tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post3443314346038085707..comments2024-03-25T14:36:16.797-04:00Comments on The Crime Writers' Chronicle: Encounter with a BatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-86078377160267955802013-10-19T10:52:50.257-04:002013-10-19T10:52:50.257-04:00Good story. And you're not re-thinking your r...Good story. And you're not re-thinking your reluctance to use lethal force yet? I recommend a tennis racket; I keep one propped in the corner of my bedroom--last bat made only one swoop around the room till I nailed him on the first swing.Dennis McFaddennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-43321618629556459662013-10-15T09:15:50.676-04:002013-10-15T09:15:50.676-04:00PS: the ad that came up below Bob's post is fo...PS: the ad that came up below Bob's post is for Pest Control Experts!! TEEHEE.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-88568069467112633102013-10-15T09:14:26.531-04:002013-10-15T09:14:26.531-04:00Bob, I am so glad you got your shots. I have seen...Bob, I am so glad you got your shots. I have seen people on the streets of NYC who seem to be exhibiting late-stage rabies symptoms. I wouldn't ever want that to happen to you. Let the bat pee stain on "The Boys of Summer" be a reminder. Keep a pair of work gloves handy for any urgent, late-night episodes of comBAT.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-75287690372362915462013-10-14T15:59:55.818-04:002013-10-14T15:59:55.818-04:00If you know the same hole the bats always come in ...If you know the same hole the bats always come in by, you can stuff it tight with steel wool and then spackle over it. I have done this with good success. As you know, bats are our friends, for they eat mosquitos. But having them in the living areas is unpleasant. (Ours live between the joists.)Kate Gallisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107289413804236810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-54018069843794647972013-10-14T13:57:13.764-04:002013-10-14T13:57:13.764-04:00Sorry to hear about the lousy injections you had t...Sorry to hear about the lousy injections you had to endure, but it did make for a great story!!! It's all fodder, even the bats coming out of the attic!! I was visited by a bat once.It slipped in through the most impossible slit between the air conditioner and the window. The devil did a few figure eights in the bedroom before I shoo'ed it into the bathroom (with a bath towel). I opened the window and closed the door to the bathroom and didn't open the door until morning. My bat left a few pellets of bat guano on the tile floor before departing out the window some time during the night. Glad you are around to keep telling your stories!! margaret mendelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11740288445705959918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-43685481131582233712013-10-14T09:33:11.227-04:002013-10-14T09:33:11.227-04:00WOW! I don't know if I was more terrified at t...WOW! I don't know if I was more terrified at this or hysterically amused! I never knew it was so complicated to get the injections - brave you, and , by the way, can't the Cuomo cadres get rid of the bats for you???? tjsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com