10 Dec
2001
10 Dec
'01
9:38 a.m.
I have noticed
that machines with either residue (pot or cigs) don't tend to
have mice live
in them when sotred - I tried this by putting a bag of
tobacco (cloth bag)
inside and purposely left a filler plate off - no mice. The
machine without
had all sorts of acorn shells, poop, nesting materials, etc though.
Great tip, thanks, the old IBM 716 Line Printer was *full*
of that; had I known I could stick a pack of Viceroys in
there to cure it, I might not have dismantled it...
-dq
10 Dec
10 Dec
11:57 a.m.
On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 03:38:49PM -0500, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
Seems like the mice "know" that nicotine is a strong toxin.
Regards,
Alex.
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q: If you were young again, would you start writing TeX again or would
you use Microsoft Word, or another word processor?
a: I hope to die before I *have* to use Microsoft Word.
-- Harald Koenig <koenig(a)tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de> asking Donald E. Knuth
I have
noticed
that machines with either residue (pot or cigs) don't tend to
have mice live
in them when sotred - I tried this by putting a bag of
tobacco (cloth bag)
inside and purposely left a filler plate off - no mice. The
machine without
had all sorts of acorn shells, poop, nesting materials, etc though.
Great tip, thanks, the old IBM 716 Line Printer was *full*
of that; had I known I could stick a pack of Viceroys in
there to cure it, I might not have dismantled it... 
6:37 p.m.
It might be the odor from the tobacco too - my Akita hates the smell of raw
tobacco, even if it's a bale of tobacco while we're in the process of
stripping the leaves from the plants prior to baling for market - she won't
even stay in the barn tht we strip the leaves in as it irritates her smell
senses so bad.
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
-> On Behalf Of Alexander Schreiber
-> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:57 PM
-> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
-> Subject: Re: Smoking around computers
->
->
-> On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 03:38:49PM -0500, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
-> > > I have noticed
-> > > that machines with either residue (pot or cigs) don't tend to
-> > > have mice live
-> > > in them when sotred - I tried this by putting a bag of
-> > > tobacco (cloth bag)
-> > > inside and purposely left a filler plate off - no mice. The
-> > > machine without
-> > > had all sorts of acorn shells, poop, nesting materials, etc though.
-> >
-> > Great tip, thanks, the old IBM 716 Line Printer was *full*
-> > of that; had I known I could stick a pack of Viceroys in
-> > there to cure it, I might not have dismantled it...
->
-> Seems like the mice "know" that nicotine is a strong toxin.
->
-> Regards,
-> Alex.
-> --
-> q: If you were young again, would you start writing TeX again or would
-> you use Microsoft Word, or another word processor?
-> a: I hope to die before I *have* to use Microsoft Word.
-> -- Harald Koenig <koenig(a)tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de> asking
-> Donald E. Knuth
->
6:37 p.m.
Moth balls work too but you have to be careful holding the moths down while
you get their balls.
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
-> On Behalf Of Douglas Quebbeman
-> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 2:39 PM
-> To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org'
-> Subject: RE: Smoking around computers
->
->
-> > I have noticed
-> > that machines with either residue (pot or cigs) don't tend to
-> > have mice live
-> > in them when sotred - I tried this by putting a bag of
-> > tobacco (cloth bag)
-> > inside and purposely left a filler plate off - no mice. The
-> > machine without
-> > had all sorts of acorn shells, poop, nesting materials, etc though.
->
-> Great tip, thanks, the old IBM 716 Line Printer was *full*
-> of that; had I known I could stick a pack of Viceroys in
-> there to cure it, I might not have dismantled it...
->
-> -dq
->
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