The sound of an animal in distress is an awful sound.
The sound of an animal in distress for 12 plus hours when you're unable to find who trapped them or where? Well that's enough to put you over the edge.
So, laymen and professionals... if you're going to put out a trap, check it regularly. I did not need to ever say I've heard an animal crying in fear (and hopefully not pain) for half a day.
Update: I contacted an animal rescue place and they said any traps must be checked every 24 hours. Without solid proof that it wasn't, I can't report them, but you bet I'll be tracking things if anything like this happens again.
Whoops. Double Whoops!
I have an (older) Apple laptop, and some of you who do as well, may know the frustration of the charger cords. They are absolutely the weak point of these devices and constantly fray and break. Especially, it seems, for me, probably due to the angle of my cord compared to where it has to plug in and where I spend most of my time. So because this part breaks so much, I get tired of paying the $100 for the replacement I know isn't going to live all that long. Last time I got a replacement I tried to fortify the break point, but it still went. And then I ordered a slightly cheaper one off of Amazon. It didn't come from apple, but arrived with all apple branding, so... I figured it was real enough. *shrug* It frayed as well, and this time the protective coating was only slightly split so I left it for a while, intending to get some electrical tape to seal it up for a while. Which is why I was not so happy to hear and see it spark when I went to plug it in...
