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Re: [Fot] Snakes....Help

To: FOT Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>, Nick Black <vintagenick42@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Snakes....Help
From: Duncan Charlton via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 15:03:03 -0400
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I think there=E2=80=99s probably some =E2=80=9Csnake-b-gone=E2=80=9D =
type product at your friendly local builder supply store.  I saw some =
sort of product at Lowe=E2=80=99s a few days ago.

or

catch a mouse, tie a string on its leg and use it as bait.  When the =
snake is fat and slow with freshly swallowed mouse, you yank the string =
and pull it outside.  Drop it off two miles away (cut off the rest of =
the string if you don=E2=80=99t want it to die).

Duncan

> On Jul 21, 2019, at 1:29 PM, Nick Black via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> =
wrote:
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> So I'ml layin under an Elan, just feelin good that I got the snap ring =
off of the clutch slave cylinder so I can pry it out of the loop on the =
trans holding it in. As I roll out from under the car, I do a double =
take on about a two foot snake lookin at me! The snake's head=20
> is about 4=E2=80=9D off the ground, which is what I deemed =E2=80=9Cnot =
a good thing=E2=80=9D. The sun is in my eyes and I cannot tell what kind =
of a snake it is (as if I could).
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> I recall that snakes do not hear, but can feel vibrations, I stomp on =
the ground between the snake and I. He chases me into the shop.
> The snake heads under the race car and disappears. He's not on the =
floor. I pop the hood, but no snake there either.
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> SO
> Here's where the help comes in.
> Besides a mongoose (as they're a bit thin on the ground around here, =
unlike nasty snakes), what can I do the chase the darn thing out of the =
shop? He's doin a good job of hiding and I just have visions of opening =
the shop door to a pile of newborn snakes!
> Humerous responses appreciated, BUT I really am lookin for some way =
the revert to my =E2=80=9Csnake free=E2=80=9D shop.
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> If its not one thing, its another
> Nick in Nor Cal
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">I =
think there=E2=80=99s probably some =E2=80=9Csnake-b-gone=E2=80=9D type =
product at your friendly local builder supply store. &nbsp;I saw some =
sort of product at Lowe=E2=80=99s a few days ago.<div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">or</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">catch a mouse, tie a string on its leg =
and use it as bait. &nbsp;When the snake is fat and slow with freshly =
swallowed mouse, you yank the string and pull it outside. &nbsp;Drop it =
off two miles away (cut off the rest of the string if you don=E2=80=99t =
want it to die).<br class=3D""><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">Duncan</div></div><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite"=
 class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Jul 21, 2019, at 1:29 PM, Nick Black via =
Fot &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D"yahoo-style-wrap" style=3D"font-family:Helvetica Neue, =
Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir=3D"ltr" =
data-setdir=3D"false" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">So I'ml =
layin under an Elan, just feelin good that I got the snap ring off of =
the clutch slave cylinder so I can pry it out of the loop on the trans =
holding it in. As I roll out from under the car, I do a double take on =
about a two foot snake lookin at me! The snake's head&nbsp;</div><div =
class=3D"">is about 4=E2=80=9D off the ground, which is what I deemed =
=E2=80=9Cnot a good thing=E2=80=9D. The sun is in my eyes and I cannot =
tell what kind of a snake it is (as if I could).</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I recall that snakes do not hear, but =
can feel vibrations, I stomp on the ground between the snake and I. He =
chases me into the shop.</div><div class=3D"">The snake heads under the =
race car and disappears. He's not on the floor. I pop the hood, but no =
snake there either.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">SO</div><div class=3D"">Here's where the help comes =
in.</div><div class=3D"">Besides a mongoose (as they're a bit thin on =
the ground around here, unlike nasty snakes), what can I do the chase =
the darn thing out of the shop? He's doin a good job of hiding and I =
just have visions of opening the shop door to a pile of newborn =
snakes!</div><div class=3D"">Humerous responses appreciated, BUT I =
really am lookin for some way the revert to my =E2=80=9Csnake free=E2=80=9D=
 shop.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">If its =
not one thing, its another</div><div class=3D"">Nick in Nor =
Cal</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div></div><br =
class=3D""></div></div></div>_____________________________________________=
__<br class=3D""><a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">fot@autox.team.net</a><br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">http://www.fot-racing.com<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Donate: =
http://autox.team.net/archive http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot<br =
class=3D"">Unsubscribe/Manage: =
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/duncan.charlton54@gmail.com<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D""><br class=3D""></div></blockquote></div><br =
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