Your drawing of the mouse was a timely one for me. Last weekend we visited my father in law. He is 80 but has a plane he rarely flies but will not sell. I think the plane personifies his youth in his mind. He keeps his plane in a rented hanger at a very rural airport outside Russelville. Last winter mice got in his hanger seeking shelter. They got in the plane and chewed the insulation off the wires of some of the gages and controls. It cost my father in a law a fortune to get everything tested and repaired. Not to mention the assault this perpetrated upon the icon of his youth.

He was prepared for the mice the fall. He set out 6 spring traps and 4 glue traps. When we opened the door to the hanger I noticed the glee in his demeanor as he surveyed the mice in the traps. I will have to suggest to him that he start putting tick marks on his traps as well.