[GreenKeys] Teletype and furry mammals

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Hi  Richard, and Nick, I hope you can help me out to direct information
about a Teletype Model 28 I have for sale.

I was directed to this community but I am a bit lost here. I am also in the
middle of this thread so please pardon me the interruption.

Best regards,

Alvaro Gallego

On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 4:08 PM Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>     I was going to make a joke answer but this is serious.
>     I've found that rats and mice like certain kinds of
> insulation  and are attracted to other things to chew that are
> puzzling; for instance some paper boxes. They chew the insulation
> off some types of wire and ignore others. I don't know what it is
> they like. I found for baiting mouse/rat traps bread is more
> effective than the traditional baits like cheese, bacon or even
> peanut butter. I expect there is something in Teletype machines,
> insulation perhaps, that the critters like. Also, small animals
> like little caves and will get into cabinet drawers (from the
> back), radio cabinets (also from the back), etc. Of course they
> also like it warm but most of the rat/mouse damage I've seen was
> in gear that was stored for quite a long time.
>     BTW, I was a a WalMart yesterday and saw (wait for it)
> packaged rad/mouse food! Not poisoned bait for food for pet rats
> and mice. I know people keep white mice but didn't know anyone
> kept pet rats.
>      Maybe the rats are attracted to something known as RATT.
>
> On 2/18/2019 12:59 PM, Nick England wrote:
> > What is it about teletypes?
> > I swear I have just cleaned enough fur out of a 28 typing unit to
> > reconstruct an entire adult male Persian cat. Somewhere out there
> > must be a very cold kitty......
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
> WB6KBL
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