I suppose it is bound to happen if you live in a wooden house in a semi-rural area. Our house has become besieged by woodpeckers. The insistent, get-you-up-out-of-bed nagging of their rapping on the walls reminds me of the inescapable angst of having money worries. The problem is, I know what to do about financial doubts. Woodpeckers are another matter. Whose house is this anyway? I can assure you that my wife and I have a clear legal title to this house. The woodpeckers don t have a hint of a claim on the property, yet here they are. They drill perfectly round holes in the siding for their homes, and then start building additions by clearing out the insulation and whatever else is in the interior walls. After all, what self-respecting woodpecker can live without a man cave and a gourmet kitchen? The funny thing is, we ve been in this house for 18 years, and the woodpeckers didn t show up for the first several years. Maybe it is because the previous owners had a gun, and we don t. The
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