Comments on: All Hostile Yard Rodents, Turn To The Right

By: stewlev

stewlev — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:40:41 +0000

While my son and his wife did 3 years in New York I had custody of the 3 miniature daschunds. Each weighed 11 pounds and when the neighbors kid karate chopped part of the fence down the 3 girls cornered the 130 pound neighbors dog and had him cowering for mercy. The also wasted a ‘possum, a number of birds, frogs, snakes, and mice. The only thing that trespassed in their yard and got away were the squirrels. They rid us of a mouse problem we had in the house. They’re now back in Austin and we do miss them.

I grew up on Morris Ave. between Kingsbridge Road and 192nd St. over by St. James Park and the old Fordham Skating Rink which might have been before your time. I left permanently in 1965 and have been in Houston since 1971.

By: Chris McG B.

Chris McG B. — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:12:14 +0000

Hey, I thought that our school song was:
Sine, cosine, cosine, sine, 3.14159, go science!

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:22:02 +0000

Next time you see a hissing football in your backyard, give me a call. I’ll send Wilson over and he’ll take care of it in quick order. He’s good at ridding the world of hissing footballs (as you know).

By: joecab

joecab — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:43:21 +0000

I never forgave my parents for moving us to NJ when I was in eighth grade. I was DYING to go to Bronx Sci. *sob*

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:36:18 +0000

Amy, It truly is. Any day now, I’m prepared to see some animal on the Endangered Species list (Newspapers? Mom-and-Pop convenience stores?) make an appearance. I’ve got my machete handy, believe you me.

By the way, for anyone who might be reading this, Amy R. will be making her debut this Sunday, July 5 as a crossword puzzle constructor for the New York Times. I think everyone should get hold of a copy and do her puzzle.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:18:55 +0000

Lori, The ironic thing here is that Jade is a Terrier, so her DNA is supposed to tell her that she’s programmed to hunt these suckers down and dispose of them. No one’s ever told her that, though, so for now she just thinks they’re weird-looking dogs.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:17:22 +0000

Joe, I KNEW you were a Bronx boy at heart! I actually grew up in Riverdale, cheek-by-jowl to the Henry Hudson Parkway, but went to Bronx Science.

By: Amy R.

Amy R. — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:05:14 +0000

Hey, I grew up in the ‘burbs and I wouldn’t have known exactly what that thing was. (Might’ve been in my first three guesses, but nothing definite.) How exotic! It’s like you’re living in the Amazon rainforest.

By: Lori Vivelo Payne

Lori Vivelo Payne — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:12:13 +0000

You need a bigger dog — mine have been known to EAT ground hogs (as brutal as that sounds, it’s actually a GOOD thing, because ground hogs can really tear up some garden green beans!). LOVE your blog!!!

By: joecab

joecab — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:13:35 +0000

But was it a … DRAMATIC groundhog?

Hey where’d you grow up in the Bronx? I grew up around W. 176th and University Ave in Morris Heights…