[Shop-talk] Gophers

[Pat Horne]

Even if it doesn't work, it sounds like something we'd have fun using!

When I was a kid, back in the 50's my father bought some "gopher bombs" 
They looked like votive candles wrapped in paper. Unwrapping one found 
that they contained a length of old celluloid 35mm film and a wick. 
Celluloid film is highly flammable and puts out deadly fumes when 
burned, filling the burrows with smoke. You lit them, put them in a hole 
and closed the hole. When you saw smoke coming up, you closed that hole 
and kept going until there was no more smoke. It took care of our moles. 
I doubt you can find celluloid film any more.

Peace,
Pat

Thusly spake Eric Murray, On 3/16/2010 1:30 PM:
> Some time ago on this list I asked if it would be a good idea
> to use a harbor freight oxy-acetlyne torch setup as a cheap
> Rodex 4000
>
> http://www.rodexindustries.com/4000.html
>
>
>   

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