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Re: Anyone had bugs eat hatch foam?
By:Tony
Date: 10/10/2000, 6:49 pm
In Response To: Re: Anyone had bugs eat hatch foam? (john rominski)

: no but the mice in NH eat foam, motorcycle helmet liners, inflatable boats,
: and the like, also they shred anything else shreddable for their nests.

: Heard you have termites too. Up here we have carpenter ants, distant kissing
: cousins to termiates.

: Anyone lose a boat to termites lately?

Don't know, cause I never saw the critter. It must be a pretty darn big rat or it could be my neighbor's pesty dog. Whatever it was, it chew up the whole stern and 1/3 of the canvas on the boat. Needless to say that was a gonna.

Messages In This Thread

Anyone had bugs eat hatch foam?
David Walker -- 10/9/2000, 1:20 am
Re: Anyone had bugs eat hatch foam?
john rominski -- 10/9/2000, 8:17 pm
Re: Anyone had bugs eat hatch foam?
Tony -- 10/10/2000, 6:49 pm