My New York Subway

 

The NYC subway in 2010, looking way more inviting than the 1973 photos from Flikr.

 

RSS Feeds

Finally found the time to add some RSS feeds today.  I'm not sure how useful I will find this - will need a couple of weeks of actually using it I think.

Persephone Books
Guardian newspaper Top 10 books
The New Yorker Book Bench
New York Public Library Flikr photostream

New York Subway

 

  

Here are some delightful photos I found on Flikr.  They are from the U.S National Archives photostream and were taken in May 1973.  The subway trains that I took last year looked nothing like these pics.  Maybe I will bore you all further by posting one of my own subway photos so you can see the difference for yourselves...

The subway is a great way to get around NYC but I also walked and got the occasional cross town bus.  I usually just followed my sister around because we established early on that I have a fairly poor sense of direction and not the best map reading skills either.  Oh well.

Mouse House

I need advice on how to get rid of the mice that have taken up residence in my house.  I have less than 2 weeks before my sister arrives in Perth to stay with me and she will probably get the first plane back to London if she finds out she is co-habiting with rodents! 

I have several traps set up around the house and have tried peanut butter, pumpkin seeds, cheese, nuts and nutella as bait.  So far I have only caught one mouse (with peanut butter).  Everyday I see them scurrying in and out of my kitchen and every night they leave droppings all over my kitchen counter (which is scrubbed down every night and all food stuffs locked away securely).  The galling thing is that often there will be mouse droppings in close proximity to the traps but the bait in the trap is untouched. 

HELP!!!  I am considering trying poison next...  but who knows if they will even eat it?!