Comments on: Blessed are the blind. . . http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/ "Maybe all we can hope to do is end up with the right regrets." Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:48:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SomeGuySomeWhere » Blog Archive » Not enough time in the day! http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14886 SomeGuySomeWhere » Blog Archive » Not enough time in the day! Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:21:13 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14886 [...] Mowed the lawn tonight. I hate moles. The next house that we own is going to have a concrete yard. Not really, but that’s the way that I feel right now. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before, but the mole problem I have is because right behind our house/yard is an un-kept hillside that the moles can hide out in. And then they make forays into our yard. So if I really want to get rid of the moles I’m going to have to do something about that un-kept area and honestly I’m not up for doing work on property that isn’t mine. Hopefully this won’t be an issue much longer but who knows. But I think for good measure I might get some mole smoke bombs and see if that helps. Hopefully it won’t turn out like this story. [...] [...] Mowed the lawn tonight. I hate moles. The next house that we own is going to have a concrete yard. Not really, but that’s the way that I feel right now. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before, but the mole problem I have is because right behind our house/yard is an un-kept hillside that the moles can hide out in. And then they make forays into our yard. So if I really want to get rid of the moles I’m going to have to do something about that un-kept area and honestly I’m not up for doing work on property that isn’t mine. Hopefully this won’t be an issue much longer but who knows. But I think for good measure I might get some mole smoke bombs and see if that helps. Hopefully it won’t turn out like this story. [...]

]]> By: InterstellarLass http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14407 InterstellarLass Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:49:56 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14407 I'm giggling uncontrollably. I don't think I've ever seen a mole except in the Wind in the Willows. I’m giggling uncontrollably. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a mole except in the Wind in the Willows.

]]> By: Lisa http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14404 Lisa Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:37:45 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14404 Moles suck. We don't have them, but we DID have gophers. My choice to get rid of them...we moved. And left the little buggers to my in-laws (he he he) But I have to tell you, and really hate to rain on the mole killing parade, but those smoke bombs...yea, they suck. I have, somewhere, a picture of our old yard, after trying to use said smoke bombs. Yes, its a picture of a fresh little mound of brown dirt, with the exploded and charred left-overs of the smoke bomb. I kid you not...if your moles are anything like our gophers were, they have a stash of gas masks waiting and ready to go, and in a few days...they'll be returning the sad remnents of the smoke bombs to you. Moles suck. We don’t have them, but we DID have gophers. My choice to get rid of them…we moved. And left the little buggers to my in-laws (he he he)

But I have to tell you, and really hate to rain on the mole killing parade, but those smoke bombs…yea, they suck. I have, somewhere, a picture of our old yard, after trying to use said smoke bombs. Yes, its a picture of a fresh little mound of brown dirt, with the exploded and charred left-overs of the smoke bomb. I kid you not…if your moles are anything like our gophers were, they have a stash of gas masks waiting and ready to go, and in a few days…they’ll be returning the sad remnents of the smoke bombs to you.

]]> By: Candy http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14386 Candy Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:59:12 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14386 Oh my gosh I am peeing in my pants!!!! The post was so funny but also because my husband and I have been going through the same thing at our house. Some one told my husband you can drowned the moles if you stick the hose down the hole and leave it turned on. Needless to say our moles are still there and now the lawn is all muddy!!! Oh my gosh I am peeing in my pants!!!! The post was so funny but also because my husband and I have been going through the same thing at our house. Some one told my husband you can drowned the moles if you stick the hose down the hole and leave it turned on. Needless to say our moles are still there and now the lawn is all muddy!!!

]]> By: Shiz http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14385 Shiz Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:53:37 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14385 Fuuuuuuunny. Sorry bout the moles. Maybe the worms were more expensive because they do not involve a whole day of tactical training in order to use them. Fuuuuuuunny.

Sorry bout the moles. Maybe the worms were more expensive because they do not involve a whole day of tactical training in order to use them.

]]> By: Jenn2 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14369 Jenn2 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:57:44 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14369 He wouldn't come and kill your moles? BAD OTTO!!!!! I'm not sure what was funnier, your post or the comments. I can totally see Mr. Clairol patroling our lawn with a pointy stick. GAH! He wouldn’t come and kill your moles? BAD OTTO!!!!!

I’m not sure what was funnier, your post or the comments. I can totally see Mr. Clairol patroling our lawn with a pointy stick. GAH!

]]> By: Ben http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14365 Ben Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:23:35 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14365 I'm humming "I'm alright" and yes, I know that was GOPHERS, but there practically the same thing in that they both can trash your lawn and do a comical dance at the end of a golf movie. OMG woman you crack me up. Also, for the circle of life? My boys will cheerfully blow up your yard, free of charge. They don't like varmints. I’m humming “I’m alright” and yes, I know that was GOPHERS, but there practically the same thing in that they both can trash your lawn and do a comical dance at the end of a golf movie.

OMG woman you crack me up.

Also, for the circle of life? My boys will cheerfully blow up your yard, free of charge. They don’t like varmints.

]]> By: Charlotte http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14352 Charlotte Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:02:19 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14352 I'm sitting in my office laughing out loud and getting strange looks! That was hilarious! You could export your moles to southeast Missouri. As someone from Georgia mentioned, we have red clay on top of rock. I cheer the occasional mole because they are much easier than a tiller. Groundhogs, on the other hand, make holes large enough to fall into, or at least step in and twist an ankle. Our favorite control for them? A .22. Yes, we live in the city limits where it is illegal to discharge a firearm, but we are rural enough that the rule is largely ignored for purposes other than crime. We still can't bring ourselves to shoot them in the spring when they have families though - they're actually kind of cute when they aren't overrunning your yard. Bonus: all those dead moles are free fertilizer. Good luck and hope you are mole free soon! I’m sitting in my office laughing out loud and getting strange looks! That was hilarious!

You could export your moles to southeast Missouri. As someone from Georgia mentioned, we have red clay on top of rock. I cheer the occasional mole because they are much easier than a tiller.

Groundhogs, on the other hand, make holes large enough to fall into, or at least step in and twist an ankle. Our favorite control for them? A .22. Yes, we live in the city limits where it is illegal to discharge a firearm, but we are rural enough that the rule is largely ignored for purposes other than crime. We still can’t bring ourselves to shoot them in the spring when they have families though – they’re actually kind of cute when they aren’t overrunning your yard.

Bonus: all those dead moles are free fertilizer. Good luck and hope you are mole free soon!

]]> By: Mom101 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14324 Mom101 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:19:57 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14324 Oh so so funny! Even better than wack-a-mole! Oh so so funny! Even better than wack-a-mole!

]]> By: Lisa http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14323 Lisa Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:31:23 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2006/09/16/blessed-are-the-blind/#comment-14323 My neighbor,who lives in the same house she grew up in, once told me the story of her dad who, after he retired, apparently had a lot of time on his hands. He would spend lovely, sunny days sitting in his yard (or perhaps walking around patrolling it?), watching for movement of earth where he would then know there was a mole under there digging a tunnel. Her dad had a long stick...with a long, pointy spike sticking out of one end. When he saw the telltale earth movement, he would proceed to impale his pointy-spiked stick into the ground until he...um...made contact. The lesson here is that one should always have a hobby lined up BEFORE one retires. My neighbor,who lives in the same house she grew up in, once told me the story of her dad who, after he retired, apparently had a lot of time on his hands. He would spend lovely, sunny days sitting in his yard (or perhaps walking around patrolling it?), watching for movement of earth where he would then know there was a mole under there digging a tunnel. Her dad had a long stick…with a long, pointy spike sticking out of one end. When he saw the telltale earth movement, he would proceed to impale his pointy-spiked stick into the ground until he…um…made contact. The lesson here is that one should always have a hobby lined up BEFORE one retires.

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