Am I the only one that has issues with this thread? Are we done yet?
Jim W7RY
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 2:10 AM, DAVE WHITE <mausoptik@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> Jeff, in some ways Monty Python is a good way to learn about this country
> - but even Monty Python's Flying Circus couldn't have made up the joke that
> is our current government.
>
> Yes, there were indeed council ratcatchers many years ago. There still
> are, though they are mainly now private firms - some large, some small.
> These days councils just employ people to operate speed traps on the road,
> run Diversity courses and generally burn as much taxpayers' money as they
> can. I've yet to find one where anything more than a small minority does
> something really useful - look at The Guardian Newspaper "Society" section
> to see all the overpaid non-jobs on offer.
>
> I believe that in some parts of India there is still a price on the head of
> each rat that the vermin catchers hand in. I think Calcutta still operates
> this policy - but I could be wrong.
>
> Even more wierdly when I lived in India many years ago there was a place in
> Rajasthan (about midway between New Delhi and Karachi) where the locals
> beleive that their ancestors are re-incarnated as rats, so there's a temple
> full of them and people take food and milk along as offerings.
>
> It's worth a look if you're even in that part of the world - in fact India
> as a whole is the kind of place well worth spending some time around. It's
> an educational experience to see the different values that people hold and
> the different way of life. For us Brits it's probably easier to get to
> know, since (a) we were really one country till 1947 and (b) we have one
> overwhelming common interest that serves as an ice-breaker in any situation
> (as it does with Australians): cricket.
>
> If I get re-incarneted as a rat, I'll choose the temple at Bikaner - and
> will sneak into the local cricket ground occasionally to watch....
>
> cheers
> D
>
>
> --- On Sat, 6/3/10, Jeff Carter <amps@hidden-valley.com> wrote:
>
> From: Jeff Carter <amps@hidden-valley.com>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] WD-40, snaked, vermin and puddytats
> To: "DAVE WHITE" <mausoptik@btinternet.com>
> Date: Saturday, 6 March, 2010, 5:26
>
> Everything I know about the UK, I learned from Monty Python.
>
> I thought there was a guy called the "Council Ratcatcher" who would come
> and take care of this sort of thing.
>
> Jeff/KD4RBG
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:20 AM, DAVE WHITE <mausoptik@btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> we get invaded by mice every autumn. I catch them in the live traps and
> release them in the next village about 5 miles away, but I swear the bloody
> things are homing mice.
>
>
>
> Mybe I need to appoint a Vermin Control Officer.
>
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