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03-19-2019, 07:28 PM
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Location: Rural Alabama
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Originally Posted by zedd
You left out snakes that fall from trees. I love Texas
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This is not exclusive to Texas. It has happened to me twice. Both times the snake fell into my boat (which admittedly bumped the tree) once in Louisiana and once in Alabama.
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03-19-2019, 07:31 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Originally Posted by ugeauxgirl
This is not exclusive to Texas. It has happened to me twice. Both times the snake fell into my boad (which admittedly bumped the tree) once in Louisiana and once in Alabama.
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I stand corrected. In addition to Texas, I also love Louisiana and Alabama
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03-19-2019, 07:31 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2012
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Originally Posted by ugeauxgirl
This is not exclusive to Texas. It has happened to me twice. Both times the snake fell into my boat (which admittedly bumped the tree) once in Louisiana and once in Alabama.
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Oh, my dear God.
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03-19-2019, 07:32 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
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Location: New Orleans
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Originally Posted by zedd
You left out snakes that fall from trees. I love Texas
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Isn't Texas great?  Actually I loved all the wildlife there. And the wildflowers! Wow, the intensity of crazy, vibrant wildflower colors in Texas, is way beyond my capacity to even visualize when I am not actually standing there taking it all in.
Oh, but yeah, we should always mention that not one more retiree should ever move there due to all the fire ants, snakes, unbelievable heat, property taxes, etc.... (you're welcome, REWahoo!).
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03-19-2019, 07:38 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
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Originally Posted by ugeauxgirl
This is not exclusive to Texas. It has happened to me twice. Both times the snake fell into my boat (which admittedly bumped the tree) once in Louisiana and once in Alabama.
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Also Virginia. We had a harmless green snake fall from a tree into our boat there (I think in Virginia? Or maybe my memory is failing me). Anyway that snake became our family pet for years. Our daughter, using the full force of her toddler imagination, named it "Snakey".  So Snakey it was. I spent many a morning with a net, catching the wild insects that Snakey loved to eat live for his breakfast.
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03-19-2019, 07:41 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Never been to Virginia. Now I have a reason to go
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03-19-2019, 07:42 PM
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03-20-2019, 09:37 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
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Originally Posted by aja8888
OK, I found REWhoo's list (reasons not to move to Texas). This is for informational purposes only. (Move here at your own risk)
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In case someone thinks my list isn't fact based...
Texas homeowner reports "a few" rattlesnakes under house. Removal company finds 45.
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Officials say that on average, one to two people die in Texas each year from a venomous snake bite.
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And the victims are frequently someone who recently relocated here from out of state.
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03-20-2019, 11:19 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ugeauxgirl
This is not exclusive to Texas. It has happened to me twice. Both times the snake fell into my boat (which admittedly bumped the tree) once in Louisiana and once in Alabama.
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+1
I remember a couple of snakes that were swimming in the middle of the St. Lawrence River and climbed into our fishing boat. It was interesting.
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03-20-2019, 12:30 PM
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Location: Richards
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Teacher Terry , lucky you haven't run into Ted Nugent . him and his wife hunt hogs from a helicopter and AR15 reining fire from the sky . God Bless Texas
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03-20-2019, 12:58 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
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Location: Rio Grande Valley
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Teacher Terry , lucky you haven't run into Ted Nugent . him and his wife hunt hogs from a helicopter and AR15 reining fire from the sky . God Bless Texas
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Interesting. Born and raised in Michigan.
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03-20-2019, 01:04 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Interesting. Born and raised in Michigan.
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Truth never stopped Old Lying Ted! He either did or didn't evade the draft, depending on what year it is.
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03-20-2019, 01:05 PM
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Location: Conroe, Texas
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Originally Posted by audreyh1
Interesting. Born and raised in Michigan.
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Lots of Michiganders down this way. Every time the auto industries go in the tank, many of those workers come here for work in the oilfield. I know many of them personally.
Oil, prices go up, auto sales go down. (plus now we are getting them from other states where auto manufacturing is a big employer.)
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03-20-2019, 01:05 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
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Interesting. Born and raised in Michigan.
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He is an example of why I'm working so hard to get the word out about relocating here.
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03-20-2019, 02:52 PM
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Thanks for an interesting discussion
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