Male Snake Keepers!

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Originally Posted by Skiploder

Well you got the age in the range.........but your mental image is probably closer to Wes.

To some people my name IS Skip - if that makes you feel any better. Allow me to explain:

When I graduated high school, I went to work for a international heavy construction and engineering company (who were generous enough to pay for me to go to college at nights). My project superintendent I was assigned to was a giant chain smoking beast of a man who we all call Pee Wee. Pee Wee refused to call anyone by their names and instead called us by the piece of equipment we ran or the task we did. I ran a SkipLOADER so for the first couple of years so he called me Skip or Skippy - as did everyone else, even after I was running loaders or excavators. On the schedule sheets, Pee Wee, who barely graduated 8th grade wrote me down as SkipLODER and his own name as "PeWe".

My friend Mike Aldrich who was black was called "Smokey". And one of our pile butts who stuttered badly was named "Smoothie".

When we worked in Australia, the locals spoke so fast and with such a thick accent that Pee Wee (whose real name was Henry) would call me in to translate "Australian" into English when he got frustrated trying to follow what they were saying. When one of our clients pointed out to him "We ARE speaking English" Pee Wee rasped in reply - "Then why the f*** can't I understand a g******n word you say?"

The only time Pee Wee called me by my real name was after he suffered a stroke (about 8 years ago). He had since retired and moved to Arizona. When I went in to see him, his wife woke him up and said - "Henry, look who's here to see you".

Pee Wee opened one eye and said, "Oh, hey Craig. You look fat." So much for the Hallmark moment.

I worked for that company for 20 years and to this day people still call me Skip. Most think/thought it was my middle name or something.

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Huh. Well that was quite the story there. I feel comforted enough to call you Uncle Skippy again now. It kinda reminds me of peanut butter and i like peanut butter. I never woulda guessed it came from operating heavy machinery. I feel so obligated to tell you an interesting story now but dont really have one that fits in here....

My name IS Michael but no one except a few people in my family call me that. I mostly go by Mike though.

I really hope Wes sees this and confirms the mental image part...

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Originally Posted by cecilbturtle

How disappointed you must have been when you met me!

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Ohhhh luke! I was gunna ask if i could touch your pumpkins but i figured you'd ask me to buy you dinner at the Denny's first. I didnt have time that day, maybe next time lmao ;)

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Originally Posted by Capray

OHHHHH. that IS Uncle Fester after all!

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Who did you think it was...?

Fun Fact: my brothers head was so big/square/bald when he was younger that we called him Fester for awhile til he grew out of it lmao!

Lol, this has gotten fun. Thanks for the insight Skip!

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Lol Mike I've been thinking about changing my avatar to a lemur but now I don't want to risk causing you any more emotional trauma... Btw my pic right now is really me.

Some pics from facebook... I don't have pics of me with my reptiles lol
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Originally Posted by Kenj620

Lol Mike I've been thinking about changing my avatar to a lemur but now I don't want to risk causing you any more emotional trauma... Btw my pic right now is really me.

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Im fine with lemurs lol? If you change it to a horse then were not friends anymore though. :gj:

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Im fine with lemurs lol? If you change it to a horse then were not friends anymore though. :gj:

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Lol....

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Originally Posted by DrDooLittle

LMAO, maybe she's to young to know who Uncle Fester is, lol......

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Oh, no, I watched plenty Adam's family.... But I didn't recognize him right away.:rolleyes:
I'm not THAT aware..

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Me goofing around in the grounds of a medieval church in Scotland.
Notice the minus 2ft+ of hair? :tears: