Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

How unkind!

Yes ~ but it's an old, old one this one. Shad's showing his age.

 

[BY Bob]

I hate to say this but a hawk could still get them. I know on the island people would hang their budgie cages on the verandah until they realised the hawks were attacking & killing their birds through the cage wire.

Say she pancakes on the bottom. The hawk could really reach that far down through the pot to get her? I would think that a crab pot is much bigger than a budgie cage but maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Ribh]

For @RoyalChick .
This is why you didn't notice the side openings.
There is an oval ring of metal holding the netting open just enough to let a crab in. It tunnels so getting in is easy; getting out is impossible.

I've circled the 4 outer openings & one of the inner ones. The wire rims are supported by plastic tubing so the whole pot can be collapsed for storage. The netting on top is pulled closed by the black string ~ which is why I can't always undo it. Under tension & salt water it pulls really tight.

 

[Ribh]

Say she pancakes on the bottom. The hawk could really reach that far down through the pot to get her? I would think that a crab pot is much bigger than a budgie cage but maybe I'm wrong.

Maybe not then but if she panicked, as she usually does, & runs round the pot, I think a hawk could take her.

 

[MaryJanet]

For @RoyalChick .
This is why you didn't notice the side openings.
There is an oval ring of metal holding the netting open just enough to let a crab in. It tunnels so getting in is easy; getting out is impossible.
View attachment 2997985
I've circled the 4 outer openings & one of the inner ones. The wire rims are supported by plastic tubing so the whole pot can be collapsed for storage. The netting on top is pulled closed by the black string ~ which is why I can't always undo it. Under tension & salt water it pulls really tight.
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I learned more about crab pots in this one post than I've learned my whole life and my family used to go crabbing. Recreationally. Maybe that's why they never really knew much.

 

[Ribh]

I learned more about crab pots in this one post than I've learned my whole life and my family used to go crabbing. Recreationally. Maybe that's why they never really knew much.

You may have had a different sort of pot, MJ. There are all sorts. The boys use pro pots But many people make their own.

 

[MaryJanet]

You may have had a different sort of pot, MJ. There are all sorts. The boys use pro pots But many people make their own.

Now you mention it, that makes a lot of sense.

 

[RoyalChick]

Steps to wash the Cat.
1. Thoroughly clean the toilet.
2. Add correct amount of shampoo to the toilet water, and lift both lids.
3. Soothe the cat while carrying it towards the bathroom.
4. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids.
5. CAUTION: Stand back. Avoid claws.
6. Flush the toilet three or four times to “power wash and rinse.”
7. Open the outside door.
8. Ensure that there are no people between the toilet and the outside door.
9. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids.
10. The clean cat will rocket from the toilet, and through the outside door.

Spoken like a man who doesn’t regularly handle cats. Anyway, who washes a cat? They are like self cleaning ovens and do it themselves.

 

[RoyalChick]

For @RoyalChick .
This is why you didn't notice the side openings.
There is an oval ring of metal holding the netting open just enough to let a crab in. It tunnels so getting in is easy; getting out is impossible.
View attachment 2997985
I've circled the 4 outer openings & one of the inner ones. The wire rims are supported by plastic tubing so the whole pot can be collapsed for storage. The netting on top is pulled closed by the black string ~ which is why I can't always undo it. Under tension & salt water it pulls really tight.
View attachment 2997986​

Thank you! That makes it all much clearer.

 

[Shadrach]

Spoken like a man who doesn’t regularly handle cats. Anyway, who washes a cat? They are like self cleaning ovens and do it themselves.

I'm loathe to tell you this, but I have bathed a cat and it was a complete mission.
The cat had rolled in badger shite and stank.
I got delegated to do the clean up.