another silly poll

[Poll #166489]

garage repair

I was up on a ladder trying to cut some gutter supports with a hacksaw, when I noticed a long pink snout sticking out from between some rotting boards. I didn't have a heart attack or leap from the ladder. I did quickly determine that it belonged to an oppossum. The boards up there have long been rotted, and I tore some of them down... a long time ago. So I think the thing (orthers) have been crawling in and out there for a while. Anyway, I could see it on the inside of the garge, poking its head over the top of the wall. I opened the garage door and went back to beat on the outside of the garage with a hammer, hoping I would scare it out of it's hiding spot. No dice. I was able to poke at its tail with the handle of the hammer, but it still wouldn't climb out. Too bright down there, I guess. Finally, I got the hose. That flushed it out. It climbed over to the garage door and walked over it to the other side, then crawled over the wall. *sigh*

I was then able to tear down the rest of the gutter without having an animal fall on me, but now the thing is still in the garge. Or was. It's probably out and about now. And I wasn't able to get the new wood back on the garage, so it will likely climb back in by morning.