[Vision2020] Practicality in the Midst of Moral Philosophy...

[Art Deco]

Birdfeeders:

We have many.  The ones that are successful are small mesh wire cages that
we hang on trees.  The birds can get the seeds but the squirrels and the
deer can't.  Not all birds will peck through the mesh so other options for
them are provided.

W.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Kaag" <dkaag@turbonet.com>
To: "Vision 2020" <Vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 4:39 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Practicality in the Midst of Moral Philosophy...


> Visionaries:
>
> O.K., now all of the droning on relativist morality, the philosophy of
> deities and digital whatsyoumacallits is making my head hurt.
>
> For a change of pace, does anyone else have a bird feeder?  I have a
> bird feeder on my deck, which I can see while sitting at my dining room
> table.  I think I may have solved the pernicious squirrel problem.
>
> My wife, normally a sweet and gentle woman, has been driven to
> distraction by the local tribe of squirrels, who continually climb up
> to the feeder and either eat the sunflower seeds or scatter them
> heedlessly hither and yon, and the birds go hungry.  She tried oiling
> the pole... the squirrels climbed it easily, and seemed to enjoy the
> taste of the olive oil, and when my wife added cayenne pepper,
> developed a taste for Mexican food.  She bought a Super-Soaker and
> waited in ambush for the critters... they came to view it as their
> daily shower, and continued their depredations.  She got a bowl of
> gravel from the driveway and kept it next to the deck door, to throw at
> them.  They simply dodged the rocks.  Yelling at them elicited only
> alert, and possibly amused, looks from the little thieves.
>
> Finally, a long-time friend who now lives in San Diego suggested the
> only thing that has actually worked.  The pole from which the feeder
> hangs is black wrought iron with a hook at the top.  I went out and
> bought a cheap Slinky toy at a toy store and slipped it over the hook,
> and down the pole.  The squirrels can't climb it!  Huzza!  It actually
> works!
>
> As for the rest of the debate, I have a paperback copy of Bertrand
> Russell's "Theory of the External Universe" around here somewhere...
>
> Regards,
>
> Don Kaag
>
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