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I hired a pest management company to come out and do a site inspection for holes too. $359. They're supposed to check in and out and fix any holes (minus structural holes).

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ClunkerSlim posted...

I mean, it looks like you created the perfect possum cave. They must be going in and out for food/water. Find the hole. It shouldnt be that hard.

Literally can't find any holes on the house. Besides, I hired painters to come repaint my entire house two months ago, and they patched up all the holes.

Can possums dig?

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Camera detected no movement. Hmmmmm.......

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ClunkerSlim posted...

What are the chances it's just no longer in the ceiling?

I mean my cats are free to roam the entire house... I assume they'll kill this possum if it's on the floor.

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I got Fischl yay

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Tequilawhatitdo posted...

zero.

Bah...

12:10am now. I'm done... going to bed.

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11:15pm... What are the chances it got out and won't return?

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It's 10:30pm... Where's this fucker?

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ClunkerSlim posted...

What the heck. Ive never seen three possums come in together. Youve got to find that hole.

Wait why? Are you implying they come in pairs, so I should have two?

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

No, why?

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EzeDoesIt posted...

These are actually called opossums, not possums.

Thanks for documenting all of this so well, TC. Its fun seeing these cute little guys and Im glad youre capturing and releasing them in a humane way. I saw you caught one by hand did the trap catch the other?

I caught both by hand. On camera, this third one looks bigger, so I hope the trap catches it tonight. Unless I get a chance to catch it, then I'll be forced to attempt...

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God damn it there's at least one more:
https://i.imgur.com/pY2P0Yd.png

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SSJGrimReaper posted...

by the time tc gets back home there will be another possum in there

Yea the trap and cameras are still there in case there's more than two.

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ClunkerSlim posted...

Say what in the what now?

Here's the first one. Not going to post the second one lol

https://imgur.com/XEtitEw

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Going to drop it off at a county park 13 miles away.

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Caught the second one also.

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I caught one by hand. I'll upload the video later.

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The two fuckers finished eating and went away.

At least it now trusts that area. Tomorrow night, going to put a lot less dry food around the cage.

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Yup there are at least two; one on top of the cage and the other one still eating away:
https://i.imgur.com/PgBfFNP.jpg

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It's eating the cat dry food. I think I put way too much dry food around the trap. It'll be full before it even tries to go in for the nice wet food.

Also I'm not sure if this little tiny baby possum will even trigger the trap.

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Already caught the fucker sniffing the camera. It's not going near the food though...

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Set up the trap over the dropped ceiling, put wet cat food in the trap, and sprinkled dry food around it. I also set up two cameras.

https://i.imgur.com/JtN86bm.png

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Okay there's at least two possums. I'm going to relocate the trap to be in the ceiling.

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It's about 9pm and dark out. I am now sitting in the basement trying to listen for scurries.

A couple days ago, definitely heard scurries in the ceiling.

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One_Day_Remains posted...

You called the police over a possum in your house? Yeah, the dispatcher definitely made fun of you after the call ended.

I've never seen a possum up close and had no idea what to do about it. I now know a lot about possums lol

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Tyranthraxus posted...

Do you hear the possum at all? You may have scared it away.

I'll check it out tonight. We stayed away from the basement to give a chance for the possum to feel comfortable enough to get into the trap.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

We walked around the house and no idea where the hole is...

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So nothing. Not even an interest. Camera caught no movement.

Do I move the trap or keep it there so the possum gets used to it?

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Tyranthraxus posted...

When her shield is active, dealing damage with her has a 50% chance to heal the party. At constellation 1 I think if you activate her shield and burst at the same time it becomes 100% chance.

At constellation 6 she turns into this hurricane avalanche of Death and invulnerability.

That explains it. She didn't DPS much so I would activate her shield and switch to a different character lol.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

With what you have available I recommend you carry the following party;

1. Traveler (Aenemo)
2. Xiangling
3. Razor or Lisa
4. Barbara or Noelle
If you picked Razor, pair with Barbara. If you picked Lisa, pair with Noelle.

Barbara and Noelle are the healers of the group.

As you get better at the game figure out what works best for you.

Noelle can heal?! I didn't know that.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

Barbara is also free when to hit rank 20 as long as you made your account before 1.1 (which if you're playing now then you have).

Lucky would mean you got 1 of the following:

Venti
Diluc
Jean
Mona
Keqing
Qiqi

Got it.

So right now, with the characters I have, I play with the Razor (main DPS), traveler, Xiangling, and Barbara (heals). Should I be using the other guys?

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Tyranthraxus posted...

This is actually unlucky

As for why people don't like amber it's because she performs poorly in high level spiral abyss where you're on a time limit and can't afford to charge shots. Her normal attack damage us terrible. With some constellations and good equipment her charged shots actually do quite a lot of damage but as I've said you won't have a lot of time to make charged shots in the abyss.

She's fine for overworld questing.

Oh... I thought I was lucky for winning Barbara, Razor, and Xiangling (Noelle doesn't count since she's a gimme).

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Played for several hours now over the last few days and finally reached adventurer level 10. I didn't spend any money (yet lol). I got the following characters:

• Amber
• Barbara
• Kaeya
• Lisa
• Noelle
• Razor
• Xiangling

I dont care for Lisa, Kaeya, nor Noelle. I like Razor, Xiangling, and Barbara.

I am okay with the traveler and Amber.

I don't know why people don't like Amber. I love her bow and arrow; she's like the only ranged person.

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ClunkerSlim posted...

I've had to catch about three or four. I had one walk up to me in broad daylight like it wanted to be friends. I think it thought it was a dog. The guy in the picture was relocated out into the woods a few miles away.

If it's out in daylight, doesn't that mean it's rabid?

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Still nothing on the camera... bah

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I also set up a camera so...... We'll see if it even tries to take the bait.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

Yes they are good climbers, they also eat a ton of ticks and snakes, they are immune to snake venom so people around here like having them around, they eat the rattlesnakes. If your bait doesn't work, try canned sardines tomorrow. Just buy a can of sardines in water or oil. They love fish.

I put salmon and chicken flavored wet food. Hope that's good enough.

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Can possums climb? I assume yes since it got into the ceiling somehow...

I put the trap on the floor by an open ceiling utility room. I saw somethings dropped off the shelves, so I assume the damn thing goes down there.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

Possums are prolific around here and I've had a couple in my house and encountered a half dozen trying to get my chickens eggs. They are like rats or mice, and you can pick them up by the tail without hurting them. Last one that I had in my kitchen, I walked up to it, it played dead, I snatched it up by its tail and gently set it down near the treeline. They aren't vicious in my experience.

Problem is I can't get to it. It's in the ceiling of the basement. Half of my basement ceiling is finished, the other half is dropped ceiling. I thought I had a mice, because my cats got so curious of the floor on the first floor / ceiling on the basement, so I started taking down the dropped ceiling to see wtf is up, and saw a possum scurry away towards the finished ceiling side.

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I bought a trap, littered dry cat food around it, and placed wet cat food deep in the trap. Hope this works tonight.

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Carpet tape:
https://www.amazon.com/XFasten-Double-Carpet-Residue-Free-Applications/dp/B0141L81GS/

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There's like no one there. Now, the streets are literally filled with people and cars.

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I never bought clothing at Kohls, so don't know about their sizes.

Anyway, I'm home now so more free to type up details. The customer bitched her out because the associate wouldn't give a refund but store credit, as the customer did not have a receipt nor used a credit card for the original purchase (to look it up on their system).

The customer kept raising her voice at the associate that the clothing doesn't fit, the extra large clothing is too small for her son, that the associate should refund her, etc. The associate said the topic title herein, then the customer said "what did you say?", to which the associate just brushed off and said she'll call her manager to process the refund.

The associate told the customer to step aside while they wait for the manager, so that the associate can process other people, but the customer, obviously, rejected this.

The manager came pretty quickly though. And in the end, she got her cash refund but for the lowest sale price in the past month or whatever for each item. Literally each item the associate scanned and the refund price showed up, the customer argued that wasn't the price she paid.

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On a line for customer service to return my Amazon order and this one lady returning a bunch of clothing is bitching that the Kohl clothing sizes run small for her son. And the associate said that back to her. LOL

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Used to be ~$20 for two people, but limited to 1gb shared. Xfinity Mobile, a Verizon MVNO.

Now, we're doing T-Mobile magenta plan for four people for $96/mo (splitting the cost with my parents). Unlimited data plus Netflix and various free stuff every Tuesdays. Definitely worth the price increase (for two people).

We got four free iPhone 11 Pros too to switch (parents came from AT&T), so came out like a bandit lol.

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Okay so I've done a lot of googling.

Apparently you can't harm a possum as it's protected under law. From what I searched: Tomorrow, I plan on walking around the house looking for any holes, then going to Home Depot to buy caulking/wood fillers/etc. to patch any holes and a trap (like what @Tyranthraxus posted).

Going to take the dropped ceiling panels off and set that trap in the ceiling with wet cat food.

Hopefully tomorrow night, it'll be in the trap. Then I can drive it to some near by park and let it go.

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Zikten posted...

Just shoo it out with a broom. No need to kill the poor thing

It's in the ceiling.

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I called 911 and they forwarded me to animal control, which is closed...

Bah.

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Scared. Don't know wtf to do. Called two different exterminators, they say they don't handle possums.

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My prediction:
Tuesday night, Trump will be ahead by double digits. Then over the next several days to a few weeks, Biden will catch up and surpass Trump by single digits. Trump will claim election fraud and sue / call upon whatever he can (supreme court?) afterwards.

I can foresee a shit show...

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