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Neat Gary, I enjoyed that story.
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Lovely job, Gary. I can't wait to hear the story of the bankers who want to pay for their past mistakes and Assad to burst into tears for being such a bastard. Add these to the dickie-bird story and we might have a trend. Bob.
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Thanks for an interesting post.
My wife would go nuts with all those snakes running around. You won't find us moving in as neighbours anytime soon!
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When we first moved here, I expected to see rattlesnakes all over the place when I went for my morning walks. In 12 years we've seen one rattlesnake. Now I know if you don't like snakes, one every 12 years is TOO often. We do see some bull snakes but again not that many. They may be all over the place but they hide themselves well and are not aggressive towards humans. They are more afraid of us than we are of them.
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I've only ever seen one snake "in the wild" in my life, and that was in Orlando, Florida on an adventure (crazy) golf course. I remember talking to a guy that worked in the hotel and he told me he never walked around in sandals and always took care when opening the front door. He said he once went to pick up a shoelace on the kitchen floor then realised it was a small snake.
We once rented a bungalow in Orlando and there were always small lizards hiding around the front door frame. I hated going into the garage because it was clear that anything could get into that area and it had a heating boiler as well as the washing machine. I always kept a good eye out for snakes in there.
That said, I have had a boa-constrictor wrapped over my shoulders and held it in my arms and wasn't too bothered.
I think the real problem is that if I encountered a wild snake I'd never be sure if it was known to be aggressive or venomous.
Our ex-window cleaner once stepped on an adder here in the UK (UK's only native venemous snake - not venomous enough to normally kill a fit human ) and that caused him a lot of problems.
I used to play bridge with a guy that had retired from India. He said it was common to find snakes - sometimes cobras - on the golf courses. They would often move them out of the way using a golf club. He did it one day, but as he lifted the club to flick the snake away it wrapped itself around the club and headed towards his arm!