since they are japanese.. one might holler CARP!!!!

ken ...

who sits outside every night for 3 to 4 hours.. reading.. perhaps it smells better out here in the country.. as compared the the asphalt jungle... excepts its sometimes hard to concentrate on the book with the din of those freakin country birds ... so i light an M80.. and than am so deafened.. the birds dont bother me ...

I just read an article that said cedar oil repels/kills them. They suggested a homemade solution - take two Eastern Red Cedar planks and soak in hot water for 24 hours. Use the soaking water as a spray.

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