Re: today/snakes

Wow Theresa.  Your mom must be a heck of a gal.  My mom's pretty
unflappable, but cutting toes off?  Holy cow.

On 7/11/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Woahhhhh, your mother cut her toes off?  Yikes.  And the snake in
> school - I'm laughing myself silly over here.  Reminds me when my son
> was chasing a girl around the playground with dog poop on the end of a
> stick.  Principal called me...and was trying not to crack when he
> explained to me what my son did...I mean really, how can you keep a
> straight face.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Pam Evans<gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Great story!  I am totally cracking up.
> >
> > On 7/11/09, Aplfgcnys@aol.com <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> WhenI was in High-School, more than half a century ago, my best friend
> >> and I spent a morning making a great show of passing something back
> >> and forth and hiding it from another girl whom we both disliked.  Of
> >> course she was intrigued, and demanded to know what we had - threatened
> >> to tell the teacher if we didn't show it to her.  We made her promise to
> >> keep our secret - made her hold out her hand, and placed the small
> >> snake in it.  Her screams were earsplitting, and she had to be taken to
> >> the nurse's room for calming.  The principal scolded us, but she was so
> >> amused that she couldn't keep her face straight, and couldn't really
> >> bring herself to punish us as we deserved.
> >> Auralie
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 7/10/2009 9:51:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> macycat3@sbcglobal.net writes:
> >>
> >> We used to carry around the baby garter snakes when i was a kid.  My
> >> older sister got bit once, startled her, but she said if felt like a
> >> mosquito bite.  We used to bring them to my mom just to freak her out.
> >> Mom was never distressed by much of anything (she spent time on her
> >> grandma's farm in Florida in the mid to late 40's), but she hated
> >> snakes, and was convinced that any mouse in the house had the singular
> >> plan to crawl up her pants leg or up the sheets to get into her bed.
> >> Kind of funny coming from the woman who accidently cut off several toes
> >> with the lawn mower, calmly hobbled inside (with the decapitated toes in
> >> her hand) and called both the ambulance and a friend to come take care
> >> of us kids.  P.S.  They did manage to reattach the toes.
> >>
> >> Theresa
> >>
> >> andreah wrote:
> >> > Jim, what do you mean you've never felt a snake? AT ALL???? You of all
> >> > people? They're VERY COOL. I've always loved to hold them. And I love
> all
> >> of
> >> > these stories you guys. I can sympathize with the shrieks, although I
> >> pride
> >> > myself on never "screaming like a girl" I have a couple of times and
> was
> >> > terribly embarrassed for myself. LOL! Snakes don't bother me in the
> >> least,
> >> > but we have these big shiny skinks here that make me shiver when I see
> >> them.
> >> > Just oogly looking. Those, I won't touch!
> >> > A
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> >> Behalf
> >> > Of Jesse Bell
> >> > Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 10:41 PM
> >> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] today
> >> >
> >> > Wow, the stories this group has to share...amazing stuff.  Not sure
> >> > HOW I would react to a snake falling on me from above...problee have a
> >> > heart attack and keel over - dead.  I like 'em just fine too...away
> >> > from my personal self.  Ughhh.
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Donna<gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> My DH seen a snake in our backyard and didn't go back out there for a
> >> >> year......not sure if he got over it, but this week he was back out
> >> there
> >> >>
> >> > and
> >> >
> >> >> decided to drain the pond and clean it.  I about died when I came
> home
> >> to
> >> >> this.  Somehow I know this will end up to be my project and I really
> >> don't
> >> >> have the time.....
> >> >>
> >> >> Jim, I find it hard to believe with all the gardening you did in
> Florida
> >> >>
> >> > that
> >> >
> >> >> you never touched a snake..... and equally impressed that you did
> touch
> >> a
> >> >> gater.....now those are scary.
> >> >>
> >> >> Donna
> >> >>
> >> >> --- On Thu, 7/9/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I've never felt a snake. But one of the softest things I ever felt
> was
> >> the
> >> >> belly of an alligator... not hard, not scaly, just soft, like the
> down
> >> on
> >> >>
> >> > a
> >> >
> >> >> baby duck.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Jul 9, 2009, at 5:19 PM, Daryl wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>> I've shrieked a couple of times - once when I almost put my hand on
> a
> >> >>>
> >> > snake
> >> >
> >> >> when I went to turn on the faucet, another time when I stepped on a
> rat
> >> in
> >> >>
> >> > the
> >> >
> >> >> utility room.  It doesn't help - just leaves your throat raw. ;-)
> >> >>
> >> >>> Truly, having the snake fall on me was such a novel experience I
> didn't
> >> >>>
> >> > have
> >> >
> >> >> time to react, and when I saw him slide off of my fingertips, I was
> more
> >> >>
> >> > in
> >> >
> >> >> awe of his movement than frightened.
> >> >>
> >> >>> d
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC
> 95
> >> >>>
> >> >> CS/SCOSI" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> >> >>
> >> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> >>> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 7:26 PM
> >> >>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] today
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> OMG and you're still among us! I'd still have my hair standing on
> end
> >> >>>> from that. In fact my vocal cords would probably not ever have
> >> >>>> recovered. I bet they'd have heard me shriek in Australia.
> >> >>>> I like snakes just fine...on the ground clearly visible, or under a
> >> rock
> >> >>>> where I'm not likely to run across them unexpectedly.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Cyndi
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >> >>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
> On
> >> >>>> Behalf Of Daryl
> >> >>>> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 3:27 PM
> >> >>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> >>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] today
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Yes, that one was pretty slim, and only about 5' long. We've had
> >> fatter
> >> >>>> ones
> >> >>>> in the chicken coop, but I've never had them take eggs, or at least
> >> not
> >> >>>> that
> >> >>>> I noticed. There's often some variation among various days eggs -
> >> >>>> sometimes
> >> >>>> 10 sometimes 15. They really work at keeping the mice down, though.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Have you ever had one fall on you from the rafters? I did one day.
> I
> >> was
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> surprised by how warm it was as it fell on my head, then slid to my
> >> >>>> shoulder
> >> >>>> and down my arm before moving away.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> d
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >>>> From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com>
> >> >>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> >>>> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 5:38 PM
> >> >>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] today
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> THAT'S what my snake looks like..only bigger (and fatter now that
> he
> >> >>>>> ate 3 of my eggs).
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Daryl<dp2413@comcast.net> wrote:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>> We had this lovely specimen in our kitchen a couple of years ago.
> I
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>> was
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>> able
> >> >>>>>> to get him out of the house safely, before the cats hurt him.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>
> >>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/Daryl.photos/SnakesAlive?authkey=Gv1sRgCLyHp
> >> >>>> sqskdT2Rg&feat=directlink
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>> d
> >> >>>>>>
> >>
> >>
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> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX
> > zone 8A
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