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JayhawkSD

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8. I went to high school in Arizona

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sun Apr 13, 2014, 10:29 AM

Apr 2014

My job was snake patrol. Just before grade school recess, two other guys and I would go out to the playground and remove any rattlesnakes which were in the play area or close enough to enter the play area during recess. We didn't kill them; would pick them up and take them a couple hundred yards off into the desert and dump them. Once we gave the all clear, the bell would would ring and they's turn the grade school kids loose.

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Spring time in Baja Arizona. [View all] Ptah Apr 2014 OP

My dear Ptah! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2014 #1

Snakes frighten me. I'm very careful not to frighten them. Ptah Apr 2014 #2

oops replied in the wrong place, sorry Peggy Kali Apr 2014 #9

My neigbhor down the street pulled a 7 footer out of his garage yesterday OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2014 #3

They're on the move. Maybe there's a sale on mongooses at the pet store. Ptah Apr 2014 #4

pretty sure that only works on Cobras OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2014 #5

A king or a bull snake are handy to have around. Downwinder Apr 2014 #6

Unless they are found right next to my house, Yavapai Apr 2014 #7

I went to high school in Arizona JayhawkSD Apr 2014 #8

where? Kali Apr 2014 #10

Half way across the Playa, on Railroad Avenue. Ptah Apr 2014 #11

that is a great shot Kali Apr 2014 #12

That pic was months ago Ptah Apr 2014 #13