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10/05/2008, 16:23 Frenchie Joined on 31/05/2007 2 Sèvres,79 Posts 3,563 Re: Ragondin Must be that, cos I also tick all the boxes ... Happy    Report

10/05/2008, 16:23 NormanH Joined on 10/04/2008 Posts 179 Re: Ragondin  Cat wrote: Good grief, if Saligo Bay doesn't understand it then no one will Norman Who is this paragon? Someone who doesn't understand the use of 'hosts' to mean host nation, and who assumes that if one French person agrees with a British one on a particular issue that causes a problem as far as the rest of France is concerned. I referred to a site (which nobody has commented on) which gives a pretty clear idea of the problem that this pest causes, and which outlines measures which can be taken against them in France, where France is the host nation and has the right to make the rules. If Little Britons conflate British attude with "brains," and French practice with "something else but we don't/cant read/ cant understand the website so we can't say what it is"  we are getting close  to arrogant smugness.    Report

10/05/2008, 22:54 SaligoBay Joined on 23/08/2004 uncharted outer reaches of Montpellier Agglo Posts 2,951 Re: Ragondin  NormanH wrote: getting close  to arrogant smugness. Only getting close?    Ah, Norman, you know how to wound a girl.      I've been working on arrogant smugness for YEARS!   One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.    Report

10/05/2008, 22:57 Dick Smith Joined on 23/08/2004 Surrey and Manche (Pays Mortainais) Posts 8,732 Re: Ragondin Arrogant smugness? That's nothing. Keep working on it. Apparently I'm a condescending bully and a forum death-eater. Or something. How can you be condescending AND a bully at the same time? I mean, I would if I could, but... Regards Dick Smith Nowhere is there warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground    Report

11/05/2008, 3:26 SaligoBay Joined on 23/08/2004 uncharted outer reaches of Montpellier Agglo Posts 2,951 Re: Ragondin  Dick Smith wrote: Apparently I'm a condescending bully and a forum death-eater. That's quite an achievement for one so young.   You won't let it go to your head, will you?  One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.    Report

11/05/2008, 7:03 cassis Joined on 28/12/2007 Manhattan and Glasgow Posts 309 Re: Ragondin Keep working on it, everyone.  Always room for improvement.  Zoggy played guitar, jammin' good with Weird and Golly. Lyrics copyright Sausage Music 2008    Report

11/05/2008, 9:45 SaligoBay Joined on 23/08/2004 uncharted outer reaches of Montpellier Agglo Posts 2,951 Re: Ragondin Mr Cassis, you dare to show your sausagey face after such a barbarous crime against fluffy ragondinity.  One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.    Report

11/05/2008, 10:01 Cathy Joined on 07/03/2006 Mostly near Bordeaux; Sometimes near Bristol Posts 1,688 Re: Ragondin Getting back to original subject, how did you trap the creature in the cage in the first place, Cassis?  I saw that you changed the location of the cage.  Did you have to put some bait in?  Why didn't other creatures get into the cage?   Cathy ----- Your children won't remember you ironing their pyjamas but they will remember you reading them a bedside story.    Report

11/05/2008, 10:17 Frenchie Joined on 31/05/2007 2 Sèvres,79 Posts 3,563 Re: Ragondin Here in Deux Sèvres they place apples inside the cage, and if they catch another creature, they just let it go free. Then, the spike method seems to be used , which I find barbaric, or shooting , which seems to be widespread.. ( probably the quickest way..) Poison still exists, but it has to be placed by the authorities, nevertheless, it tends to disappear since it can destroy other species and even birds who coud eat the dead ragondins. ( And I can imagine the ragondins  have a slow pâinful death.. Does instant poison exist?) Best thing would be for those creatures not to be born at all.. What about sort of a contraceptive  in apples  on the banks?? ( Yes, I know, I am naive...)      Happy    Report

11/05/2008, 10:19 Dick Smith Joined on 23/08/2004 Surrey and Manche (Pays Mortainais) Posts 8,732 Re: Ragondin You can't get the ragondins to wear them - no opposable thumbs. Regards Dick Smith Nowhere is there warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground    Report

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