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Well to my surprise, we've been here for a dozen days now in our Southern villa! I was not sure how my wife was going to react coming back to where she had a SNAKE, (we hate SNAKES) just 4 feet from her while she was on our PC here last season. The night we got here, to try to make her feel more comfortable, I looked under & moved every piece of furniture, checked every corner, opened every cabinet, looked everywhere & anywhere anything could hide. Thankfully, nothing was found, it was just a one in a billion unthinkable thing that had to happen to us last season! She's still jumpy, and still won't go into the A/C room where the critter slithered in from, (it's only been 12 days) but I'm happy my little "trooper" is able to handle it as well as she has!

Can you in all honesty say that every now and then, you don't think you see movement out of the corner of your eye? :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I give her a lot of credit for going back there. I am scared to death of snakes and if I saw one, I'd be out of there before you could blink :wah:

I would never have gone back to the same place.

Odie;1273691 wrote: I would never have gone back to the same place.
I'm surprised as well, and very proud of her as well! Unfortunately, (or fortunately as the case may be) inside our villa is beautiful!

One where she put here heart & soul into decorating it to the nines! So . . .

She's still looking on line for other places, but as each day passes, it may mean that she will one day finally re-adjust. Time will tell.

Tell Mrs. Cars that I'm very proud of her. but really, that could happen anywhere and most of us can't move to a new house if and when it does. In this house that I bought next door to my daughter, said daughter informed me a couple of months after I'd moved in that the lady who lived here before found a snake in her washer in the utility room! I immediately sealed off every possible entry, every nook & cranny with steel wool. Hopefully I won't see any snakes in my house. I have seen them outside, though.

Zapata;1273752 wrote: Tell Mrs. Cars that I'm very proud of her. but really, that could happen anywhere and most of us can't move to a new house if and when it does. In this house that I bought next door to my daughter, said daughter informed me a couple of months after I'd moved in that the lady who lived here before found a snake in her washer in the utility room! I immediately sealed off every possible entry, every nook & cranny with steel wool. Hopefully I won't see any snakes in my house. I have seen them outside, though.
Thanks I'll her. Sorry to hear of your problem that occured, even though it wasn't directly with you! Anyway, I plugged every hole & possible entry as well as soon as we moved in. But our bugger slithered in through the A/C's 3/4" dia. condensation drain outlet pipe that runs from the A/C unit for about 50 feet under the foundation to the outside of the structure. (whoda thunk it) I've since installed 5 screws in the pipe to act as a barrier to stop things getting in, but still will allow the condensation to exit as required.

Hello to my lovely friend Cars:-4



Geeze, I haven't spoken to you 'in forever.' Time just goes too fast, doesn't it



I'm so glad that you and the Mrs. are having a lovely time in FL. Good on ya Cars:guitarist



I've decided to take a trip to FL Cars and booked an unexpected trip to Siesta Key, Fl for the end of March...for 11 days....I can't wait....I'm over the moon just to see my beloved SK beach once again. I plan to relax and do nothing except eat, drink and be merry:wah:



Let's see...what am I gonnnnna dooooo? :wah:....beach, book and coffee in the am on the beach, late lunch at the pub for some pub grub, live music and a great 'blue lagoon,' back to the beach for some more fun, and then nighttime stuff to do:-6



Cheers my friend:D

Kathy Ellen;1273810 wrote: Hello to my lovely friend Cars:-4



Geeze, I haven't spoken to you 'in forever.' Time just goes too fast, doesn't it



I'm so glad that you and the Mrs. are having a lovely time in FL. Good on ya Cars:guitarist



I've decided to take a trip to FL Cars and booked an unexpected trip to Siesta Key, Fl for the end of March...for 11 days....I can't wait....I'm over the moon just to see my beloved SK beach once again. I plan to relax and do nothing except eat, drink and be merry:wah:



Let's see...what am I gonnnnna dooooo? :wah:....beach, book and coffee in the am on the beach, late lunch at the pub for some pub grub, live music and a great 'blue lagoon,' back to the beach for some more fun, and then nighttime stuff to do:-6



Cheers my friend:D
Hi KE my lovely friend, yes time does go bye so fast, & seems even faster with each year going bye! I'm so happy for you to be going to SK! Sounds like you have it all planned, & will have a wonderful time, ENJOY! :-6

Glad yall are surviving ....was just sitting here thinking..i live in south Georgia..ya cant live here anywhere and not run up on a snake somewhere..in your yard..the dirt roads..the pool..hanging from the limbs at the river..they be everywhere..:p

guppy;1274042 wrote: Glad yall are surviving ....was just sitting here thinking..i live in south Georgia..ya cant live here anywhere and not run up on a snake somewhere..in your yard..the dirt roads..the pool..hanging from the limbs at the river..they be everywhere..:p
Yes that's so very true, but it becomes another ball game when you find one inside your villa! (house, but I like villa) Coiled up 4 feet from where you're sitting!

Peg;1273637 wrote: Can you in all honesty say that every now and then, you don't think you see movement out of the corner of your eye? :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl




PEG!!! stop that !!!!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Yeah stop that peg, & yes we both are always scanning the room!:wah:

cars;1274133 wrote: Yes that's so very true, but it becomes another ball game when you find one inside your villa! (house, but I like villa) Coiled up 4 feet from where you're sitting!


oh i wont tell you about the time i walked into the kitchen in the dark, opened the refrigerater..and in the light behind me noticed the rat snake hissing at me...



or the time my daughters boyfriend went in the bathroom to take a shower after swimming in the pool and when he went to dryoff a oaksnake fell down his body..(to this day i shake my towells out way away from me before i use them):p

guppy;1274375 wrote: oh i wont tell you about the time i walked into the kitchen in the dark, opened the refrigerater..and in the light behind me noticed the rat snake hissing at me...



or the time my daughters boyfriend went in the bathroom to take a shower after swimming in the pool and when he went to dryoff a oaksnake fell down his body..(to this day i shake my towells out way away from me before i use them):p
Thanks for not telling me!

A CHRISTMAS present for my wife who has most everything!

So to give her extra "peace of mind", (what price peace of mind) I installed two stainless mesh screen's on the A/C condensation pipe's that exits our villa. It's an over kill, as I already had blocked off the pipes inside our villa which was very easy to reach. The outside pipes were difficult to reach, as they were only 3" off the ground burried behind big bushes, so . . .



OK, anyway, the pix may look a little errotic to some, but in reality it is a pix "looking down" of the two stainless steel mesh screens clamped onto the to exit pipes!!!

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Hey Cars:wah:



You're stealing my stuff with the erotic pics:wah:

Kathy Ellen;1275730 wrote: Hey Cars:wah:



You're stealing my stuff with the erotic pics:wah:
The "Mrs" is the one who pointed it out to me!



Actually I took the pix to give to her, so as to show her, her Christmas Present, as she would never go there to look at it first hand!!;) She's a much happier camper now, so it was worth it!!!

Merry Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Cars!

xo

Odie;1275778 wrote: Merry Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Cars!



xo
Thankyou so much, and the same to you & your's Odie!!

cars;1275811 wrote: Thankyou so much, and the same to you & your's Odie!!


thank you!

its sooooo cold and raining here, enjoy the warm weather for me!:wah:

Odie;1275974 wrote: thank you!



its sooooo cold and raining here, enjoy the warm weather for me!:wah:
If I could bottle some of the:-6 I surely would send you some!

cars;1275995 wrote: If I could bottle some of the:-6 I surely would send you some!


Merry Christmas Cars! Could I have some of that :-6 too? It's sleeting here and will continue until tomorrow morning

cars;1275995 wrote: If I could bottle some of the:-6 I surely would send you some!


just some warm sand would be nice!:yh_rotfl

Odie;1276000 wrote: just some warm sand would be nice!:yh_rotfl
Now the "sand" is do-able, but it really may not still be warm by the time you got it!