BigStewMan Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 42 minutes ago, babadono said: this question has only one answer....Kill it. That was a great many years ago ... i don’t remember what we did with it. I do recall when i was 16 and put one in the trunk of my Dad’s car. Now, who remembers what they were doing every time they had a rattlesnake; but it was dead and i just forgot about it. My Dad went to get his golf clubs out of the car one day and found it. He very calmly said, “by the way, you can never drive my car again.” That didn’t last long though ... like the day after i got my drivers license and he took it away. I had accidentally forgotten to go to school, and so did two of my friends, so we goofed around all day, and the school called to reschedule some sort of conference that i had forgotten about. After a few days of getting home from work and lying on the couch to take a nap and my Mom waking him up to go to the store, he finally said, “Your license is on my dresser, you can have it back, now go to the store for your mother." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 3 hours ago, dtel said: There is a old joke about that...............They said your going to die Richard Pryor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 5 hours ago, dtel said: I would rather have to deal with a rattlesnake, usher is not what i would do. Then I would spray for spiders including the yard, twice, maby more. I can't say that I wouldn't feel the same about gators. We have some very alien looking critters. Jerusalem Crickets, sun spiders ... Those are beyond ugly. Not "so ugly, they're cute" either. sun spider. these give me the creeps. They aren't venomous. Tarantulas are fuzzy and mellow in comparison.These dart around. Can chew up June bugs. out here everything bites, stings, impales or is otherwise poisonous. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted September 11, 2019 Moderators Share Posted September 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Sancho Panza said: Richard Pryor? I don't remember who it was, something like this. Two men were out hunting in the woods and one had to go to the bathroom so he walks over to a bush and while standing there he was bit by a snake. His friend said I will go back and ask what to do so he hurried to a local store where this old lady was working and asked what should he do. The old lady told him the old way of doing it was to make a cut and suck out the poison then try to get to a hospital. So he want back to his friend thinking about it the whole way and when he got there he told his friend, they said you're probably going to die. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 it isn't all reptiles, bugs and spiders here. Don't get that idea. Lots of birds. Javelina, deer and coyotes run the streets with the skunks and coons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 ah, the smell of a skunk in the morning. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 we had a family of them. I learned how to trap and relocate them w/o getting nuked. In some ways, I'd rather a skunk than a coon. there is a story that goes with the skunks. Long to short, I moved them because of rabies incidence in the area. Our cats played with them. We have a country vet... I still don't think he would go for giving skunks rabies vaccinations. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Hey @WillyBob what's the tumbleweed situation at your place? I grew up in the Upper Mojave desert and we’d get large tumbleweeds rolling down the street in a windstorm. I’m pretty allergic to those things, had to clean a bunch out of the yard once and my eyes were itching like crazy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 not much here. They do grow here. It is a colonizer type plant. Takes advantage of disturbed soil. Doesn't compete well. Almost to Tucson, in the flood plain... YES. Eat your car size. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sunburnwilly Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 ^^^ makes all the difference in the world ^^^ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 it is different. instead of suffocating from the humidity, we get a gentle sear from the inside out. The high humidity is tough, I won't deny that. Semi-dehydrated is normal state. I gained a couple lbs of water while I was in Indiana. Plumped up like a raisin. Feels like fall is coming. I'll be doing some fuel wood cutting this year. I kinda like doing a little. Can't cut much if I am using the Olds to haul it. I always see BorderPatrol when I go cutting. I expect to see them. I'm w/i a few miles of the border. They see the beater car, trunk open and a gas can... Ask if I need some help. Yeah, see the wood up there? Never gotten any takers. They do make me feel more comfortable. They will tell me if I might see UDIs. The travelers, I don't worry. It is the smugglers. Don't wanna be the guy with a chainsaw at a gunfight. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1290 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I'm feelin it. 11:30PM and I wanna piss off the neighbors. Time to close the french doors I'm guessin! WB a chainsaw @ a gunfight would NOT be a good idea I'm thinkin! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted September 13, 2019 Moderators Share Posted September 13, 2019 59 minutes ago, WillyBob said: it is different. instead of suffocating from the humidity, we get a gentle sear from the inside out Your right humidity can get rough, and things get hot to the touch but went to Arizona in the summer as a kid and you could not touch a gate to unlock it it was so hot. But I was a kid ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Went through 2 summers in Phx. AZ and they were easier than the summer here . It's not oppressive and when you're in the shade it's noticeably cooler . Shade here hardly makes a difference . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 it's about 15` cooler here. and Yes... difference between being in the shade is 40` cooler than being in the sun. Quite noticeable Was talking to a buddy about a sub. He is a DJ... Reaffirmed what y'all been saying... Don't really NEED a sub for the music I listen to. Nonetheless, asked him to keep his eyes open for a Danley unit. He still has connections. And a moving van... and 2 young/er men..... wife's secretary has folks she chefs for. They have homes in HI and AK... soon to have a place in AZ... for her. Must be nice. Maybe they will spring for a sound system. Since they aren't pinching pennies... There is a pair of RF7 II or III with a center speaker and RB81 II for less than a pair of CWIII that are also on local cl. Either way. https://tucson.craigslist.org/ele/d/amado-klipsch-rf-7-ii-rc-62-ii-rb81-ii/6972192231.html https://tucson.craigslist.org/ele/d/tucson-klipsch-cornwall-iii-like-new/6968750184.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 9/6/2019 at 2:43 PM, BigStewMan said: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WillyBob Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 16 hours ago, dtel said: Your right humidity can get rough, and things get hot to the touch but went to Arizona in the summer as a kid and you could not touch a gate to unlock it it was so hot. But I was a kid ? Your memory is good. Change left in the seat of the car can leave a mark. Don't park your motorcycle on asphalt. The kickstand will sink into it. Don't wanna leave tools in the sun, either. I remember that from working in Tucson/GreenValley. We don't see 100` [very often]. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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