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Post by Clipper on Apr 28, 2023 14:39:53 GMT -5
I just came from the bank. There is construction going on next door to it where they are building an auto parts store and have been grading and doing ground work. I got out of the car just in time to see a 3 foot copperhead snake crawl across the parking lot and slither under some bushes. They aren't aggressive unless bothered but I gave that bush lots of leeway and told the tellers about it. They were going to call someone to remove it or kill it. Probably will call a wildlife warden.
Copperheads are quite prevalent here. When we first moved here I had one in the back yard where the previous owners had a brush pile, but since I keep the hedgerows and yard maintained so that they don't really have any desirable habitat I have never seen another. This time of year you have to be careful where you walk and keep an eye out for them. They are just beginning to recover from winter and are starting to move about.
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Post by Ralph on May 2, 2023 14:02:25 GMT -5
One thing I don't miss about living down there. Pretty much anything that walks, slithers or crawls, can kill you.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on May 2, 2023 16:47:19 GMT -5
I remember those copperhead very well. They were all over our property in southwest Missouri since we were surrounded with 1000 area of pristine woodlands. I liked to go running within our property and remember one day I an a few Brothers were running on one of the several trails through the woods which were of different lengths and all installed by the early Brothers( place was founded in 1927). We were headed down a low hill to intersect with another trail headed to our recreation center which had a huge inground pool that were intended to jump into. As we approached we enter a rather cool area and low and behold there were 3 big copperheads right in front of us. How we got through I can't remember but what a chill ran down my spine.......
Several Brothers and I after supper each evening, unless we were working the 3 to 11 PM shift in the infirmary, walked down the very long driveway that intersected with the Highway F it took 45 minutes each way walking and along the way in the summer we would always see dead snake babies that tried to cross the very hot asphalt even though it was also covered with these small brown stones. I do not like snakes. I remember a huge black snake that got into the back door of the postulant building I lived in the first year and it decided to slide into my bedroom( cell ) . When I entered it stood up like a python. I think I even yells that because in come Brother Thomas my classmate who was in the Navy the last 8 years. He caught that thing in hid hand by crabbing it by the neck and brought it outside to a location far from the building a let it go in the woods.
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Post by Clipper on May 3, 2023 6:38:27 GMT -5
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Post by clarencebunsen on May 3, 2023 10:03:04 GMT -5
A shotgun shell for a 9mm handgun? Sounds great for shooting critters but what does it do to your barrel?
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Post by Clipper on May 3, 2023 12:26:06 GMT -5
If you click on the photo of the box shown in the link it looks as though the steel shot is encased in a clear plastic of some sort. I suppose it could leave some fouling on the lands in the barrel if you fired enough of them. It is also a smaller powder charge than the ballistic ammunition. They said it may not have enough pressure to rack the action causing you to have to cock the gun after each shot by hand. I clean my gun every time I finish shooting it. I use a solvent and a brass brush, followed by more solvent and felt patches, and finally a patch soaked in Hoppes gun oil. I guess one would have to hope that they don't have so many snakes that they damage the weapon. If a person has that many snakes they need to upgrade to a 12 gauge shotgun or, better yet, a flame thrower.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on May 3, 2023 14:50:36 GMT -5
Hey one could use a hand grenade!
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Post by Clipper on May 3, 2023 15:33:45 GMT -5
Hey one could use a hand grenade! LOL! You are no help PB. I am still patching the damages from grubs and tree removal and you are suggesting that I make even BIGGER holes in the lawn.
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Post by Clipper on May 3, 2023 19:01:47 GMT -5
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Post by clarencebunsen on May 5, 2023 8:05:04 GMT -5
What do you suppose the lineman's reaction was when he opened the panel?
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Post by Clipper on May 5, 2023 8:16:36 GMT -5
You probably would have to record the lineman's reaction somewhere down the block when he stopped running.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on May 5, 2023 8:43:09 GMT -5
I do not like snakes.........
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Post by Clipper on May 5, 2023 9:15:22 GMT -5
I can safely assume that you won't be acquiring a ball python to patrol your apartment for potential rodent problems any time in the near future? If you should change your mind you might benefit from the information provided in the link. petkeen.com/python-vs-boa/Personally I will stick with dogs as a pet. When I was the transportation manager at the OD one of the drivers that worked for me had snakes as pets. I found that he occasionally brought one with him to keep him company as he delivered his route. I only became aware of the fact that he was bringing the snake to work when a rather traumatized Nice and Easy manager called me to tell me that they were not happy about having their papers delivered by a guy with a 4 foot snake draped around his neck like a scarf.
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Post by clarencebunsen on May 5, 2023 15:07:42 GMT -5
My daughter had a pet python for several years. She appeared with it twice on one of the Myrtle Beach TV stations. Her employer at the time used her when they had an announcement to make. She has long very full hair. The first time the snake was still small and was hidden by her hair as it lay across her shoulders with just it's head peaking out below her face. The second time it was much larger (perhaps 50 pounds) and was draped in coils on her shoulders. Both times both she and the interviewer ignored the snake during the whole interview.
She had to sell the snake when it got too expensive to feed.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on May 5, 2023 16:39:40 GMT -5
The Phys Ed teacher at Assumption High School in Syracuse where I first started teaching Bio and Chemistry had a pet pig. I remember him telling me that he had some sort sort of agreement with Wegmans to purchase vegetables that were beyond date to sell. Worked out well for him.
I probably would still be teaching there if it didn't close. The pastor closed the K to 6 grade levels and that one move caused much anger to the parents who sent there kids there so as a result many parents just withdrew there older kids and sent them to the other Catholic Schools in the area. The seven years there was fantastic.
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