A thread to just drop into with some news or photos or whatever !!

[Neal]

Hey, Neal- it HAS been AGES! You still keeping snakes? or just birds now?

Not sure why my email didn't give me a reply. I don't keep any snakes, my last 3 were my cobras and I no longer have them. Just decided I didn't want to keep venomous anymore and then not being able to interact with them without putting myself at risk just made me rethink life decisions. That's how I ended up with my two birds.

[Neal]

Hey !!!


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Oh man, nice to see one of the people from when I was still relatively new too. lol

[Bogertophis]

Not sure why my email didn't give me a reply. I don't keep any snakes, my last 3 were my cobras and I no longer have them. Just decided I didn't want to keep venomous anymore and then not being able to interact with them without putting myself at risk just made me rethink life decisions. That's how I ended up with my two birds.

Wow, that's a big change, but birds are fascinating too. I spent 20 years safely keeping hots (in addition to many harmless snakes before & after) & I was always trying to get that across to people who thought they wanted to keep hots- that it's more interesting (not to mention a lot less stressful) to have pets you can handle safely. Not just for routine things but it's even worse if they need medical attention. I'm down to just a few snakes now (harmless & all up in years), after keeping so many for decades. I finally quit breeding my own rodents too, & I sure don't miss that!

Life situations & interests evolve, eh? As a young adult, I always wanted a horse, until I took serious lessons for a while & realized how big of a commitment they are. I'm a dog lover too- I'm on my 10th dog now, & while they've always been rescues (adult dogs from shelters), over the years they've also been gradually downsized for practicality from large ones (Dobermans+) to the smallest one yet: I'm currently owned by a Chihuahua. She's a fantastic & funny companion- who knew? Animals are great fun, whichever ones we can best relate to & provide for.

[Lord Sorril]

In random news I took my gf to 14 antique stores in Maine last Sunday. We left my house at 6am, and got back at 6:30pm.
I didn't take very many photos because I was exhausted from the driving...





I added 3 items to my antique collection, and my gf added 9 to her vintage glass (lol).

I also went to a greenhouse today in New Hampshire, and spotted a hitchhiker...

[MichPlat]

Yeah .. we have a granddaughter


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[MichPlat]

Wow it’s so quiet in here

So very sad


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[Lord Sorril]

Wow it’s so quiet in here

So very sad

I think a lot of people just like to watch...



I was at a festival a week ago and it was the most depressed group of thousands I had ever seen...
So quiet, and only the kids were having fun.
People started cheering mildly for the fireworks, but very unenthused overall...