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Are you sure that the house prices were in sterling? I could have sworn that they were dollars.
Land price aside - if they want £70k to build that house then I think that's expensive. |
Originally posted by cutgrass Are you sure that the house prices were in sterling? I could have sworn that they were dollars. Land price aside - if they want £70k to build that house then I think that's expensive. OzTennis:) |
It did make a change this week, didn't it? But no doubt people switched over because there were none of the fireworks of the previous week.
One thing on the possum problem...Mr Bundy and I were watching the 'Wild DOwn Under' dvd the other night and there is a short feature on possums at the end, bit of a David Attenborough thing. He suggested the 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em method' - instead of chasing the little blighters away, you attach a possum box to the side of your house (he suggested against a window) so that they have somewhere to live that isn't in your roof space, and you can watch them going about their possum business. Great for kids. We had a possum in our roof in Oz. If you think a mouse is noisy, imagine a possum thundering up and down! He didn't do much damage, just made a real noise and fell of the electricity cable of a few times:D |
Originally posted by bundy It did make a change this week, didn't it? But no doubt people switched over because there were none of the fireworks of the previous week. One thing on the possum problem...Mr Bundy and I were watching the 'Wild DOwn Under' dvd the other night and there is a short feature on possums at the end, bit of a David Attenborough thing. He suggested the 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em method' - instead of chasing the little blighters away, you attach a possum box to the side of your house (he suggested against a window) so that they have somewhere to live that isn't in your roof space, and you can watch them going about their possum business. Great for kids. We had a possum in our roof in Oz. If you think a mouse is noisy, imagine a possum thundering up and down! He didn't do much damage, just made a real noise and fell of the electricity cable of a few times:D OzTennis:) |
Originally posted by bundy It did make a change this week, didn't it? But no doubt people switched over because there were none of the fireworks of the previous week. One thing on the possum problem...Mr Bundy and I were watching the 'Wild DOwn Under' dvd the other night and there is a short feature on possums at the end, bit of a David Attenborough thing. He suggested the 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em method' - instead of chasing the little blighters away, you attach a possum box to the side of your house (he suggested against a window) so that they have somewhere to live that isn't in your roof space, and you can watch them going about their possum business. Great for kids. We had a possum in our roof in Oz. If you think a mouse is noisy, imagine a possum thundering up and down! He didn't do much damage, just made a real noise and fell of the electricity cable of a few times:D and like you say the kids will love watching them run around. |
Originally posted by welshboybilly i'll second that, great idea, they are not likely to cause any harm are they ? and like you say the kids will love watching them run around. I suppose it is better to have them where you can see them than up i the roof chewing through all your wires |
Originally posted by bundy . I suppose it is better to have them where you can see them than up i the roof chewing through all your wires and keeping you awake at night, they can be noisy little buggers. |
Originally posted by welshboybilly and keeping you awake at night, they can be noisy little buggers. Oh yes. Thundering up and down inside the roof space was bad enough, but when he got up on the roof itself it was even worse - tin roof, echoes nicely. |
Originally posted by bundy Oh yes. Thundering up and down inside the roof space was bad enough, but when he got up on the roof itself it was even worse - tin roof, echoes nicely. I didn't know until I saw the prog. last night that they were a protected species! why are they when they appear to do so much damage?? Helinuk:confused: |
Dunno about protected species, the damn things need shooting, they carry paralysis tick. :mad:
Poor Dagdog almost died from one when we were away over xmas :( . |
Originally posted by MrsDagboy Dunno about protected species, the damn things need shooting, they carry paralysis tick. :mad: |
Originally posted by helinuk The last time we were in NZ the farmers were going mad because the possums were stripping the leaves off the trees . The people we stayed with were out at night trying to catch the culprits! I didn't know until I saw the prog. last night that they were a protected species! why are they when they appear to do so much damage?? Helinuk:confused: |
Originally posted by helinuk The last time we were in NZ the farmers were going mad because the possums were stripping the leaves off the trees . The people we stayed with were out at night trying to catch the culprits! I didn't know until I saw the prog. last night that they were a protected species! why are they when they appear to do so much damage?? Helinuk:confused: OzTennis:) |
Originally posted by Amazulu Great fun. No debate on this please!!! OzTennis:) |
Originally posted by Amazulu In NZ they are considered vermin & can be destroyed. They were introduced from Australia & are not indigenous. They are a real problem. When I was in NZ, a farmer came into the backpackers where I was staying & asked if any of us wanted to go possum hunting. So a load of us went out with him that night armed with .22 rifles & shot a sh*t load of them on his farm. It was really easy to shoot them as they made no attempt to get away. Great fun. When I was in NZ, touring around on one of the backpacker networks, we spent most days working on our possum count - the number we could mow down. Did the same in Oz with cane toads. |
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