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This is shot by our neighbour 1/2 mile north. All the video is within 1/2 mile of our house.  From about 1:21 to 1:28 is at our home. 1:21 is the coming in the back way to our house, and then right at 1:28 is him driving past the back of our house. Then 1:29 is at the neighbour's.

One real good shot of how hard it washes over the gravel roads. It's easy to see why they wash out!



-- Edited by Carl Stevenson on Monday 25th of April 2011 10:48:14 PM

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Nice evening, had to take a shot of it.



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Looks very peaceful there, almost like an Island Oasis..... Too bad its your front yard. Nice pic Carl!! Hopefully the worst is over.

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I'm a happy camper. Sat night my recoil puked on the 20hp and the backup engine is a 4hp. That is a slowwwwwwww ride the 1/2-3/4 mile to the truck with the 4hp. Today at lunch I ran to my brother's auto/boat business and he was kind enough to loan me a recoil. We are flying again!!! My 15 minute ride will now be about 4 minutes.

Yes, some of the scenes are amazing when we get still water and a nice sunset. I have some beautiful shots taken in a couple of floods past.

It is a lot less stressful with our nice high driveway still showing. It has more a confined feeling once the driveway vanishes. It will be close this year whether or not it goes under.

And for those who wonder why I'm boating, there is a bad washout on the main road 1/2 mile north. If I was a total no-fear idiot I could maybe still drive through with a big heavy 3/4 ton 4X4 but a similar style drowning about 20 miles northeast of here a couple of weeks ago make me think twice. I want to grow old if I can!!!

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A big problem with the flood is the amount of mice it forces out of the area up to our house.

In a previous flood, I discovered a mousetrap that is very simple to operate and has an incredible draw for the mice, way better than bait in a snap trap.

In the picture above each red dot is a dead mouse. Any detectives here figure it out? I have not altered the scene in any way, and no, we don't have a cat!

 

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Maybe this will show up bigger---



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I think I know how you are getting mice..... Just like a skeet shooter but those aren't clay! biggrin



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Nope, it's not a 12 gauge mousetrap. At least not in this picture.

The trap is in the picture....

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Did they get 'drawn' in by the blades and shot out the chute? Or maybe someone went a little crazy with the garden rake?

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The lawn mower of death?confuse



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HAHAHA.... ok, the only thing capable of a mickey mouse-massacre in that picture is a 70's lawnmower! PRICELESS

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Mind you I do see a couple "small animal" traps in front of the go-cart. Skunks? Racoons?

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The go-kart and a lawn polo stick?



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i can see Carl in his shorts and running shoes whipping the lawnmower chasing mice .... wow shud go on the Red Green Show !!

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The mower isn't even a runner any more. I just walk by and simply yank the starter rope. This morning 4 dead or severely wounded mice came shooting out, exactly as pictured! Then killed one more that was hiding under a tarp, 3 more that were hiding under the boat at the shoreline and then came to work. Phew, hard work before leaving for work!!!



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Elroy wrote:

i can see Carl in his shorts and running shoes whipping the lawnmower chasing mice .... wow shud go on the Red Green Show !!

 Ooops, I better shut off the webcam!!! Or at least put my shorts on before I go out mouse killing!!!

 

And I did shoot one with the shotgun the other day, that was fun too!!!

 



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Oh well......mowing a mouse has to be better than hanging a rat!

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What is it with you and 'rats' Carl?  biggrin



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confuse I have no idea what you are talking about John........ wink.gif



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Camera is on.

cdnponcho and flood2011 should be working. I'll keep resetting for a while if it kicks out.

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Is the Honda for sale?

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Nuh-uh, sorry.

I bought it in 1974, brand new when I was 16. Sold it a couple of years later, it stayed in the extended Stevenson family. I forgot about it until one day when we were talking bikes in the lunchroom at work. I remembered my cousin had ended up with it and I hadn't seen it for a good 10-12 years. I called him for fun. He said it was sitting in his garage and his wife wanted him to get rid of it. That day after work I was having my mandatory 15 minute after-supper nap and he pulled up, unloaded it and told me I owed him a pie and coffee! It still runs excellent!

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Have to love it when things work out.

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The view this morning before we leave for work/school---

 

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