HARRIS, Minn. - Nearly 50 cats are looking for their forever homes after they were all rescued from inside a hot car in Minnesota.
Someone reported a sedan cramped with cats on Tuesday at the Goose Creek rest stop. Deputies had to wear gas masks because the conditions were so bad inside the car.
When I worked in a trailer park, a man passed away, who was a bit off. He fed all the neighborhood feral cats. They found him around 2 days later when his brother, who lived in the same park, didn't hear from him, and checked and found him dead. The dead guy was not too bad, but he had cut a hole in the floor of his trailer, so the cats could come and go at will. I finally had to go in and clean the place out, around a month later, after setting off 3 days of bug bombs. The cats left after the food stopped, so they were no longer a problem. The droppings that they left was, however, a problem. It was a nightmare, to say the least. The reason that I didn't have to clean it until a month later was someone bought the place and was going to live in it, bringing his mail order bride over to live with him. The problem was, there was no running water, and the bottom of the trailer was only around 25" from the ground. He could not get to the leaks to replace the lines, and he wanted me to do it. I refused to even try and crawl under that nasty mess, no matter what he offered to pay me. So he left, and gave the trailer back to the park, which had given it to him. I got it cleaned out, throwing away very expensive oak furniture, electronics, etc. I had no intention of even trying to sell something that had been exposed to such awful an environment. I wore a full white suit, booties, gloves and goggles and face mask, to even walk into the place to look and inspect what I was going to do to clean it out. I think it took at least 6-7 pick up truck loads of garbage, not including the furniture and clothing, etc. And again, I am reminded that women complain just how they only make 80 cents to the dollar of what men make. If the trailer park could get someone to do such a job for 80% of the cost, they would of course have done so. That was as close as I ever came to refusing to do something at that job. I did refuse to do jobs at my foundry job, that was too dangerous and that the regular person refused to do. If the furnace operator would not run a furnace that was too dangerous, then I as the utility man was certainly not going to do it. I did every job in the plant, so I filled in for everyone from furnace operators, to caster operators, ladle operators, crane guys, etc. So I was actually trained for all jobs. It was a way to make sure that during extreme heat, like now, guys could get away from the melt floor, and get some relief from the heat.
The car owner was one hell of a cat herder....
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When I worked in a trailer park, a man passed away, who was a bit off. He fed all the neighborhood feral cats. They found him around 2 days later when his brother, who lived in the same park, didn't hear from him, and checked and found him dead. The dead guy was not too bad, but he had cut a hole in the floor of his trailer, so the cats could come and go at will.
ReplyDeleteI finally had to go in and clean the place out, around a month later, after setting off 3 days of bug bombs. The cats left after the food stopped, so they were no longer a problem. The droppings that they left was, however, a problem. It was a nightmare, to say the least.
The reason that I didn't have to clean it until a month later was someone bought the place and was going to live in it, bringing his mail order bride over to live with him. The problem was, there was no running water, and the bottom of the trailer was only around 25" from the ground. He could not get to the leaks to replace the lines, and he wanted me to do it. I refused to even try and crawl under that nasty mess, no matter what he offered to pay me. So he left, and gave the trailer back to the park, which had given it to him.
I got it cleaned out, throwing away very expensive oak furniture, electronics, etc. I had no intention of even trying to sell something that had been exposed to such awful an environment. I wore a full white suit, booties, gloves and goggles and face mask, to even walk into the place to look and inspect what I was going to do to clean it out. I think it took at least 6-7 pick up truck loads of garbage, not including the furniture and clothing, etc.
And again, I am reminded that women complain just how they only make 80 cents to the dollar of what men make. If the trailer park could get someone to do such a job for 80% of the cost, they would of course have done so. That was as close as I ever came to refusing to do something at that job. I did refuse to do jobs at my foundry job, that was too dangerous and that the regular person refused to do. If the furnace operator would not run a furnace that was too dangerous, then I as the utility man was certainly not going to do it. I did every job in the plant, so I filled in for everyone from furnace operators, to caster operators, ladle operators, crane guys, etc. So I was actually trained for all jobs. It was a way to make sure that during extreme heat, like now, guys could get away from the melt floor, and get some relief from the heat.
Used to live near there.
ReplyDeleteHow dare they leave such filth at a $7 million, architect-designed rest stop?!?
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/goose-creek-rest-area-still-unfinished-now-open-to-public/