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It is easy for you, not me. I am paying my brother to do that for me. It is important to know ones limitations.
Yeah Mr Moneybags..enjoy the time off....*L*
Yeah, I payed him. He does that stuff for a living. If he is working on my truck he is not working elsewhere. I would have to pay somebody to do it, this way it goes to someone I know.
Is this the Liberal brother?
No, he is beyond useless. He is really good with radios and things. I offered to pay him to do some work but he does not want to get "involved". UAW guy. Thinks he is OWED a living. His daughter, my niece, has 3 "Obama Phones" and neither her or her "whatever" she lives with has worked for years. They pay for NO support for her 3, his one, kids. My NO GOOD brother "councils" them on how to avoid working and collect more benefits.
My OTHER brother used to consult for Ford and Chrysler. That dried up so he turned to his OTHER skills. He is VERY good at cabinet and furniture making. He is SLOWLY getting work in that field.
He needs the money, I need the work done. It is a win win.
AMonger
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Uh, why are we gratuitously killing snakes?I used to live up north of there, between Pickens and Clemson. I lived near 6 mile Mountain, otherwise known as the rattlesnake capitol of South Carolina.
I hunted with a club in the "Low Country" one season. First day it was 98 degrees. We killed 18 rattlers, no deer and I got chiggers. Yeah, GREAT FUN!!3 dogs passed out from the heat too.
Who said it was gratuitously? Most were killed when the snakes were "messing" with the dogs. 2 were killed when they did NOT back off of people. That area is thick with snakes.
Those "Cane Break" (sp?) rattlers in the "Low County" can get aggressive when it gets hot.
I never bothered the timber rattlers around my house, they stayed away for the most part. The cotton mouths kept me away from my pond in all but the coldest weather. There were very defensive of their territory.
When I was fighting fires in Everglades Park I had to wear metal leggings to stop from getting "stung" by diamond backs. They too were aggressive. That was before they had the nice, lightweight snake leggings like they have today.
AMonger
Veteran Expediter
I might have to move there. Sounds fantastic, except for the ridiculous heat, which I have no idea how you tolerate.
Herpetologists now consider canebrakes and timbers to be the same species. The only visible difference is the pink-ish stripe down the back. There aren't enough differences to consider them separate species.
Yeah, I kinda thought that the "canebrake" was more of a "local name".
I no longer live there. It is FAR too hot, I could not handle it and I lived in the northern part of South Carolina. I had a nice place too. 34 acres, mostly woods, with a 2 acre pond that was not safe to use. I could not see a road from my house. I lived there when I was with the DOD.
Everglades has HUGH diamondbacks. I ran over one once when I was driving on a two track while killing tress one day. The tail was OUTSIDE of the right front tire and the head was OUTSIDE of the left front tire. VERY thick. It was "tasty" too!!
Our power FINALLY came back on at 19:33 this evening.
With any luck we will be back in service Thursday at noon.
Whew, glad that is over.
With any luck we will be back in service Thursday at noon.
Whew, glad that is over.