Afternoon, everyone.
Jeffrey, sounds like quite a scare seeing that snake but at least it was one of the "good" ones. I'm like Ray in that I've always liked snakes and have been catching them since I was a kid. Since I was a Boy Scout and got my snake study merit badge, I feel pretty comfortable knowing what type of snake I'm looking at and if it's dangerous. Coachwhip snakes are really beautiful but they are near impossible to tame, which I guess is what makes them such good hunters. Sandy, that bull snake you saw scares lots of people because they have coloring and patterns that resemble a rattler. They are actually very meek and easy to tame. I had a bull snake and hog-nosed snake when I was a kid and they both liked to hang around my shoulders on a nice sunny day. Garter snakes can range from ones that will snap at you no matter how long you have them to being about the only snake that I think really likes humans. I used to carry one around in my pocket too and he was totally happy. I could let him out in the yard to hunt and he's always come back to the garage after a few hours to get back in his cage. He was a great pet, hard as that probably is for most people to understand.
Steve, we'd take some of that wet stuff any time now. Summer is coming on fast and there's no real rain on our horizon.
Tom, you have way more energy than I do. Going to church wears me out.
Paul, hope the checkup goes well. We won't see 48 degrees again down here until about November.
Carl, sounds like a great time being able to go on that dinner train and watch some real trains.
Sandy, the boy and wife went up to the mountains yesterday and said ski conditions were outstanding. He was up in Glacier National Park all week working on a project with the park service (he's a structural engineer) and said the weather was better there than the rain and cold you had in Denver last week.
Chris, the release of all kinds of exotic animals is getting to be a huge problem in south Florida. Like you said, if a creature can get there, it can usually survive. Snakes are a real problem since pythons and boa's will go after all the native snakes first and kill them off in short order. After that, they go after Fluffy the cat and that's when people start getting upset. I don't know how they are going to eliminate these snakes but, if they don't start a concerted program soon, it will be too late.
Ray, glad to see another snake lover. We do have a few snakes down here to be concerned about, the chief one being the cottonmouth, which has a nasty disposition and will strike without warning. Fortunately, they are pretty rare and really only like swampy areas. We have some huge (8' +) Eastern Diamondbacks but they are very reclusive and are actually pretty docile for a rattler. I've been hunting around the property since I've been here and have yet to see anything but garter snakes and one blue racer.
We had a great time watching the Biscuits play Saturday night. They won by one run in the bottom of the ninth on a fielding error but we'll take it. We're 5-5 in the last 10 and have moved up to third from the bottom so there's hope yet! Riverfront Stadium is a nice facility and the nicest part is that it's located directly south of the CSX yard lead so I get to watch baseball and trains.
We were there almost thee hours and saw abut 10 trains. Only one had all CSX engines and the majority were solid UP engines, including a UP SD-40-2, which I didn't think was even in mainline service any longer. The UP must have a a lot miles to work off with the CSX or something.
We've transitioned into summer in one weekend. I was wearing a jacket at Saturday's evening ball game and it's 94 right now. Looks like highs in the 90's all week with just a slight chance for scattered thunderstorms. I really don't mind the heat as long as we can get some afternoon clouds and some rain to cool things off a bit. I just hope it's better than last summer.
Jeffrey, sounds like quite a scare seeing that snake but at least it was one of the "good" ones. I'm like Ray in that I've always liked snakes and have been catching them since I was a kid. Since I was a Boy Scout and got my snake study merit badge, I feel pretty comfortable knowing what type of snake I'm looking at and if it's dangerous. Coachwhip snakes are really beautiful but they are near impossible to tame, which I guess is what makes them such good hunters. Sandy, that bull snake you saw scares lots of people because they have coloring and patterns that resemble a rattler. They are actually very meek and easy to tame. I had a bull snake and hog-nosed snake when I was a kid and they both liked to hang around my shoulders on a nice sunny day. Garter snakes can range from ones that will snap at you no matter how long you have them to being about the only snake that I think really likes humans. I used to carry one around in my pocket too and he was totally happy. I could let him out in the yard to hunt and he's always come back to the garage after a few hours to get back in his cage. He was a great pet, hard as that probably is for most people to understand.
Steve, we'd take some of that wet stuff any time now. Summer is coming on fast and there's no real rain on our horizon.
Tom, you have way more energy than I do. Going to church wears me out.
Paul, hope the checkup goes well. We won't see 48 degrees again down here until about November.
Carl, sounds like a great time being able to go on that dinner train and watch some real trains.
Sandy, the boy and wife went up to the mountains yesterday and said ski conditions were outstanding. He was up in Glacier National Park all week working on a project with the park service (he's a structural engineer) and said the weather was better there than the rain and cold you had in Denver last week.
Chris, the release of all kinds of exotic animals is getting to be a huge problem in south Florida. Like you said, if a creature can get there, it can usually survive. Snakes are a real problem since pythons and boa's will go after all the native snakes first and kill them off in short order. After that, they go after Fluffy the cat and that's when people start getting upset. I don't know how they are going to eliminate these snakes but, if they don't start a concerted program soon, it will be too late.
Ray, glad to see another snake lover. We do have a few snakes down here to be concerned about, the chief one being the cottonmouth, which has a nasty disposition and will strike without warning. Fortunately, they are pretty rare and really only like swampy areas. We have some huge (8' +) Eastern Diamondbacks but they are very reclusive and are actually pretty docile for a rattler. I've been hunting around the property since I've been here and have yet to see anything but garter snakes and one blue racer.
We had a great time watching the Biscuits play Saturday night. They won by one run in the bottom of the ninth on a fielding error but we'll take it. We're 5-5 in the last 10 and have moved up to third from the bottom so there's hope yet! Riverfront Stadium is a nice facility and the nicest part is that it's located directly south of the CSX yard lead so I get to watch baseball and trains.
We were there almost thee hours and saw abut 10 trains. Only one had all CSX engines and the majority were solid UP engines, including a UP SD-40-2, which I didn't think was even in mainline service any longer. The UP must have a a lot miles to work off with the CSX or something. We've transitioned into summer in one weekend. I was wearing a jacket at Saturday's evening ball game and it's 94 right now. Looks like highs in the 90's all week with just a slight chance for scattered thunderstorms. I really don't mind the heat as long as we can get some afternoon clouds and some rain to cool things off a bit. I just hope it's better than last summer.
LOL's Everyone have a nice day!
