Posted on 11/23/2015 7:42:35 AM PST by Robert DeLong
You be a street outlaw driving a white crow as well?
Wife makes my take out Armadillos. First time I shot one he scared the you know what out of me, LOL. He jumped about 23 feet in the air and did a back summersault. Thought for sure he was rebid or something and was coming for me. Ran a few feet and then fell out. Not really into killing, but they tear up the yard something terrible.
Like that song......
More like driving some white cows...........
Anyway, he told me his group was returning from a gig on a train, and this other group on the train and his group started jamming. He said the name of the other group called themselves R.E.M. Said never heard of them, which I hadn't at that time. A few months later a friend of mine brought an E.P. by for me to listen to that had this song on it and I was hooked. Sure wish I could have witnessed that jam session.
Damn, hoping you were Big Chief. I hear he totaled the Crow. Damn shame. Just glad he wasn’t hurt.
We’re on over 16 acres here, right on the river, way off
the road. We do have rattlesnakes & copperheads. Our dog’s
a “snake dog”; huge dew claws. Momma always used to say
that dogs with big dew claws were “snake dogs” and snake
bites didn’t bother them. Dubbers tends to just roll over
all kinds of snakes; although a copperhead did rile her up
one night trying to crawl up to her food dish. Husband
went out and dispatched the snake. Two weeks before, our
cat stumbled up on one; jumped about 10 ft. in the air!
Husband has killed numerous snakes of all kinds out here.
So, I just watch where I walk. Brutus & Dubbers are on
their own! (The copperhead looked at first like a little
bunny rabbit coiled up there on the porch; but it was
sort of dark. Not so much like a bunny when I went & got
the flashlight! - One thing for sure; if these Jihadists
come lurking around here; they may just find themselves
getting hit by a poisonous snake if not attacked by a big
old dog or an angry kitty kat. Or shot with my great great
granddaddy’s old Smith & Wesson. I didn’t come from
people with a big sense of humor about some things. Too
many of them had to stand and deliver for much
foolishness!
It’s the business of the squirrels eating ALL the pears on
the trees that has turned husband into a squirrel killing
fanatic. The moles tearing up the yard, he’s put up with
them until he started tripping over the mole holes and
almost breaking a leg. Then he started poisoning them. - It
is disheartening to plant fruit trees and have the squirrels
hog up ALL the pears! We see armadillos squashed on the
highways around here; but, so far not on the place that we
have seen. - We did have a black bear ranging across the
river a few years ago. They said not to confront it - DUH!
We didn’t; but some smart aleck shot it up north somewhere.
We have bobcats and all sorts of wild stuff on the river.
Coyotes. I don’t want to live in town, though.
Can’t do Facebook; but a lot of folks do like it. - A
friend’s DIL used to post of FB every time she & hubby
went anywhere; also posted pics of her redecorating
projects, new furniture. So, someone robbed them one
time when they went on vacation. They went off; came home
& had been cleaned out. Maybe that broke her of FB. -
My cousin had about 4,000 friends (puh-leeze!) on his
“friends” listing. I never got many over a hundred; and
some of those I couldn’t really remember if I had really
known them or not. - One silly woman asked me for a DATE!
And I’m a woman myself. - Having been out of school for
45 yrs. or so, I was afraid someone would get hurt
feelings if I didn’t click ok on “friending” them. .
but, who even has a hundred real friends?
But wildlife, that's another story. I got bitten by a baby copperhead several years ago now. The problem with getting bit by baby snakes is that they let all of their venom go, whereas adult snakes control the amount of venom they inject. At first I though it was a bee sting, though it hurt more than the usual bee stings I had experienced. The real kicker is the cost of the anti-venom treatment. When I got my bill I called the hospital and said I think you added an extra zero to the end of the price. She said why, what was the amount. I said 66,600.00, and she replied, no that's correct. I would still be paying for it if insurance hadn't covered the lion share if it. Think my share was like 2,500.00. Anyway, I am real careful where I stick my hands now. LOL
Yeah I understand and would do the same. Our pear trees are non fruit bearing so I don’t have that problem. But if I had fruit bearing trees and some critter were eating them, I would plug them in a New York minute (I guess minutes fly by faster in New York). I kill snakes when they invade my space, there is enough space for them to not have to invade mine, and I hate rodents, which squirrels are, but their fluffy tail makes them less disagreeable. Stopped feeding the birds because they were eating all of the seed in the feeders, and breaking the feeders on top of it. Dry summer this year, which stressed the oak trees, resulting in an abundance of acorns for them to survive on this year.
As far as Friends go, Houdini says it fairly well. One of the few rap songs I think is worthwhile listening to, that a good black friend turned me onto years ago now.
Nobody hurt....
I enjoy the pears we do get; but like the old fashioned,
firm, gritty pears we used to get. - We’re way off the road,
with an honest to goodness viper pit between us and the
secondary road. The pit is in a woods lot. - Yep. We quit
feeding the birds, too. Cattbutt would lurk under the feeder
and pounce on the feeder to trap a bird; so we quit that.
We also have oak trees and lots of acorns this go round.
Not all that dry this summer, though. - I’d like to drive
over east for the scenery; but riding has got to where it
stoves me up. - I’ve said if the “immigrants” can get past
the snake pit and various lurking vipers out front, then
the big Malamute after that, then past my Smith & Wesson,
they have my awe for their perseverance. We’re just not
all that civilized. I was raised by people who were
already old when I was born, so it was hard but fair as
Daddy used to say.
Sorry about the snakebite. Uncle got bitten by a viper once
in the western part of the state. - Husband has killed
boo-coos of rattlers and a few copperheads. I have walked
right over at least one of the baby copperheads; but it
didn’t bite me. Dubbers (dog) just barrels over them like a
freight train. I reckon she’s never been affected by them.
She was sick last week; but I think it was some bit of yuk
she gobbled up in the yard. - Husband swells up like a
balloon from bee stings; that’s why we can’t keep honey
bees. Our neighbor sells honey; bless him. - Yeah. If
husband hadn’t had good insurance, we would be in the poor
house. He’s had LOTS of major surgeries over the past 30
years. - I try to stay away from the fizzitions! I guess
it’s just superstition on my part; but they can’t find
something to cut on if I don’t hang around them too much!
:o)
Been lucky health wise myself. I've had 1 surgery for a hernia, and some stiches in my calf when a bottle feel off of a shelf behind me and a piece of glass embedded in my calf. Snake bite was the worst, and that only due to costs. But to find the silver lining in that incident, I learned how anti-venom is created, which I had never really thought about before. Knew the snakes were milked, but was unaware that the venom was then injected into a horse or goat and their systems actually produce the anti-venom.
There are canebrake rattlesnakes, in Louisiana but my parish only has them in the south western part. My parish is at the top of the toe of the boot, called Tangipahoa Parish that runs from Mississippi down to Lakes Maurepas & Pontchartrain, which are where the rattlers are.
Been stung so many times by bees now, I hardly notice anymore. What I hate the most are the fire ants. Really have to pay attention where you are standing. LOL.
I'll eat grapes when the wife buys them, but they have to be seedless. Also like Bing Cherries. Bananas occasionally. Kiwis are tasty. Apples if they are juicy and tasty, red delicious I guess they are called. Peaches used to be a favorite, as were oranges, nectarines and tangerines.
This guy has created the ultimate fruit bearing tree, but so far he hasn't offered any for sale.
Husband grows an organic garden; has some grape vines. They
aren’t seedless. That’s okay; I like spitting them out.
Husband claims you’re supposed to swallow the seeds & spit
out the skins. The grape skins are the only part of the
grape that has any flavor to me anyway. We get a bit of
fruit. Organic is working okay for us.
His last surgery WAS the last! I mean it! Rough!!
So far, no allergies to bees; but have developed shortages
in potassium & stuff like that. Also, weight problems go
with the territory. Used to be able to eat like a pig;
didn’t gain an ounce. Not anymore! BP meds cause fluid
retention; water pills don’t help a lot. Doc grumps at me.
He’s pot calling ME kettle! Theobromine sensitivity
(shellfish, chocolate) headaches. - Getting old is not
for sissies!
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