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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rpm on August 20, 2003, 04:17:38 PM
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Just killed a 4 1/2 foot Rattlesnake beside my patio. Went thru this last month with Copperheads. Living in the country has it's advantages, but I HATE ******* SNAKES! I used to slip out around Midnight, sit in the Jaccuzzi and watch the stars....I'm gonna look silly sitting in there with a spotlight and shotgun.
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Wha....?? I thought you were from Texas? Ain't you ever dealt with them critters before? Copperheads, Water Moccasins, Diamond Backs were all things I had to contend with growing up. But I feel your pain bro!! :D
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Yeah Diablo, I am in Texas. It just seems that I chose to locate my new house on the Motherlode of snakedom. I prefer my snakes Size 13-D. It's not too early for a drink, is it?
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You hate ******* snakes? Maybe you're just not doing it right.
MiniD
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He hates them as well...
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Drink away bro!!!
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Originally posted by rpm371
It just seems that I chose to locate my new house on the Motherlode of snakedom.
Move to Britain. We've only got 1 poisonous snake and I've only ever seen one once in 30 years.
Something else I've never seen except on TV: A cockroach.
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Originally posted by Swoop
Move to Britain. We've only got 1 poisonous snake and I've only ever seen one once in 30 years.
Something else I've never seen except on TV: A cockroach.
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LOL!! And we've got both in droves!!
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You mean even the cockroaches don't want to live in Britain?!
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yeah, all the asylum seekers put them off.
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Originally posted by Gadfly
You mean even the cockroaches don't want to live in Britain?!
They love living in the antarctic in an old radio eating only the vinyl on the wires, but they can't hack it in England :)
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LOL I had tons of Cockroaches, but a thorough application of Malathion/Diazanon ended that. My house is on a remote piece of my Grandfather's Ranch that was never used for anything except cattle grazing. My closest neighbor is 1 1/2 miles away. I belive this is where all the animals, insects and assorted critters that I mercilessly tortured/murdered as a child went to hide, and now they are exacting their revenge. That's fine, this winter I plan a little Naplam experiment to clean out the remaining brush.
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A good dog in the yard will get rid of the snakes. I usually have ponds, and without a dog, they quickly become snake hangouts.
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Out here, from what I've heard, dogs tend to get tagged by rattlers but cats do much better because they are much quicker and may even bat away a snake's strike. Though I've seen my fair share of ratters, I've never actually seen a dog or cat deal with one.
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Originally posted by Swoop
Move to Britain. We've only got 1 poisonous snake and I've only ever seen one once in 30 years.
Something else I've never seen except on TV: A cockroach.
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Same here, I'd frikken puke if I saw a cockroach. I'm told that there are rattle snakes near where I live but I've never seen one. Just those little wee green garder snakes.
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Actually Pigs are the pet to have around if you have problems with snakes. They love to eat them and the poison doesn't affect them.
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:rolleyes:
Snakes are an absolutely vital pest control. Rattlesnakes are built rodent killers.
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Heheh, Vietnam has 50 different types of snakes. 49 are poisonous.
The 50th just eats you whole.
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LOL...Swoop I should have taken a picture of the cockroach I killed last night.
I'm looking about in the fridge and I hear a scraping and fluttering sound...followed by a "thunk"...behind me.
It was a huge female roach. Females fly here, not males. But it was so big it could hardly keep itself in the air.
I used bug spray on it. I can't squash them when they are that big. The "crunching" noise is too much.
No indigenous snakes in Bda.
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Originally posted by Curval
LOL...Swoop I should have taken a picture of the cockroach I killed last night.
I'm looking about in the fridge and I hear a scraping and fluttering sound...followed by a "thunk"...behind me.
It was a huge female roach. Females fly here, not males. But it was so big it could hardly keep itself in the air.
I used bug spray on it. I can't squash them when they are that big. The "crunching" noise is too much.
No indigenous snakes in Bda.
Damn, it would have been golf club/hockey stick time for me. :D
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The best way to kill roaches is to get computer duster, turn it upside down and instantly freeze them. it's like liquid nitrogen to them :). You also get a great conversation piece to frame in the living room.
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Swoop - a move to Ireland would be better than moving to Britain. No snakes at all in Ireland. I have never seen an adder/viper in England. The only snake I've seen out of captivity in England was a dead grass snake. Went to Blackpool fair once, where you could have your picture taken holding a snake. My ex-wife was up for it - had it twice coiled round her neck, and held its head. I wouldn't touch the damn thing!
But I am fascinated by snakes. The American ones are nothing much. Real snakes live in Australia, which has the ten most poisonous snakes in the world. These include the death adder (7), a sea snake (5 or 6), the Taipan (3 - lives amongst sugar cane and has a horrible bite with "machine gun" jaws"), the Brown snake (2 - the most dangerous snake because it lives in suburbs near people, and is not known to suffer fools gladly) and the most poisonous snake of all - the Fierce Snake - lives in the wilds of Northern Territory.
Most snakes will not engage a human. They are looking for small prey for food, and are not interested in us. Most would therefore avoid us. One exception to this is the African snake, the Black Mamba. That thing will stand 4 feet high, and will give chase. It uses a side to side sweeping motion to propel itself and can reach 17mph.
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Originally posted by rpm371
Living in the country has it's advantages...
Living in the country does have it's advantages. Plenty of room (depending on how much land you own), quiet, few neighbors (if any).
Disadvantages, there is one that comes to mind immediately. Dialup internet access. No cable out in the boonies.
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Britain is god's own country. No hurricanes, no typhoons, no volcanoes, no earthquakes, no nasty snakes, big spiders or tigers. But if you like those things, they are not very far away.
And we have lush green land because of all the rain. I think you need to be born here to appreciate (and withstand) it. ;)
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Good thing theres no worse snakes than the viper/adder in Finland :>
No bigger natural threats either..
Well.. there are mosquitos but those doesn't cause any real harm and those has only bit me twice this summer :>
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get cats... the cats eat the vemin that the snakes use for food. the snakes (or anything else) can't compete with tabby for vermin killing.. cats will also eat small snakes or baby snakes and will try to kill adult ones I have seen em kill very large gopher snakes out in the open.
lazs
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the weather in england is why they don't allow the citizens to have firearms.
lazs
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Gun control again. Oh my. You're obsessed with the laws in other countries, but whine incessantly about people commenting on US gun control - even when they don't. Amusing though.
Like I said, if you're not a native it would be difficult to live here, depending on where you hail from.
Having said that, this past summer has been the best for a long time - probably good for the snake population.
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rpm... wanna keep snakes outta yer yard... the secret is "Mothballs" buy a buttload of them and place them thru out the perimeter of yer yard. Works on moles too.
*psst ever smell mothballs?*
Yeah? Huh how'd ya ever get their tiny legs apart?
:D
But Mothballs work Bud.
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Originally posted by lazs2
get cats... the cats eat the vemin that the snakes use for food. the snakes (or anything else) can't compete with tabby for vermin killing.. cats will also eat small snakes or baby snakes and will try to kill adult ones I have seen em kill very large gopher snakes out in the open.
lazs
Growing up on a farm in sunny Northern California taught me a lot of things, this happens to be one of them. Cats and geese roamed the yards and I never once saw a snake close to the house.
Down by the creek was a different story, I was never sure if it was the Cicadas or snakes making all that racket :D
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Originally posted by VAQ
Living in the country does have it's advantages. Plenty of room (depending on how much land you own), quiet, few neighbors (if any).
Disadvantages, there is one that comes to mind immediately. Dialup internet access. No cable out in the boonies.
No broadband? Isnt that Peculiar.
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Ever seen a British girl? That's reason enough to stay well clear of Britain...
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i had a pet snake once. was cool. even though he bit me on the nose. he lived 5 years. was fun to watch this water snake eat the stupid goldfish.
skull12
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Originally posted by Dowding
Britain is god's own country. No hurricanes, no typhoons, no volcanoes, no earthquakes, no nasty snakes, big spiders or tigers. But if you like those things, they are not very far away.
And we have lush green land because of all the rain. I think you need to be born here to appreciate (and withstand) it. ;)
and no sunlight, but umbrellas are required.
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Originally posted by Hortlund
Ever seen a British girl? That's reason enough to stay well clear of Britain...
Ahhh but the tourist girls in England! Spanish and Swedish and Dutch and German! Absolutely wonderful!
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Originally posted by Hortlund
Ever seen a British girl? That's reason enough to stay well clear of Britain...
Hortlund, not all British Girls look like your spiritual mother, Margaret Thatcher.
But if it keeps you away, your delusions are warmly welcomed.:)
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Hortlund is Maggie's plaything (or would like to be).
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Well, Ive been to England...I know what Im talking about. Something dreadful must have happened to your gene-pool at some point in the british history because during my 10 day stay I saw NOT ONE good looking girl. I kid you not. And I was visiting a fairly large city (Southampton).
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Went hog hunting in a swamp on a hunting lease years ago with my best hunting partner. He loved snakes.
We were walking down the path, when all of a sudden, there was a snake lying traversly across the path. I gingerly stepped over it, and my buddy bent down and identified it as a Rat Snake, about 4 feet long. He picked it up and it was unusually docile, didn't try to bite or anything. He handed it to me and I took it, (first time I had handled a snake.) It wrapped itself around my arm, and we used it as a hog pointer...we figured it would know which direction the hogs were.:D
Anyway, my friend brought it home, against my protests to leave it there. He said it was worth $200 in a pet store. He gave it to his wife's son, who kept it in a terrarium for a month or so. He said he released it after a while, back in the woods. I kept asking him about it , but he never elaborated. Hope it didn't die in captivity. Things like that bother me, because I am a hunter. I don't want to inflict any more pain on wildlife than what is necessary to bring home meat.
I've made some wounding shots on deer. I thought about it then, and I think about it now. Hunting is a great responsibility, to be taken very seriously.
Les
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I seen a lot of pretty girls in england. they were pretty pasty too so I fugured they were'nt tourists. the weather will make you want to eat a gun barrel.... sorta like coastal Washington.
lazs
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Originally posted by lazs2
the weather will make you want to eat a gun barrel....
You get depressed easy man.
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Don't you want to stick around to see what fu*ked up thing happens next Laz? You'll never know, if you don't grin and bear it.:D
I never want to hear you talk about doing that again,you understand?
Les
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Originally posted by Leslie
Don't you want to stick around to see what fu*ked up thing happens next Laz? You'll never know, if you don't grin and bear it.:D
I never want to hear you talk about doing that again,you understand?
Les
LOL Lazs is way too much of a dick to kill himself. Besides, he probably was implying that he likes to kiss his guns.
:D J/k Lazs
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Burning old shoes works pretty good too...I reckon 3 nikes per acre will keep ya adder-free, with a combination of mothballs and hydrochloric acid mixed with barium phosphate.
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Originally posted by Hortlund
Well, Ive been to England...I know what Im talking about. Something dreadful must have happened to your gene-pool at some point in the british history because during my 10 day stay I saw NOT ONE good looking girl. I kid you not. And I was visiting a fairly large city (Southampton).
Ten Whole Days in Southhampton (a large british town pretending to city status) eh? Well you certainly must have the measure of the Entire British Female Population over 16 then.
You know what you are talking about. Sure you do, you've spent 10 days in Southampton.
Beauty is, after all, in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps some optrex is in order?
And you may be right about my gene pool , as I am 100% swedish.... (ja hundraprocentig Skåning i alla fall, förmodligen halv Dansk i dina ögon!)
As for British women (we try to leave the girls alone) the real beauties are the mixed race women (especially the yemeni women ), something in shorter supply in Sweden...the land of identikit blue eyed blondes... and a gene pool no bigger than London.
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you know..
if you want a gun to keep em in line just get a $150-$200 .22 revolver. decent action and light (easy to keep handy)
load it with .22 snake shot shells (tiny little shotgun shells with super tiny bb's)
1 round even 1/2 on target will make hamburger outta a snake @ 10 yards... but also not usually life threatening to people (if you're worried about safety)
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Hey Swoop,
Move to Britain. We've only got 1 poisonous snake and I've only ever seen one once in 30 years.
I assume you are talking about Beetle.
dago
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Hey RPM,
Consider Minnesota, nothing poisinous here, a few rattlers supposedly in southeast corner, but almost unheard of. Never heard of a poisinous spider, bug etc in the woods here. About the only thing to worry about is the deer tick carrying Lyme disease, but even that is not very common, and can be treated.
Of course, it is 10 degrees F out right now and we just had 6" of snow in the last 2 days. :D
But, our Spring, Summer and Falls are better than anywhere else, and alot of Minnesotans love snowmobiling, ice fishing, skiing, etc.
all in all, a mighty nice place to live, and no freaking snakes.
dago
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Originally posted by Dago
all in all, a mighty nice place to live, and no freaking snakes.
dago
But the mosquito is the state bird.
h
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Originally posted by Horn
But the mosquito is the state bird.
h
no thats here in wisconsin
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suckers...not only do we not have snakes around where i am...but we also dont have rats or roaches...we do have mice but ive only seen maybe 3 we have mosquitos but not to many since the wind just blows them away for the most part...
the worst we have is about 4-5 months of -20 with a few bouts
of -30 - -40
oh and we have about 4 bald eagles in the area...
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Ah yes, the Minnesota State Bird, the mosquito.
I have a bunch I keep in a pen on the roof, we take them to a distant location and then time them to see how long it takes them to get back home, with little notes attached to their legs.
Last summer was one of the mildest mosquito seasons I can remember, not enough rain to hatch the little parasites.
dago
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Originally posted by Mini D
You hate ******* snakes? Maybe you're just not doing it right.
MiniD
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Use Lazs' thinking. In a desert when you go out to pee at night, all you need is boots and a holster with a gun.
The rest of the clothing is unnecessary.
Also, never pee on something that looks like a vrtical stick.
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code of the west.... Hey, I don't make the rules.
lazs
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Come to New Zealand, we are snake free. :-)
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~Hells Angels~
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Beetle is right we don't have snakes in Ireland and the only cockroaches I've seen were in a jar in school. As for the women, well you may have heard of a group called the Corrs. Well here in Ireland we call them 'The ugly sisters' LOL Ignore the brother and don't drool too much.
http://www.thecorrswebsite.com/index2.htm
The weather is..... well the weather but it's cooler than England in the Summer and warmer in the Winter, snow is a rarity. Even the rain is warm.
No the only snakes we have are in the Zoo and in politics :D
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I cannot begin to express the horror of the flasbacks/visuals I know have as a result of that story lazs. I could have gone all my life not hearing a story that involved you wearing only a pair of cowboy boots and a gun. But no... you had to ruin that for me and several others.
MiniD
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you are taking my advise and not thinking about it right before sex with the little woman right?
lazs
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lol, poor D...now every time he comes close to his wife he will have the mental image of a nude lazs wearing only his boots and gunbelt pissing in the desert.
buhbyee sexlife
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Originally posted by Hortlund
lol, poor D...now every time he comes close to his wife he will have the mental image of a nude lazs wearing only his boots and gunbelt pissing in the desert.
buhbyee sexlife
He still would like to, but MicroD does not get up ;)
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I would feel a lot worse about it if it weren't for the obvious tent he was making of his shorts while I was relating the perfectly harmless and logical story...
lazs
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Were you gazing at my package Lazs? My what a facade you put on.
MiniD
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Originally posted by B17Skull12
he bit me on the nose. he lived 5 years.
skull12
Ralph?
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well.... it was pretty obvious.. It's like... I don't really like to stare at the booger hanging out of someones nose either but...
lazs
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Sure lazs... but it's not unusual to look someone in the face while talking to them. Seems you don't feel it's unusual to look someone in the crotch while talking to them either.
MiniD
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Ew, hate snakes!
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Found a fairly large scorpion walkin across the kitchen floor 2 nights ago.
Mosquito's ugh malaria, yellow fever, encephalitis, etc., etc., etc., .. historically the greatest killer of humanity.
Think house flys come in second or third Insect wise.
Used to work at a Mosquito Abatement District. Malathion is now banned, Diazonon is now banned, allot of what was used for control is now banned.
Last time I checked they were using a synthetic form of the chrysanthemum poison that breaks down very quickly (couple of hours). Pyrethrum based I think is the word.
And certain bacteria's that just loved mosquito larva.
And a specially formulated oil that smothered the larva but breaks down in a matter of hours.
Everything has to be registered and approved with Fed and State EPA's and all usage must be tracked by amount, concentration, location (via a map), species, species stage of developement, method of application, what it was applied to (crops, water, orchard, school yard, sewer, storm drain, etc...), who applied it, why it was applied (justification), and the list goes on.
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peoples crotches tell more about em than their face in some cases.
lazs
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too much info bro :eek:
snakes, cockroaches, fleas, rats you guys can have 'em.
and the cats... don't feed them and they'll definately take care of the little vermin
oh.. and mosquitos, chiggers, and people who like Kenny-G
you can keep all of those as well
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Originally posted by Wlfgng
...and people who like Kenny-G...
can we then assume that michael bolton is ok with you?
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ahh... no
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what? are you prejudise of curly haired, pony tail wearing, middle aged, white male pop singers?
or just no talent arse-clowns?
heheheheh