw out and in the spring and summer (when it's not too hot) we love to have the glass door all the way open and just use the screen door. I am ready to replace the whole set up with traditional doors, but I know that will be pricey. Any advice??
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, March 17, 2008 - 11:09 am
WD 40 in the tracks.
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Monday, March 17, 2008 - 11:19 am
or a paste wax on the track...

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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, March 17, 2008 - 12:44 pm
I have put a ton of WD40 on my tracks and it still squeaks! Do you have to put it on every week or something?
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, March 17, 2008 - 12:50 pm
Julieboo, this site has nice pictures to accompany the article. They show a patio screen door and how to adjust it to run smoothly. Take a look and see if your door is similar and maybe this will help. http://www.rd.com/19680/article.html
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 7:42 am
HUKD!!! You are awesome!!! Thanks! Not only for the above link, but also for the reminder to check here!! I had seen Twinkie's and Cinnamon's posts (and thank you by the way!) but had not seen Dipo's and yours! Anyways, that site looks like what I need to check out!! Thanks again HUKD!! And thanks to Dipo and Twinks and Cinny!!!
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