Thank you all for the laughs! I don't mean to laugh at you but with you.
Right now I am very very happy that I DO NOT have a basement because I would
be burning my house down to get it out!

norma briggs wrote:

Thank you all for the laughs! I don't mean to laugh at you but with you.
Right now I am very very happy that I DO NOT have a basement because I would
be burning my house down to get it out!


LOL--I agree. I love his sense of humor! Wife must be hysterical.
I would be!!

amy

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norma briggs wrote:

Thank you all for the laughs! I don't mean to laugh at you but with you.
Right now I am very very happy that I DO NOT have a basement because I
would
be burning my house down to get it out!


LOL--I agree. I love his sense of humor! Wife must be hysterical. I
would be!!

Why, it is a completely harmless and beneficial snake.

'enry VIII

'enry VIII wrote:

Why, it is a completely harmless and beneficial snake.

'enry VIII

I agree, snakes (er, the non-venomous types, that is) are very
beneficial! I'd much rather a non-venomous snake live in my crawl space
than rats! I draw the line at spiders that move across the room
(spiders in an established web are beneficial, though, but that doesn't
mean I like them!). And scorpions in the bathtub are a no-no (yes, I
found one in a home in Austin, TX - they come up the drains like
roaches). Hehehe - arachne would be envious

Sky 'staying up too late'!
hmardis "aht" uiuc "daught" edu

'enry VIII wrote:

Why, it is a completely harmless and beneficial snake.

'enry VIII

I agree, snakes (er, the non-venomous types, that is) are very
beneficial! I'd much rather a non-venomous snake live in my crawl space
than rats! I draw the line at spiders that move across the room
(spiders in an established web are beneficial, though, but that doesn't
mean I like them!). And scorpions in the bathtub are a no-no (yes, I
found one in a home in Austin, TX - they come up the drains like
roaches). Hehehe - arachne would be envious

Sky 'staying up too late'!
hmardis "aht" uiuc "daught" edu

Sky wrote I draw the line at spiders

I once had a jumping spider that lived under
my delete key for a while. Everytime I tried to hit delete it would come out
and give me grief.
Subsequently I found I could be a very accurate typist when the need arouse.


kathy :-)
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Sky wrote I draw the line at spiders

I once had a jumping spider that lived under
my delete key for a while. Everytime I tried to hit delete it would come
out
and give me grief.
Subsequently I found I could be a very accurate typist when the need
arouse.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

Spiders don't bother me much, but lizards are another story. I am a bit of a
reptile-phob. Just the site of a reptile sends shivers down my spine,
harmless or not. A few years back we found a lizard in the kitchen and
together with my 17 year old daughter, and 5 year old son we carefully kept
it cornered until my 10 year old son got home from school. He was the only
one of us crazy enough to even touch a lizard. Yes, all 3 of us remained
armed with broom, flyswatters and pot lids for over an hour. You can't
imagine the relief we felt when we heard the school bus coming. My 10 looked
at us like he lived in the wrong family, I am sure he was wondering if there
was some kind of mix up at the hospital. Here we are screaming for help and
what does he do? Take time to exploit his panicked family by quickly
negotiating his fee. This kid never misses an opportunity for a quick buck!
That darn lizard cost me an $11.50 removal fee, which I gladly paid after
the lizard ran across my toe.

You don't even what to know what he charged me to bury his own dog that died
under the house a couple years later (it took a week to find the poor
thing). When he came to collect he made sure to explain that if I thought it
was too much he would be glad to dig her back up and I could do it myself.

What was I to do but pay up?

Norma wrote What was I to do but pay up?

chortle!
I tried to talk my labrador into taking care of a huge spider for me once. It
was on the wall and I called the dog over and said, 'get the spider, get the
spider!' The lab picked up the spider, proudly carried it up the stairs, into
the living room and gently put it down on the floor, where the spider scurried
under *my* chair!!
My DH was so proud of the lab's soft mouth!


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

ohmygod... is that funny! I got a lot of practice snatching geckos and anoles off my
friends house in alabama... DH really wanted some. I didnt know I could move that
fast. I got one thing makes me nuts ........... ticks.
I am thinking I should take a page outta your 10 year olds book there and start
charging my DH for every computer he wants me to get up and running, for unclogging
the drain, etc. INgrid

"norma briggs" wrote:
My 10 looked
at us like he lived in the wrong family, I am sure he was wondering if there
was some kind of mix up at the hospital. Here we are screaming for help and
what does he do? Take time to exploit his panicked family by quickly
negotiating his fee. This kid never misses an opportunity for a quick buck!
That darn lizard cost me an $11.50 removal fee, which I gladly paid after
the lizard ran across my toe.

You don't even what to know what he charged me to bury his own dog that died
under the house a couple years later (it took a week to find the poor
thing). When he came to collect he made sure to explain that if I thought it
was too much he would be glad to dig her back up and I could do it myself.

What was I to do but pay up?








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Peter wrote:

My friend watched a "snake" wander down into my basement... evidentally it was in
the attached garage and when the house door was open, snake came in and went into
basement. Location is suburban Maryland.... we're had a lot of rain here in the past
few days, I think the snake came in looking for a new home.

From the description it sound like a black snake .... all black with a few white spots
on the face. size is undetermined....she thinks it was gigantic.... I'm assuming
probably about 3 -4 feet.

Don't want to hurt him, just want him out of the basement. No problem with
picking him up and relocating him, just gotta find him first.


But, I can't locate the snake in the basement and before tearing everything apart
(lot's of everything in this basement), is there a simple method for dislodging the
snake, without permanently injuring it ?? i.e. would spraying disinfectant under
the shelving units and behind the boards make this snake decide to move and be
located?? Are they sensitive to vibration ( I can turn on a sound system).

I really don't want to go through the place box by box and am looking for an
easy to way flush him out into the open. Would a pet store mouse in a plastic
box attract the snake??


Thanks for your suggestions ????

A trick snake pet owners use to catch loose snakes it to put out a
heating pad/stone under a basket for the snake to crawl into. Check the
basket everyday with something large and ready to put over the snake who
will coil until the warm spot. This might really work well in a basement
where the cold will annoy the snake.

Good luck,
Laura B.

Skyhooks wrote:
'enry VIII wrote:

Why, it is a completely harmless and beneficial snake.

'enry VIII


I agree, snakes (er, the non-venomous types, that is) are very
beneficial! I'd much rather a non-venomous snake live in my crawl space
than rats! I draw the line at spiders that move across the room
(spiders in an established web are beneficial, though, but that doesn't
mean I like them!). And scorpions in the bathtub are a no-no (yes, I
found one in a home in Austin, TX - they come up the drains like
roaches). Hehehe - arachne would be envious

Sky 'staying up too late'!
hmardis "aht" uiuc "daught" edu

Eww....roaches come up from the drains??? Hmmmmm.........

amy trying to figure out where they are coming from in southern Alabama

norma briggs wrote:

Sky wrote I draw the line at spiders

I once had a jumping spider that lived under
my delete key for a while. Everytime I tried to hit delete it would come

out

and give me grief.
Subsequently I found I could be a very accurate typist when the need

arouse.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A


Spiders don't bother me much, but lizards are another story. I am a bit of a
reptile-phob. Just the site of a reptile sends shivers down my spine,
harmless or not. A few years back we found a lizard in the kitchen and
together with my 17 year old daughter, and 5 year old son we carefully kept
it cornered until my 10 year old son got home from school. He was the only
one of us crazy enough to even touch a lizard. Yes, all 3 of us remained
armed with broom, flyswatters and pot lids for over an hour. You can't
imagine the relief we felt when we heard the school bus coming. My 10 looked
at us like he lived in the wrong family, I am sure he was wondering if there
was some kind of mix up at the hospital. Here we are screaming for help and
what does he do? Take time to exploit his panicked family by quickly
negotiating his fee. This kid never misses an opportunity for a quick buck!
That darn lizard cost me an $11.50 removal fee, which I gladly paid after
the lizard ran across my toe.

You don't even what to know what he charged me to bury his own dog that died
under the house a couple years later (it took a week to find the poor
thing). When he came to collect he made sure to explain that if I thought it
was too much he would be glad to dig her back up and I could do it myself.

What was I to do but pay up?







LOL..lizards don't bother me much. My six-year-old son caught the one
out of the bathroom the other day for me. Spiders don't bother me much
anymore but I still have a dislike for snakes.

amy

Does DH mean dumb husband?
"Ka30P" wrote in message
...

Norma wrote What was I to do but pay up?

chortle!
I tried to talk my labrador into taking care of a huge spider for me once.
It
was on the wall and I called the dog over and said, 'get the spider, get
the
spider!' The lab picked up the spider, proudly carried it up the stairs,
into
the living room and gently put it down on the floor, where the spider
scurried
under *my* chair!!
My DH was so proud of the lab's soft mouth!


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

DAY 5 1/2 -

Still tearing apart the basement.... No snake, no mice, no anything in basement

unloaded and moved a shelving unit, found something that looked suspiously like a
clove of garlic behind the unit.....NAW...couldn't be..... my friend was helping me down
in the basement, so I mentioned that I found GARLIC in the basement..... turns out
she heard that snakes do not enjoy garlic with their mice.....so she spread garlic around
the basement. I thought we were chasing down a snake, not a vampire !!!

Found some magazines on a bottom shelf..... One headline in U.S. New and World
Reports blared out " Will THEY help pay for the Gulf War"...... this was written back
in 1990 almost 15 years ago, when GB senior was harassing Sadam Hussein, who
incidentally was threatening to destroy 1/2 of Israel with chemical weapons.... Call
Colin Powell, we have proof of chemical weapons...

I gotta clean my basement out more often, I was reading American Handyman from 1958
(the kitchen remodeling was somewhat dated).... and Popular Mechanix was still running
cigarette ads.

Still no snake.... guess he didn't like the magazines either.

Well, we got half of the basement cleaned, washed and disinfected.... So far my friend
has not seen ANY of the replies to these messages....otherwise...she'll never come back
into the house let alone use the toilet facilities......

By last reports, she was looking a my steam cleaner and electric blower and wondering
how snakes would react if they were steam cleaned and blow dryed. I would think a
little by Phyllis Diller having a bad hair day....

I'll keep you posted.
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:55:35 -0400, Peter wrote:


My friend watched a "snake" wander down into my basement... evidentally it was in
the attached garage and when the house door was open, snake came in and went into
basement. Location is suburban Maryland.... we're had a lot of rain here in the past
few days, I think the snake came in looking for a new home.

From the description it sound like a black snake .... all black with a few white spots
on the face. size is undetermined....she thinks it was gigantic.... I'm assuming
probably about 3 -4 feet.

Don't want to hurt him, just want him out of the basement. No problem with
picking him up and relocating him, just gotta find him first.


But, I can't locate the snake in the basement and before tearing everything apart
(lot's of everything in this basement), is there a simple method for dislodging the
snake, without permanently injuring it ?? i.e. would spraying disinfectant under
the shelving units and behind the boards make this snake decide to move and be
located?? Are they sensitive to vibration ( I can turn on a sound system).

I really don't want to go through the place box by box and am looking for an
easy to way flush him out into the open. Would a pet store mouse in a plastic
box attract the snake??


Thanks for your suggestions ????

norma wrote Does DH mean dumb husband?

Oh, no, never!!! ;-)
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A