sorry Vince...Couldn't help myself...

tracker wrote:

awww c'mon Vince...I take it back. I'm sure that l'il hunny next door was just breathless with excitement at her one-sandaled hero prancin' around out there in his Hanes-his-ways doing the neutron dance with that snake. I'm sure you cut quite a heroic figure, it just doesn't translate that well with photos...

Bushy wrote:

sorry Vince...Couldn't help myself...

No problems guys...I'm really enjoying a good laugh with this one. I'm more than happy to laugh at myself...I'm a pretty laughable type of guy.

What are "Hanes-his-ways"...never heard that one before. I'm in shorts (Stubbies brand of course) and t-shirt...oh yeah and one sandal (I think I'll call it a fashion statement). This is typical aussie dress for most of the year...except when it gets real cold.

Its funny you should mention the "H" word...thats what the girl next door and the yummy Mummy in the next house call me...their neighbourhood hero. She certainly was a bit breathless, although I think it was more the snake than anything I had to offer.

Cheers, Vince

Hanes are just skivvies, bro..Hanes his way or Hanes her way is just how they market them, Michael Jordan's their spoke-celebrity, so you may have some pretty big skivvies to fill

Then again...Maybe not....

Well yeah, that hunny next door did seem kinda partial to ol Vinny didn't she?

Nice snake, hummmm interesting old snake catcher. I thought all Aussies roamed around the neighborhood wih one shoe, at night, kinda a "down under" mating ritual sorta thing. Sorta like the Spanish except in Australia it is the flamingo dance, just one foot Hey what happened to yer beard? Fess up, when did you trade it in fer a soup strainer?
Ed

wow vince i didnt even notice this posting for the past couple days... real healthy carpet python there.. here those critters are sold as pets, ranging anywhere from 200 up to 500 bucks a pop!! a semi accurate way fast way of "sexing" is size, most of the time the bigger overall is female, the more slender and sleek is male.. but the only real proven method is to "probe" them, and yes it does entale what it sounds like!! good for you for taking it out and letting him go to live another day! they are great mice and rat eaters, keeps the vermin population down real well!

i wont pick on you about the chosen snake wrangling attire you had, well didnt have on, but i will say something that looked like that come up and grabbed me by the rear end when i was trying to get some dinner i would be a bit grouchy too!!

SwampFox wrote:

Nice snake, hummmm interesting old snake catcher. I thought all Aussies roamed around the neighborhood wih one shoe, at night, kinda a "down under" mating ritual sorta thing. Sorta like the Spanish except in Australia it is the flamingo dance, just one foot Hey what happened to yer beard? Fess up, when did you trade it in fer a soup strainer? Ed

Yeah, well what we hope for is a lady with a matching shoe or sandal to come along...make a pair that fits both.

I shaved the beard off about 12 months ago...always had the soup strainer, for as long as I can remember. Got rid of the beard when the missus complained about it tickling when I'd bite her on the butt for a laugh.

Morax wrote:

wow vince i didnt even notice this posting for the past couple days... real healthy carpet python there.. here those critters are sold as pets, ranging anywhere from 200 up to 500 bucks a pop!!

Yep, a real healthy critter mate. He/she felt very strong and healthy when I picked it up. It only wrapped its tail around my wrist, but I could feel the immense strength that was on tap.

As for probing.....nah....I couldn't do it to the poor bugger. I wouldn't be real happy if it was done to me and I reckon he'd feel the same.

The sell then out here in selected Pet Shops. Depending on the size and age they can go for as much as $100 - $200 a foot in length. But, as I say, you need a licence to keep them, and they make you jump through heaps of hoops just to maintain the licence.

My brother sent me a pic of an African speed hump. Makes the snake I cayght look pretty insignificant. Check it out below. Don't think I would be picking this one up in a hurry.

Cheers, Vince

That's a pretty big one.

His mustach is too short for a soup strainer. It's more the length of a "cookie duster"...

Now that is a snake...

Great photos Vince

I don't think anyone missed a trick

If you ran over that snake he might eat your truck
Joe

looks like a green anaconda there... i get stuff in the mail and in the emails from my brother down in south florida of pictures of things people have caught that had gotten loose and such.. when the last hurricanes/tornados what ever they was that came through down there, he told me a couple places lost a couple real big ones, and a few poisonous ones as well, sister in law spotted one while going to work but couldnt get a photo of it, she said it was a easy 10 footer, burmese, but there ya go...

shrpshtrjoe wrote:

If you ran over that snake he might eat your truck Joe

Dunno about him eatin' the truck Joe, but I reckon he could wrap himself around it and squeeze it like a kid squeezin' a zit, and pop ya right outa there....then chomp ya.

Cheers, Vince

That's not a pretty picture...