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Dick, Guns are o.k. its the nut that miss uses it. 2539 H has a mod. 10 s& w in it all the time .Inever take it out . Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: Dick Chevalier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Coupers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS] California to Michigan > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > I don't wish to start a political firestorm here, BUT... I fly the west all > the time and many of us who fly in areas that are short on humans and long > on critters, carry a gun. BTW it is required by law in Alaska. > > A couple of weeks ago, I had left my bike over on the other lot where I am > building a new hangar and didn't want to leave it unattended overnight. I > jumped into the Blazer that I keep over there and left the hangar door open > so I could simply buzz in when I returned on the bike. Not more than 5 > minutes had elapsed when I returned and pulled in next to my wifes car and > popped down the kickstand. When I shut off the engine, I could hear air > hissing out of the rear tire. I thought s__t. Then it stopped. Then it > started again. Then I thought HOLY S__T. I rolled off the bike on the > opposite side from the sound, and ran over to turn on the lights. Sure > enough, there by the rear tire of the bike was one hissed off snake. I keep > bird shot in my .357 on the bedside table and ran into the apartment, > grabbed up the peice and raced back to the front of the hangar hoping the > thing hadn't slithered off under some of the tons of accumulated boxes along > the edges of the hangar which would have worried me to death. Fortunately > s/he was quite accommodating and was still in the same spot. I got it on > the third shot. That's why I use bird shot. Can't hit a thing on the first > shot. I have lived in snake country both here in NM and in CO for twenty > years and this is the only time I have ever heard a live rattlesnake. S/he > was about 2-1/2 ft. long. Sometimes you have to decide which you like less, > guns or dead. > > Dick in Columbus NM. > > Home of the First Aero Squadron of the US Army Signal Corps. and resident of > the First Aero Squadron Airpark, NM09. See: > http://www.vtc.net/~dchev/History.html > > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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