Swashbuckling attitude, crafty humor, and general aura of badassery

Platapus · 12-03-22, 05:29 PM

Sound like you?

Then you may be a qualified candidate for New York's new Director of Rodent Mitigation.

https://a002-oom03.nyc.gov/IRM/Handl...c-4d557c9080bc

No mention of a requirement to play the pipes though.

Eichhörnchen · 12-07-22, 09:57 AM

^ I kind of like to see myself that way sometimes........ but Rodent Mitigation? I don't much like the sound of that

les green01 · 12-07-22, 10:08 AM

are they talking two legged rats or 4 legged oh well better be safe and start with the two legged ones

Aktungbby · 12-07-22, 12:55 PM

"swashbuckling attititude, crafty humor, and general aura of bad assery"?? Gadzooks! That's what my Gefallen Engel sig is all about;

in addition to which, I'm from the Big Apple originally, and have had to do rat mitigation twice...once in my neighbor's house (in the garage drywall eating stored dogfood & a year on SF's Treasure Island guarding the old rodent/raccoon infested PanAm Clipper hanger(hospital set & 3 'copters)

during the TV filming of 'Trauma' in 2009. The sound of the hundreds of ratclaws stampeding from the ceiling above when entering to use the bathroom at night was dreadful. Moreover, rats love feasting on the set's miles of heavy light/electrical cable, creating fire hazards, and production caterer's meal for 100+ supplies. So much for showbiz. Fear motivates me too; I lost one amigo to Bubonic plague which is still alive in California; the damn quacks had thought it was pneumonia 'till the autopsy proved otherwise....

Platapus · 12-07-22, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by les green01

are they talking two legged rats or 4 legged oh well better be safe and start with the two legged ones

If the position was in Washington DC, I would lean more toward bipedal rodents.......

ET2SN · 12-07-22, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

I'm from the Big Apple originally

I knew there had to be a reason why I like you.

My point of origin was in Perth Amboy, NJ.

The only questions left-

Yankees or Mets? "Giants" is optional because you ain't that old.

Sabrett or Hebrew National? Hot dogs are more important than most people think.

Chocolate or strawberry Yoo Hoo?

Best radio station in the world, WABC or WCBS?

Speaking of the Clipper, I found the launching ramp for the old girl on Ford Island (Pearl Harbor) back in the late 80's.

Aktungbby · 12-07-22, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ET2SN

I knew there had to be a reason why I like you.

My point of origin was in Perth Amboy, NJ.

Bronxville New York was my own forge-spot to Bridgeport Ct mom and Brooklyn NY dad. My first 2 years were in Teeneck, NJ, when we uprooted to Minnesota.

The only questions left-

Yankees or Mets? "Giants" is optional because you ain't that old.

Yankees! 'specially as the MVP and AL single-season homerun batting champ just demonstrated loyalty and re-signed with them for $333 million over 9 years!

Sabrett or Hebrew National? Hot dogs are more important than most people think.

Hebrew National; my immigrant paternal great-grandmother from Swabia Germany was married in the Brooklyn Temple. How my grandfather and four great aunts were Methodists is a family mystery!

Chocolate or strawberry Yoo Hoo? Chocolate

Best radio station in the world, WABC or WCBS?cannot decide

Speaking of the Clipper, I found the launching ramp for the old girl on Ford Island (Pearl Harbor) back in the late 80's.

all the ramps at TI are long gone...and of the three hangers there in 2009 during the year-long production, one, that served as the firestation set, has since been demolished. Only two hangers and the stately Admin. building, used as production/finance offices, are left.

em2nought · 12-07-22, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

If the position was in Washington DC, I would lean more toward bipedal rodents.......

I'd work that job for free.

Buddahaid · 12-07-22, 09:09 PM

Is that a step up from dogcatcher?

August · 12-08-22, 12:52 AM

I didn't see that any piping skills were required, because after all they got a big river right there which could easily drown every rat in the five Boroughs.

Maybe NYC doesn't intend on paying the rat catcher after the job is done and just want's to avoid the resulting debt collection efforts, so they are limiting the means that this Swashbuckler may employ.

12-03-22, 05:29 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,365 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Swashbuckling attitude, crafty humor, and general aura of badassery Sound like you? Then you may be a qualified candidate for New York's new Director of Rodent Mitigation. https://a002-oom03.nyc.gov/IRM/Handl...c-4d557c9080bc No mention of a requirement to play the pipes though. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,389 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	^ I kind of like to see myself that way sometimes........ but Rodent Mitigation? I don't much like the sound of that __________________

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les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,784 Downloads: 1405 Uploads: 0	are they talking two legged rats or 4 legged oh well better be safe and start with the two legged ones __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,008 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Chihuahua sized Rattus Rattus "swashbuckling attititude, crafty humor, and general aura of bad assery"?? Gadzooks! That's what my *Gefallen Engel* sig is all about; in addition to which, I'm from the Big Apple originally, and have had to do rat mitigation twice...once in my neighbor's house (in the garage drywall eating stored dogfood & a year on SF's Treasure Island guarding the old rodent/raccoon infested PanAm Clipper hanger(hospital set & 3 'copters) during the TV filming of 'Trauma' in 2009. The sound of the hundreds of ratclaws stampeding from the ceiling above when entering to use the bathroom at night was dreadful. Moreover, rats love feasting on the set's miles of heavy light/electrical cable, creating fire hazards, and production caterer's meal for 100+ supplies. So much for showbiz. Fear motivates me too; I lost one amigo to Bubonic plague which is still alive in California; the damn quacks had thought it was pneumonia 'till the autopsy proved otherwise.... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!! Last edited by Aktungbby; 12-07-22 at 04:52 PM.

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Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,320 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Is that a step up from dogcatcher? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

12-08-22, 12:52 AM	#10
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I didn't see that any piping skills were required, because after all they got a big river right there which could easily drown every rat in the five Boroughs. Maybe NYC doesn't intend on paying the rat catcher after the job is done and just want's to avoid the resulting debt collection efforts, so they are limiting the means that this Swashbuckler may employ. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.