Shuffling through his garage and out to the back porch, he retrieved a strange looking rodent-killing device he invented in his days in the foothills. Bill Murray might have been much more effective dealing with his rodent problem in Caddyshack if Cirincione were around to advise him. First he puts the hollow Pabst can over the exhaust pipe of his van, then Cirincione takes the open end of the black hose and shoves it into the gopher hole. Some people try to deal with their gopher troubles by trying to slush them out with a garden hose. But water never gets rid of the pests, Cirincione explains.
Carbon monoxide does.
He returns to the car, turns the ignition key and lets the engine run for a while. Pete Cirincione is something of a factotum, a jack of all trades. After graduating from San Jose Tech more than a half century ago, he started as an electrician in the Depression working for 75 cents an hour, a fortune back then. He quickly diversified, running a car dealership, buying land and laying claims to a gold and silver mine. He appears to have done pretty well for himself.