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The bastard made a vinaigrette!

It’s no surprise in a house as old as this that we have a seasonal rodent problem. It’s full of holes and hollow places.

We had the county ratman come out to the house not long after we moved in and he told us many and interesting things about rats. Then he flung blocks of poison all over the attics and crawl spaces. For many years afterwards, we had a Christmas tradition of smelly dead rat under the master bedroom floorboards.

The poison must’ve worn off or been consumed because we’ve got some active squeakers at the moment, especially banging around in the kitchen cabinets.

Last night, I smelled the pungent stink of vinegar, opened the cabinets to discover he’d chewed his way through the base of a plastic bottle of malt vinegar. Also through a bottle of spray olive oil. The bastard made a vinaigrette on my kitchen floor!

Cleaning that up, I discovered this lickety-clean peanut butter jar. The lid must have been plastic – it done vanished entirely!

I don’t work Wednesdays. Tomorrow I shall put on the moon suit and see what awaits me deep in the cabinets.

December 14, 2021 — 7:55 pm
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