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Re: Re: Goldiec,
Ciel, we had a place along the back patio and every fall we would get one mouse. Roy plugged the whole and I haven't seen one since then. Thank goodness!
posted by
Goldiec
on January 11, 2022 at 1:44 PM
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Re: adnohr,
Another of those things we have in common! 
posted by
Ciel
on January 11, 2022 at 10:39 AM
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Re: CCT,
I know some of the access points in the house. I am thinking of getting the hose upstairs and flooding out the deck one of these days. Now I have the traps out, I've been keeping the cat door closed, as long as there are traps on cat-level. Though these new plastic ones they could probably not hurt themselves with.
posted by
Ciel
on January 11, 2022 at 10:38 AM
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Re: TAPS,
A doom box can take many forms... A good project when tv gets unbearably boring!
posted by
Ciel
on January 11, 2022 at 10:36 AM
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Re: Kabu,
Every time I think of ever moving again, I am moved to get rid of a few more things!
posted by
Ciel
on January 11, 2022 at 10:35 AM
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Re: Goldiec,
Ah, yes, it starts with the Doom Drawer!
The mice come in, I think, under the front deck where I have seen them in summer. I suspect there is access to under-the-floor there. Also, I've seen them getting into the garage, and have found mouse holes in a couple of baseboards. Those, we plugged up with steel wool.
posted by
Ciel
on January 11, 2022 at 10:33 AM
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Re: sassyass,
So, yes, there are doom-shops, too!
posted by
Ciel
on January 11, 2022 at 10:31 AM
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I like the term! And have too many doom boxes lying around here.
posted by
adnohr
on January 11, 2022 at 9:56 AM
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Sadly I have not got the room to stack them. Although it is a good idea. A pity you cannot find where the mice are coming in. It does seem a cat is a good deterrent
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posted by
C_C_T
on January 11, 2022 at 3:21 AM
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The nearest thing to a DoomBox would be for me my two six-shelves book cases. I continually plan to begin work on sorting and clearing but just can't begin. It's easier to watch TV and plan for tomorrow.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 10, 2022 at 6:39 PM
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I don't have much of those special things left. Too many moves in my life.
posted by
Kabu
on January 10, 2022 at 4:28 PM
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Good Evening
Ciel, we don't have a Doom Box but we do have a junk drawer and I have no clue in the world what is in there. I'm wondering how the mice are getting inside your house?
posted by
Goldiec
on January 10, 2022 at 2:33 PM
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I have never heard it referred as a doom box, although it sure can be.
I try not to accumulate items that would eventually end up in such a box, but life happens. I suppose this may be why so many thrift stores have shelves heaping with so many bizarre objects.
posted by
Sherri_G
on January 10, 2022 at 2:21 PM
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Putting off until tomorrow seems to be a pattern for me.
I keep telling myself I'll get at it. "doom" box. I hate to think about my kids having to sort through my stuff some day, and even more than that I hate to think they'll be saying what my sibs said when they cleared out mom's house - what the hell did she keep that for? Or maybe it's a rite of passage and I should just not worry.
posted by
Pat_B
on January 10, 2022 at 1:27 PM
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