hi hi hi...well I can say with complete honesty that the little mouse
was set free and unharmed...better to chase him outta the tube
than to starve him death in there!!!
73,
Charlie, N0TT
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 23:27:27 -0800 "Jim White, K4OJ"
<k4oj@tampabay.rr.com> writes:
> I am calling the society for the protection of cruelty to animals you
> SOB -
> how could you possibly comprehend the emotional distress that mouse
> felt...I
> do not even want to know what you did after subjecting the poor
> little
> creature to your twisted vacuum games...
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> even though this is Towertalk, TIC above is
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> Tongue In Cheek
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> :-)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <n0tt1@juno.com>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 7:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] To Bury or Not to Bury
>
>
> >
> > > Drain pipe "can" be hard to fish through at times. (hint---put a
> > > rope inside
> > > it as you go along putting it together)
> >
> > That's worth doing. Another way is to fasten a string on the
> > end of a "sized-to-fit" paper cup or a handmade cone,
> > place this "paper slug" in one end of the pipe,
> > then insert a shop vacuum hose in the other end.
> > turn on the shop vac and let 'er rip. The string will trail
> > along behind the slug. When it is through, tie a rope on the
> > string and pull it through. I like to have a loop of rope
> > in the tube to avoid having to vacuum another string through.
> >
> > It is best to have several smaller tubes instead of one large
> > one. Otherwise, at some time or other, a bunch of cables
> > can become a tangled mess inside a larger tube, making new
> > "pulls" very difficult.
> >
> > My underground tube terminates in concrete boxes...one time
> > I was working with the cover off when a field mouse jumped in
> > and ran inside the tube!!! Chased him out the other end with
> > a paper cup and shop vac!! :-)))))
> >
> > 73,
> > Charlie, N0TT
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