I wouldn't be surprised if it was.

I am still pissed off that a freaking rattle snake almost bit me yesterday. I am still looking over my shoulder in the yard, even though I know the likelyhood of seeing another one is low. Still pisses me off. But I fixed his ass....

Excuse me Mr. Merc, but is that one o' them thar special Casio watches?
Where'd you get that?

Timex.

Indiglo.

Eh hem -

reference to the people being held at gitmo ... humor ...

never mind.

Got it, ignored it.

I suspect that the snake is a little more irritated than you. Or it would be if it could be.

Not bustin ya balls, mind you. Deadly reptiles in the yard? EFF that! What did you get it with? Shovel?

*snicker*

Oh gross snake guts EVERYWHERE. Bleh. You're a better man than I am, merc. ;)

I walked 47 miles of barbed wire,
Used a cobra snake for a neck tie.
Got a brand new house on the roadside,
Made out of rattlesnake hide.
I got a brand new chimney made on top,
Made out of human skulls.
Now come on darling let's take a little walk, tell me,
Who do you love,
Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love.

People who call to find out if their glasses are are ready, when I make sure to tell everyone that I will call them when their glasses are ready.

Spexx, are my glasses ready?

I told you I'd call you when they're ready! Gawd! Right now, they're just a monocle.

That's good, stop there. Some bozo shot out my left eye with a BB gun while trying to scare off a freaking bird.

This one?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ruchasBozo.JPG

ouch

Fucking other refs begged off and left my son's university without refs for a 7's tourny. Well I guess I get to do all 12 games by myself on Sat. Sucks ass. I should be in a wheel chair by the time it is over. Rolling up and down the pitch....

It'll be good excercise. hehehe

I think you should employ the same methods on the other ref's that you used for the snake. ;)

I have thought about it..... ;)

HEY! you can make snake skin cleats!!

DUDE see your PM.

People who kill poor defenseless snakes. They are a vital part of our fragile ecosystem. I'm thinking about calling Peta. Serves you right if they put a half-naked girl in a cage on your front lawn to protest

Where do I sign up? But I want to pick the woman. Don't send me a PETA POS Waif.... Ha.

lmao sarge! you're so full of it!! love the humor! hey merc! mebbe we could get angelina HOlie!

Fixed it for ya ;)

Someone's phone just powered down. I heard it. I could not locate it before it finished it's death throws.

1) Someone should have their phone with them, they are attending afterschool activities and need to have a telephonic communication device with them for purposes of communication with their transportation provider aka the mother ship

2) Someone's phone is evidently not in the plugged in position where it should be when not in their backpack/pocket

3) If I could hazard a guess as to which someone has misplaced their phone, it would do no damn because whilst I could call it because I know which number belongs to it, it won't make useful locator noises BECAUSE IT'S DEAD

4) Visual location is nigh on impossible in the jumble sale that passes for the front room/mud room/dumping ground. Chances are I'mm'a find it by stepping on it.

I went to Wally World today to begin the process of replacing my camping equipment. Sticker shock big time, especially since nothing less than Coleman products will satisfy me (there's nothing worse than being stuck with defective camping gear and a 3 hour drive to civilization to replace it.

I decided that I would budget $300 smackers for such essentials as a sleeping bag good down to 20 degrees (it gets cold in the high mountains AND the desert, especially at the beginning and end of the camping season which for me runs mid May thru November). My first line necessities include a Coleman lantern with plenty of propane and extra mantles to keep it going, an air mattress with pump that can be charged on a car cig lighter, etc. It adds up fast.

I gritted my teeth and filled up my cart, along with some other just regular supplies I needed. Then I discovered that the ATM wouldn't cough up the required cash because I had withdrawn another $300 from it less than 24 hours ago to pay my rent. So, I parked my cart at customer service and made the 15 minute round trip to the bank to get my $$$. I TOLD them I'd be right back.

However, when I came back, everything had been returned to the shelves, despite their assurances that they would hold it for me. :mad: I didn't have the energy to repeat my trip through the store yet again, so I stomped off and came home with nothing after all that effort. I HATE Wally World!

Sam, those vests they wear that read "How may I help you?" on the back? They don't mean that!

What a pain.

I checked out Amazon and they have far more variety, plus customer reviews, plus prices the same or LOWER than Walhole, plus super-saving shipping which gives me free shipping.

So, I ordered my preliminary list of camping must-haves from the comfort and convenience of my own home. Take THAT you Chinese so-called capitalists! ;)

ha HA! Take that and that and that!

Years and years ago my ex and I tried to order all our christmas presents online. It was a disaster. Online shopping now? So convenient, and they compete so I think you get pretty good service.

If you don't mind visiting more than one place you can pick it all up for a fraction and often get superior equipment to boot. Dick's Sporting Goods has fantastic sales on equipment. Loooove our sleeping bags and they were only $20 each because they were old models.

That is a good store!

must be, because I have people buy scrip for it and we don't even have one nearby. I heard a rumor one's coming,,though, so I'll be sure to check it out. We have MC Sports which is crap and Dunhams which is crapper -that may just be the staff, though, who are so bad they're infamous among my friends!

Their flyers are always temping in the Sunday paper. Lot's of impressive deals. But I've heard bad things about the store here. Crappy help.

Thanks for the tip, Lookout! Owing to my financial circumstances, I have to be as frugal as possible. I still need stuff like cast iron cooking implements, an old timey percolator that will stand up to a campfire, folding chairs and small tables, water containers of various sizes, an ax, a tow chain or rope.. The list seems endless.

Plus, I'd like to buy good tires for the Toyota.

I need to get back on senior citizens meet.com and find myself a sugar daddy! :yelgreedy:biggrinlo

Dicks started in Binghamton. They used to be pretty awesome especially if you were into fishing or waited for a shoe sale. Dick himself would help you in the fishing department. Now that they've gone big chain they are the usual faceless outfit, who'll burn you on prices if you are not very careful.

And that sums up the problem with "big Dick" thinking.

Right after the big Dick died you could begin tracing the trouble to top management bean-counters.

*snort*

You're on smashing good form today Griff.

Another dog bit by a rattlesnake in the back yard.

you need to get rid of those mother f$%^in' snakes in your mother f$%^in' backyard! :eyebrow:

I thought I did when I killed that big assed mother (16 rattles) 2 weeks or so ago. This is the second time one of my dogs got bit. I skinned the last one and I am about to go out and start hunting this one.

Don't get bit.

Merc, you need a pet mongoose. When you finish the snake round up you oughtta have enough to start on that new house of yours...

♪ ♫ Who do you love? ♪ ♫

You skinned the dog? Was it still alive?

Yeah, Merc started with waterboarding but the dog just wouldn't talk.

Hey, that was a misunderstanding.

Merc asked him how he liked his cuddles, and he replied "ruff!"

Turns out the vet thinks it was one of our many Copperheads not a rattlesnake. Less Neurotoxin. I commented to the wife that she did not drool and stumble like the last dog that got bit and today she is significantly better. Vet said copperheads only have one neurotoxin and the rattlesnakes have 3 or 4. So make sense. Other than the swollen neck and obvious bite marks you would never know that she had been bit. Near normal behavior. Would have put a grown person in the ICU for 3 days. Dogs, got to love them.

Good to hear! Glad doggie is ok.

I can't believe the turn around. Other than the swelling and bite marks you would never know she had been bitten. Well good for her, back home to child's house in the am. Sorry that happened child but all is well that ends well... I would have hated to call with worse news.

Poor hound!

A moccasin bit a cat at work a while back. He died before he could walk 30 feet.

Maybe your dog is really a honey badger.

Let's not watch that with the kids. NOT A REAL nature program...

Here's another version with a different narrator, for those who want something more kid-friendly.

The 'rents are home.
I guess we have to learn to live with eachother again.

Good news is they go away again Friday 27th.

Got the Cooperhead today. Pics to follow. 3 feet long. Killed in my wood pile.

wow, mercy...

I understand keeping your territory safe, especially with your dogs and people wanting to be in your yard... but I think it's so amazing that you have such awesome predators in your yard. I'm glad everyone's safe.

Collect the whole set!

No shit!

My azalias, mock orange, peonies, iris, and an unknown groundcover are all in bloom this week, and we're in the middle of 5 or 6 days of rain.