Re: GWL groundhogs, rats and city slickers

**"* P* <r*@comcast.net>**

AND...this reminds me of a story a relative always repeats about snakes down in the
Georgia countryside. He claims they not only aimed their car at them...but they
competed for how long they could make the slide marks on the pavement. He had a whole
process of how to hit the brakes j-u-s-t right so you could make a really l-o-n-g
slippery slide. Imagine this story with a very thick Georgia accent...:)

Sandie Parrott

Unlike some folks I know, I don't try to run over them

This reminds me of driving down country roads (as the passenger) on the north island
of New Zealand with my host, who was from Wales.
Possums were common there (and not native, coming from Australia), and every time he
saw one in or near the road he'd swerve and try to run it over. I was a bit shocked,
but being the guest didn't say anything about this apparently local NZ custom.
  In NZ they don't have groundhogs...but they do have these Australian possums, and
they are about as fond of them as you eastern folk here are of groundhogs. (Must
mention too, that the possums down there are extremely cute & have very nice fur.)

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