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If I saw a blind man with a black bear in his boat I'd have the common GD courtesy to let him know.

Not snap a damn picture.




Clark

Its called herpes.

I guess you would know.

Yes. Im a dr.

I meant because you've spent so much time down there.

But yeah, a PhD don't hurt either.

Savage.

If Texas is down there.

PS, Im not aware of phd's routinely filling out state and federal patient medical foms, treatment forms for hospitals or nursing homes, and signing their name on the line by "Physician", or prescribng narcotics, analgesics, antibiotics, antifungals, antihistamines, antibiotics, steroidal and nonsteroidal anti inflammatory meds, oral and topical meds, or medically treating potentially blinding diseases with drugs with potentially fatal side effects.

i suppose that is one way of putting it.
i saw this and thought of you, fast forward to about 2/3rds of the tape.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt1oDnVeab0

Feller that sold me that critter said it was a canoe fishing guide dog. One bark=river right, two barks=river left, howling and whimpering =bream bed, anchor and fish. Now I know why it snaps up all the heads and guts. Takes an unscrupulous person to sell a blind man a pig in a poke or a bear in a boat.

Seriously, if you move to Florida, you will need to invest in some major sunglasses, SPF 50 fishing clothes, and stash some sunscreen and insect repellent in every vehicle and boat. Old guys like me are paying the price for years of unprotected Florida sun. My dermatologist makes a living chopping holes in my hide.

What about guys from Chitcago?

Well Flave I am about 20 miles from Dan and bought a bay boat last year and can't find anyone to go fishing with me. So if you get up this way you buy the beer and I will provide the boat but I am one of those MN pollacks originally so I can put away some beer. I would not hazard a guess as to who will come out ahead on that deal.

Mack

I don't think a guy from Montana can last long in Fla. Is there a pool on what gets him first, bugs snakes or gators?

Realistically its between the bugs and the cans.

Mexicans, Puertoricans, Halfricans, Haitianicans, you get the idea.

At one point there were so many Haitians in Pahokee that the Aids rate was about 33% of the population. The newspapers were actually warning people not to get bitten by mosquitoes near there for risk of contracting aids. Kind of a double whammy, killed by a bug and a lowlife.

Yeah, This^^^.,

One thing I have noticed about folks who grew up in either part of the country----is that they're not too scared of the dangers they grew up around....that is to say that Montanas (myself included) are/were scared [bleep] of moccasins and all the spiders in the south, but grizzly bears aren't as bad as they seem. The opposite seems true for folks I know who grew up in the south and come out to Montana for a spell. They're scared [bleep] of bears, but snakes are no issue if you give them the respect they deserve.


The point should be made though, that there's no comparison with a prairie rattler and a cottonmouth. Those damn moccasins will actually go on the offense if you catch them in the right mood, or in a corner. In my experience Montana rattlesnakes just want to get away from you, without exception.

Only the sheep are afraid in Montana.

The closest I have come to being bitten was by Moccasins on 3 different occasions. Two different ones came after me, one I almost stepped on stepping over a log, the other was over the door in the boat house. Nasty boogers!

The largest poisonous snakes I have killed were both Eastern Diamondbacks. One was 5 1/2 feet the other almost 6 1/2.

You are right, bears get my attention real fast.

Bah!

He will be fine.

Whats Florida like?

The Village People with spiders and snakes?

Big deal.

They're the worst.

(Pennsylvania excluded)



Dave