[OT]: Limited data transfer outside local network ..?

[Gene Heskett]

David G. Miller wrote:
> George Arseneault <george_arseneault2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> --- "David G. Miller" <dave at davenjudy.org> wrote:
>>
>>>> They finally sent a service tech out to check the
>>>> problem.  Turns out a squirrel had chewed through part of cat5 line 
>>>> to the
>>>> antenna.  They replaced the line and I coated it with hot sauce
>>>> (Cold Cap to be exact).  Hopefully, the neighborhood squirrels don't
>>>> like spicy food.
>>>   
>>
>> Sorry but, a friend just pointed out that squirrels
>> and birds do not taste 'heat'.
>>
> Your friend is half correct.  Birds do not "taste" pepper heat; mammals 
> do.  Could be that rodents such as squirrels also aren't affected but 
> I'd be surprised.  These folks:
> 
> http://www.hotbirdseed.com/html/history.html
> 
> have based their business on squirrels not liking hot stuff.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave
> 
Way off topic, but I have to relate about a parakeet I had when I was a 
child 60 years ago.  This parakeet had the run of the house as he was 
basicly a people person, never really understanding why we didn't fly 
around the place like he could.

We kept a can of Babo, the abrasive/cleansing/bleaching powder on the 
windowsill above the kitchen sink.  This bird discovered it, and kept 
the top of that can absolutely sparkling clean by licking the powder off 
the can as soon as he could.  We thought it might hurt him, but he 
survived for about a decade, finally making it through the screen door 
one warm summer day when a visitor held it open too long.

-- 
Cheers, Gene