Come on Bill, that web site was fun! But the projects are more directed to a female audience. Can't wait to try the ombre' nail polish trick.
The chain clothesline was a neat idea. Chances are the metal got uncomfortably hot in the sun. I've seen the squirrels climb up and down the chain that suspends my bird feeder, but it is in the shade.
DJ
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Z" <devilsadvacat@...> wrote:
>
> Hard to believe that webpage has wayyyy more than 2
> million hits for it
>
>
> There are a lot of things you can do with the stiff gauge
> of wire used for clothes hangers but I don't think they
> make them anymore but a lot of the old ones are still
> being circulated. You can use them to hang bird feeders
> from a cloth or metal chain clothesline.
>
> The flippin grey squirrels were tight-roping their way
> across my cloth line to get to feeders and then they
> chewed through the fishing line before bringing
> everything down. So I went to Home Depot and had them
> cut some chain for me and for some reason the squirrels
> stopped bothering to try and traverse across the chain
> as I was expecting.
>
> I was on the verge of setting up a battery operated
> hot-charge "surprise" for the squirrels if they
> continued to persist, but this problem seems to be
> solved for now.
>
>
> Bill Zardus
> Delaware County, PA
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackYard-Birds/
> I am changing the focus of this group above to people
> who want back-yard bird feeding tips, since no other
> group is doing that.
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