Cob: rats?

[David Knowlton]

i was an environmental health technician. saw lots of photos of subjects i 
am happy to avoid now! rats bite people all the time - hence the disease 
'rat bite fever'. i don't think it was military propaganda. i really don't 
know if they expected the visceral reaction i had. all i will say is kill 
rats when you can. let them take their chances in nature like the other 
animals - and stay away from me!


>From: Charmaine <tms at northcoast.com>
>To: David Knowlton <pilot1ab80 at hotmail.com>,  coblist at deatech.com
>Subject: Re: Cob: rats?
>Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 15:04:06 -0800
>
>the navy showed me a photo of a baby whose cheek had been bitten through 
>because a rat wanted the milk inside. sorry about being so lurid, but rats 
>don't get any of the consideration i give other animals, since i saw that 
>photo.
>
>david
>_____________
>David--
>the US Navy?  was this a training photo?  are you certain?  There is 
>another urban legend about cats sucking the air from a baby's mouth to get 
>the milk( taste)...but this is not true.(old tale to  keep cats away from 
>cribs most likely).
>
>.I am NOT  challenging you, just curious as to the reason the  Navy was 
>providing this photo.  I'm ex -Navy-dental corps myself, and never saw 
>anything like this with all our medical/health  training!
>
>
>OT comment--
>One of the BEST  scarey  ads for sanitation EVER done was a magazine photo 
>of a big ugly rat with a dotted line around it.. the headline. "Cut this 
>out and put it in bed next to your child"   .sure motivated people to keep 
>a clean house, and prevent intrusion of the beasties!!!
>
>
>I have a hard time keeping field mice out of the studio..too many gaps in 
>the old redwood boards, thru open soffit areas not yet closed up..they even 
>ate the dry corn decorations and flowers from Thanksgiving table decoration 
>that was in storage, and chewed thru good fabric I was saving for sewing 
>projects!!
>Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
>http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com    http://www.papercrete.com
>PO Box 375, Cutten (Eureka) CA 95534
>707-441-1632     tms at northcoast.com
>


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