Saw a beutiful coral snake this morning didn't have the heart to lay him to waste so I just ran him off. If he comes back the chickens will peck him to death.
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 11:06 PM, Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@centurylink.net> wrote: > Tom: here's a photo of that vise. I think I paid $39.95 for it. Don't waste > your money. It IS a rotary, but VERY cheaply machined. It rusted from just > the humidity in the house, and also the "pad" as you can see, that goes on > the adjustment screw to make it not bore into the table came off the first > few days. I'd rather have a $20 Thompson any day,rotary or not. HTH, Chuck > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Swahn Jr > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 5:12 PM > Subject: [VFB] Re: HUGE Rattler > > Real quick question for Chuck....what was that vice you bought on EBay a bit > ago?? ALL my projects are done after close to two years and i'm anxious to > get tying again....Hope all on the list are doing well..missed you guys!!! > > Tom in VT > > On Thursday, August 9, 2012 11:57:29 PM UTC-4, chuckles wrote: >> >> Folks: It's the dog days of Summer, and that means (at least around here) >> that the snakes are crawling, and are meaner than ever. Yesterday, my son >> and grand daughter were walking to the edge of of or property to check on >> getting a part off an old Ford we have parked there when they saw a huge >> rattler gliding across the yard. They ran up and got me, and wouldn't ya >> know it but the firing pin on my shotgun is broken, so I get my 22 magnum >> pistol and go out there. I spot him, and you know how ppl are about telling >> you the size of snakes. It's like telling you the size of the "fish that got >> away". But this was one of the Eastern Diamondbacks you see on the TV shows, >> as in over 5ft long, and bigger than my forearm. But the weird thing is, >> even after I shot (and missed 3 out of 5 times, cause it's hard to hit a >> snake with an old revolver at 15 yards, cause that was as close as I was >> getting LOL). Anyway, through all that, he NEVER ratted a single time. I >> shot and missed. I shot again and hit him. He stopped dead in his tracks and >> I thought I had heart shot him, cause I knew it was a "body shot". I shot >> again, and hit him again. (reason I know is cause after he had gone, I saw >> the blood stains on the ground) He still didn't move. His tail was straight >> up, and he had 7 or 8 rattles, each at least 3/4" across, but like I said, >> they NEVER once rattled. I missed him three more times, and had one round >> mis fire before he FINALLY started crawling off VERY SLOWLY. My son in law >> had heard the shots and came down with his shotgun, and we went out into the >> woods and hunted the snake for 30 minutes or so, but never saw him again. >> Man, that really scared me knowing how close he was to my son and grand >> daughter. He was a BEAUTIFUL snake as he had JUST shed his skin and his >> colors and markings were really bright. But he'll be "dead and beautiful" if >> I see him again and hopefully get more shots at him LOL. Anyway, if you live >> anywhere that is snake country, this is a bad time of the year, so be on the >> lookout at all times. Chuck >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > No virus found in this message. > > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2437/5193 - Release Date: 08/11/12 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- " Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing - After they have exhausted all other possibilities. " --Winston Churchill Robert Morger Central Texas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
