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Well, maybe more like I was startled. About dusk I went out to fill the birdbath and grabbed the hose laying on the ground (one of those black collapsible ones) and it slithered out of my hand. Damn rat/chicken snake. I don’t mind snakes but I’m not overly fond of handling them. On a positive note, I haven’t seen any poisonous snakes in quite a few years. The first couple of years after we had the house built I was killing 5-10 baby copperheads a year but never saw an adult. After I got some chickens the mice appeared, then the rat snakes, and haven’t seen a copperhead since. | ||
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delicately calloused |
If you pick one up and it's an Alabama black snake, put it down! You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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A rather good snake to have around. Does keep the copperhead population in check... ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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Only the strong survive |
If I had a place with copperheads and/or rattlesnakes, I would build several brush piles on the property and buy some black snakes to release. http://www.backwaterreptiles.c...-snake-for-sale.html http://www.backwaterreptiles.c...-snake-for-sale.html 41 | |||
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FLASHLIGHT!!!! | |||
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I woulda sharted. Snakes are some sneaky bastards | |||
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Staring back from the abyss |
Come on...tell the truth. You squealed like a little girl didn't you? ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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I did just reading the OP's post! | |||
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That's shrink your sphincter. | |||
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the birds called, they say thanks for the water Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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I just moved a tarp today. Gardner snake startled me. It was the thickest one I ever saw. Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows. Benjamin Franklin | |||
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Plowing straight ahead come what may |
I found my first snake of the year by accident yesterday...I was digging out some wild violets and grabbed a ringneck with my pull. I'll admit it startled me. It looked at me like "who are you and why are you holding me " ******************************************************** "we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet | |||
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Creepy. ____________________________________________________ New and improved super concentrated me: Proud rebel, heretic, and Oneness Apostolic Pentecostal. There is iron in my words of death for all to see. So there is iron in my words of life. | |||
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A man of few words |
I just missed grabbing a baby copperhead doing some yard work a couple of weeks back. Thankfully a shovel was close by and took care of that problem. Scared the hell out of me though! | |||
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Delusions of Adequacy |
Did you wait until it finished doing the yard work? I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. | |||
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Well, my little buddy was back tonight. I don’t know if it’s a male looking for a hole in that black hose or a female impressed with the length but it seems infatuated with that hose. I did make sure I got hold of the hose and not my little friend tonight. | |||
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E Plebmnista; Norcom, Forcom, Perfectumum. |
I'd get a different color hose. | |||
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A man of few words |
I just decided to rid the world of that evil little thing right then and there! | |||
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Who Woulda Ever Thought? |
Start at the hydrant and work you way out to the end of the hose. | |||
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This is the long-term key. Remove the snake's food source, and they won't come around. | |||
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