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couple finds snapping turtle impaled with a screwdriver
pjstar ^ | 9/29/15 | Luciano

Posted on 10/01/2015 11:43:23 AM PDT by pabianice

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To: dp0622
I read the article. 100 years old.

You are 100 years old? Good for you! I doubt i'll make it that long. :)

21 posted on 10/01/2015 11:56:54 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: dp0622

“If someone did that to my cat, it would be their last day on earth.”

Yep, same here.


22 posted on 10/01/2015 11:57:33 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Oh My Gglly gosh, you are most certainly an evil racist and will not be ascending../?


23 posted on 10/01/2015 11:58:45 AM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: Norm Lenhart

I am bemused that the slaughter itself failed to raise a fuss even approaching that which selling some of the slaughter products did. Which is worse? Show me, genius. Where were you doing anything, beyond patting yourself on the back, about abortion itself? And no, voting for politicians who cannot win does not count.

Sounds like you have demonstrated yourself to be chief of flaunting little things and ignoring larger ones.


24 posted on 10/01/2015 11:59:00 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

When you claim something, that is pretty good empirical proof it isn’t true.


25 posted on 10/01/2015 11:59:37 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

So back up that claim with examples of all my errors. To date you have yet to produce one.


26 posted on 10/01/2015 12:01:40 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: DiogenesLamp

I’m 47 and with my eating habits, 70 is going to be tough!

i didn’t know turtles lived that long. spunky little critter.


27 posted on 10/01/2015 12:01:57 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: TexasFreeper2009

you just don’t get it just


28 posted on 10/01/2015 12:02:47 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Norm Lenhart

You have had them amply spelled out but all you have done is go la la la you can’t hear me and claim how awesome you are.

I submit my case to a candid FR. Not to you!


29 posted on 10/01/2015 12:02:49 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

As usual, all hot air, not a single thing to back it up.


30 posted on 10/01/2015 12:04:55 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: DoughtyOne; Gondring

Look what dragged itself in.


31 posted on 10/01/2015 12:05:53 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

You have described yourself well: again I appeal to a candid FR, not to you.


32 posted on 10/01/2015 12:06:19 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Appeal to a banana for all I care. You still to date never showed anyone anything but your claims.


33 posted on 10/01/2015 12:09:51 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: pabianice
I've no way of knowing what happend here, but when I was young my dad signed me up to spend a couple of summers working for some commercial fisherman that used some land my dad owned on the Mississippi River in Wisconsin.

One of the first things I learned was to stay away from snapping turtles. They can be quite fast in attacking something and once they get a hold of whatever they grab at, it's screwed. They don't let go without the proper encouragement which usually involves cutting the head off or shooting the thing and then prying the jaws open if you still have what it grabbed in the first place.

As I said, I've no idea what happened, but I would just as easily believe that the turtle got that screwdriver as a result of it attacking someone as it was the result of being attacked by a future pedophile.

34 posted on 10/01/2015 12:11:44 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: pabianice

Ummm, if it attacked someone this could be a legitimate response. About the only way to get them to let go is cut the head off, and they can do serious damage.


35 posted on 10/01/2015 12:15:59 PM PDT by LambSlave
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To: Bob434

Not funny. Not funny at all. Some of the comments here make the freerepublic people look like sickos.


36 posted on 10/01/2015 12:16:14 PM PDT by Essie
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To: pabianice

Time to push for gunscrewdriver control laws. I don't trust those wiley little tools. They're dangerous and have a thing against turtles. Ban 'em. <sarc>


37 posted on 10/01/2015 12:17:12 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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Man really? Not one post to say: boy that turtle is screwed!

Come on just a little levity for a sick situation. Can’t let ourselves be completely sullen. Besides the ol’ girl is expected to fully recover. Tough reptile.

Is it named Hillary?


38 posted on 10/01/2015 12:22:05 PM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: pabianice

Might have been a pissed-off fisherman. They’ll eat the fish off of your stringer.


39 posted on 10/01/2015 12:22:21 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: FunkyZero

On a somewhat related subject, a lot of people seem to find something funny about roadkill. I consider it sad, if sometimes unavoidable. I wouldn’t endanger myself or others to avoid hitting an animal on the road, but will try to avoid it if possible.


40 posted on 10/01/2015 12:25:57 PM PDT by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like tractor.)
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