@jd50ae said:
Nope. I am talking about poisonous black snakes that inhabit this area and that have just missed my wife twice. They have bit two of our dogs resulting in one death. As a kid I use to catch racers but I have never seen a racer on this property. We have some big corn snakes that feed well on the mice. We take the time to remove the really big corn snakes to a patch of woods some distance away. I have even seen chickens attack and kill the black snakes. I barely got a shove between, a black snake and my wife when one attacked her, lots of venom on the blade. That snake become fish and turtle food. I also now carry a 6 inch Taurus 45/410 when I am out and about.
I have black racers, here, and Indigo snakes that are black and eat poisonous snakes.
Cottonmouths and copperheads live here, they're poisonous. Hognose "Puff Adders", are mildly poisonous, they say.
I can't think of a poisonous black snake? Although by late summer cottonmouths can be nearly black, so much so that sometimes one can't see the markings. Think that's what they are?
Yes. Also water snakes. Had a water snake actually come across our pond to attack me. All I had was a 38 colt snub nose and the snake ended up fish food. 2 of our dogs seem to be very angry when a snake gets too close and they do end them. Summer changing to cold weather seems to bring them out more then normal.
Yeah, those water snakes are aggressive critters. Can't actually hurt you, but by the time I figure out for sure that it's just a water snake they're usually dead. You can't calm them down, either. You know, you can catch a chicken snake, black rat snake, garter snake, even a hognose, and after awhile they calm down, once they know you're not going to hurt them. But the water snake never calms down.
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
"Commonly known as a “water moccasin”, the cottonmouth is found mainly in the western half of the state. It’s habitat is mainly going to be in or around bodies of water such as rivers, creeks, lakes, swamps and wetlands. They are North America’s only venomous water snake."
Shaved and put on pants today for the first day in a long time. Had a dentist appointment and the dentist likes to pull the hairs on my mustache while he's working in my mouth.
Came home and made chicken wraps for lunch with fresh basil from the garden. Turned out great.
Now I'm sanitizing my water dispenser with a bleach water solution and rinsing it out. Too hot and muggy here, it's sapping my strength.
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I was coming down the hill from my studio this evening and saw a doe and two little ones. We don't have any nearby neighbors, mostly it's all woods. Hope the deer don't find our garden.
i woke up then fell back asleep then i woke up 15 minutes later running behind of course daughter tells me shes hungry i make her breakfast and then take her to school i drive back home i log onto the VPN... and after looking over 65 emails that all came in within a span of an hour i realized something... i work with some incompetent people... oh also i had a sausage biscuit it was great!
After roasting and smoking an Avo Classic #2, I realized I was hungry and missed lunch. I fixed a PB&J and put some Panters mixed nuts (like 90% peanuts) on the plate. I wasn't real careful setting the sandwich down and got some nuts stuck to the peanut butter. I ended up dipping the sandwich in the mixed nuts, it was good.
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Recovering from a bout of food poisoning last night.
Grilled burgers for the wife and I, she was only a little sick, I had two and was up all night with an alien in my guts. Got to sleep about 9 AM in the recliner and woke about 2.
Crackers and ginger ale for me today.
Friends don't let good friends smoke cheap cigars.
Cut back blackberries, a bunch of 10-12 ft locust and red oak trees, and wild roses as they were all crowding my studio.. Filled a 5x10 trailer with the cuttings and drove down the road to the edge of our land and pitched all over the same bank I have been using for 40 years. Had gloves but some of the thorns got thru. Spent a hour or so after supper with a Robusto while I picked the busted off thorns out.
Nothin' like the aroma of diesel roasted duck (at least I think that's what it was...there wasn't much left of it) at 0530 while pulling bits of feather out of the engine intake.
I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
having to go round and round with my ex landlord about some ridiculous charges on our house we were renting. At the point where I'm either going to get a lawyer or just pay up and not buy cigars for awhile, ugh!
Working outside and this guy jumps on my laptop chasing after a bug. Snapped a pic before he took off. Didn’t even offer me a discount on my car insurance. Wish I was a little faster so I could have gotten an action shot of him running across the screen.
After a breakfast of coffee, eggs, bacon, and waffles I emptied the dishwasher and discovered that we'd blown through the single ply and enjoyed the luxury of double ply toilet paper. Sweet, soft luxury.
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The New York Times:
Russian intelligence is hacking campaign officials from both parties, while China has focused on penetrating the Biden campaign, Microsoft warned.
Thursday, September 10, 2020 2:47 PM EST
The findings come one day after a government whistle-blower claimed that officials at the White House and the Department of Homeland Security suppressed intelligence concerning Russia’s continuing interference because it “made the president look bad,” and instructed government analysts to instead focus on interference by China and Iran.
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Yes. Also water snakes. Had a water snake actually come across our pond to attack me. All I had was a 38 colt snub nose and the snake ended up fish food. 2 of our dogs seem to be very angry when a snake gets too close and they do end them. Summer changing to cold weather seems to bring them out more then normal.
Yeah, those water snakes are aggressive critters. Can't actually hurt you, but by the time I figure out for sure that it's just a water snake they're usually dead. You can't calm them down, either. You know, you can catch a chicken snake, black rat snake, garter snake, even a hognose, and after awhile they calm down, once they know you're not going to hurt them. But the water snake never calms down.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
https://wildlifeinformer.com/venomous-snakes-in-tennessee/
"Commonly known as a “water moccasin”, the cottonmouth is found mainly in the western half of the state. It’s habitat is mainly going to be in or around bodies of water such as rivers, creeks, lakes, swamps and wetlands. They are North America’s only venomous water snake."
Thank you @Stubble
Shaved and put on pants today for the first day in a long time. Had a dentist appointment and the dentist likes to pull the hairs on my mustache while he's working in my mouth.
Came home and made chicken wraps for lunch with fresh basil from the garden. Turned out great.
Now I'm sanitizing my water dispenser with a bleach water solution and rinsing it out. Too hot and muggy here, it's sapping my strength.
Picking up my new (to me) truck after work. This day is already dragging. Wtf.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Sitting at home waiting on Hurricane, Went out to buy cigars, beer, water, beer, chips, beer, cheetos, cigars and beer.
Was gonna spend the day cutting & processing firewood. Rain put an end to those plans. Wet wood is flippin' heavy.
Doing light preparation for hurricane, hopefully we get a solid 6-8” of rain, so hot and dry, need rain bad but not the wind.
Good luck TX.
I was coming down the hill from my studio this evening and saw a doe and two little ones. We don't have any nearby neighbors, mostly it's all woods. Hope the deer don't find our garden.
i woke up then fell back asleep then i woke up 15 minutes later running behind of course daughter tells me shes hungry i make her breakfast and then take her to school i drive back home i log onto the VPN... and after looking over 65 emails that all came in within a span of an hour i realized something... i work with some incompetent people... oh also i had a sausage biscuit it was great!
After 6 months of staying home I had my Wife cut my hair with clippers. It's short and I'll be a lot more comfortable now.
The one day since May it isn't raining and I'm on call. Can't go anywhere or get deep into any project.
After roasting and smoking an Avo Classic #2, I realized I was hungry and missed lunch. I fixed a PB&J and put some Panters mixed nuts (like 90% peanuts) on the plate. I wasn't real careful setting the sandwich down and got some nuts stuck to the peanut butter. I ended up dipping the sandwich in the mixed nuts, it was good.
POIDH
No pictures, but catch up with me on vHerf sometime for the results.
Recovering from a bout of food poisoning last night.
Grilled burgers for the wife and I, she was only a little sick, I had two and was up all night with an alien in my guts. Got to sleep about 9 AM in the recliner and woke about 2.
Crackers and ginger ale for me today.
Sorry to hear that, Michael. You didn’t let Nick cook those burgers, did you?
Cut back blackberries, a bunch of 10-12 ft locust and red oak trees, and wild roses as they were all crowding my studio.. Filled a 5x10 trailer with the cuttings and drove down the road to the edge of our land and pitched all over the same bank I have been using for 40 years. Had gloves but some of the thorns got thru. Spent a hour or so after supper with a Robusto while I picked the busted off thorns out.
pulling crab grass clumps and plantain in the lawn before it drops seed.
Nothin' like the aroma of diesel roasted duck (at least I think that's what it was...there wasn't much left of it) at 0530 while pulling bits of feather out of the engine intake.
wound up here. Bad day for Daffy.
It should have... Ducked.
having to go round and round with my ex landlord about some ridiculous charges on our house we were renting. At the point where I'm either going to get a lawyer or just pay up and not buy cigars for awhile, ugh!
Working outside and this guy jumps on my laptop chasing after a bug. Snapped a pic before he took off. Didn’t even offer me a discount on my car insurance. Wish I was a little faster so I could have gotten an action shot of him running across the screen.
After a breakfast of coffee, eggs, bacon, and waffles I emptied the dishwasher and discovered that we'd blown through the single ply and enjoyed the luxury of double ply toilet paper. Sweet, soft luxury.
dug some potatoes for a potato salad.
a solution to this:
The New York Times:
Russian intelligence is hacking campaign officials from both parties, while China has focused on penetrating the Biden campaign, Microsoft warned.
Thursday, September 10, 2020 2:47 PM EST
The findings come one day after a government whistle-blower claimed that officials at the White House and the Department of Homeland Security suppressed intelligence concerning Russia’s continuing interference because it “made the president look bad,” and instructed government analysts to instead focus on interference by China and Iran.
well, difficult to hack from afar:
^^^^^^^ But if we use those...we're all gonna DIIIIEEEEEE! 🤣🤣🤣🤣