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Well, no more gardening for Donna after we encountered this last Thursday!!!!!........
To make matters even worse, Donna thinks there's more than just this one, as she saw a bigger one with a toad in its mouth yesterday!!!
http://www.corvetteforum.net/c5/indypace78/eek1.jpg
http://www.corvetteforum.net/c5/indypace78/eek2.jpg
http://www.corvetteforum.net/c5/indypace78/eek4.jpg
STEVEN LONG
08-24-03, 07:43 PM
Based upon the kids in the background of pic #2 ... seems as though that snake was a tad on the large size (at least of us'n here in the suburbs). Do you have any viscious dogs ... or hefty cats at home?
Yea, we got a dog, but he's not visicous....
STEVEN LONG
08-24-03, 10:08 PM
You may want to borrow my dog ... or perhaps Yen (Rick Ball) for a few days! :D
Rick and Arleen Ball
08-25-03, 07:10 AM
YO EL!
Thats nothin but a harmless Garter Snake. I used to catch and keep them as a kid. It will surely keep the mouse population down in your yard ;)
They eat Crickets and small rodents.
Mike Campbell
08-25-03, 07:51 AM
Ha ha ha!! El, you "city kids" crack me up!! ;jj They're just garter snakes and when you have them around, you won't have as many moles, voles, mice and creepy bugs. They're good luck and won't hurt anybody. By the way, Nancy loves your pooch! ;yn
I Stripper fish with bigger eels than that snake. :D :D
C5pilot
08-25-03, 08:53 AM
Originally posted by Mike Campbell
Ha ha ha!! El, you "city kids" crack me up!! ;jj
El, no need to worry until they're big enough to make a pair of boots. That little guy wouldn't even make a sandle! :D
But I'll put $10 on the snake vs. Sonny. ;bl However, if the dog is gonna get boozed up before the match I may have to rethink things.
Ed Bonk
08-25-03, 09:57 AM
Elis - I'm from the city to & I'm scared to death of snakes & spiders. I won't take any chances because there could be bigger snakes in the ground and your kids could be in danger. I would pour gasoline down every hole in your garden, thats what I did once. Since you can't shoot them in the city you can borrow my 3 foot swords I have at home and you can cut their heads off. Let me know if you want me to bring my swords over to your house.
I've lived on a farm all of my life and have these guys and ring snakes around all the time. The only ones I relocate are water snakes and blacksnakes, cause although not poisonous, they have a nasty disposition.
We have a small Westy and he has never had an encounter with any of them.
I never kill them...just take them back in the woods.
Originally posted by Ed Bonk
Elis - I'm from the city to & I'm scared to death of snakes & spiders. I won't take any chances because there could be bigger snakes in the ground and your kids could be in danger. I would pour gasoline down every hole in your garden, thats what I did once. Since you can't shoot them in the city you can borrow my 3 foot swords I have at home and you can cut their heads off. Let me know if you want me to bring my swords over to your house.
ED,
Ok i spit my coffee half way across the room on this one, i'm waiting for you to come over and clean up the mess :D :D :D
Mike
Mike Campbell
08-25-03, 11:22 AM
Ed, you reminded me of an event that I had several years ago. ;tt I was walking out to my back yard and, for no reason, got stung by a mean spirited nasty evil yellow jacket. So I looked around, and there under a congrete down spout splash block was an underground nest full of thousands of those nasty buggars. Well I didn't have any bee spray so I did the next best thing. I poured a large can of lighter fluid down that hole. Got stung two more times! War had been declared! ;gab I stood back & threw a match right into that nest and blew that nest & the concrete block to smithereens!! ;yn Almost set my house on fire! I quickly ran around & brought up the garden hose & put out the flames & drowned the remaining nasties! ;bt That corner of my house looked like Bagdad by the time I was done, but, I had no more yellow jackets.;yn The moral is: Don't pour anything down a hole that you don't know where it exits and if it doesn't bite, leave it alone!! ;jj
Originally posted by Mike Campbell
Ed, you reminded me of an event that I had several years ago. ;tt I was walking out to my back yard and, for no reason, got stung by a mean spirited nasty evil yellow jacket. So I looked around, and there under a congrete down spout splash block was an underground nest full of thousands of those nasty buggars. Well I didn't have any bee spray so I did the next best thing. I poured a large can of lighter fluid down that hole. Got stung two more times! War had been declared! ;gab I stood back & threw a match right into that nest and blew that nest & the concrete block to smithereens!! ;yn Almost set my house on fire! I quickly ran around & brought up the garden hose & put out the flames & drowned the remaining nasties! ;bt That corner of my house looked like Bagdad by the time I was done, but, I had no more yellow jackets.;yn The moral is: Don't pour anything down a hole that you don't know where it exits and if it doesn't bite, leave it alone!! ;jj
Mike,
OMG, you guys are killing me i'm rolling laughing here. My coffee is now all over my desk :mad: way to funny, Mike i have this picture of you with your big bad crab hat on attacking these killer bees :D :D :D :D
Mike
Joel Fellman
08-25-03, 01:53 PM
Yeh, that hat's a classic! Here's another story: We had a picnic at Burlholme Park several years ago. Before it ended, one of the wives didn't know what to do with the brickettes from the bar-b-ques so she dumped them down into a hole. Little did she know, the hole went under this tremendous old tree that gave us shade all day. When the ground & tree started to smoke all over, we asked what happened. When she admitted what she did (DUH!), we took off like, real quick! Before we could even call the local fire dept, we heard the sirens coming our way. If there had been lighter fluid in the hole, we probably wouldn't be here to tell this story! And the tree is no longer there!!
I'll send you a King snake from Texas, they eat them as well as rattlers.
Lets do this:
Ed, bring your swords, and cut down all Donna's stinkin bird feeders that she HAS to have full of seeds at EACH window of our house....
Bird feeders=spilled seeds & squirrels who gnaw on my deck & climb on the screens
spilled seeds = mice/shrews who carry ticks
ticks=Lyme disease, already had by Jacob 2 yrs ago...
mice/shrews=snakes to eat them
snakes = no more toads who eat mosquitos & insects that RUIN Donna's gorgeous pride & joy English garden...
Gee, why doesn't Donna see the light?
GET RID OF THE STINKIN BIRD FEEDERS!
I'm sure the bird population will survive WITHOUT them!
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
Rick and Arleen Ball
08-25-03, 04:14 PM
OMG!!!! I'm with Wheelz,
I couldn't stop laughing after reading Mikes post.
I can just picture him lighting that fluid up. Hey Mike can you say ---KABOOOOOOOM :D
And Joel, Only YOU can prevent Forest fires ;ae ;nnn
That tree was probably a LANDMARK :rolleyes:
You guys crack me up!
Ed Bonk
08-26-03, 10:13 AM
El - Wow is it safe to walk on your property with squirrels, ticks, snakes, Lyme disease, mice/schews whatever a schew is. Besides the swords I can bring over my ORTHO spray unit that I bought at Frank's to spray insects. I'm also scared of beetles on my flowers and slugs on my patio so I bought it because it squirts 20 to 25 feet and you don't have to get up close to anything. We can mix different poisons & chemicals in it to kill off all of your bugs. I used Frank's mixture on the beetles and Clorox mixed with gasoline on the slugs. I also have face masks and goggles in case the wind blows back at you which happen to me and almost got into my eyes and slightly burned my skin. I don't know how you do it but I can't stand any of that stuff in my yard.
Let me know when you want to spray your property.
Ed:
I'd like to dispose of the critters, not my kids or the neighborhood population! :D
C5pilot
08-26-03, 01:07 PM
That's it, I can't take it anymore! You guys have me rolling. This is the funniest thread I've seen in a long time.
Bill Burkholder
08-26-03, 02:31 PM
EL, remember that BIG bird on your house last year??? Well, see if it will eat snakes!!!!! Hell, that bird looked big enough to pick up the dog and fly away...Or could the dog and snake be working together to pick-pocket your guests ???(Bird is the lookout)You know you serve them drinks they stumble, fall down, and the dog and snake get away with your wallet!!!! Or is the snake the designated driver when Sonny drinks too much!!! The snake could hold the screen door open so Sonny doesn't run through it!!!!! AGAIN!!!!
Mike Campbell
08-26-03, 04:22 PM
El, I have the "answer"!!!;yn;yn Let's get Rick, where ever you are, and to coin that old Joni Mitchell tune, "Big Yellow Taxi!! We'll put up a PARKING LOT!!! ;ow;ow And, right smack dab in the middle, we'll all chip in & put up a practice tree!! ;bt ;bt That'll get rid of all your nasty critters without endangering the neighborhood. ;yn Plus, there ain't no self respecting bird gonna show up while we all stop over and practice our RT's!!! Thereby assuring our getting rid of all those cobras and vipers slithering around your area! Whoa Nellie!!!! ;jj;jj
PS; you don't think Donna will mind do you??? ;tt
You mean this ugly agressive critter which was swooping down on the kids at the bus stop that one day??
Bill....
I got a good job for you.. You can be lookout while, claying, & Z1 & Z2-ing Donna's new car....
Seems Donna got this brainstorm to wash her brand new & freshly waxed car while I was at Carlisle, and dove into my stuff but couldn't find the Z7 wash, so she did what any normal gal would do,.....
She remembered that when I first got my car, I washed it with DAWN, so there she went!
Too bad she didn't see me the other 2-3 hrs AFTER the Dawn wash...
I get home last Sunday afternoon, and she goes, why doesn't my car feel as smooth as yours, I washed it the same stuff you did..... :D
So, buddy, come on over, she already did the 1st step...
The rest is up to you....
How much for a Pacifica>?
Full exterior detail....
Z7 wash, Clay, Z7 wash, Z1, Z2, Z6?
Key me up....
These stories have been the best! :D
I was reading them to my children, but my laughter was slowing the reading, so my kids crowded around. My daughter was leaning over the back of a lounge chair and tipped it over, right on my son's foot. Both of them were laughing at Mike's yellow jacket assault & yelling "ouch, ouch" between the hysterical laughter.
Thanks, guys. We're waiting for more. :D
PS. Can these be reprinted in the Gas Cap for others to read?
Vette Zone
08-27-03, 07:36 AM
HI !!!!
This is the greatest story line I have ever seen. I think you all should contact Mayor Street to head up his Urban Renewal projects. With all your experience in taking out trees & building demolition plus land clearing. It just seems like a natural fit.
THANK YOU ALL for providing some laughter in our house today.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!!!
Bill Burkholder
08-27-03, 07:46 AM
El I'll get back to you later in the day, I have to be in Doylestown all day. Bill
Originally posted by Bill Burkholder
El I'll get back to you later in the day, I have to be in Doylestown all day. Bill
Ellis, you must have some pull, I gave up on Bill detailing my cars. :(
Yea, but remember Carl, its "Donna's" car......
However, I decided to be a nice guy today, & give her some clay, Z1, Z2, Z6 treatment.
Next time, Bill you're up!
Joel Fellman
08-29-03, 01:13 AM
Yo El: Did you Zaino the bikes?
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