OT: Moles (was Re: OT: Springtime in New York)

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> You'll never BELIEVE what Tom Palmquist said here...:
> > 
> > It's my job to dispose of these little creatures (field 
> mice, moles, 
> > etc.). However, in reviewing the "crime scene", she had totally 
> > decimated the enemy to the point that I determined that it 
> was better 
> > to use it as fertilizer than trying to tweeze up the remains.
> 
> "You smear 'em, you clear 'em."
> 
> > The scary thing was the look on her face. I WILL NOT p*ss off that 
> > woman, while she has garden tools in her hand!!!!
> 
> Let's see her try anything with a 50lb+ Doberman or German 
> Shepherd, than re-evaluate her tenacity.  It's -easy- to pick 
> on -helpless- little things.
> 
> Having been attacked by a Doberman and -two- German Shepherds 
> (all at once) when I was a kid, I can say that's -not- really 
> something you want to get in the middle of.
> 
> You realise, of course, that now she knows she only has to 
> always keep a garden trowel within arm's reach, and you'll 
> never step out of line again.  Congratulations on just 
> handing her victory on a silver platter.
> 
> Moles don't bother me with an apartment.  I need a surefire 
> way to keep out crickets, however.  The Autumn Invasion is 
> just ridiculous, especially next to this creek we have behind 
> us.  My best solution to date has been to isolate their entry 
> points and put down the glue-tray rat traps along those 
> areas.  They get stuck, you get a whole tray full, and you 
> toss 'em.  A few still manage to evade the traps though. :( 
> We've considered ultrasonic devices, but we're afraid that it 
> would flush out every spider on the premesis for the first 
> two days or week (it's common, apparently), and since we're 
> both afraid of spiders, that's not really a bright idea.  Can't win.
> 
Mark,

The best answer to crickets is a very hot pot of cooking oil.  Catch them and
the deep fry them.

The have a nice nutty flavor when prepared this way.  Yes, you' all I have eaten
them that way.  Kinda of healthy if done in olive oil, all protein.

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting