Martin wrote:

On 19 Nov 2006 03:38:58 -0800, "judith lea" wrote:


Janet Tweedy wrote:

Think of it as a loss leader

Loss Leader???


Will see what I have around to put in the post next week. What about
gladiolus papillio?


Yes please - is it too late to plant now? the clay is like concrete
today - what a cold night and one that brought in mice to the attic. I
was woken at 5p.m. by the sound of a trap going off and then another
one within a few minutes - I have no idea how mice get into attics, the
rVermin man told me to down a clematis which has (slightly) gone under
the tiles, could he be right?

They can crawl up walls. We had a plastic supermarket bag containing packets
of crisps hanging from a nail in the cupboard under the stairs. Mice ate some
of the crisps.

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Martin

No cat?
Word of warning to anyone thinking of getting one.
They're great. Very, very useful, but....
If you decide you really must allow a cat to have full run of the house
at night, a meow can wake you up. Having been thus woken, you'll want
to investigate what ails him/her.
You'll probably not want to switch on the harshness of a light as you
tumble out of bed at say, 3am, upon which you will instantly stand on
said cat.
This will alert you to the need to switch on a light. This in turn will
then reveal that the cat is not in fact in the room and wasn't at the
time, and instead remains patiently elsewhere trying to recollect what
exactly s/he has done with the lively toy s/he had brought in earlier
from outside. You will by that stage have realised, by it's continued
presence, next to your bare toes, what exactly that lively toy is!