06-01-2004 23:57									#61
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Guess herpetology is no longer my strong suit.

	07-01-2004 00:00									#62
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In remission?

	07-01-2004 00:09									#63
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Zinc works well.

	07-01-2004 00:13									#64
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Someone remind me not to argue with Lord of the Mark about snakes if I ever should feel the need.

	07-01-2004 00:32									#65
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara I'm gonna have to check my notes. However, I think it unlikely that Notherners would refer to people by the name of a snake only found in the deep South.

That was the whole idea - label 'em as snakes and imply that they belonged in the south.

	07-01-2004 00:32									#66
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quote: Originally posted by Sprayber Someone remind me not to argue with Lord of the Mark about snakes if I ever should feel the need.

not an all round expert, but i actually saw a copperhead (the snake) on the banks of the Potomac over the summer. POTM thought it was very kewl.

	07-01-2004 00:35									#67
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quote: Originally posted by lord of the mark not an all round expert, but i actually saw a copperhead (the snake) on the banks of the Potomac over the summer. POTM thought it was very kewl.

When I see one, it being cool isnt the first thing that pops in my head. I'm not terrified of them like my gf is, but I'm not overly fond of them.

	07-01-2004 00:38									#68
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You mean you don't think snakes make cuddly pets??



shame on you

	07-01-2004 00:38									#69
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The would be the point Che, the gold star is not a static symbol and has many meanings, and I should not assume which one you intend.

	07-01-2004 00:40									#70
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quote: Originally posted by Sprayber When I see one, it being cool isnt the first thing that pops in my head. I'm not terrified of them like my gf is, but I'm not overly fond of them.

"Where's my .410" is usually the first thing that popped in my mind when I'd see one.

	07-01-2004 00:47									#71
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quote: Originally posted by Sprayber When I see one, it being cool isnt the first thing that pops in my head. I'm not terrified of them like my gf is, but I'm not overly fond of them.

POTM, aside from being a young naturalist, sometimes amazes me with her fearlessness. Not princess of the mark for nothing.

	07-01-2004 00:56									#72
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When I was a young lad of barely four, I found a semi-baby copperhead near the bayou out back of where we were living at the time, and picked it up (it had gotten a little overheated trying to cross the road), brought it into the house (with A/C running, perfect for cooling off and rebooting an 18" snake ), and said "look mommy, I found a great big worm" She freaked, called my dad at work, etc. etc. Long and short of it, I got my hide tanned, and I don't think that snake had a very good day either.

A lot of kids do that fearless (though occasionally brainless ) thing much better than adults.

	07-01-2004 01:00									#73
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MTG reminds me of the rural legend of the kid putting a pocketful of baby copperheads in his pocket,thinking they were worms. Only to be bitten to death.

	07-01-2004 01:00									#74
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quote: Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat When I was a young lad of barely four, I found a semi-baby copperhead near the bayou out back of where we were living at the time, and picked it up (it had gotten a little overheated trying to cross the road), brought it into the house (with A/C running, perfect for cooling off and rebooting an 18" snake ), and said "look mommy, I found a great big worm" She freaked, called my dad at work, etc. etc. Long and short of it, I got my hide tanned, and I don't think that snake had a very good day either. A lot of kids do that fearless (though occasionally brainless ) thing much better than adults.

well at least POTM had the good sense not to touch it. And kept what SHE thought was a respectful distance.

	07-01-2004 01:08									#75
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Well, if it had been movin' at the time, I couldn't have caught it, so I figured in that little goober brain of mine that "respectful distance" meant "your ass is mine, welcome to my collection of cool creepy crawly creek critters"

Good for her though - girls that don't get squeamish about stuff and get into nature usually have more common sense than boys, who just have to get in the face of things.

	07-01-2004 01:35									#76
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When I was 2 living in miami, I was wading on the beach and saw a really cool squishy thing floating on the water. I grabbed it from the top, took it to my mom and said, "Look what I found!" She flipped big-time, and told to throw it away. So I went back to the water and flung it back to the sea.

It was a few years later that I found out it was a man-o-war.

	07-01-2004 02:08									#77
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The babies are sort of fun - I went to the Keys on a vacation one winter, to do some diving and such, and they had one of those events where a ton of men-o'-war spawn and the tides are all wrong, so a billion baby men-o'-war washed up on all the beaches and ****ed up most of the dive spots. I put a few on my forearm, to see what they could do at that size (about an inch in diameter - real cute little squishy things ), and after a couple of minutes, I had little red tattoos showing their imprints, and a little hot tingly sensation. A little hot water from a shower head killed off the proteins in the venom though (since they were babies, it wasn't potent at all like the adults), and the marks went away after a few minutes.

	07-01-2004 02:12									#78
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Yeah, but the one I found was eaily my length in tentacles. dead too, but probably plenty of venom left...I got lucky.

	07-01-2004 02:15									#79
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Yeah - the big ones can seriously mess you up, and they don't have to "sting" you - just contact with those cells causes them to ooze venom.

It's always entertaining, the crap like that we get into and get away with.

	07-01-2004 02:24									#80
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Che and I have talked before that we should be dead several times over.

Anyway, what was the topic again?

	07-01-2004 02:26									#81
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quote: Originally posted by Theben Che and I have talked before that we should be dead several times over. Anyway, what was the topic again?

Copperheads?

	07-01-2004 03:24									#82
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quote: Nyet. Copperheads were Southern pro-unionists.

Actually, the correct term is 'tories'. (Or at least that's the term that often seemed to be used by Southern governors and such when complaining to the Confederate government, as per William Davis' 'Look Away!')

	07-01-2004 03:51									#83
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quote: Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat The babies are sort of fun - I went to the Keys on a vacation one winter, to do some diving and such, and they had one of those events where a ton of men-o'-war spawn and the tides are all wrong, so a billion baby men-o'-war washed up on all the beaches and ****ed up most of the dive spots. I put a few on my forearm, to see what they could do at that size (about an inch in diameter - real cute little squishy things ), and after a couple of minutes, I had little red tattoos showing their imprints, and a little hot tingly sensation. A little hot water from a shower head killed off the proteins in the venom though (since they were babies, it wasn't potent at all like the adults), and the marks went away after a few minutes.

So this is what you do when you're bored.

	07-01-2004 03:51									#84
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quote: Originally posted by Stefu Actually, the correct term is 'tories'. (Or at least that's the term that often seemed to be used by Southern governors and such when complaining to the Confederate government, as per William Davis' 'Look Away!')

We don't need any of your Swedish nonsense.

	07-01-2004 05:35									#85
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quote: Originally posted by MrFun So this is what you do when you're bored.

That's pretty mild, all things considered, but I do find random ways of entertaining myself at times when there's not much else to do.