I’m going to boil up a dead rat for my kids right now. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Oh, so this is why you're so infamous. Bigotry. Interesting. And no, we aren't going to drop it. Add New Jersey to that list.

How toxic a dead thing is doesn't care if you disagree lol.

Best of luck, I hope your disregard for this never bites you in the ass (or anyone you care about that you ever share this stuff with).

Finding mice or red squirrels in a sap bucket is very common.

I disagree with your disagree. It’s not.

Huge disagree. It absolutely is a danger to human health.

Ya'll can do whatever you want, but it's mind-blowing to me to see people just hand-wave this. Your health is worth a lot more than a bucket of sap.

This is admittedly a huge red flag to me ever wanting to try anyone's home-tapped syrup though lol, yikes.

Meh, again it’s gross but not a danger to human health. There’s not enough bacteria to produce enough toxins a this scenario to have an effect. You probably eat worse all the time.

Depends how many people you’re playing with. Wingspan, Obsession, Catan, Splendor for more than 2. Schotten Totten and Shobu when we have a one on one matchup.

A dead, decomposing mouse? All the literal shit the bacteria growing in/on it produce as they consume it.

Not to mention you have literally no clue if a rodent has consumed poison or not.

There's a reason you can't cook rotting food. Asking what toxins are in a mouse is the same as asking what toxins are in the ham you threw in your fridge. The toxins are a byproduct of bacteria living on it. You can't cook that away. A dead rat is going to decompose the same way the ham in your fridge will.

Also, y'know, when you put the ham in your fridge it doesn't have literal feces in it like a living (and now dead) creature will.

I think Vermont has always been pretty exclusive...like since it's inception. It fell between the British colonies and the French water routes and so it never got attention until Benning Wentworth started the New Hampshire grants, even then it was disputed territory. Seems the history is alive and well in some form or fashion.

I don't want to meet, or sell to, people that would consume this.

This kind of mentality is what killed tiny houses.

So you work in a low volume poorly disciplined warehouse, doubt that’s the norm.

Truly foul, awesome story lol

Hooray for Azul! Which version? I've been playing the original for several years and my son just got me Summer Pavillion

Our young cat fell into our neighbor’s sap tank last season and couldn’t get out and drowned. We were looking for her for two days before we figured out what happened & where she was. It was very sad and I’ll always think of her this time of year. She was only 1.5 years old.

I’m not sure, I’ll have to let him know if he hasn’t already be lurking on these comments. :)

Catan and pandemic

We had a board game weekend and a group decided to learn to play Everdell, it looked similar to Wingspan but I didn’t get into their game enough to learn. It took them a good couple hours at least with learning and playing.

Also, a friend of mine made Tiny Towns! If you like it he’s got a new game out called Wormholes and a kickstarter (which might be closed) for a game called Fit to Print. Both are excellent.

Has he tried hero realms? Same game, but fantasy themed *and* has a challenging/fun campaign you can play (My wife and I play it constantly)

My husband is addicted to star realms. It’s great because he can play the mobile version with all his friends that live out of state.

Gravitas & Labyrinth

Ah cool, hadn’t encountered this site yet, I’ll check them out. Thanks!

Yeah I know. I was reading some of the comments.

Well it was a squirrel, so, much cleaner than a rat, right?