I used bait until a few years ago when we found a sick hawk in the bushes near our home. I threw a towel over the hawk and put him in a cardboard box to take him to a local bird rescue facility near us. The hawk ended up dying and I suspect that it may have eaten poisoned mice so I stopped doing...
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I'm 6'-5" and have always struggled with string trimmers. I wish someone would make a telescoping unit. They make telescoping shafts for pole saws so I know they could do it even though I know that it would add a little weight.
I passed a quirky odometer milestone on my '07 BMW R1200GSA last week. This is probably the first and last time that I will ever put this kind of miles on a motorcycle. It only took me 19 years!
My inlaws had a 2000 Grand Marquis that was in exceptional condition. One owner and garaged its entire life but it did have 210k on the odo. They bought a new car and the dealer only offered them $500 for it in trade.
They declined that and tasked me with selling it. I got the usual lowballers...