mgbinspect Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Well, I just experienced another first. I just came out of a crawlspace in which a mouse jumped out of the floor insulation, bounded off my shoulder and dashed off into the dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Do you carry a change of underwear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul burrell Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Originally posted by mgbinspect Well, I just experienced another first. I just came out of a crawlspace in which a mouse jumped out of the floor insulation, bounded off my shoulder and dashed off into the dark. I have an understanding with rats. If they don't bother me I do not bother them. Saw a 2 pound rat 3 feet from my face one time I moved on as he looked at me and I looked at him. He did not bother me and I sure as h*%! did not bother him. I finished the crawl and we parted in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted May 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Yeah, I just chuckled. I have that same agreement with snakes, Paul. Now, Opossum, that's different. I don't like 'em or trust 'em. I think it's those snaggly teeth and beedy eyes... One time, while inspecting a furnace in the crawl space, I heard what I thought was water dripping on the vapor barrier behind me. It turned out to be the clamping jaws of a momma opossum and her babies all curled up in the rungs of an extention ladder about 5 feet from my head. She could have torn me up, but just kept clamping her teeth as a warning... Message delivered and message received. I vacated promptly. [:-crazy] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter Mike Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 New guy here - now how in the heck can you expect me to go crawlin' around under some house after readin' this kind of stuff, huh? Thankfully, here in Hawaii, we don't have a snake issue, from what I'm told. My last stop, Okinawa, Japan - snakes......that's a whole 'nother story. Will probably retire in coastal north carolina and inspect full-time there. snakes & spiders and who knows what else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 "Thankfully, here in Hawaii, we don't have a snake issue, from what I'm told." Yeah, but isn't that where a couple of termites take down a house in an afternoon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter Mike Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Not sure yet. We've been here for just only a month now. Much more pleasant than Okinawa, Japan. Too hot and humid in Okinawa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Can you imagine if you had to inspect homes on Guam? 13,000 brown tree snakes per square kilometer! That's my kind of place - bet there isn't a single f####ng rat left on that rock. I'll take a snake over a rat anytime. Still? 13,000 psk. Whew! ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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