Date: 5/8/25 8:58 am From: Dody Wyman <dody...> Subject: Re: [birders] Time for Thinking Caps
I can’t remember where I got this, but it was a couple of decades ago! It takes only a little effort to force the handle to lock the top in place. I’ve never had anything break into it. I’ll poke around and see if I can find one online… If they made them “back then”, and it still works for me, “they” must be still making them…
Dody

On May 8, 2025, at 10:46 AM, Su Clift <coffeebeansu...> wrote:
> On May 8, 2025, at 10:33 AM, Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...> <mailto:<fkaluza...>> wrote:
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> Any ideas here? For years I’ve been a proponent of storing seeds and nuts and “Crow-Kibbles” in galvanized trash cans outside. Put a little silicone caulk around the places where the lids and sides are pierced for handles and they make nice solid (if not attractive) storage bins. They don’t rust for a long time and can’t be chewed-through but…I accidentally left the lid off of one of them last week and about a dozen squirrels exploded out of there when I approached in the morning. The worst part was that a Raccoon had learned that this is where I keep “his” food. Since then it’s been a battle to keep him from standing on his hind legs and pushing the lids off at night. He’s gotten to the point where he can force cinder-blocks off! I don’t want him to get hurt so I need a better idea. I can’t believe no one sells metal trash cans with locking lids. I’ve used bungee cords in the past only to find them chewed-through. For the last week I’ve lined-up the cans (6 of them) side by side and rotated the lids so I can slide 10’ sections of concrete reinforcement rods through all the handles at once but it takes about six of them, is a real pain and will eventually scrape off the Zinc and they’ll start rusting. Maybe I have to bring them all into the garage or…build some huge bin with a hinged lid? I could probably scrounge enough pallet-wood and go with that idea. Might be a good project to do with the grand-kids this summer. What do I do in the meantime?
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