Biodegraded

My wife just brings home rat snakes. We have no rodents. But I don't suppose you get many snakes in Canada.

@Syzygy yep, grass snakes in southern Ontario and rattlers, rarely in southernmost Alberta, more commonly in southernmost Okanagan Valley (BC). @zerodeefex my BBQ has a rotisserie.

Nice catch - caught myself 5 of those last year. Relocated about 10km away, but all in the same location though since I didn’t want to to be the cause of a family breakup. Hope they had a good reunion after all that.

We had a squirrel family in the roof a couple of years back. But yeah, racoons would be a bigger problem!

Cayenne pepper seems to have put it off the spot it was gnawing; nonetheless, the trap that worked last time is baited & set.

I feel like I’m perpetually at war with the chipmunks who’ve decided it is a great idea to dig burrows under my driveway and near the foundation, so I feel your pain. Cayenne does work pretty damn well discouraging all manner of vermin!

And NEVER after midnight!

That's some fertile earwax.

Another reason to dislike ear"buds". <drums>

The grass is always greener…

Reminds me of the Jethro Tull song "Too old to Rock & Roll, too young to die..."

https://youtu.be/3fttH-m-vqg

Heh. I once had a girlfiriend whose favourite movie was that one - and not for the Genesis references :-0

Running out of tape!

I'm allergic to it. Apparently some people are.

Try Transpore, which is some sort of clear plastic. Also makes your earphones sound different (though not when applied to your knee).

That's frikin' hilarious.

There's no pain like tooth pain

My condolences to your mouth...and wallet.

And pants - it's not advisable to drink milk from the carton when the mouth hasn't recovered from the anaesthetic.

Haha - not quite. I'll PM you the process.

I wondered if the low bass could be extended, so 1) taped over the front vents and remeasured => steep all the way to 20 Hz. 2) poked a small hole in the tape on both sides => L bass looking good, R bass as in the picture => :-(

The front vent is well in front of the driver and at right angles to it, so no way I hit it with the needle. I suspect that after the fully-taped measurement, pulling it out of the coupler created enough vacuum to rupture the driver (maybe I had my finger over the rear vent too, which wouldn't have helped).

Outrageous! If it's any consolation, we were woken up on Christmas day by "Happy Christmas" WhatsApp messages from a few of my mates. Parents of young kids forget that not everyone is forced into getting up at 6am on a holiday!

@bengo they're primarily a wireless company so cold-calling landlines at bad times is probably part of their marketing strategy. Like the new avatar btw.

Here they call you Sunday at 6am with GREAT NEWS and deals!

And thanks for the patience and the sage advice. I'll be back next year for more.

Have you guys tried Neutron? I left Poweramp for it 2 or 3 years ago and never regretted it.

Forgot to download neutron before getting on the plane (to test against UAPP after a comment from @Serious - will do it for the return trip). Only used P-A when having to remove the USB DAC to charge the phone; generally only used it on work-day commutes when I can't be arsed fussing with an external DAC - because the UI was nicer...

Ugh - apologies for preceding tortuosity, I'm doing this on a phone and the only dinner in this hotel seems to be liquid.