🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:59:28 -0500, "DoD" <thecats@ss.mil> wrote:

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>"The Re'vr''ddd" <reniggade@anglikkkoon.com.za> wrote in message
>news:45387272.11034226@news.onetel.net.uk...
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>> >> Some places just don't justify it.
>> >
>> >I know what you mean. There are neighborhoods here in KC that I have to
>have
>> >eaten my wheaties to go into...
>>
>> Wheaties wouldn't have helped in darkest Uganda.
>
>Sounds like a very bleak place.

It was even worse in Idi Amin's day.   It had been going downhill ever
since the B'ritish left.

>> >> The phrase "bird brain" comes to mind.
>> >
>> >Hey! I just used that phrase the other day... LOL!
>>
>> It's usually aimed at the female of the species.
>
>I haven't heard that before. I have heard it being used on both sexes..

Over here it's the females who are usually bird-brained.

>> >>>> Oh yes, it's their primary habitat.
>> >>>
>> >>>Hmmm.... for some reason, I thought that they liked to hide under
>leaves.
>> >>
>> >> You may be right.  But I know they can climb trees and eat birds.
>> >> A nasty piece of work.
>> >
>> >The only reason why I was thinking that is because its color pattern
>> >resembles leaves... Evolution and all that...
>>
>> Apparently they're attracted to areas of human habitation because
>> that's where they're most likely to find rodents.
>
>Would that be considered a symbiotic relationship then?

I suppose so.   But I think most people would rather live with rats
than vipers.

>> >>>> >but as far as a
>> >>>> >night pest... they are pretty gnarly.....
>> >>>>
>> >>>> If you ever get to visit the Mayan ruins in Tikal, Guatemala, watch
>> >>>> out for them!   (the locals thought I was a Contra).
>> >>>
>> >>>Why in the world would you be mistaken for a Contra?
>> >>
>> >> Beats me.  So much for blending in.  LOL
>> >
>> >So what did they do with you? Question you and let you go about your
>> >business?
>>
>> Oh no, nothing like that.  I just happened to overhear some locals in
>> a restaurant.
>
>Oh, well now that is a relief.

Could have been nasty.   LOL

>> I did have a lucky escape, though.  I'd just come up from El Salvador
>> where the shit had started to hit the fan bigtime.  LOL
>
>Did you know that ahead of time and you just made your escape, or was it
>just by chance that you left in time?

I was in Santa Ana when the shit hit the fan in San Salvador.
Fortunately, I had taken the precaution of getting a visa for
Guatemala and it was only a question of getting to the border.   There
were rebels in the area but I made it.   I didn't really feel safe
until I got to Belize (formerly B'ritish Honduras).