http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-29277,00.html

I bet you're glad you live in NZ :-)


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Soldati, io esco da Roma. Chi vuole continuare la guerra contro lo straniero
venga con me. Non posso offrigli ne¤ onori ne¤ stipendi; gli offro fame,
sete, marce forzate, battaglie e morte. Chi ama la Patria mi segua.

—Garibaldi, Giuseppe

In article > ,
"Peter-Lucas" > wrote:

> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-29277,00.html
>
> I bet you're glad you live in NZ :-)

Yeah, we have no snakes at all.

Unlike a lot of NZ'ers I don't have any irrational fear of them. I've
handled snakes on both my visits to Australia and actually quite like
them.

Four metres of scrub python I'd be happy to admire from a distance,
though, it must be said.

Miche (hey, I wonder what it would taste like barbecued...)

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Miche > wrote in news:micheinnz-DCF952.17005031012009
@news.itconsult.net:

> In article > ,
> "Peter-Lucas" > wrote:
>
>> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-29277,00.html
>>
>> I bet you're glad you live in NZ :-)
>
> Yeah, we have no snakes at all.


Or spiders!!

You're lucky in one respect..... you can go traipsing through the bush
without having to worry about the 25 different species that want to kill you
:-)


>
> Unlike a lot of NZ'ers I don't have any irrational fear of them. I've
> handled snakes on both my visits to Australia and actually quite like
> them.


You're the first Kiwi I've met or spoken to that doesn't freak out at the
mere mention of them!!


>
> Four metres of scrub python I'd be happy to admire from a distance,
> though, it must be said.


As a young soldier, one day after an exercise, about 10 of us were
'volunteered' to hang onto a 20' python, so that the stupid bloody Officers
that brought it back to Base could get a damn photo of it!!

Now *that* one was a handful!!


>
> Miche (hey, I wonder what it would taste like barbecued...)
>


Before or after it's digested the possums?? ;-)

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Soldati, io esco da Roma. Chi vuole continuare la guerra contro lo straniero
venga con me. Non posso offrigli ne¤ onori ne¤ stipendi; gli offro fame,
sete, marce forzate, battaglie e morte. Chi ama la Patria mi segua.

—Garibaldi, Giuseppe

Peter-Lucas wrote:
>
> Miche > wrote in news:micheinnz-DCF952.17005031012009
> @news.itconsult.net:
>
> > In article > ,
> > "Peter-Lucas" > wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-29277,00.html
> >>
> >> I bet you're glad you live in NZ :-)
> >
> > Yeah, we have no snakes at all.
>
> Or spiders!!
>
> You're lucky in one respect..... you can go traipsing through the bush
> without having to worry about the 25 different species that want to kill you
> :-)
>
> >
> > Unlike a lot of NZ'ers I don't have any irrational fear of them. I've
> > handled snakes on both my visits to Australia and actually quite like
> > them.
>
> You're the first Kiwi I've met or spoken to that doesn't freak out at the
> mere mention of them!!
>
> >
> > Four metres of scrub python I'd be happy to admire from a distance,
> > though, it must be said.
>
> As a young soldier, one day after an exercise, about 10 of us were
> 'volunteered' to hang onto a 20' python, so that the stupid bloody Officers
> that brought it back to Base could get a damn photo of it!!
>
> Now *that* one was a handful!!
>
> >
> > Miche (hey, I wonder what it would taste like barbecued...)
> >
>
> Before or after it's digested the possums?? ;-)
>
> --
> Peter Lucas


I don't dislike snakes, so long as they're not venemous! Surprisingly,
snakes are benficial critters, like bats. But, if a venomous snake is
nearby, then proper caution should dictate - hopefully! Otherwise, make
nominations for the "darwin awards"! Do not kill the snake <G>

Sky

--
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Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice

Sky > wrote in
:


>
>
> I don't dislike snakes,


I do.


> so long as they're not venemous! Surprisingly,
> snakes are benficial critters, like bats.


You don't want to go anywhere near Stanthorpe and say that bats are
useful!!

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24956246-421,00.html


> But, if a venomous snake is
> nearby, then proper caution should dictate - hopefully!


Most times you can't see the suckers till you've just about (or have) trod
on them.


> Otherwise, make
> nominations for the "darwin awards"! Do not kill the snake <G>


The only good snake, is a dead snake!!


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Soldati, io esco da Roma. Chi vuole continuare la guerra contro lo
straniero venga con me. Non posso offrigli ne¤ onori ne¤ stipendi; gli
offro fame, sete, marce forzate, battaglie e morte. Chi ama la Patria mi
segua.

—Garibaldi, Giuseppe

In article > ,
"Peter-Lucas" > wrote:

> Miche > wrote in news:micheinnz-DCF952.17005031012009
> @news.itconsult.net:
>
> > In article > ,
> > "Peter-Lucas" > wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-29277,00.html
> >>
> >> I bet you're glad you live in NZ :-)
> >
> > Yeah, we have no snakes at all.
>
>
> Or spiders!!

Yeah, we do. The native katipo will give you a nasty bite, and we now
have redbacks that came in on shipments of jarrah.

Apparently they are related, and do interbreed.

> You're lucky in one respect..... you can go traipsing through the bush
> without having to worry about the 25 different species that want to kill you
> :-)

Yeah, all we have to worry about is the landscape and the weather.
>
>
> >
> > Unlike a lot of NZ'ers I don't have any irrational fear of them. I've
> > handled snakes on both my visits to Australia and actually quite like
> > them.
>
>
> You're the first Kiwi I've met or spoken to that doesn't freak out at the
> mere mention of them!!

DH says that a lot of NZ'ers think that when they go overseas, the
snakes will be waiting to meet them at the airport.

Both times I've seen/handled snakes have been at wildlife parks.

> > Four metres of scrub python I'd be happy to admire from a distance,
> > though, it must be said.
>
>
> As a young soldier, one day after an exercise, about 10 of us were
> 'volunteered' to hang onto a 20' python, so that the stupid bloody Officers
> that brought it back to Base could get a damn photo of it!!
>
> Now *that* one was a handful!!

I bet it was!
>
>
> >
> > Miche (hey, I wonder what it would taste like barbecued...)
> >
>
>
> Before or after it's digested the possums?? ;-)

After.

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

Miche > wrote in
:

> In article > ,
> "Peter-Lucas" > wrote:
>
>> Miche > wrote in
>> news:micheinnz-DCF952.17005031012009 @news.itconsult.net:
>>
>> > In article > ,
>> > "Peter-Lucas" > wrote:
>> >
>> >> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-29277,00.html
>> >>
>> >> I bet you're glad you live in NZ :-)
>> >
>> > Yeah, we have no snakes at all.
>>
>>
>> Or spiders!!
>
> Yeah, we do. The native katipo will give you a nasty bite, and we now
> have redbacks that came in on shipments of jarrah.



Ahhhh, a good old Aussie import :-)



>
>> You're lucky in one respect..... you can go traipsing through the bush
>> without having to worry about the 25 different species that want to
>> kill you
>> :-)
>
> Yeah, all we have to worry about is the landscape and the weather.



And Glaciers dropping on your head.

Especially if you're Indian.


>> > Unlike a lot of NZ'ers I don't have any irrational fear of them.
>> > I've handled snakes on both my visits to Australia and actually quite
>> > like them.
>>
>>
>> You're the first Kiwi I've met or spoken to that doesn't freak out at
>> the mere mention of them!!
>
> DH says that a lot of NZ'ers think that when they go overseas, the
> snakes will be waiting to meet them at the airport.


LOL!! I used to work with some *big* Maori boys in the nightime security
business.
One morning I got back from my patrol just before them and coiled a rather
large (about 4') dead snake in the sandbox we used to use in the office to
load/unload our handguns and then replaced the lid.

Man, you should have heard those big boys scream when they saw it when
they lifted the lid!!! One was even going to try and shoot it!!! :-) :-)

They spent forever trying to get me back, but never succeeded :-)



>
> Both times I've seen/handled snakes have been at wildlife parks.


The first time I've touched a snake since I got bit by one back in '76,
was at a park in Bali in 2000. It was about 8' long and bloody heavy!!

I can tell you that my palms were a tad sweaty :-)

So now I've done it, I never have to do it again..... unless it's to move
it's lifeless body out of the way!!



>> > Miche (hey, I wonder what it would taste like barbecued...)
>> >
>>
>>
>> Before or after it's digested the possums?? ;-)
>
> After.
>


It'd be a bit 'gamey' with the possums in it.


Smaller snakes taste better, anyway.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Soldati, io esco da Roma. Chi vuole continuare la guerra contro lo
straniero venga con me. Non posso offrigli ne¤ onori ne¤ stipendi; gli
offro fame, sete, marce forzate, battaglie e morte. Chi ama la Patria mi
segua.

—Garibaldi, Giuseppe

On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:21:54 +0000, Peter-Lucas wrote:

> Miche > wrote in
> :
>> Yeah, we do. The native katipo will give you a nasty bite, and we now
>> have redbacks that came in on shipments of jarrah.
>
>
>
> Ahhhh, a good old Aussie import :-)

Hey lets export YOU to NZ pete and raise the IQ of Australia and reduce
the Kiwi's I.Q at the same time!

Administrator wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:21:54 +0000, Peter-Lucas wrote:
>
>> Miche > wrote in
>> :
>>> Yeah, we do. The native katipo will give you a nasty bite, and we now
>>> have redbacks that came in on shipments of jarrah.
>>
>>
>> Ahhhh, a good old Aussie import :-)
>
> Hey lets export YOU to NZ pete and raise the IQ of Australia and reduce
> the Kiwi's I.Q at the same time!
>
>
NZ have pretty stringent quarantine laws . I doubt that such a
"species" would be allowed in