Thanks bro...

Okay, here is a heads up to my bro-in law who tried to help me out with the mice/rat problem...so we have alot of mice in our new house and he bought me this handy little gadget that you plug in, that apparently sends of a high pitched noise that scares all sorts of rodents away...apparently i don't know how to use it. Me and the roomies tried to press it for awhile and soon found that instead of running away, they were coming out and playing on our rug. We would walk by it and press it at random times to 'feel safe'...and then they would come and play...seriously!
Only now do i know that we have to directly point the beam thingy at the mouse while we press it....now how am I going to rig up a contraption that i can chase and zing mice with as we try and scare them? An extention sord would probably end up tripping us up more than the mice...arghhhhh
Oh and my roomies decided to give the 'thingy' a name...we call it the mating call.
so I am still completely hopeless about learning how to use new 'toys', haven't changed much in that area.