Yikes... I teach hikers to be careful with younger ones...they let the venom go all at once it seems...and as for saving kittens...well someone will be asking you to return your hard ass ID and boots...they will give some love beads and sandals ..and you forgot to add this line, " ...as I carved my way back through a wall of human flesh carrying my canoe behind me..." On Feb 20, 2016 9:35 AM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Whatever you find in Oregon. Diamond back probably. > > I didn’t even see it when it nailed me. I was on my knees scooping a > litter of kittens out of a muddy depression where they had been living into > my tee shirt. Had a thunderstorm and a river of water was running behind > an outbuilding where the kittens were. I felt a scratch on my elbow. When > I got up I saw a snake moving but didn’t think much of it, then I looked at > my elbow and saw a couple little drops of blood, then I went back and > kicked the area where I had seen the snake and it moved enough to where I > see what type it was. > > Was a couple of hours before I got to a hospital. Spent a couple of > days in the hospital. Arm swelled up larger than my leg. The swelling was > the miserable part. At least my skin didn’t split. That happens. I met a > little girl that lived out in the West desert of Utah. Bit on the arm. > She had lots of scars from the skin splitting on her arm. > > *From:* Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, February 20, 2016 9:29 AM > *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Good riddance payphones: NYC's free gigabit Wi-Fi > kiosks go live | Network World > > > What kind of rattler > On Feb 20, 2016 9:18 AM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was a farm kid, lived way out in BFE. Nearest neighbor, if they were >> home, was more than a mile away. Communication was via notes left on the >> kitchen table. “Went to town for parts... etc.” >> Party line phone (gasp, people could listen in). >> >> Everyone had more patience back then. Got bit by a rattlesnake when I >> was a kid. Nobody home. I called the bar at the closest town (15 miles >> away), somebody tracked down my parents. >> >> *From:* Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Saturday, February 20, 2016 9:06 AM >> *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Good riddance payphones: NYC's free gigabit Wi-Fi >> kiosks go live | Network World >> >> >> We had our own can telephone network when we were kids with kite >> string,buttons and soup cans....Quaker Oats cardboard ones work well.... >> On Feb 20, 2016 8:14 AM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I remember when my kids were young and would walk the 4 blocks to town >>> we would just make sure they had change for the payphone. It’s kind of sad >>> that now you have to get 10 year olds a cellphone. Of course now the >>> neighbors would probably report you to the police for letting your kids >>> walk to town or the park on their own. >>> >>> >>> *From:* Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Saturday, February 20, 2016 8:55 AM >>> *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> >>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Good riddance payphones: NYC's free gigabit Wi-Fi >>> kiosks go live | Network World >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.networkworld.com/article/3034517/mobile-wireless/good-riddance-payphones-nycs-free-gigabit-wi-fi-kiosks-go-live.html >>> >>
