<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><br></div><div>my 2 cents - don't use poison. they die in impossible to get to places and stink.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Gian Pablo Villamil <gian.pablo@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Jonathan Foote <jtfoote@ieee.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Noisebridge Discussion List <noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, February 24, 2010 9:28:31 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re:
[Noisebridge-discuss] The rats are getting ballsy<br></font><br>
That all makes sense, but...<br><br>I've been at the space a bunch of times, when there was no-one there<br>(mid-afternoon), and it's been filthy. Half-eaten food everywhere,<br>trash overflowing the kitchen bins, etc. When I've organized an event<br>at the space I've usually spent an hour beforehand getting it<br>presentable.<br><br>Lack of people + food everywhere = rat paradise.<br><br>If we just get it together a bit more, and really, really try not to<br>leave food & trash out, it should be a lot less attractive to rats.<br>I'm not sure the rats are going to hike all the way up to the 3rd<br>floor if we make it unappealing for them.<br><br>I'd say a plan of action should be:<br><br>1) Be clean (seriously, I love y'all but sometimes you're pigs) -<br>dispose of your leftovers, wash your dishes<br>2) Get metal trash cans with lids for food waste (I will buy them)<br>3) Plastic storage bins for food<br>3) Deploy traps and poison<br><br>This is not
a situation that is going to remain static: if we don't<br>take steps to reduce the numbers of rats, we are going to have MORE<br>rats, and sooner or later there will be an INCIDENT - someone will get<br>bitten or sick.<br><br></div></div><div style="position:fixed"></div>
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