On another note, glad to see some have a darker side of humour (xevious).
Does my posted video on ‘pest control’ show?
I could just picture the dbag getting smooshed like in a car2n. 
I was debating whether/not to make a catio. I do have a patio, but open Fe railings and brick steps going down, so I’d have to line the railings at least with chicken-wire, and they can jump up, so that means poles and more chicken-wire, I imagine.
I’d never leave ’em out there unattended, so as long as the CW would slow ’em down, I could still grab either one if he wanted to make a break for it.
This way, they could enjoy The Great Outdoors, at least somewhat, and I’d not have to worry about them picking up fleas, ticks, etc., from elsewhere.
I saw. I’d insist on a flamethrower first.
Douche guy at the end of the alley built a 6’ solid wood fence cause he didn’t like the strays furrowing in his flower bed. Fool; they have claws and in a whoosh, up they go. But he’s encroached within a wall. And he’s better off as such.
Chicken wire ain’t pretty, and they may get their paws caught. Had mine all tangled up in the drapes once, just stood there waiting that I rescue her. Never tried that acrobatic stunt again. Some people have somehow gotten them on a lead. Never worked with me. Wonder if those high-pitched emitters, the ones to train off-limits areas, work?
PS: My stubby fellow is quite laid back and me living on the ground floor, just wanders to the end of the driveway. Never gets in any fights with the territorial strays, and doesn’t care for the bed (which is good – no bugs or fleas). Always within sight, ventures a bit in the front when I’m taking my morning brew. Never a nuisance but a good companion on those cold dark winter evenings. Cuddles me as I’m watching Youtube.
There was a very well off couple in town.
She loved cats. He hated them and refused to have the in the house.
So she took her own money. Bought the adjoining lot.
Then built a 4000? Sq. Ft. Two story house complete with cat runs and housekeeper cat companion. She had visiting rights. He didn’t.
Left her inheritance to a trust. Guess who didn’t get named.
All the Best,
Jeff
All our cats were indoor-outdoor. We don’t have houses or traffic nearby so it never was a problem. Now there are predatory birds snatching up small pets. Eagles and hawks hunting daily. Lost 2 cats.
Had a couple of crows with one offspring in the neighbourhood for a number of years. Plucked every little critter – sparrows, squirrels, and small cats. I inquired about controlling them, like re-locating. Ministry said they stay, part of the eco-system. Been a couple of years and don’t see nor heard them. The nest isn’t taken care and deteriorating. Not complaining. Never thought crows are so predatory. One swooped down from behind and clawed my cap. I’m sure he/she was intimating - territorial.
Wow, you weren’t kidding about it being dark. Just watched 1st half of it. Seriously visceral quality about it. I imagine the west was at least this brutal, if not worse. Amazing cinematography!
Did you ever see the PBS Nature program on crows, where they show how they’ve got incredible social communication? They can pass down experiences. A flock had been exposed to a taunting human with a certain grotesque mask. Later, when the crows had offspring, and were alone from those who’d seen the masked human, they reacted the same way upon seeing him. Never had seen him before. Inexplicable, how the parents could’ve communicated it.
Many eco-friendly channels where ravens and other similar birds have developed cognitive and deductive abilities. Some go as far as making tools to trip levers. The best I saw was when a blackbird was given some bread and dumped small pieces into the pond to get fish nibbling – pecked and caught a better meal.
Last one I saw was where the zoo keeper had some crow and express its needs (food, social). It was a spontaneous behaviour, no training.
Animals in general are very social and smart. I have a herd of white tails on my property that I have been watching interact together. It’s like watching teenagers hanging with each other sometimes. One was lying down on the lawn and another came over to it and pushed him with his front foot like get up. Right now I have a recently separated from his mother small bear hanging around trying to figure life out on his own. He’ll watch me mow the lawn from the edge of the woods. It is comical watching him peer over the rock wall at me. We feed the crows food scraps and they are never far and always come quickly when the food comes out. Fox families raising their young. All very interesting to watch and all smart in their own way. We just don’t speak the same language as them.
WoW! Just WOW. This looks like a 3D render model. I found a new fascinating hobby. :+1:
And to think some have the “sport” of hunting.
Many years would go to a private lake and much fauna would observe me. Never had any bad encounters – question of keeping my distance. Duck family would usually make their home, only to be shot down come autumn. Imagine, it’s not as the locals need these to survive and they are quite helpless being young and never have taken to much flight.
Had a curious moose follow me on the forest edge, just shy of being seen. Heard him though, and saw the lower branches move then eye contact. She moved on.
Many other small critters but my favorite was the deer couple that came for a drink. The buck would watch over as his doe would sip, then take turns.
Small black bears would occasionally be scrounging some berries in some open space, raise on their hind legs and take a sniff of my presence. Go back to hoarding and that was it.
More Critters
All the Best,
Jeff
And the Ozzy Man version:
I’m trying to make what prompted such an incendiary calamity.
Clearly see some pressure relief valve blowing some sort of liquid. Would hydraulic fluid be so volatile and why wouldn’t the press designers release it into some containment vessel?
Man, that ended up like a blowtorch aimed right up at the ceiling.
It probably ended up like an oil-burner, ie, a fine mist of oil (hydraulic fluid) that just ignited and kept going. Hard to start up, but once heated and/or aerosolised, VWOOOSH!
Your comment on the “pest control (cockroaches)” got me digging for this vid.
I’ve worked with plastic injection presses and this isn’t one. Seems like a 1st world installation; all very clean and tidy. The fellow with the oxy-acetylene torch isn’t anywhere close enough to ignite the spray – lest I can’t see any jump to such.
Holy Shit!
Talk about hauling ass in the nick of time…
Did somebody say Kill It With Fire?!!
All the Best,
Jeff
Sheesh…I did not expect such a consuming fireball! Seems like it ignited on something floor-level to the back right of the machine. Kinda neat to see the rectangular flame outlines from the insulation batts after they hit the floor. Glad those two hightailed it out of there…I probably would have been standing there ready for incineration.
WTF! Looked like the last reel of a James Bond movie!