I Applaud your 20lb moggy. I was lucky enough to own a 21lb Beast Of Bodmin type Puss, and he really did keep the vermin at bay. In truth, he was a wuss. I saw him approach mice and just go"meh" at them. But I really think there is some sort of "big cat smell" that keeps them at bay...

Ladies. Gents. Can I just say that in our Copenhagen office there is free beer..

I can attest to the "kitty odure repels our murine friends."

and of course there is no such flipping thing an energy healing ...

Excellent point..I am a UK native and yes.. they do. Yorkies are a nasty, slightly cute, yappy dog. They are actually very good guard dogs.they yap at ANYTHING without predudice...

I am not brave. I just am not afraid of rodents. I am very afraid of humans who may be violent, but I can sort our murine cousins out ...mouse or rat...no problem.

So glad you work in peads.... good that decent folks are taking that on.

Well... then can I chuck some books your way? I'd go for any of the WONDERFUL 1940s, 1950s stuff, you can look it all up on google these days but they used to be anthologised in "Astounding!" magazine or any of their competitors...RayBradbury, John W Campbell... A E Van Vogt... Cordwainer smith... etc. Great stuff.…

Han'gray. I absolutely and uttlerly feel your torment. You did the right thing. At that level, only a "mega cat" (mine was a 22lb monster, not fat, just...big) or a dog will do the job.

Um... isn't that what I said? Of course the principles of behaviour operate continously. Skinner is an extreme example (sorry I'm a scientist operating in the application of this field..)

You know, that background isn't so far from a lot of people in the Uk and US. You are a smart and reasonable person who can see that there are all sorts of people in this world. And really..there's an awful lot of horribleness..but being in love with a person of your own gender isnt one of them- I say this as a…

My GP won't , becuase they aren't the type to whack a spot of biro onto my lifeline. Incidentally, and if anyone is at all interested, I moved from UK to Sweden and Oh My.. the health care is worlds better...BUT here in Sverige they all said to me "oh, so we are all exhorted to take the UK model on.. what's that…

Yup, that's a reasonably sized rat. 40cm, for our metric friends.

You're all very squeamish. I assume you've never lived in a tenement with our murine friends? If you have, you will be more than happy to give the wee blighters the swift death of a breakback trap (these folks should have used a large rat trap, the small trap they have is insufficient for such a large rat, they are…

I detest those headlines. "X reasons why Y! U'll be shocked!"

You may have out gayed yourself back into the realms of straight and then YOU BE SAVED! (gah..)

I just cannot fathom this wierd "argh the gays" type stuff. Really, where does this hate come from? It's people falling in love (or attraction, just like us straights.) I'm a very uptight Brit who really is rather bewildered by the universe at large but one thing I do know is that I DO NOT GIVE A FLYING TOSS about…

Nothing wrong with that part of the world!! It's flipping beautiful. And you know, for all the mockery...we have places like that in the UK too (UK White Paper devoted to inbreeding in Bethesda in Wales for the win...) I am cheered to know that EVERYWHERE there are smart people with a good sense of humour. I work a…

MAAAAHAHAHAH. Oh my. That is hilarious. Yes, babs' expression is all "oooooh I'm going to have a widdle! Man the lifeboats!"

Oliver Sacks, excuse my Autocorrect. (BAD AUTOCORRECT:)