OT: Off-Topic Thread - It's Summer!!!!!!

[Ladyfan]

Susan stay safe

Thanks. I am wide awake. He could not find it (there is lots of boxes and stull in that spare room).

It is in there somewhere. I am keeping the door closed . He said if I peek in and see it hanging off the ceiling fan call him...otherwise it will die in there.

My Maine Coon likes to open the fireplace glass door a bit...I will be tying it down so he can no longer do that.

I am not going in that room for a couple of weeks

I am driving out to my sisters tomorrow morning (3 hours). Wish I was sleepy

 

[Gee Wally]

Thanks. I am wide awake. He could not find it (there is lots of boxes and stull in that spare room).

It is in there somewhere. I am keeping the door closed . He said if I peek in and see it hanging off the ceiling fan call him...otherwise it will die in there.

My Maine Coon likes to open the fireplace glass door a bit...I will be tying it down so he can no longer do that.

I am not going in that room for a couple of weeks

I am driving out to my sisters tomorrow morning (3 hours). Wish I was sleepy

 

[BNHL]

Thanks. I am wide awake. He could not find it (there is lots of boxes and stull in that spare room).

It is in there somewhere. I am keeping the door closed . He said if I peek in and see it hanging off the ceiling fan call him...otherwise it will die in there.

My Maine Coon likes to open the fireplace glass door a bit...I will be tying it down so he can no longer do that.

I am not going in that room for a couple of weeks

I am driving out to my sisters tomorrow morning (3 hours). Wish I was sleepy

Can't you get someone to go in and open the window,then reclose the door? I had a similar situation when a bat flew in my bedroom,looked like the size of an eagle!! I got out and closed the door. The next morning I went back up there wearing a parka,gloves, and full cage hockey mask and a broom handle with a towel taped to the bottom. When I went in I saw him clinging to the wall right above the headboard. Chaaaarge! I crushed him with the broom and he fell on my pillow,mouth open,little fangs exposed. A couple of years ago in August I saw something banging around in my pellet stove. What could I do so I did nothing. 2 months later when I was readying the stove for it's first fill of pellets,I found 13 dead bats inside.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

Thanks. I am wide awake. He could not find it (there is lots of boxes and stull in that spare room).

It is in there somewhere. I am keeping the door closed . He said if I peek in and see it hanging off the ceiling fan call him...otherwise it will die in there.

My Maine Coon likes to open the fireplace glass door a bit...I will be tying it down so he can no longer do that.

I am not going in that room for a couple of weeks

I am driving out to my sisters tomorrow morning (3 hours). Wish I was sleepy

just open the window. it will fly out. don't kill it.

 

[Kovi]

just open the window. it will fly out. don't kill it.

yes. and doubtful it will attack. its just looking for food and a dry spot to sleep.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

now you have to find out how it got in or there will be more.
Do you have a chimney cap??
Don't get that guy from canton to install one for you if you don't.

 

[BMC]

And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.

Amen

 

[eightspokedb]

And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.

Now if we can just figure out the swallows....

 

[BMC]

Now if we can just figure out the sparrows....

And find a shrubbery....

 

[eightspokedb]

and find a shrubbery....

nih!!!

 

[Ladyfan]

Bat story continued...

So I had closed the door to the room the bat was in ( I thought) and was lying on the couch when either the same bat (or another one ) flew over. It was 4 am.

It went up stairs. I called so many people (because I am a wimp). The town animal officer came at 9 am and caught it in a cage and took it away (It was alive). So after paying $400 for nothing the town guy (a nice guy) caught it. I believe I will have my fireplace checked soon.

I haven't slept and will be driving to Williamstown Ma soon....Sleep would be a good thing.

Thanks for all of the support...

 

[Ladyfan]

Can't you get someone to go in and open the window,then reclose the door? I had a similar situation when a bat flew in my bedroom,looked like the size of an eagle!! I got out and closed the door. The next morning I went back up there wearing a parka,gloves, and full cage hockey mask and a broom handle with a towel taped to the bottom. When I went in I saw him clinging to the wall right above the headboard. Chaaaarge! I crushed him with the broom and he fell on my pillow,mouth open,little fangs exposed. A couple of years ago in August I saw something banging around in my pellet stove. What could I do so I did nothing. 2 months later when I was readying the stove for it's first fill of pellets,I found 13 dead bats inside.

It looked quite large as it went over my head....When it was taken out in a cage it looked much smaller.

 

[Ladyfan]

now you have to find out how it got in or there will be more.
Do you have a chimney cap??
Don't get that guy from canton to install one for you if you don't.

I believe that is where it came from. I haven't used my fireplace for awhile. My Maine coon had opened the glass doors about 3/4 ". I have wired it shut now.

I have to go away this weekend and hope when I get home Sunday there are no more bats in the house. I think wiring the glass fireplace doors should help. I am taking a couple of days off for home repairs the two days after Labor Day...I will add that to the list.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

Now if we can just figure out the sparrows....

African or European?

 

[Alicat]

Nothing says happy 5 year work anniversary quite like a group meeting to discuss whether we are loosing our jobs or not.... I wish it were Monday so we can find out and so the anxiety would go away.

 

[Fenway]

I suspect Gee Wally spent a few hours in this place. Heck I still call it the Turnpike Bowladrome. This news makes me very sad

Lanes and Games to close in one year.

Beloved Cambridge bowling alley Lanes and Games will be open for approximately one more year before closing for good, according to the developer who plans to build a high-end apartment building in its place.

Criterion Development Partners is looking to build 325 apartments in place of the bowling alley and an adjoining motel.

Lanes and Games and its neighboring motel, the Gateway Inn, have been owned by Tony Martignetti and his family for over 40 years, Criterion consultant Rich McKinnon said at a North Cambridge Stabilization Committee (NCSC) meeting Wednesday night.

“The Gateway Inn is open 24/7, and the bowling alley is open seven days a week. The [Martignetti] family made a decision; they’re tired. They want to retire, they don’t want to run it anymore, and the next generation doesn’t want to run it anymore,†McKinnon, a Cambridge resident, said.

According to McKinnon, the Martignetti family offered the buildings out to a number of developers about three years ago.

Many bowling leagues will be displaced when Lanes and Games closes, McKinnon said, and owners are working carefully to relocate them. Lanes and Games will remain open until the leagues finish play next summer, McKinnon said.

 

[Kovi]

Nothing says happy 5 year work anniversary quite like a group meeting to discuss whether we are loosing our jobs or not.... I wish it were Monday so we can find out and so the anxiety would go away.

Good luck Ali! That has to be terrifying.

 

[Gee Wally]

I suspect Gee Wally spent a few hours in this place. Heck I still call it the Turnpike Bowladrome. This news makes me very sad

Lanes and Games to close in one year.

I grew up there. My house was half mile away very end of Thorndike st. My uncles were pinsetters there in the 50s. I actually played pool against Milton Berle when I was 14: I was skipping school. He gave me crap about smoking cigarettes and told me to switch to cigars.

No kidding

 

[KrejciMVP]

I grew up there. My house was half mile away very end of Thornrike st. My uncles were pinsetters there in the 50s. I actually played pool against Milton Berle when I was 14: I was skipping school. He gave me crap about smoking cigarettes and told me to switch to cigars.

No kidding

Next to alewafe right. Went there a few times. Love bowling

 

[Fenway]

I grew up there. My house was half mile away very end of Thornrike st. My uncles were pinsetters there in the 50s. I actually played pool against Milton Berle when I was 14: I was skipping school. He gave me crap about smoking cigarettes and told me to switch to cigars.

No kidding

I was in 6th Grade when they added the second floor which at the beginning was all ten pin. Played pinball there for the first time, was in many leagues.

Not many are left.

 

[Over the volcano]

I grew up there. My house was half mile away very end of Thornrike st. My uncles were pinsetters there in the 50s. I actually played pool against Milton Berle when I was 14: I was skipping school. He gave me crap about smoking cigarettes and told me to switch to cigars.

No kidding

Woah -

 

[KrejciMVP]

Bowled a 181 last week. I actually didn't miss a pin. Lots of spares. Used to take bowling classes as a kid so I learned the marks well

 

[JRull86]

I suspect Gee Wally spent a few hours in this place. Heck I still call it the Turnpike Bowladrome. This news makes me very sad

Lanes and Games to close in one year.

Oh shocking, another landmark in this city being torn down for ****ing condos.

I really hate what they're doing to Boston. Hate it.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Oh shocking, another landmark in this city being torn down for ****ing condos.

I really hate what they're doing to Boston. Hate it.

Condos or retirement homes

 

[Gee Wally]

I was in 6th Grade when they added the second floor which at the beginning was all tem pin. Played pinball there for the first time, was in many leagues.

Not many are left.

Yup.
They added the '300 Club' up there. My mom used to waitress.