Ponies on The Run (Again)
1/8/09, 10:57 PM
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You guys know what started my path back to the chit house? She found a snake skin that was shed in the **** English garden of hers in the backyard and wanted me to look for it... She got pissed when I said not to worry about it 'cuz her dog would get bit first.
1/8/09, 11:06 PM
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1/8/09, 11:08 PM
That must have been very scary. Did you kill the snake and take it with you to the hospital so they could identify? I think thats what you are supposed to do. If it happened to my daughter I'd freak out way too much and forget. Unfortunately we have rattlesnakes, cotton mouths, and copperheads around here. I hate those **** copperheads. They blend in too well and you have no warning.
1/8/09, 11:43 PM
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That must have been very scary. Did you kill the snake and take it with you to the hospital so they could identify? I think thats what you are supposed to do. If it happened to my daughter I'd freak out way too much and forget. Unfortunately we have rattlesnakes, cotton mouths, and copperheads around here. I hate those **** copperheads. They blend in too well and you have no warning.
They administered anti-venon (It was funny to think about it now. These four huge firemen/paramedics were rolling these tiny bottles in their hands to melt the coagulated anti-venom. You can't shake it 'cuz the coagulated stuff would get stuck in the IV.) but by 10 PM or so (?), the skin on her leg looked like this grey you see when you type in a response. The swelling was up to her knee. They were going to cut it to release the pressure at midnight if the anti-venon didn't arrest the poison. Luckily it did. I felt like crying as there was nothing I could do.
1/8/09, 11:59 PM
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Here's my snake: 
http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showpo...&postcount=274
Guess I won't have to worry about them anymore.
http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showpo...&postcount=274
Guess I won't have to worry about them anymore.
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1/9/09, 12:04 AM
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Ray, that looks like a mature snake. I don't know if it was venomous or not, but baby rattlers are the most dangerous, I'm told, as they can't regulate the venom they inject. They "shoot their whole wad" when they strike. As such, it's bad. And I'm sorry to read your wife was ill...
1/9/09, 12:09 AM
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Ray, that looks like a mature snake. I don't know if it was venomous or not, but baby rattlers are the most dangerous, I'm told, as they can't regulate the venom they inject. They "shoot their whole wad" when they strike. As such, it's bad. And I'm sorry to read your wife was ill...
1/9/09, 12:21 AM
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Ray, that looks like a mature snake. I don't know if it was venomous or not, but baby rattlers are the most dangerous, I'm told, as they can't regulate the venom they inject. They "shoot their whole wad" when they strike. As such, it's bad. And I'm sorry to read your wife was ill...
The Pacific rattlesnake is diurnal in its habits. Bites from this species are common in the Northwestern states. Large enough to cause a fatality. Pacific rattlesnakes can be found from sea level to 11,000 feet.
Average length 3½ feet, maximum length 5 feet.
Average length 3½ feet, maximum length 5 feet.
+10 on the I hate snakes
1/9/09, 07:47 AM
Trying to keep up with me? 
Nice current avatar.. where's her right hand?
Reveal looked cool. 
Ed, listen to Gary! 
I don't hate snakes as much as I do spiders.
Nice current avatar.. where's her right hand?
I don't hate snakes as much as I do spiders.
1/9/09, 08:11 AM
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Hey, Leo, you can send her to collect the hundred bucks!
On a mechanical note, someone tried to sell me a windage tray, presumably under the guise of getting more hp. I told them my stock oil pan already has a windage tray and that an aftermarket one shouldn't increase the hp. What's right?
On a mechanical note, someone tried to sell me a windage tray, presumably under the guise of getting more hp. I told them my stock oil pan already has a windage tray and that an aftermarket one shouldn't increase the hp. What's right?