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  1. For sale: Nerf® Rival XVIII-500

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    14 minutes ago, Steve Butters said:

    Rotella t6... It's kills cats, cats kill squirrels... Therefore, Rotella is the ultimate squirrel killer. 

    This is a logical fallacy. Scientific inquiry is in order here, and you damn well know it. Yours, sir, is a gratuitous assumption which can (and will, no doubt) be equally as gratuitously denied.

  6. For sale: Nerf® Rival XVIII-500

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    11 minutes ago, Tonik said:

    The source is rock solid, I know the peeps behind it. They have actually testified before Congress on their findings. They certainly don't have every power outage attributable to squirrels counted, bit the 3 attributable to humans is accurate. 

    As for my quite a few reasons......

    1. In all of recorded history no one has beaten the squirrels without a real gun.

    2. The squirrels have 24/7. They don't have to go to work for example.

    3. They are far more motivated than you. This is a game to you, it's life or death for them.

    4. They are smarter than you.

    At some point, soon, you are going to lose power at your house. You have been warned.

    . . . . . . Ah, fuck it. 

    Nerf® Rival XVIII-500 for sale. New condition. First $10 takes it. Includes 50 rounds of 25mm ammo. Fuck the fucking squirrelz.

    I'm drunk and in desparate need of Chinese food; maybe chop suey--a totally American dish.

     

  7. For sale: Nerf® Rival XVIII-500

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    14 minutes ago, Tonik said:

    You are dramatically underestimating the intelligence and organizational skills of the squirrels.

     

    https://cybersquirrel1.com

    On the face of it, these data are, in fact, daunting, though the veracity of the source is, at best, questionable.

    In the interest of scientific inquiry, I welcome elaboration regarding your comment in a previous post of the "quite a few reasons" why you feel the squirrels will prevail in my scenario.

  8. For sale: Nerf® Rival XVIII-500

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    51 minutes ago, Gixxus Christ! said:

    Squirrels won't stop. The hunger drive of the rodent is all-consuming. 

     

    35 minutes ago, Tonik said:

    Yea, my money is on the squirrels for quite a few reasons.

    Preliminary results suggest you both may be correct.

    As I indicated in an earlier post, mine is an attempt to apply both Skinner's and Pavlov's findings regarding classical conditioning to a relatively simple personal scenario, i.e., invasive squirrels. Thusfar, I have noted a marked reluctance, on the part of a regular cohort of squirrels living in my back yard trees, to attempt to mount the cardinal feeder and consume the sunflower seeds within, after a period of approximately one month wherein the offenders were subjected to various body shots with the Nerf® gun from an average engagement distance of ~10 feet. 

    Initially, the squirrels were brazen, returning repeatedly to feed within minutes of successful engagement with the gun (head and body contact with projectiles.) Currently, I have noticed behavior on the part of the rodents indicating a heightened sensitivity to the visual and audatory cues which have preceded the gunfire, e.g., flinching and stutter steps when I approach the window, and the sound of my wood floors creaking as I walk to grab the gun, etc. Often, this is enough to send them packing. However, if I leave the house for even half an hour, I inevitably arrive home to see one of two of the scoundrels on the feeder.

    In addition, I have noted on a few occasions that squirrels will approach the feeder, pause momentarily as if weighing this risk/reward scenario, then "decide" to bail--before I have made any sort on motion to engage them.

    I agree that the drive for nutrition is a strong one; we'll see how this all plays out once I'm no longer here each day to monitor them because of school.

  10. For sale: Nerf® Rival XVIII-500

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    10 minutes ago, Tonik said:

    So also not good at killing squirrels.

    It's an experiment in classical conditioning. I'm trying to teach them to stay off the cardinal feeder (upper left in the photo, red in color.) Sort of a "summer school" for the loveable rodents; they need to learn about respecting the property of others. This is how I spend my summers . . .

    I have found that Smirnoff Citrus vodka helps me aim better. It's not at all about enjoyment; just another tool.

  18. Random Thoughts thread

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    2 minutes ago, Qman said:

    A long way and a LONG TIME!

    By far, the hardest job I ever had was when I was an undergrad. I worked for a guy at a local airport taking pictures of people who were parachuting for the first time. I never knew where the hell they were going to come out of the plane, and had to run through a huge open field with a 35 mm camera and a zoom lens trying to get saleable pictures of these people before they landed. needless to say, by the end of that summer I was in the best physical shape I've ever been in my life 😅

  19. Random Thoughts thread

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    24 minutes ago, MSerfozo said:

    I wish I could do it on a moto.  Its 1:45 AM here in the airport at Kuala Lumpur.  Flight to Siem Reap leaves at 6:40.

    Closest I'll get to riding a moto in Cambodia will be in the back of a tuk tuk.  :{

    I've heard the food there is amazing.

    As far as "tuk tuk" goes, I'd stay the hell away from it if I were you. Sounds obscene and potentially dangerous 😨

  21. For sale: Nerf® Rival XVIII-500

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    43 minutes ago, Tpoppa said:

    Were you asking for advice? 

     

    39 minutes ago, Tonik said:

     

    As evidenced by my first post where I said 'So asshats, what do you think?' Yes. I really wish Sam would answer my question about his bike having a catalytic converter so I can give him some un-requested advice and turn this into a proper oil thread. 

    I don't want to see anybody get butthurt here.

  23. Random Thoughts thread

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    4 minutes ago, 2talltim said:

    I'll agree there MANY MANY worse jobs than that.  Growing up a in  farming community and doing various industrial job through the years. Pushing carts in a parking lot really isn't that big of a deal. I could make a list but yea there are many.

    Patching/paving roads in the middle of August comes to mind. Also making cold sales calls--commission only, no base salary, i.e., Yellow Pages salesperson. Why are phone books still with us????? I haven't looked at a Yellow Pages ad in decades.

  24. Random Thoughts thread

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    14 minutes ago, Qman said:

    Picking away at frozen cow shit while pieces of it fly all over your face and into your mouth, then Shoveling it into a manure spreader.  This to clear a tunnel that went under a road between pastures.....about 3 feet deep and 100 ft long.  Several times per winter....This is why i later went to college!

    Oh. My. God! 

    What kind of work do you do now?

  25. For sale: Nerf® Rival XVIII-500

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    11 minutes ago, Tonik said:

    So, I have always gone under the assumption that the engineers that design whatever bike I own are smarter than me and I follow their guidance. I am questioning that assumption now.

    First oil change on the Wing is 4k, which I did before our trip. Got home with 9200 on it so I automatically order the oil and filter and went out to do it tonight. Was looking at the scheduled maintenance before starting and it is not due for a change until 12k. 4k first then every 8k. And on top of that.....filter change every other time.  And this is on Dyno oil.

    So asshats, what do you think?

    It's a new, nice, and quite expensive bike. If it were mine, I'd certainly change both the oil filter and the oil at this juncture. Cheap insurance.

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