platypus

For those of you living Down Under, it's a Racoon.



A nasty beastie that is very intelligent and quite comfortable living in an urban environment. A few were living in a huge dead tree in my backyard until I cut it down. They have since moved into the vacant lot next to me from whence they launch nightly raids on my trashcans. Although they often knock them over, the cans' locking lids stay shut. These bastards are huge and probably weigh 50-60 pounds. Woke up late one night to three of them brawling in the street out front. An unbelievable sight and sound.

An uneasy truce now exists between me and these masked bandits. But I know they are watching me. Waiting for me to slip up, make a mistake...

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Out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net.