Hey, it was early when I wrote that!! :) To 'b' or not to 'b', that is the
question! I guess I got the answer wrong. :(
No, not correct. Though there is a lot of stuff in my garage that could be
confused with garbage. The garbage stayed in the middle of the driveway until
this morning.
Skunks seem to be a very placid animal. No rush there at all on their part.
Robert Duquette
Ottawa ON Canada
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> From: lapierrem@sbcglobal.net
>
> So you took out the garage and closed the garbage door, is that correct?
>
> You were definitely flustered seeing as how you got the garage and garbage
a
> bit mixed up.
>
> I bet the skunks were more surprised than you however. Good thing they
> didn't mark their
> territory like our Healeys do.
>
>
> Close one, Mark
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>> My first thought was "of mice and men", but then my thoughts turned to my
>> garage experience last night.
>>
>>
>>
>> It was after dark before I got out there. Opened the big door, flipped on
>> the
>> light; remembered that I should put out the garbage and recycling ...
>> made
>> one trip out to the street, came back grabbed the handle of the composting
>> bin
>> and heard a strange noise as I tilted it and saw a blur of movement. My
>> first
>> thought was 'skunk'. Then I thought "Nah, it must have been racoons. It
>> was
>> more beige than white.' So I haul that container to the curb and come
>> back
>> and 2 skunks come back around the corner of the house towards me.
>> "Yikes!"
>> So, I naturally backed off and ( perhaps foolishly ) started clapping my
>> hands
>> softly. Not to scare or startle them but to let them be aware that I was
>> there. I had 2 fears. You can guess the first one. The second was that
>> I
>> did not have a remote handy to close the door and I didn't want to lose
>> sight
>> of the door, have them enter and then close the door. I also wasn't found
>> of
>> the idea of going up to the door to press the button, but I eventually
>> did. I
>> even took the time to shut off the light. I did not, however, finish
>> putting
>> out the garage.
>>
>> Robert Duquette
>> Ottawa ON Canada
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