Jayuf Secessions consults with his daddy about the Senate race back home in Alabama.

[Tactical Peek]

(SNL)

[sandensea]

1. You know, they eat possums in rural Alabama.

There was a breeder some years ago by the name of Basil Clark who made a good living raising the little critters for their meat - a lot like rabbit, so I understand.

In the end, they were just too cute to catch on among meat-eaters generally.

[Angry Dragon]

2. They have a lot of really sharp teeth

[sandensea]

4. That they do.

But then, they're so shy.

[Angry Dragon]

21. I have had them come into my house

[sandensea]

23. Now, that changes things.

I live in Virginia, and have heard of such things happening in the winter.

Now's definitely a good time to check the house for any unwanted openings.

Mice, though, are another story altogether. Those things can probably break into bank vaults.

[MattBaggins]

25. Mice have soft bones

They can squeeze through holes the size of dimes

[sandensea]

30. Oh, yes.

In the winter, I've seen them in the kitchen a couple of times. I've caught them peeking at me from behind the bread box, and they'll quickly disappear God knows where.

[Angry Dragon]

26. I have cats for that

[sandensea]

28. Nothing like a cat, when you have mice.

Plus, they're very affectionate (the females, anyway). I should get one.

[Angry Dragon]

29. My males are affectionate--------all want to crawl onto my lap

[sandensea]

31. Awww.

It's hard to be miserable when you have pets.

[Angry Dragon]

32. SO TRUE

[sprinkleeninow]

33. Our newish doggie daughter. I looked almost nose to nose with her tonite

resting right next to me on the arm of daddy's chair.
Her big brown eyes.

I got really really inflamed yesterday and today re: scheduled burying of wiring for cable TV, etc. by the just-moved-in neighbors next door. We're really close to one another and just had sod installed where the construction of that unit wrecked part of our front yard. The temporary line was pulled and some was on our property. I called the communications co. and told them to put it in no uncertain terms that there will not be their service line buried on any part of our property.
I'm also checking with the underground utilities locating service to see if a work order is on file to flag all possibly affected utilities. Last year two doors down, some service was installed and the yahoos dint call 'Call B4 You Dig' and next door neighbor had her TV line cut The guy coming out on a Saturday was NOT a happy camper. I don't feature that happening to us.

I got so angry, the blood pumped to my head and my neck/upper shoulders are in a knot. This is a dumb move on my part. I should know better. "Physician, heal thyself."

So, I looked into my daughter's moushy eyes, said "I love you, and at that moment in time I vowed to curb any stupid impulse to get so incensed over junk like this.

Thanx one and all for allowing me to let the steam pressure escape. 😘

~sprink
💓?💪🗽

[sandensea]

34. There you go! Pets are the best moral support whenever these snags appear.

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Good luck with your neighbors, and with everything else!

[sprinkleeninow]

35. Thank you much.

I get bent outta shape at the drop of a dime lately. Over stuff that usually resolves well. My MiL would say, "This too shall pass." Cliche, but always does.

What's happening to our country colossally sets my teeth on edge, and that's why I'm susceptible to freaking out more readily than ever before.

😍

[jpak]

39. I had one that came in through the hole in the screen door to eat cat food.

The cats made the hole into their "cat door" and the possum followed.

One night I was watching TV with my girlfriend and she hollered "That's not your cat!"

Screen door was fixed when it left.

[murielm99]

3. Cute?

I think they are the ugliest things ever. They look like God's mistake.

I asked someone once about eating possum. He had done so. He said he found them fatty.

We don't like possums on our property. They are yick, yick, yick.

[sandensea]

5. Aww.

I must admit I always get a kick out of seeing them at night. They're so shy and elusive, it happens seldom.

[murielm99]

7. AAAARGH!

[Eyeball_Kid]

9. Don't leave cat food around. You'll never see the end of them.

[sandensea]

12. I hear you.

To say nothing of raccoons! They'll make a royal mess in your garbage cans, of course, and have been known to attack if accidentally cornered.

Very smart creatures, raccoons. Brighter than most Trump voters one meets.

[sprinkleeninow]

36. "Brighter than most trumpf voters." 🤣 Truth.

[Merlot]

20. I once saw a momma possum with her babies riding on her

It was the cutest ugly thing I have ever seen!

[sandensea]

22. Awww!

[Tactical Peek]

6. I hear you, but at the same time, 4000 ticks consumed a week is worth some flexibility in standards.

[murielm99]

8. Okay.

I'll give you that.

[LeftInTX]

10. They're better than raccoons.

Raccoons can be really bad and destructive.
Rats are almost just as bad.

Possums are creepy looking, but stay outside. They seem to have good boundaries.

They also do not get rabies...

[murielm99]

13. Yes they are.

I am not fond of coons, either. They are destructive. They have killed our barn cats in the past, too.

[sandensea]

17. I can attest to that.

I live in Virginia (yay, Dr. Northam!), and raccoons are a real problem out here.

Very stealthy, very clever - but very filthy (and sometimes dangerous).

[sarcasmo]

11. My Grandma cooked Muskrat for my mom and her 5 siblings.

[sandensea]

14. Let me guess:

Tastes like chicken?

[sarcasmo]

16. No idea, they were dirt poor, just heard stories.

[sandensea]

18. Bless her good heart.

It's people like her that have kept this country going, I think.

To your grandma!

[ProudLib72]

15. I don't see what's so offputting about them

Then again, I really like skunks, too. At least a possum doesn't spray!

[sandensea]

19. Oh, yes.

They're a real scourge in Michigan.

I was once sprayed by one riding my bike back home from school. I ended up having to throw my pants and boots away, such was the smell (and it will absolutely not wash out).

[ProudLib72]

24. Sometimes skunks like to get under houses

My mother-in-law had a family of skunks under her porch. I told her to put mothballs in there, and that did the trick. Her former teaching colleague has skunks under his porch also, but he likes them. I had a long discussion with him about the smell of skunks. He told me their spray was like perfume to him.

[sandensea]

27. Good to know!

And I think I know what he means. While undeniably pungent, it's also grassy and herbal in a way, and not nearly as bad once it's diluted by time (and that 's the only thing that seems to dilute it, in my experience).

[moriah]

37. And it's good cover for other reasons your house might...

... smell "grassy and herbal"....

[sandensea]

38. Why, I haven't heard.