Smoking around computers

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Mon Dec 10 14:38:49 2001

> I have noticed
> that machines with either residue (pot or cigs) don't tend to
> have mice live
> in them when sotred - I tried this by putting a bag of
> tobacco (cloth bag)
> inside and purposely left a filler plate off - no mice. The
> machine without
> had all sorts of acorn shells, poop, nesting materials, etc though.

Great tip, thanks, the old IBM 716 Line Printer was *full*
of that; had I known I could stick a pack of Viceroys in
there to cure it, I might not have dismantled it...

-dq
Received on Mon Dec 10 2001 - 14:38:49 GMT