The Dino-Aspie Ex-Café (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky)

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Rattlesnake tastes like rattlesnake. They're protected up there?????

Oh hell yeah. There is a local volunteer fire department (Morris) that would have an annual snake round up. They would milk the snakes and release them. They made them stop it. Seems when they released them, if you don't take them back to the same spot you got them, they die. They do have a place in the eco system and like I said I'm not on a mission to rid the world of venomous snakes, just the ones that could get a kid or a small dog or cat in my yard or the neighbors. I'm not sure when they passed the law protecting them, but I didn't see it in the paper, so screw em.

When we were out in White Sands (McGregor Range) after the Vulcan's would fire, some of the idiots would go up on the range and look for snakes. Now... the snakes weren't all wounded, didn't matter, they would go get them any way. That's one thing, what the dorks weren't thinking about was all the high explosive rounds that hadn't gone off. And that's where the fools were looking for the snakes. Must have been city kids. What the hell did they want with them anyway? I mean it wasn't like they even cooked them.

Had a friend that did Arch work in Texas, he got snake bit. He said it wasn't so bad, just felt a little flu like. I suppose that could vary a bit with certian things. But when I worked with him around here, one of us was always cutting trail with snake pants on. Like I said, they don't always warn you.

So those are some of the snake stories I said I wouldn't bore anyone with. I have an excuse, but I don't need an excuse either.

Well, geez, Postie, now I'm curious. What are the highest erratics around there (aside, of course, from your illustrious self)?

I haven't seen any venomous snakes in my part of Pennsylvania, but we have 'em. I am about 25 miles north of copperhead
country but you would have to do something extremely stupid like invade their territory to get hurt by them.

I guess Copperheads are around, never seen any. Got a little nervous digging in Florida, they have some different ones down there. I wasn't as familiar with the snakes habitats, I just knew I was in them. Like most snakes, make a lot of noise and they will go the other direction. Just don't be make mouse noises, would be my guess.

Lurking. Have read this page and then I must read previous posts to see what you are all up to.

Is it possible to love someone and not like them Hartz? Yes, yes, yes! I don't like my mother much and I often think that she has lived so long so that we can understand one another.

Helen and I are reflecting on her status. Could she be aspie? To my mind she is false but I'm starting to think that she has had to wear masks. It is very rare that I make real contact with the intelligent person that she is. She also skipped a grade at school. She has little empathy and over compensates by gushing or over reacting.

Helen and I are wondering because I may have 3 out of 3 aspie grandchildren which is high for an NT parent, we thought.

Lurking. Have read this page and then I must read previous posts to see what you are all up to.

Is it possible to love someone and not like them Hartz? Yes, yes, yes! I don't like my mother much and I often think that she has lived so long so that we can understand one another.

Helen and I are reflecting on her status. Could she be aspie? To my mind she is false but I'm starting to think that she has had to wear masks. It is very rare that I make real contact with the intelligent person that she is. She also skipped a grade at school. She has little empathy and over compensates by gushing or over reacting.

Helen and I are wondering because I may have 3 out of 3 aspie grandchildren which is high for an NT parent, we thought.

Strange and interesting, only mildly scary in some places. Perhaps your local library has the DVD. If yes, borrow it. It's worth it. While your at it, get "Delicatessen" as well. This trailer gives you only an idea of the visual style, not the story. The story is good.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYo_SkERMNI[/youtube]

Hmmmm. If I am in the right frame of mind tomorrow to deal with crowds, I can go watch a whole lot of really little kids just have the time of their lives at http://www.mothergooseparade.org/

It's the biggest one west of the Misssissippi, and it's aimed directly at the kids.


Some of the weather guys are backing way off the Santa Ana thing now, say the wind won't be more than 40mph, in gusts. (But some of them are not.) Of course, they've already pulled the fire equipment from No. California down here, have pre-positioned a lot of engines and companies out in the back country, and have like 19 military helicopters on standby this time - along with almost everything else within 500 miles They've even told all the local firemen to take their equipment home with them so they can just go straight to any fire, as needed. Hope all this latest media info is right. That's a toss up, though - I'll know what it feels like when I finally go outside each day and judge from there - there really is a feel to the air when it's going to be a bad one, even before it hits. Things just feel "wrong". But, for now, it seems as if I can go ahead and do the laundry and get the smoke smell from the last one out of the house for good, then pack it all up and get on with things. The carpet looks like about a zillion people have walked through here, dark trails everywhere. (Tip - NEVER buy any carpet lighter than brown if you live anywhere dusty or ashy. We have "champagne mist" or some such other insane designer shade.)

Hmmm. Need to go buy a turkey. Not seeing the usual big sales on turkeys this year - heat probably killed a lot of them so the supply probably isn't as good. Gotta get one, tho. The kid invited six (?) friends over [surprise, mom!] for a "Day after Thanksgiving" dinner - we have our own family stuff we do on Turkey Day, which does not include Turkey or a big dinner. So, put up the tree and do the family stuff on TD, do all the baking, then get up at o-dark-thirty the day after Thanksgiving to hit the big sales, then cook the turkey and get the house ready to entertain when the mob arrives at 6pm.

I just love these restful holidays.

Sales. The stores here are slashing prices like mad. We went to Kohls last night on a lark and the Kid got two cute little 1960s looking dresses for $15 each off the rack (regular price was over $50). Other stores appear to be getting ready to follow suit. Good for us, bad for whomever's going to lose their jobs when people stop buying, later on.

but you can all be thankful I don't feel an asparagus motivational moment coming on.

We have a new expression!:D We can now say "Sorry, I was just having an asparagus moment". It joins "senior moment" in the new Oxford dictionary, or at least it will, if we use it enough. I intend to, I like it.