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After having opened and having witnessed the opening of many presents over the last few days, I must admit to having less than good will toward some of my fellow men. I think that it would be interesting to take the guy that invented those "welded shut" clear plastic containers that have supplanted boxes, intice a snake to inject him with a fairly fast-acting poison, and hand him an snake-bite kit contained in one of his own @#$% containers. Might as well do the same with all who decide to package in same.
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I think that it would be interesting to take the guy that invented those "welded shut" clear plastic containers that have supplanted boxes, intice a snake to inject him with a fairly fast-acting poison, and hand him an snake-bite kit contained in one of his own @#$% containers. And make sure the snake bite kit requires a battery type that is only available from one source that is open every fifth Tuesday of the month!
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The only true cost of having a dog is its death. "It would have been a good distance shot if they hadn't been so far away". Seth Kantner in "Shopping for Porcupine"
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I got angry a few years ago over the packaging crap. Now there's a pair of utility scissors, wire cutters, an assault box cutter, screw driver with interchangable bits, and needle nose pliers very handy Christmas morning.
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I've noticed, at least some, of those types of packaging are starting to come with perforations making them easier to open. Still isn't as easy as it should be, anyone with arthiritis has a most painful time with them.
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Agreed! And T Lee there are some darn big snakes down in Florida. I have seen them!
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I have often thought that Hell for packaging engineers should be to spend eternity trying to open their own creations.
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Agreed! And T Lee there are some darn big snakes down in Florida. I have seen them! I have caught them! Used to get a buck a foot for undamaged rattlers and 20 for Corals.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
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I've caught rattle snakes too but they seem to never have heads on them!
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Miami Serpentarium wouldn't by dead or damaged ones dammit.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
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And our rattlers are like angle worms compared to the ones you have down there. If I were down there I am thinking I would apply the Ruark theory of use enough gun! 12 gauge ought to work just fine! These up here can be handled with a shovel!
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Not that big, 4-5 feet is the big range. Most I caught were in the 3-4 ft range.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
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I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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I have seen snakes down there much longer than that even black snakes! yikes!
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Welded box = Made In China
I avoid them; too bad most of my relatives do not....if you have wee ones they are un-avoidable.
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Black snakes are GOOD snakes Sir, they eat rattlesnake!
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
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I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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I got angry a few years ago over the packaging crap. Now there's a pair of utility scissors, wire cutters, an assault box cutter, screw driver with interchangable bits, and needle nose pliers very handy Christmas morning. I just leave the pruner out after I pretty up the Christmas tree....it cuts that plastic quite nicely. Couple of years ago I was using a little cigar knife to open some damn thing and got a deep nasty cut from the ragged edge of the plastic container. If T. has a problem finding a sufficiently venomous serpent, there's plenty around here, and its warm, so they're up and about.
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I wouldn't do that to a snake.
Now, someone get a spider...............
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