The first of my three survival training courses in the Marine Corps was in Florida, during primary flight training.
Before turning us loose in the back country, they gave a presentation on the snakes that are found in the region, including the deadly coral snake. The advised us that the snakes generally hid in the palmetto patches. One of my best friends, Jack, grew up in the city and hated "the woods." For the first four days of our survival exercise, he was constantly falling behind our small group. and he refused to come within 10 feet of a palmetto plant, and they were all over the place. Bt day six, he was so hungry that he was crawling through the palmetto patches screaming "Where are the damn snakes?" True Story. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:10 PM John <[email protected]> wrote: > I am however, reminded of what my old First Sargent used to say ... > > *Leave the snake alone!* > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
