Three storage steps back...
- ukpreppergrrl
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Three storage steps back...
Discovered evidence of mice in my food stores today! Kiss goodbye to the egg noodles, looks like a veritable feast took place inside those packets! I have two cats...there are going to be strong words this evening...!! Though to be fair I was complacent about having the cats and the egg noodles weren't in any kind of solid container, just stacked on the shelves. Let this be a lesson. Always, always, always assume some 2, 4 or 6 legged vermin is going to try to steal your food and store accordingly. Experience is what we get when we don't get what we want. Now to do operation clean-up and re-store!
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التَكْرَارُ يُعَلِّمُ الحِمارَ "Repetition teaches the donkey" Arabic proverb
"A year from now you may wish you had started today" Karen Lamb
- Magenta16v
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Re: Three storage steps back...
I got mine in thick plastic tubs.....
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- ukpreppergrrl
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Re: Three storage steps back...
Yup, once I've checked what else has been nibbled I'm off to get more plastic tubs...and this time I'm going to use them!
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التَكْرَارُ يُعَلِّمُ الحِمارَ "Repetition teaches the donkey" Arabic proverb
"A year from now you may wish you had started today" Karen Lamb
التَكْرَارُ يُعَلِّمُ الحِمارَ "Repetition teaches the donkey" Arabic proverb
"A year from now you may wish you had started today" Karen Lamb
- Briggs 2.0
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Re: Three storage steps back...
Here's an interesting old wive's tale: Apparently a mouse can squeeze through an 8mm hole to get to food. From my practical experiments I can categorically say that is not correct. They can't. Not even when assisted with a wooden mallet.
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- ukpreppergrrl
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Re: Three storage steps back...
Surely if it's an old wive's tale that should be a 1/4 inch hole?
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التَكْرَارُ يُعَلِّمُ الحِمارَ "Repetition teaches the donkey" Arabic proverb
"A year from now you may wish you had started today" Karen Lamb
التَكْرَارُ يُعَلِّمُ الحِمارَ "Repetition teaches the donkey" Arabic proverb
"A year from now you may wish you had started today" Karen Lamb
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Re: Three storage steps back...
ukpreppergrrl wrote:Surely if it's an old wive's tale that should be a 1/4 inch hole?
Very good!
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Re: Three storage steps back...
You're right and that means all my experiment records need revising. I've got my wooden mallet ready, I've drilled a 1/4 inch hole so let me find another mouse then I'll get back to you.ukpreppergrrl wrote:Surely if it's an old wive's tale that should be a 1/4 inch hole?
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Re: Three storage steps back...
Well what do you expect, you are supposed to use a rubber malletBriggs 2.0 wrote:Here's an interesting old wive's tale: Apparently a mouse can squeeze through an 8mm hole to get to food. From my practical experiments I can categorically say that is not correct. They can't. Not even when assisted with a wooden mallet.
Re: Three storage steps back...
Out of curiosity, what was the food stored in?ukpreppergrrl wrote:Yup, once I've checked what else has been nibbled I'm off to get more plastic tubs...and this time I'm going to use them!
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If I've read the thread correctly, a 1/4-inch hole.Devonian wrote:Out of curiosity, what was the food stored in?ukpreppergrrl wrote:Yup, once I've checked what else has been nibbled I'm off to get more plastic tubs...and this time I'm going to use them!