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From: Ralph Walter <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: Boids, Doity, Filthy, Disgusting, Boids


>Hello, Boys and Girls!
>
>Sharpshooter has convinced me to tell it to the Pinheads, so here goes:
>
>I have a project under construction  (the New York Athletic Club) in
>Manhattan that includes installation of birdproofing netting.  I spec'd
3/4"
>stainless steel mesh (to be installed horizontally in a couple of
instances),
>having been told [after extensive research a couple years back, which I now
>cannot recreate] that 2" was going to let sparrows and other little shitty
>birds through, while it kept big shitty flying rats (pigeons, to the bird
>fanciers among us) the hell out.
>
>The Contractor bid the 3/4" mesh, and now tells me that the 3/4" mesh is
only
>available woven (rather than welded; he claims that such a small mesh is
too
>small for the welding machine they use to weld the 2" stuff), so it will be
>difficult to keep intact; will weigh (and deflect) much more than the 2"
>mesh; and lastly, the only real problem (bird-wise, that is) we have here
in
>the Center of the Universe is pigeons, and there aint no damn sparrows
>anyway.  And, furthermore, if any sparrows show up, he'll dismantle (or
>powerwash) their nests away, which evidently has a deterrent effect on the
>little bastards.
>
>So, does anybody know (other than Sharpshooter, who claims not to know, but
>may be playing possum like he did in the subway those many months ago)
>whether our avian problems are indeed limited to pigeons; whether there's a
>source for welded small-mesh stainless steel that'll keep all these fuckers
>out; whether if I can get what I want, I will have created the world's
>nicest, cleanest, tightly-gridded toilet for the pigeons to s(h)it on and
>through, where they might be unable to s(h)it comfortably on 2" mesh and
>therefore take their business elsewhere; or what the hell I should do?
>
>Your assistance will be much appreciated.
>
>Ralph
>