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in the herp world!!.............no bone-heads
were killed or injured while testing this product............make
no mistake............what you are about to read
is "the original"...............anything
else is a fake...............Ralphie......:)
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Saturday_May_31 |
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Robbie
the Robot and his brother Billy got finished
up at the rat barn for the most part at 4
pm yesterday ...............I got there to
"relieve" them.....:).............I
put food on all of the hoppers and swept up................then
I BLEW the place out...........yepper...............I
love that damn thing!..........then I loaded
up all the empty pine shaving and rodent food
bags in the back of my truck for my "Saturday
Dump Run"............After I finished
up, I went to the garage where I store my
Sea Doos...........this garage is also on
Mr. John's farm............I
wanted to make sure that the battery on the
DI ( the one I have been having trouble with
) was fully charged and ready to go .............because
Mr. John and I were going to be taking it
out on Saturday ( Today )............the charger
said that there was a "full charge"............so
hopefully I will be good to go?...............Mr.
John and I will be going to Theresa's Uncle
Mark's place down on the Chesapeake Bay.............Solomon's
Island...............we all call him ( Mark
) "King Solomon"...............last
night some of the gang decided to go down
to "Big Rock" and play horse shoes.............I
came home from the rat barn, grabbed a shower
and went down to hang out for awhile...........Theresa
and the kids were at a Carnival......;)...............I
know.............BAD DAD!!............so that
pretty much is it for Friday.................so
lets move on to today...........I went to
the dump first thing in the morning.............then
I headed up to the garage to load up the Sea
Doos and pick up Mr. John..............Solomon's
Island is 120 miles from my house............it
took us two hours to get there...............it
rained off and on the whole time we were driving
there...............we weren't sure that we
would even be able to ride?..........it was
looking like rain ALL DAY.............but
we did get there.........it was still raining
pretty bad.............so Mr. John decided
not to go out on the water.............I didn't
really want to either............but I had
to..........I drove all
that way to put the DI in the water and see
if it "still" ran like crap?...........so
Mark and I went out for awhile..............the
new Super Charged boat kicked ass again.............it
runs great.............the DI still ran like
crap?...........:(,,,,,,,I was pissed..............I
really didn't think that it was because the
"battery was low"...........but
that's what the Sea Doo dude said..................so
I was pretty bent that the boat still was
not running right...........Mark and I zipped
around for an hour or so..............it rained
the whole time............but it wasn't cold.......so
it wasn't all that bad once you got used to
it..........I decided to call the Sea Doo
shop and see if they were open?...............and
they were............I told them that the
DI still was running bad...............they
said to bring it back and they would find
out what the problem was................so
I loaded them both back up on the trailer
and headed back up the road......:(...............we
unloaded the DI off of the trailer at the
shop........the repair dude said that he would
start working on it on Monday...........so
Mr. John and I went and had a late lunch.........we
were right near the Bay still...........so
after we ate, we drove around and found some
more boat ramps............there were two
boat ramps very close to the Sea Doo shop...............and
that is only 40 mins. from my house..............so
it was nice to find a place so close to launch
the boats ...............worst part is, that
this was a pretty scummy polluted section
of the bay..............it will work "in
a pinch".......but I'd much rather drive
further to go boating in nice water.......:).............we
came back up the road..........pulled in a
car wash and washed the salt water of the
Super Charged boat..............we went to
Mr. Johns and
flushed the boat out with fresh water.............then
we backed er' into the garage.............all
by her lonesome......:(............the Sea
Doo guy said that the problem could possible
be the fuel pump............and it's $800.00
to replace .................fortunate for
me............it is under warranty.......:)................after
the big day out............I dropped Mr. John
off and told him I was sad that it rained
and that he could not ride .............because
I knew he did want to have some fun................he
said "it will be better next time".............I
said "I hope".............it seems
like it has been raining for a month around
here??..............I came home and set up
two egg clutches # 40 and # 41.................#
40 was from breeding a pair of African hatched
"Granites" together...................clutch
# 41 was from breeding a Piebald male and
a het Piebald
male to a 50% poss het Piebald female.................we
shall see?.......;).............so I got those
eggs all set up...............clutch # 40
was from a female that was imported as a fresh
baby............I raised her up and bred her
..................attached to her clutch of
eggs were a few ticks.............yes........African
ticks??..................I have always heard
that some breeders have documented seeing
ticks on egg clutches..............and NEVER
once seeing ticks on the snake prior???..............I
didn't believe it?.............but it is true
........because this female had ticks on her
eggs??...............it's the strangest thing?...............I
haven't a clue how this happens...............this
female was four years old ..................never
once did I ever see a bug on her.............I
snapped a pick of the little buggers............then
I fried them!!..............I looked the female
over and seen no ticks.................I did
spray the cage and her surroundings
down with Provent-O-Mite................if
anyone knows where the heck ticks can come
from four years later.............please shoot
me an email and let me know?..................I'm
still baffled by this one?...............My
Anery boa that is 66% poss het for Snow looks
like she will burst any day now!!.................God
I hope she is het for Snow........;)..................Theresa
and all the girls are going out in a limo
tonight.............bar hopping.......yepper..................I
ain't happy about it.........;P...................I
updated the Birthing Records page completely
tonight................I'm bushed................it's
been a long day.............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
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Friday_May_30 |
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Robbie
is up at the rat barn cleaning..............I'm
done all my paper work for the week............I
got all the pics for the web-site sized and
uploaded to the web...............all I have
to do is write today's journal entry and I'm
in good shape.......;)..............no eggs
today............but I should get a clutch
or two over the week-end..............my Anery
boa 66% poss het for Snow is due to have her
litter on June 1st............that will be
105 days after her shed................she
just had her "waxy stool" yesterday...........so
it looks like she is right on time...............Sunday
or Monday I should be writing about her litter
and that she IS het for SNOW!!!..........;)............."Lilly"
is doing wonderfully..........she is a very
healthy little baby.............very alert
and she has been hunting every night since
she had her first meal..........my new little
"Jaguar" ate to...............and
The Patternless finally looks like a baby
ball python and not a night crawler..............LOL................it
was one of the smallest baby ball pythons
I have ever imported.............a few meals
does wonders!!.................So this year
I imported "The Jag", "Lilly"
and "The Patternless"................not
bad at all Ralphie........;)...............It
gives me something to look forward to now.............new
projects always keep the adrenaline pumping............I
hear that there is yet another white snake
( baby) over in Africa.............pretty
soon they are going to be like "Midas
tats"..............everyone will have
one...............LOL................hey..............I
hope" Lilly" ain't a Lucy!!...............hatching
season is just about over in Africa ..............thank
God!!.............there will be a few "straggler
morphs" turning up here and there...............but
not one every other day................if
I could just get my hands on a baby Caramel
Albino out of Africa??.................that
would finish me off...............I need an
"RDR line" of Caramel ...............I
have a couple clutches that will be hatching
in the next few days................Granite
X Granite...............and "Black Head
X Hypermelanistic"................then
maybe..........just maybe I will hatch out
a baby "English Line Axanthic"???????????..................so
things are looking really good here..............I
ordered a bunch of Freedom Breeder racks for
all the new babies that will be hatching...........things
are great!!...............busy
as all hell................but great!!...............My
over seas clients have exploded this year..............I
may sell more than 40% of my 03 offspring
over seas??................I'm not complaining
............CITES was a little intimidating
at first.............but once you do it a
few times............it gets easier each time..............now
it is as simple to me as shipping Delta.................I
charged up the battery on the Sea Doo DI to
a full charge...............so now I gotta
run it and see if that was the problem??................I'm
taking it down on the Chesapeake Bay tomorrow
with Theresa's uncle Mark.............by the
way............I'm sure after reading the
journal and hearing about Theresa's huge family
you are wondering how many uncles she has??...............Ronald,
Wayne, Terry, Mark and Ricky.............they
are all her Mom's brothers................all
of them are serious "water people"...........they
all have boats and go fishing and crabbing
all the time..............and they love to
play volley ball..............they are a great
family to have fun with..............so anyway........Mark
and I will be rippin' up the water with the
Sea Doos tomorrow..............it will probably
just be him and I..............I sure hope
the DI runs better..............I hate it
when stuff don't work right............I'd
rather just get a new one before I mess around
fixing something.............that's just me..........:)..................Theresa
is going out tomorrow night to a bachelorette
party...............yepper................her
and a bunch of girls from her hair salon are
renting a limo and bar hopping tomorrow night...............and
boy am I jealous!!!..............I may spy
on them........LMAO!!..............I need
some help though..............can I get some
of "The Brotherhood" to fly in by
tomorrow night???..................I'm kidding............but
I do hate the though of her and all those
pretty friends of her's dancing at some club
and I'm not there.............damn!!!...............yeah.............I'm
a prick sometimes!!.........:P.......it's
a little after lunch time right now...............all
the writing is done..............all I have
to do is put some pics in for you boners to
look at..........;)...............after that............I'm
heading up to the rat barn to help Robbie
The Robot clean rats..................Big
Lou emailed me and said he needs a little
money to get his butt out of China......LOL..............he
comes home on the 4th..............I miss
the big goof too..............he has been
reading my journal just to keep up with the
news............I know he is in love!!.........he
says he has lots of pics for me to see.............so
I will put them up on the journal when I get
them.............Phil will be coming home
from his vacation in North Carolina on Sunday...................Fat
Ass will probably go fishing all week-end................he's
back in the "fishing groove"....................I'm
out guys................have a great week-end!!!............... |
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Thursday_May_29 |
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Paper
work and bills again today ............plenty
to do in the office......the end of the month
means lots of bills and taxes!!!...........Robbie
is cleaning the adult ball pythons today..........I
got ball python clutch # 39..............from
breeding a Lesser Platty male to a normal
looking sibling to the Lesser Platty.............5
eggs.............this should produce more
"Lessers" and possibly the "hidden
recessive gene" I hope could be in the
Platinum project??................who knows??...............both
the Lesser male and the normal sib female
are daughter and son of "Platty
Daddy".................so if there
is something weird going on.............they
both should have it......;)............I will
be getting three clutches of this type of
breeding this season.........Lesser X Normal
Sib...............I will be at the computer
all day today ...............sizing pics and
working on the web-site.............clutch
# 1 has shed and they are ready to be separated
out and fed...............03 clutch # 1 produced
1.5 het Ghost / Hypo.............I have a
group photo of them on the Birthing
Records page # 1............under clutch
# 1's listing.............I got an email today
from Robyn at Pro Exotics................he's
a great guy!!.........anyway............he
has a new employee named Rob Stone...............Rob
has emailed me before and I have sent him
some RDR shirts and stuff for him and Robyn................well
Rob decided to get a "Midas Tat"................I
had sent him the art work earlier................Robyn
sent me a pic of Rob's new tattoo and I was
shocked!!.............as was Robyn to say
the very least................Rob took the
huge step!!................he plastered my
name under "Midas"............unbelievable??...............Rob...........you
are the first to do that bro!!.............talk
about being flattered................you just
let me know if those big guys out there at
Pro Exotics give you a hard time about it??...............this
may be grounds for getting fired......LMAO!!...............Well
Robyn..............thanks for the email..............and
treat Rob Stone well!!!..............I would
hate to have to come out there and run a couple
plays on your ass............;)................say
hello to Chad for me.............all my best
goes out to Pro Exotics!!!...............and
Rob...........that was an unbelievable thing
to do man.................what else can I
say.........:)............I stopped working
in the office for an hour or so so that I
could help Robbie set up a bunch of new 03
baby boxes................we
have the 1.5 from clutch # 1 and the 2.0 from
clutch # 2 to get set up individually ...............I
let the entire clutch stay together on moist
paper towels until they shed.........after
they shed I take a "group photo"
of the clutch.......then each snake gets set
up individually .............I fill out a
record / lineage card...............draw a
picture of each snake on the back of it's
card ( unique markings )..............and
snap a pic...............that way nobody "gets
lost"..............from the minute the
baby is set up individually it is recorded
and can not be mistaken for another snake................even
if you threw 300 brand new babies in a pile,
I could sort everyone out as to what they
were ( gene ).............it might take awhile.............but
there is no way I could not sort out each
snake...............only if two were totally
identical............and that has not happened
yet..................taking pictures of your
snakes and recording unique markings is very
important..........if I sell snakes to somebody...........and
then they sell the snakes to
somebody else ...............usually the second
person will email me and ask if I did indeed
sell the snakes to the first person who is
re-selling / trading them..............and
I always have the pictures to show what the
animals look like.................if they
match the pics...........great!!...............if
they do not.............then there is a scam............it's
that simple................when I bag a snake
up for shipping .............I re-sex it...............I
look at the unique markings and make sure
they match the back of the lineage card...........and
I look at the picture...............those
three things get done before your snake is
shipped..........:)...............moving right
along.........after setting up the new 03
baby boxes...........I set up clutch # 39
in the incubabtor................looks like
66 clutches total this year for me...................so
I'm moving right along........;).............My
anery boa 66% poss het for Snow had her "waxy
stool"...............so I expect babies
from her any day now................I hope
she is het for SNOW!!!!..............;).............Robbie
and I finished up with the snakes.........we
vacuumed the place up and Robbie headed home
to pick up Billy..............they will be
going up to the rat barn to start cleaning
this evening................I came back to
the PC and started working again..............tons
of pictures to size............and I started
my 2003 ball python inventory list.............I
have a complete inventory by the year of each
gene I produce...............each snake that
is produced that season, representing that
gene is on the list................each snake
has it's own number................as I sell
the snakes..............I
mark the inventory page as to when I sold
it and to whom it went to..............this
way I know exactly what my inventory is at
all times...............no guess work...............if
somebody wants an 03 het pied...............all
I do is look in my 03 het pied inventory and
I know which ones are still "unspoken
for"...............it's very simple...................:).............I
added a 7th page to my ball python Birthing
Records page today too..............yep...............it's
gonna be one hell of a year for ball python
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Wednesday_May_28 |
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No
eggs today..........;)............this morning
Fat Ass, Rick and I are going to Phil's house
and stud out his basement...............Phil
is away on vacation...........he cleaned his
basement out before he left..............I
have been promising him I would get up to
his place and stud the place out for 6 months!!.........LOL..............he
wants to have a bedroom for his daughter and
a nice sized family area for hanging out and
watching TV.............a full bath..............and
to have all the laundry and utilities behind
a wall with door access.............so the
three of us went there this morning and kicked
the crap out of the place..............we
got stared around 10:30 am and finished at
4:30 pm.................studded up a bedroom
with a closet.............a
family room area.............a full bath................a
laundry / utility area.........and built some
pretty bulk heads around all of his duct work
on the ceiling.............it looks damn good!!............so
now Phil can come home and be nagged by his
wife Robbin to start running the electric............then
insulate............then dryway..........yada
yada yada..............Lou emailed me and
said that SARS came from a cat??...............it
came from people in China eating cats??...............yes
Lou is still in China ( and no I do not watch
the news )...............he comes home on
the 4th of June...............he says he is
having the time of his life.......LOL............oh
by the way..............we started at 10:30
am because the lumber got there late...........LOL..............we
ain't "slackers"...............believe
that!!.............I was tired as hell today
too..............staying up late taking those
tests about killed me................I went
to bed this morning around 3:30 am...............and
got up at 7:00 am..................so I'm
mud!!!!............I got home and helped Robbie
finish up his work............I cleaned all
the turtle tanks ...............answered a
few more emails ...............I'm dead tired............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........damn............construction
makes for a pretty boring journal..............LOL...........go
FATTY!!!.........see what you guys get if
I have to work all the time??..........;P |
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Tuesday_May_27 |
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Business
as usual..............I skipped my rodent
deliveries this week because of the Holiday......:).............Phil
and his family left for a vacation in North
Carolina on Sunday..............they are gone
for a week..............I'm still thinking
about all the fun we had yesterday on the
lake................even if we got thrown
off.........LOL...............My
landscapers stopped by this morning to put
a few trees in the ground...............I'm
getting some trees planted and having new
mulch put down soon...............they have
not scheduled me yet............but they had
some extra trees on their truck to get rid
of...........they stopped by and asked if
I wanted them?............and sure I took
em'..........:)..............Robbie is up
at the rat barn cleaning the rat holder bins
and loading up rats to feed the 01's and 02's
today..............I answered a zillion emails.............just
having a day off from downloading emails kills
me..............I pulled down 200 emails this
morning...............half were junk though...............God
I hate junk email!!..............does anyone
out there know a program that will get rid
of all the junk???.............after I got
all my emails answered, I checked on Robbie
to see if the feeding was going good...............he
said he was fine.................so I went
up to the garage
and hooked the Sea Doo trailer up.............I
called a water craft place to see if they
would look at my Sea Doo DI............the
"turd on the lake".............they
said to bring it in and they would take a
look at it.................so I drove down
there and met with a guy named Ron...............he
is the area's top PWC repair dude...............he
hooked it up to a computer and said that it
was perfect.............the only problem that
he could see was that the battery was low
on charge...............he said that could
be what caused all my problems on the lake...............the
Sea Doo has so many electronic gadgets controlling
the fuel injection that it needs the battery
to be at peek charge.............if the charge
is low, it will cause the computer to malfunction
and this is what throws the fuel off .............basically
the Sea Doo's brain was not sending the right
message to the fuel injection system.............thus
making it run like crap??..............sounds
good to me.................so I bought some
supplies while I was there and headed home
to put the battery on charge............Ron
told me to charge it on a 2 amp trickle charge
for 24 hours..............and that's what
I did........;)........so I'm hoping that
will fix the problem..............the Sea
Doo did sit all winter long..............so
maybe the battery did need some charging?..............I'm
still learning about all this boatin' stuff......;)...........after
I unloaded the trailer and hooked up the trickle
charger..............I
headed off to Mom's to pick up the kiddies...............I
got ball python clutch # 38 today.............ten
eggs from breeding my "Butter Ball"
male to a big normal female...............this
will be the first year I produce from him.................I
know he will be co-dom...............ten eggs..............I
wonder how many "Butters" will hatch??..............I
can't wait!!..............I got the kids to
bed and decided to go to the web site where
the police told me I could take the "on
line" test................I did some
reading and signed up to take the test..............it
costs 15 dollars to take the test.............you
pay that whether you pass or fail.............each
time you take the test................and
then it costs ten bucks to get your "card"...............so
for 25 bucks you can pass the test and get
your butt back on the water.............I
took it and got 75 questions out of 75 correct!!..............so
I scored 100% on it............they even let
you print out a temporary certificate while
your "card" is being made.............I
told Theresa to get her butt down here and
take it too............she passed!!.............so
now we are all nice and legal to run our Sea
Doos in PA............I'm glad that is
over with...............I missed chat because
of the damn test too!!..............I hear
DeMo was there??............I got an email
today from John Piro.............he is the
very first person to buy a Lesser Platty female
from me.............he now has a pair of 01
"Lessers"................well he
bred his 01 Lesser female to a het Axanthic
VPI male..............and he got 5 eggs!!!...............way
to go John!!..............I can't wait to
see what the "Lessers" produce?...............and
poss het for Axanthic too...............cool!!!................John
will get one clutch from a "Lesser"
this year...............I will get three clutches...........this
is gonna be one exciting year!!.......... |
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Monday_May_26 |
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This
morning we decided to go to the lake............it
is nasty out too............it looks like
it could rain all day "off an on"...........but
we are heading out anyway.............it beats
staying home............so I went up to the
garage at Mr. John's where I store the boats
and got them all loaded up.............Theresa
got us all packed up with the "goodies"...........Raystown
lake is 2.5 hours away from us...............so
to do a day trip is no big deal..............we
stopped and had lunch on the way up..............we
got there a little after lunch time...............we
launched the Sea Doos at "Shy Beaver"
boat launch.................we usually go
into the main camping resort at Raystown to
launch the boats..............but Shy Beaver
is 20 mins. closer..............so
we launched there..........the bad thing about
Shy Beaver is that there is a "no wake"
zone for about a half mile..............it's
way back in a nice secluded cove...........so
they enforce the "no wake" rule
there................what sucks is that you
have to idle a Sea Doo for a half mile.............when
all you really want to do is hammer it and
scream across the water..............Sea Doos
are so fast!!................we have one that
is 130 hp and the newer one is 185 hp "
super charged"..............that is basically
why I wanted to go out anyway.....bad weather
or not...........I wanted to see how the new
boat ran?............so we made it out of
Shy Beaver and onto the main lake................I
was on the new Super Charged boat with Kyle
and Theresa was on the Sea Doo DI with Brooke.............all
I can say is that the new super charged model
is insane!!..............it has to be the
fastest stock personal water craft on the
water.............I was totally
impressed with it's power and there was ZERO
lag..............it is just awesome!!............so
that was the good news................the
bad news is that Theresa said the DI was running
like crap??................I was like......."no
way".............it's only a year old
and I just had it serviced for opening season??...............so
we switched boats............and sure enough..............the
DI was running like a turd.............it
seemed like it was not getting fuel..............or
maybe there was water in the fuel............it
would run good.........then all of the sudden
it would bog down and run bad..............it
never stalled out...........but it never ran
well either.............top speed on it is
almost 60 mph..............I never got it
past 41 mph??...............so I ran it anyway............I
was hoping to run the bad gas out of it, and
that would fix the problem..........so we
ran around the lake for a few hours............the
lake was empty??..........I couldn't believe
that on Memorial Day the lake would be so
empty??...............the weather was OK............it
was cloudy...........but it never rained...........the
sun even popped out a few times............I
guess it is just too early in the season for
all the crowds to start showing up at the
lake?................so anyway............the
lake was like glass...............perfect
for ripping up and down with the Sea Doos.............and
there was ZERO traffic...............so we
ran around a bit, then we decided to go back
into Shy Beaver and get some goodies out of
my truck..............we wanted to grab a
few snacks...........then head back out for
another hour................so we grabbed
our snacks and started back out through Shy
Beaver to the main lake.................and
the DI was actually running better...............so
I figured it was just "bad gas"(
I know that sounds goofy ).............and
that if I ran this tank dry, I would be in
good shape................so we are just about
at the end of the "no wake" zone
...........there were two dudes on personal
water crafts just in front of us.........we
see a water police boat coming our way.............and
sure enough, they pull us over and ask us
to see our credentials............the boat
registration and our ID's................so
we showed them our stuff............and they
were satisfied............they told us just
to make sure that we obey the "no wake"
signs ( no wake means to disturb the water
surface as little as possible........GO SLOW
).............and we were..............they
even said that that was the first super charged
Sea Doo that they had seen, and they asked
how fast it went?..............Theresa said
that she had it up to 59 mph at "half
throttle"..............LOL................so
we left the police and headed for the main
lake.............as soon as we got past the
"no wake" buoy we nailed the gas
and started to haul ass across the lake................two
seconds later another police boat pulls us
over ( here is two police boats in three minutes...............and
I have not seen two police boats in ten years
??? )..............LOL..............they actually
had to yell for Theresa with a loud speeker..............she
was way ahead of me when the cops stopped
us, she never even saw or heard them.............so
again we are asked for our ID's and credentials...........the
registration yada yada yada..............we
were just pulled over by a different police
boat like three minutes ago..............and
everything was fine??.................don't
these guys have radios??............so Theresa
and I again showed the police our registration
cards.............but this time we had two
"prick cops"............they were
not happy with what they saw.............they
said that we needed to have a card saying
that we passed the Pennsylvania PWC safety
course.................huh??................I
said I had no idea what they were talking
about??...............I told them that I had
been coming to that lake for ten years and
was never asked about a "safety course
card".............well that was the wrong
answer...............they told me that they
could ticket us for not having the card...............but
instead..........they tossed us off the lake.................yepper...............they
ordered us off of the water until we had our
safety course cards................it really
sucked..............one cop boat says we are
fine.............the second cop boat busts
us??.....................and we had the lake
to ourselve's...........it was perfect..............and
that is why the cops were out.................Theresa
and I were sitting ducks!!............we were
only going to be out another half hour anyway..............so
it really was no big deal................but
the cops were boners.............they could
have told us to finish the day and then not
come back until we were certified...............so
we left.............and I really wanted to
run the DI out of gas..............I was pissed..............LOL.................but
we did have a great time and found out that
the super charged boat is a total screamer!!!.................so
we packed up and headed back home.............yepper...........the
cops did tell us that we could take the "test"
on line.............and they even gave us
the web address.............here in Maryland
anyone born before 1972 does not have to have
a boater's safety course............so I'm
fine............but I guess it is different
in PA...............who knew??........I got
ball python clutch # 37 today.............from
breeding my Anery
male to his "het" daughter that
NERD produced and sold me many moons ago............4
eggs................I bet she produces Ghosts!!.............:). |
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Sunday_May_25 |
|
BIG
ROCK all day baby!!.............it wasn't
the best day in the world............but it
didn't rain!!...........we cooked out and
played volley ball all day............One
of Theresa's many uncles "Terry"
had his four wheeler down there.............so
in between games he let me give
Brooke a ride .............and Theresa's other
uncle Ricky gave a bunch of the other kids
rides............most of the couples that
come down to play have kids.............so
the kids all play in or around the stream
while we all play volley ball.............it
works out really nice..............it wouldn't
be very fun if the kids
were not occupied..............they really
love catching crayfish in the stream...........Brooke
always wants to bring some home too.............I
used to let her bring them home......but the
only tanks I have are full of turtles...............and
turtles love to chase and eat crayfish........;).............we
all played until dark............then we built
a bon fire and had some drinks............I
was hoping that we were going to play volley
ball tomorrow , but everyone said they would
be too tired...............NOT ME!!.............they
really meant that they would be too hung over..............LOL.................so
I think Theresa, the kids and I will head
out to Raystown lake to try out the new Sea
Doo..............I got ball python clutch
# 36 today............from breeding a DH Snow
"Jolliff Line" male to a DH Snow
"Jolliff Line" female.............6
eggs...............I'm hoping for one female
Snow to hatch out of this clutch..........;)...............yepper..........Fat
Ass and his family went fishing down at Mr.
John's pond today..........I'm sure he will
have some pics of the big catch!!....................and
little "Lilly" ate her first meal
last night!!!..............whoooooowhoooooooooo!!........... |
|
Saturday_May_24 |
|
First
thing I did this morning was set up ball python
clutch # 35............yeah.............I
let her maternally incubate for a day..................I
do that on occasion..............if I see
that the mom is on eggs............and I'm
too busy to set up the box............I'll
just write down
the date she laid the eggs.............then
I will wet down the shredded cypress mulch
in the cage..............the humidity will
keep the eggs nice for a day or so.............LOL..............I
wonder if I'm the only "Bone-Head Breeder"
who emailed the dude with the "Red Balls"................you
can bet your ass that if they were the "real
deal"...............I would be all over
them..............but I'm sure it is a hoax..............when
snakes are close to shed.............their
skin will absorb color..............and that
is what it looks to me, happened................they
were soaked in some type of colored liquid................but
man they are cool!!............this dude selling
them don't seem like the brightest..............but
hey...........he got an email from me.............so
who's the real dumb ass???.............LMAO...............Paul
and Mair are coming down from Virginia today
to get a bunch of frozen rats..............Paul
usually comes down by himself............but
today he told me he was bringing his total
fox fiance "Mair" with him...............whooowhoooooooo..............they
don't read my journal very much............so
I can rag on him all I want................LOL...............Paul...........I
totally dig Mair!!!.........." Lilly"
had her very first shed today!!...............I
snapped a few pics of her and put them up
on my forum............she is so sweet!!!...........I
will offer her a meal soon................she
is pretty fiesty.......so I'm sure she will
eat for me.......:).........I will say this.............."Miss
Lilly" sure did bust my African bank
account..............and big-time!!.............she
is worth every penny!!..........now watch...........I
will mysteriously hatch out a "Lucy"
this year from breeding two " pretty
" normals together.............I doubt
it though...........I don't get very much
for free................:)...........I have
been working around the office getting a bunch
of stuff finished up, so that I can enjoy
the Memorial Day week-end.................Paul
and Mair came to my place first............I
just finished all my work............prefect
timing!!..............I showed them around
the snake rooms...............then we went
up to the rat barn.............I loaded them
up with 230 small frozen rats..............we
talked a little bit...............while I
was staring at Mair.......LMAO!!!...........so
they rolled out and I went back into the rat
barn to see how good of a job Robbie the Robot
and his little bro Billy did?................and
they did a wonderful job..............they
even swept the place up to my satisfaction...................ask
any of my close friends and they will tell
you that my two most favorite things to do
in the whole wide world are SWEEP FLOORS and
VACUME CARPET................yepper...............I
just love it!!...............and the rat barn
is awesome ............because after we make
a huge mess on cleaning day............we
get to sweep and use the electric blower.................whoooowhooooo..............we
sweep up the big stuff............then we
blow the place out................it's a blast!!..............I
guess you'd have to be there.......:)............so
the kiddies did good..............there was
an adult female rat running around??..............but
she did not do any damage..............so
while I was there I decided to "plumb
a rack"................that means that
I ran all the tubing and sippers on a 40 tub
mouse rack system.................we have
been building the heck out of racks..............but
none of them are plumbed yet................so
I figured , I was there.................why
not plumb one rack...............it only takes
an hour to do it...............once you get
a good system down, it's pretty easy..............but
your hands ache like hell when your done.............that's
from pushing the tubing onto all of the "T's"
and sippers.................but it pays well.................so
I'll do it......;).............after that
was all done, I loaded up a mess of small
prey items for "Lilly" and some
of the other cool little imports I just brought
in from Africa..............I will feed them
tonight before I hit the sheets....................:).............I
need plenty of rest tonight..............we
have a fun day of volley ball at "Big
Rock" tomorrow..............we were rained
out last week..............so I'm ready!!!.............. |
|
Friday_May_23 |
|
Robbie
and his little bro Billy are up at the rat
barn cleaning.........they both do the cleaning
now................on Thursday evenings for
a few hours and then on Friday morning until
they are done...............they are usually
done around 3 or 4...........Robbie is just
unbelievable now............all he wants to
do is work and learn the business ............I
love
it!!.............It gives me more time to
concentrate on the breeding and "the
people" side of the business.....:)............I
check everything he does with the snakes and
the rodents to make sure he is doing things
exactly the way I do............he will always
be "in training".......hell......I
still am............I never thought I could
"get comfortable" with someone helping
me with my snakes..............but I have
to say that Robbie is impressing the hell
out of me..........he wants to learn and is
always asking me if he can do new things.........Robbie
the Robot,
Fat Ass and Phil are the main reasons that
I'm able to keep this web-site so fresh and
updated............sure some other breeders
don't have the time to do what I do..............or
they flat out do have the time............but
they don't want to do the work..............I
myself do this out of the pure love of working
with reptiles and getting everyone excited
like me!!..............;).................so
anyway............like I preach all the time..............good
help is damn hard to find..............so
if you do find it.............treat it like
gold!!............The most important part
of running a business and having people that
work for you is treating them
well..................In my mind........I
have the very best "crew" that anyone
could want, and it shows.................that's
why everyone is always so damn happy around
here at RDR.............things are scheduled
and organized ..............everybody has
a job to do and they do it well................it's
the prefect machine!!........I'm very thankful
for what I have...............OK Ralph.............shut
the hell up bro, or all your employees will
read this sappy crap and ask for raises!!.......LOL.........;)...........Jody
the electrician is finishing up his work at
the reptile facility today ( this is day 2
)...............he has me all "powered
up" now..............I have more electrical
outlets than I know what to do with now..............."it's
better to have than to want".......;)...............I
spent most of last night doing the "Midas
Tat" page................I
love the way it is turning out.........we
have our "Top Ten "...........I
will have to get pics of everyone's tat once
it heals up and looks pretty..............so
far we have ten tats that are "documented"
on the site.............and a dozen or more
"out pending"........LOL...............what
the hell have I started here??..............I
want to thank everyone for their very supportive
emails concerning the boner that is prank
calling me............many of you were very
helpful.........;)..............the journal
will go on..........not to worry!!!!...........just
wait till you see the new website's "virtual
journal"...............yepper..........I
answered
emails and got all my paper work done today.............I
helped Jody fish a few wires when he needed
help..............but pretty much all I did
today was PAPER!!!..............Robbie and
Billy got done their work at the rat barn
pretty early...............so I don't need
to go up tonight.....;)..............I'll
check the place out tomorrow ............I
got ball python clutch # 35 today................from
breeding an African hatched "Goblin Type"
male to an African hatched female..............I
raised them both up for each other.....;)...............4
eggs from her............you can see pics
of the little Goblin-ish male on the Birthing
Records page # 4..........under clutch
# 35..........."Dinking Around"
as always..................:).....hope everyone
has a great weekend!!! |
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Thursday_May_22 |
|
What
a morning??...............6:30 am the wife
and I are laying in bed..............the phone
rings............it is an "anonymous
call" on the caller ID.............Theresa
answers the phone..............it is a black
women asking for me?? ( or someone trying
to sound like a black person )................so
I take the phone........and I can hear a black
woman and a crazy black man ranting and raving
on the other end...............the
man goes on to say some pretty nasty words............then
he says that he is sitting outside of my house
in a car and he is going to shoot me when
I come outside??............I'm half asleep
listening to all of this?..........about the
time I could ask "who is this?"............they
hung up................so this is my second
prank call on my home phone in three weeks...............not
the RDR business phone..............MY HOME
PHONE!!...........I
have to say............nobody has ever threatened
to kill me before............it felt pretty
strange..............and I have been thinking
about the phone call all day.............I
think I may have a problem here...............and
Theresa is pretty upset because she thinks
it is someone in the "snake world"...............I
think she may think that my journal is not
such a great idea?..............maybe it is
too much information?...............maybe
it is pissing some people off?..............who
knows?.............We are going to file a
police report and see what can be done about
this..............I know I should have filed
one today..............but I was hoping this
person would call back.............we
do know the exact times and dates of each
phone call..............if any of you have
any ideas of what to do, or have been through
something like this.................please
drop me an email .................basically
right now.............Theresa just wants to
call the phone company and have all "anonymous
or unavailable" calls blocked...............I
just want to catch the bastard!!........I'm
very pissed off...............but I guess
this comes with the territory.................and
I'm not changing a thing.............so piss
off!!!............so anyway...........things
are a little weird right now..............and
I don't need Theresa upset that the "snake
world" is starting trouble around the
house................she can deal with all
the "ball python politics".............but
threats and pranks calls she will not eccept.................so
I have to do something
about this........................I'm open
to suggestions ..............I feel like I'm
being stalked for sure.............I even
looked out the window this morning to see
if there was a person outside with a gun?.............enough
of this creepy stuff.................I got
ball python clutch # 34 today.............from
breeding a VPI DH Snow male to a VPI DH Snow
female...............this is the female who
produced my VPI Snow Ball male last year...............she
was just a het Axanthic 50% poss het for Snow
until that little Snow Ball hatched out.........;)..............she
gave me 6 pretty eggs today..............so
I'm hoping for another Snow " or two"
this year........:)..............I have been
doing paper-work most of the day............I've
been checking on the forum and answering emails
too.............I see that rene went and got
his "Midas tat"..................so
rene is # 9................and the tat looks
great rene!!...............I love the gold
crown............."
It's Good To Be King" ain't it bro??............welcome
to " The Brotherhood" man...............it
feels good to have you watching my back........:)..................then
I just got an email from "Gator"..................he
got his "Midas tat" today also................so
he is # 10...............unbeleivabale.................we're
ten strong so far!!!................I love
it!!..............my little "whitey"
has not shed yet...........she is all set
up nice and cozy in the baby rack with a little
hide box................I know she wishes
I would stop looking at her.................:).............but
I can't...............she looks so delicate
..............I can't stand it!!...............anyway............I
pretty much have the journal written..............now
I'm going to insert the pics and give you
guys something to read...............sorry
I'm so late getting it up.............I've
had a bunch on my plate this week.................but
I got'er done!!............. |
|
Wednesday_May_21 |
|
Well
it looks like "Wetty" is number
eight!!..............yepper..............Celia
went and got her "Midas tat"..............she
is # 8..................and # 2 for the ladies...............I
love it Celia............blue looks great
on you sweetie.......;)..............Now what
does Sean think about all this, is another
story??.......LOL......I got ball python clutch
# 33 today............from breeding a normal
female to "The
BHB and RDR Bumble Bee"..............7
eggs.............this is the second clutch
sired this year from this male...............I
know this is some type of co-dom gene..............it
has to be........;)..............Robbie is
up at the rat barn watering
and touching up with the feed............I'm
working on paper-work until it's time to leave
for the airport..............I'm shipping
out a package and picking up a package of
some really cool ball pythons I brought in
from Africa..............I can't wait!!...........Dougie
is up at the rat barn building his first mouse
rack.............."on his own"..........I
think I have him all set up.............I
told him to call me on the Nextel if he runs
into any problems..............he did call
to tell me that
BGE..........our local electric company did
finally come over and switch our electric
service over at the rat barn.............we
had a brand new service put in a few weeks
ago by an electrician.............but the
final connections needed to be done by BGE..............so
we had this awesome new service........but
we could not use it until BGE did their hook
up..............and naturally we got rained
out a few times..............but they did
finally get us all hooked up today............Dougie
says that the lights are brighter in the room.............I
will know immediately when I walk in the room
if the new service we paid for is actually
giving us more power...........I will be able
to notice it in the fans and the way the swamp
coolers are working.............so BGE had
the electricity off for 20 minutes..............
Dougie had to stop working for awhile..............Robbie
was there to.............and he had to stop
watering buckets because the well pump was
turned off................so they waited................:)......I
rolled out to the airport to drop off some
snakes...........and to pick up some snakes...............I
brought in a really cool looking ball python
that looks similar to a "Labyrinth
Jungle"..............but he is way
more extreme............he has awesome black
labial scales.............and a pattern to
die for..............I think I'm gonna call
him a "Jaguar"..............I have
a couple of his African pics posted in the
journal............I will post more once after
he sheds and starts feeding...............then
I got a few really nice "Granite"
ball pythons...............I'm pretty picky
on what my "Granites" look like.............these
all have beautiful faded heads like a Pastel
Jungle.............and nice granite sides..............then
there were a couple cool striped animals...............and
a couple that "could be axanthic".............then
there was the mother load!!!.............a
white one!!...............whoooooooowhoooooooo!!!.................yepper................I
heard that there was a baby ball python hatched
a few days ago in Africa...............it
was described to have a white body.............a
thin yellow stripe down the back.........and
dark eyes.................they ( Africa )
would send ZERO pictures of it...............I
took a chance and said YES..............I
want it................I figured this would
be a great Birthday present to myself........:)........I
opened the box right at the airline hub.............checked
to see that everyone was healthy and had their
tongues flicking............I especially wanted
to see the white one................and what
a beauty she is...............yepper...............a
little girl!!................so I boogied
on home and got my new babies all set up................most
of them are in shed ............including
the white one............so I set them up
on moist paper towels..............I filled
out a record card for each of them..............looked
at the little white girl ten thousand times.......LOL...............I
just couldn't believe that I had her in my
facility??.................she has not shed
yet................just like the Patternless.................it
was a " stealth mission"...............I
heard about the animal..............I said
"send it"...............and
it was in the air within 24 hours..............so
I don't have to tell you how happy and excited
I am about this ..............I finally got
something I can call my own ..............whether
it is a "Lucy" or not..............it's
mine!!.........yeah baby!!..............I
believe that this is the second " hatchling"
white snake to ever be imported from Africa..............the
first one was believed to be a baby male that
went to Japan............many years ago...............so
anyway.............the pic that I have here
is of her when she made it to the US importer's
place................he snapped a quick pic
of her and sent it to me................he
knew I was peeing in my pants to see what
she looked like................she is deep
in shed now.............I'm going to "try"
and leave her alone so that she can shed and
start feeding ...............but it will be
very hard!!!................I'm so stoked!!!..................so
I got all the new stuff set up............then
I headed down to Mom's to pick Brooke up...............Mom
wanted me to get Brooke before American Idol
started.................LOL.................I
do not watch American Idol every time it is
on................but I know the show is great................I
just love Simon..............I brought Brooke
home and we watched American Idol until it
was time for her to go up for bed.................I
did flip back and see that Ruben won...............I'm
glad................I though Clay was just
another "new kid on the block"................he
was great...............but a dime a dozen
if you ask me.............and a little on
the prissy side?????????.................maybe
it's just me...............but
he seems a little fruity................but
hey..............I'm totally down with that.................I
just watch the show to see Paula secretly
wanting Simon anyway................LOL.................you
know they have to have a "thing"
going..............getting back to my new
snake............all I can say is that I had
a wonderful year in Africa ( 2003 )...........I
think I got the best snakes this hatching
season for sure..............I told myself
last year after I got ripped off for $65,000.00
that I would stop importing.............but
after thinking about it and planning "my
come back"............I knew that I could
get things done "differently" then
the way I used to do it.................and
here it is.............I'm bringing in baby
snakes before they even shed................I'm
working with some great trustworthy people
who get the job done quick and painless..............no
BS!!..........I was extremely resentful and
still am to a degree to a few people who stuck
it to me good regarding snakes in Africa the
past couple years ( Africa and US )...............all
I wanted to do was stick it right back in
them and make them pay..............and I
did...............not to mention that they
are ALL now getting the same treatment that
I was getting from them..............it feels
good!!..............Karma is a bitch baby!!!!..................and
I haven't even written about any of it yet
................timing is everything................just
watch and see................I try very hard
not to have to lower myself to other scum
bag's tactics..............but sometimes that's
all you can do............it's like a big
wheel with a piece of poop stuck on it............if
you stay in the game long enough............that
poop will come back around.................and
if your Karma is bad..............your screwed.................Ralphie's
voodoo is working overtime baby!!!..............not
to worry............the recipients know who
they are.............is this cryptic stuff
or what!!..........Rock On People!!!!!.................;) |
|
Tuesday_May_20 |
|
Jody
the electrician showed up right on time (
Jody is a great electrician...........he does
a lot of work for Peter Kahl and I..........."reptile
stuff")...............I was in the shower
as usual ...........I'm always still in the
shower when people show up in the morning.....;).............I
put the last coat of silicone on my turtle
pond and filled it back up this morning.......yeah
I know..............I
should have let the second coat dry.............screw
it!!.............we shall see if it holds!!...............it
will...........it's a very small hole..............just
big enough to let water trickle through and
stain the carpet...............Robbie is up
at the rat barn cleaning the rat holding bins..........I
decided to take this week off form feeding
and cleaning the snakes..............we have
been rearranging the place and now Jody is
here running electrical wires.............the
place is just to busy this week to feed and
clean.................so I told Robbie he
had an easy week ahead of him...............but
you know Robbie...............he wants the
hours!!!.........maybe I will let him clean
out the pig pen??.............No eggs today.............I'm
glad ( too much going on ).................Jody
has this place ripped apart putting me in
another electric panel..............I think
I have a 500 amp service now.............holy
cow!!!...........Well it looks like "Snowboner"
went and did the deed...............he is
lucky number seven................he went
and had " Midas" put on his right
leg............way
to go BONER!!............it looks really good...............I
knew you had it in ya man!!...........Today
I got a bunch of Construction Office work
done and helped Jody "off and on"
with the electrical work...............we
fished a lot of wires.............and only
had to cut one hole in the drywall.............that's
because a smart dude built this house.............and
put in a bunch of access panels..............yepper.......;P...............I'm
pretty much whipped today..............I have
to go pic Brooke up from Church.............this
is her last Tuesday night class............now
she has off for the Summer............I don't
think I'm gonna make chat.................I
haven't been getting much sleep lately.............but
I'm going to try to get some tonight.........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
|
Monday_May_19 |
|
I
got up this morning and put the first coat
of silicone on the hole in my pond.............that
sucked...............the
first thing I have to do on a Monday morning
is wade around in my turtle pond.............NOT!!...............I
buzzed around the room checking for moms with
eggs real quick.............I got two clutches
today..............ball python clutches #
31 and # 32...............I just made a mental
note of the eggs...............I would pull
them from the moms when I get home later today.............Dougie
and I met up this morning to work on mouse
racks...............we went to the lumber
store and picked up all of our supplies.............then
it was off to the rat room.......it was "training
day" for Dougie................Dougie
is a carpenter who sub-contracts carpentry
work from me when I'm super busy.................we
are usually always very busy with the Construction
Company............so Dougie usually has plenty
of work...............well today he didn't.............so
I told him he could
come help me build two mouse racks and "learn
the ropes"..............I wanted to get
him familiar with how I do things, that way
when he needs some work.........he could build
cages for me............it's still just carpentry.............so
that's what we did...........we built two
racks.........Dougie did very well............I
think it all "sunk in"................we
will see ..............because the next one
he is doing by himself .............I have
a "master sheet" with all the measurements
and parts to cut listed to build each type
of rack...........as
long as he has the list and the materials..............it's
basically a "no brainer".............you
just have to have some carpentry skills ...............which
he does.................so it should work
out well.................I sure hope it does...............or
I will never get the journal written!!...............damn!!..................after
we finished up the two racks we swept the
place up and went home................I needed
to get home
and pull those two clutches of eggs................clutch
# 31 was from breeding my "English Axanthic"
male to one of his het daughters that I produced.............7
eggs.................clutch # 32 was from
breeding a normal looking male, who is a son
to my "Platty Daddy"...............to
a normal looking female who is a daughter
to my "Platty Daddy"..............it's
a long shot.............but I'm hoping that
some type of "hidden" recessive
gene pops out of this breeding..............this
would make explaining why "Platty Daddy"
looks the way he
does.............much simpiler..............Im
wondering if there is a simple recessive trait
hidden in the "Platty Daddy"???...............if
there is...............I sure should be able
to expose it by breeding his sons and daughters
together??..................so that's the
plan anyway........;)................she laid
5 nice eggs!!..............My electrician
will be here bright and early tomorrow morning.............he
will be upgrading my electricity..............no
more tripping breakers around my turtle pond!!..............I
guess three pumps.......and three metal halides
are too much for one circuit .......LOL............;)............... |
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Sunday_May_18 |
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It
is raining today..............so that means
no volley ball at "Big Rock"
.....:(........so
I went up to the rat barn to water the buckets
and check for floods..............and boy
did I find trouble!! ..............I found
and adult female rat running loose...........she
was running around on one of the levels of
"mom birthing" tubs.............and
she chewed all 5 water lines on one level
down to the sippers and "T's "!!.............she
went nuts chewing!!...........a level has
5 tubs across.............so there is a water
line that goes across the front of the level
with 5 water sipper lines "T 'd "
off of it...............she chewed the main
line and all 5 lines that go to the "T's
" and sippers.................two tubs
took the bulk of the flood.............all
those animals died..............the other
three tubs were very wet............but nobody
died..............so I caught the little witch
and put her back with all the female rats
in the holder bin...............then I repaired
all of her "handy work"................I
will say this..............rats are damn smart
..............every time we have one loose
for a couple days...............they always
end up chewing water lines to get water.............they
have tons of food to eat right off of the
tops of the rack levels.............but no
water...............so I can understand why
they do this............and I give them a
lot of credit for doing it............they
must chew a hole and get the water started.............then
when the bucket runs dry.............they
must figure that if they chew ALL the water
lines..............more water will flow.......LOL..............I
did find out how she escaped...............Robbie
had found a mom tub opened a day or so earlier
with just babies inside..............no mom??................so
he just figured he messed up and did not have
a mom with the babies..............when what
really happened is mom got her tub pushed
open some how and started running around the
rat room ...............usually when a mom
does escape..............she will still go
back into her "open box" to take
care of her babies..............I guess this
mom "got lost"...............LOL............so
I got it all fixed up...........I knew that
tomorrow Dougie and I would be in the rat
room working on building more rodent racks.............so
I decided to call my rodent customers and
deliver rodent orders today.............that
way all I have to do tomorrow is check the
room out and get started on building cages...............so
I did do that..............I delivered my
rodent orders............in the rain...............I
drove right past 'Big Rock"..........:(...............we
look forward to playing there all week............and
when it rains............it's a bummer...............we
don't know what to do with our Sunday's if
we aren't playing.............:)............Phil
and Robbin stopped by to show off Robbin's
new tat...........and boy is it pretty!!........she
got a little "Miss Midas"...........with
a little pink crown...........it really looks
like a "girlie tattoo"............I'm
sure her's will spark a few more of the ladies
to get their's done................come on
ladies!!............you know you think Midas
is a cutie pie!!..............join the "Sisterhood".........LMAO!!............I
fixed a hole in my turtle pond while they
were here ..................somehow one of
my turtles pulled a piece of silicone off
of a hole that I had patched earlier.............and
this created a very slow leak.............so
Phil and I drained a few inches of water out
of the pond...........just below the hole............that
way I could let it dry out before I put more
silicone over the hole...............yes I
was wading in the pond in my "skibbies"........after
that..........we shot a few pics of Robbin's
tat and I uploaded them to the "Midas
Tats Page".....................Robbin
is the first babe to get Midas put on her..............and
boy is it in a sexy spot..............whoooooowhoooooooooo!! |
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Saturday_May_17 |
|
Phil,
Robbin, Theresa and I went to "the mall"
for my Birthday dinner last night LOL...............I
wasn't in the mood to do dinner at a crowded
restaurant............and I love the mall's
pizza joint.........so that's where we went..............then
we went to The Colonial to meet everyone else
and play shuffle board.........it was also
Theresa's Uncle Ricky's Birthday.............he
was hatched on the same day as me.......;).............so
it was a big crowd of us playing...........Phil
and I were partners............we didn't do
very well last night............I had to many
"rattle snakes" and "sexy beaches"
I guess.......:).............We all played
music on the juke box and had a fun time..............the
owners put a "Best Of Kiss" CD in
the juke box just for me....:).............yes
I wore it out big-time!!.............it was
like karaoke night.............I was singing
all the songs..............and yep.............I
got hammered............we had a great time!!..............we
didn't stay until 2 am this time..............we
left around midnight ..............Theresa
and I both had to work the next day...................sux!!!..............I
want to thank Sean and Wetty for the nice
tin of goodies they sent me for my Birthday........it
was delivered today............the cookies
and brownies were awesome guys!!.............Thank
you very much!........;)..............so anyway............I
had a really nice time last night...........I
got good and loose...........felt great!!.............yes
I passed out when I got home.............that's
all I did...............yepper.................so
now it is Saturday..............and yes I'm
feeling pretty woozy still.............Phil
and I met up this morning to build rat cages
( I let him do the driving ).............we
went to the dump first, to get rid of a bunch
of empty rodent and pine shavings bags .........then
we went to the lumber store to get all of
our supplies to build a mouse breeder rack............we
got one completed............well almost...............our
air nailer crapped out on us just at the very
last few parts we had to nail on.....................we
called it a day after that happened.............we
came back to my place and did a few "odds
and ends" that I needed to do.............hang
the flag pole out front...............hung
a flag pole out back ...............replaced
some lights outside .............typical "Harry
The Homeowner" stuff..................then
Phil and I went to my computer so I could
print out "Midas" in a few different
sizes..............yepper.............Phil's
wife Robbin was going to be getting her "Midas
tattoo" tomorrow.............the first
chick to do it!!.............LOL.......my
wife missed the boat on this one............but
she'll end up getting it...............she
will be the first chick to plaster Midas on
her ass!!..............I went up and grabbed
a shower after Phil rolled out..............we
were going to go and have dinner with Fatty
and his wife Sandy at Chi Chi's...........I
love that place!!............we all had a
very sloooooowwwwwwwww dinner...............the
waitress was really slow............but I
did get a free ice cream.............and some
of the staff even sung to me........;)..............and
that be that........all I can say is "hat's
off " to all the hard core people out
there who can get hammered and still work
the next day................I worked today
...............built two rodent racks.............and
felt like I was still buzzing the whole time...............sheeeewwwwwwie!! |
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Friday_May_16
~~ Ralphie's Hatch Date
~~ 36 years old!! |
|
Well
I'm 36 today................I still feel 21though......;)..............in
my mind I do anyway.............my body feels
pretty much like it is 36 years old.................having
two back surgeries before I was 32 didn't
help me any......;)..............It's so weird
.............because
when your a kid you can never imagine what
it will be like to be 36??................you
kinda feel like you won't ever get older??........now
I can't imagine what it will be like at age
56??..........my life moves very fast...........I
have so many things on my plate that it seems
like I'm just living in "one long day"..............but
hey..........this is Ralph............I guess
I'm built for it..............it
sure has worked for me so far..............so
I ain't changing......;).................I
have had 36 kick ass years and hope for at
least that many more!!............Robbie is
up at the rat barn with Billy cleaning............I
doubt I will even have to go up today...........it's
my Birthday present....;)...............it
is 2:30 right now, I will get the journal
finished and uploaded............then I will
just chill for the rest of the day ( yeah
right )...............we are all going to
The Colonial tonight to play shuffle board..............and
I'm getting "hammered"...............it's
been awhile.......;)..............and I have
to work building cages tomorrow..................so
I feel sorry for the guy getting those
racks..........LOL............It is raining
it's ass off today...............it started
last night............we actually had flood
warnings............it is just a nasty day...............I
got ball python clutches # 29 and # 30 today...........#
29 was from breeding a "Green
Head" male to his "het"
daughter..............she laid 4 good eggs.............one
small egg that will probably go bad?..............and
two slugs........it would be nice to hatch
out a baby "Green Head" in
this clutch..............the name probably
won't "stick"............but it
is what I call them for now.............they
are pretty much just really pretty striped
animals with cool colored heads..............but
they are neat looking................and clutch
# 30 was from breeding a Lavender Albino male
to a normal Albino female...............I
wanted to see if the Lavender Albino gene
is compatible with the normal Albino gene??.................well
this clutch totally sucked!!..............one
good egg
and three slugs!!..............this female
Albino gave me two slugs and three good eggs
last season..............so hopefully this
"one egg" will make it, and hatch..............if
it is a normal I would expect that means that
the two Albinos are NOT compatible..............if
the baby is an Albino of some sort??.............then
I would say that the genes are compatible............but
it would be nice to have more eggs...........especailly
if the genes are compatible............that
way maybe the clutch would produce some normal
Albinos and some Lavender Albinos............but
that ain't going to happen..............I
got one egg to work with on this one!!...............what
a Birthday present................SLUGS!!!..............LOL............it
happens............it goes with the crappy
weather outside..................my first
clutch of the season is hatching today............all
the babies will be het for Ghost/ Hypo................a
wild caught male Ghost that I bred to a weird
looking "Green" female................all
the babies have their heads out..............and
they all look normal..............no white
ones!!.........damn!!...........:).............Theresa
and the kids just came down to give me my
Birthday presents and cards.............they
gave me a DVD Player and the DVD Godfather
collection..............and a big fat bag
of lemon " jellie bellies"...............my
favorite!!!.............I forgot to write
about something that happened to me last Saturday...........it
happened just before we all went out for dinner
( Theresa's Birthday dinner )............I
was all showered up and waiting for Phil and
Robbin to show up so that we could go to dinner.................when
Nicole called the house..............Nicole
is a girl who works at Theresa's salon ...............Nicole
and her boyfriend were over at a friends house
visiting...........and the friend told them
to go look in the back of his neighbor's pick-up
truck.............he said that there was something
really cool inside??...............so Nicole
went and looked...............it was a big
snapping turtle!!..............the guy had
his tail-gate filled with some water and
had this huge female snapper in the back.................he
wanted to sell her to someone who would eat
her...........Nicole new that I loved turtles
and that I would know what to do...............so
she called me and asked if I would come over
and take it..............she said that she
felt sorry for it and that the dude who found
her on the road was a butt-head hill-billy
who just wanted to eat her or sell her to
somebody who would make soup...............so
I rushed over to see what was up...............I
got there and looked in the back of the truck..............and
yepper...............there was a huge snapper
female in the back.........and she was pissed
off!!..............she must have just came
up to lay her eggs..............and this guy
found her on her way back
to the water............this snapper was at
least 36 inches around.............she was
massive ..............a big old girl who deserved
to live out the rest of her life!!............well
Nicole was getting nervous............she
was afraid that the hill-billy dude would
be pissed that the turtle was missing..............he
would have knew who "took it"...............I
didn't care..............I reached in a grabbed
her by the tail................she probably
weighed 60 pounds!!...................I put
her in the back of my rig..........I gave
Nicole 20 bucks to give to the hill-billy
and I rolled out of there.................I
knew that there was a killer swamp just down
the road..............I hunt for baby turtles
there a lot..................so I rushed her
down
there and released her big ole behind into
the swamp..................I felt really good
doing that..........:)................then
I rushed back home...............changed my
cloths..............and still was in time
to make the reservations that we had for dinner................yepper.................this
reminds me of the time I drug a trash truck
driver out of his truck and kicked his ass
for running over a box turtle that I was going
to pick up out of the road...............he
seen me moving towards picking up the turtle.............and
he still ran over it!!!.................but
that's another story..............I should
have went to jail that day..........:).......anyway
guys...............I really appreciate all
the nice emails, posts in the forums and phone
calls wishing me a Happy Birthday...............you
guys are the best................thanks!!!!!.............have
a great week-end!!!............. |
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Thursday_May_15 |
|
Raul,
Javier and Raul ( yep........two Rauls ) showed
up this morning at 8:30 am............I was
just getting into the shower.....LOL................I
heard them pull up
and I knew it was "hard-core" Raul............he
would have slept in the front yard if he could
have last night......:)...........He loves
visiting Ralphie....;).............I had to
watch Kyle all day today.............so me
and the boys slipped out real quick so that
I could get some coffee.............I was
dead tired.............I went to bed last
night around
4 am.............I stayed up to get a bunch
of paper work done and get the site updated.............I
knew today I would not be able to do anything
.............because we are going to take
Raul to see "Little Vinnie" to get
his first tattoo!!..............so we went
and got me some coffee real quick before Theresa
left for work............cause I had "Little
Gump" all day...............damn........:).............I
showed them around the place and let them
see all my morphs and stuff...............then
we went up to the rat barn to meet a guy that
was coming up to buy rats............I showed
them
around the rat room a little..............we
didn't want to spend too much time in there
because we would have stunk like rats at the
tattoo shop..............:)..............then
we went back to my place.............I burned
all of the "Midas Art Work" onto
a disk..............and off to Little Vinnie's
we went............with Kyle.............yepper..............little
Kyle was gonna get his first look at a tattoo
shop...........Vinnie's place is top notch...........it's
not some skuzzy
biker tattoo shop.............not that I don't
like visiting skuzzy biker shops...............but
not with Kyle....;)............Vinnie's shop
is in the same strip center as Theresa's hair
salon...............so I knew I could take
Kyle up there to her salon if he got bored..............she
has a little table with coloring books and
stuff for kids, when they are with their parents
at the salon............so anyway...........we
got to Vinnie's and decided on what size and
color "Midas" would be............Raul
decided to go 6" big and all black ink
with
natural shading............on his left shoulder...............so
Vinnie printed up a copy of "Midas"
and made the carbon of it.............the
carbon is an exact copy of the tattoo, it
is moistened and transferred onto the skin.........this
is what the tattoo artist uses to get the
initial outline of the tattoo into your skin
( they trace it )............me and Raul's
friends were ragging on him pretty hard, saying
how bad the tattoo hurt and stuff...............Raul
was like " I can take pain, no sweat"...............LOL.................and
this is his very first
one..............so I knew he would be in
for a shock once those needles started cutting
into his skin..............I think tattoos
hurt like hell...............but they are
worth it.......;)...............so Vinnie
got the carbon transferred onto Raul's shoulder.............we
were all pleased with where it was at, and
how it was positioned.................then
Vinnie asked Raul "if he was ready?"..............Raul
said he was..............and Vinnie started
the tattoo.................the rest is history............without
making Raul look like a wuss.............I
will just say this...........the 45 min tattoo
ended up taking two and
a half hours...........LMAO!!.............Raul,
your a real trooper and I'm glad you hung
in there and got the work done..............it
looks awesome dude!!!.............your "
number five" I believe??...............a
friend in England named Pete says he is number
four??................but I don't have the
proof yet.......LOL................so welcome
to the "Brotherhood Of Midas"..............LMAO!!.............this
is just too crazy??...............it sure
will make some
people jealous.............even if they do
think it's a bone-headed thing to do.................eat
your heart out!!!!..............Kyle was great
for the entire time we were there.............he
did go up to the salon for a half hour or
so............then he came back to Vinnie's
because I ordered him some food that was delivered...............he
loves looking at books and pictures.................so
he was in heaven there................Vinnie
must have a million pictures of tattoo art-work...........so
right now it looks like there are 5 "Midas"
tattoos out there..................and at
least a dozen more getting done...............so
get'er done people!!!..............low numbers
count!!!..........LOL...............We came
home to a "fish box" on my front
porch??...............It was a live tropical
fish box with my name on it??................I
picked it up and could feel water sloshing
around inside the box...............I'm like
"what the hell???"................so
I opened it...............and there on the
top of the styro says "Happy Birthday
Ralph.......from John Spada".................John
sent me a dozen absolutely gorgeous Butterfly
Koi for my pond outside..............dude.............that
was really nice of
you to do...............I love the fish man!!..............and
you and Brian ( and Russ ) are welcome here
anytime................I acclimated the new
fish and released them in my pond.............they
look great!!..............Thanks a million!!.............everytime
I look at my fish I'll think of you now..............boy
is this getting disgusting or what??........:)..............thanks
bro!!..............yesterday ( Wednesday )
I got a hair up my butt to start moving around
all my snake racks to make room for new snake
racks I have coming in................so after
I finished feeding the big room and Robbie
finished cleaning, we started moving stuff............I
ended up throwing away a truck load of crap
that has just
been piling up...........Phil came over after
work and helped us too............I can't
believe how much more room "I found"............but
we did............the place looks empty now................be
watching the site this summer..............I'm
going to be moving out a bunch of normal females,
and "dinking around" projects to
make more room...........yes...........I said
to make room............not to buy stocks
or toys..............just good old fashioned
ROOM...... ..........;)............but anway..............I'm
in good shape now..............I have the
room I need to house the 360 "give or
take" baby balls that will be hatching
this year..............and the 40-some baby
boas that should be produced.................so
I'm in good shape now ( I just said that ).......:).............damn
it's nice to have good help........:).............My
electrician stopped by today to take a look
around at my power supply..............I want
him to
add more circuits to the reptile room..............so
he came by and did a "take off"
on the materials that he needs to get me all
fixed up..................I have a few areas
in my snake room that are tripping breakers
every once in awhile...............so we are
going to fix that problem..............I need
more power!!!...............Raul and his friends
rolled out around 4 or so...............they
were mud.............they drove all night
with not much sleep.......and you could tell
that they were draggin'
ass..................I packed up Raul's snake
he bought and they headed back to New York................I
had a great time guys!!.................don't
pick at your new tattoo Raul...............just
slap it if it itches.........;)..................Lou
emailed me again, he sounds like he is in
love.............he says he will be back on
the 4th..............and that he takes medication
everyday for SARS.................he said
that when he gets home he will have to stay
away from everyone for ten days................he
sounds happy as hell.................so if
he is happy...............I'm happy..................and
I know you miss me you big GOOF!!.............tell
Xulin I said hello and I can't wait to see
her.................another person to go with
us to the Sushi Bar..............:)......................CSI
was really great tonight...............Grissom
is finally going to get the surgery he need's
for his deafness ................I can relate
to that because I to am deaf in my right ear................and
can hear out of my left ear about 50%..............so
I pretty much read lips during a conversation
...............I don't even know I'm reading
lips until I can't see the lips and notice
I can't hear or understand what the conversation
is about.............it sucks...............but
I was born with it, and must have went to
too many KISS concerts.......:)..............not
to mention all the tools buzzing in my ears
on the construction sites.................so
I'm pretty damn deaf............yepper...................and
I'm so loud!!!!................Robbie
finished cleaning the big room today, then
he went up to the rat barn with his little
brother Billy...............so tomorrow should
be a pretty fast day in the rat room................Billy
is a great helper..................I'm out.......and
too all you crazy people who like tattoos
.................Midas Rules!!!...............I
totally had "marketing" in mind
when I designed the little guy...............tell
me I'm not a genius!!..................Midas
will dominate the reptile logo world!!!..................It's
good to be King............and check out the
new page I built for Tattoos.................... |
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Wednesday_May_14 |
|
I
got ball python clutch # 28 this morning............7
eggs...........from breeding an Albino male
to a 50% possible het Albino female................this
is one of my buddie's poss het Albino females
...............earlier I wrote about how I
have six of his poss het females on loan............and
that last year two females produced from being
bred to an Albino male............with no
Albinos..............this year I got two more
of the poss het females gravid from an Albino
male ( two different females )...............so
we will see???...............I still say he
got ripped off...............but
I may be wrong........;)............I hope
I am.............I should produce quite a
few Albinos this year..............I have
many "pre-sales" for them...............so
if you want an RDR Albino..............you
better email me before they are all spoken
for.....;)..........I found two more females
that are gravid yesterday.............a het
Albino female bred to an Albino male................and
a Pastel female bred to a Lesser Platty male................I
have a Blonde Pastel female and a Pastel female
gravid from being bred to a Lesser Platty
male...............this should be extremely
cool!!!!................I'm stoked............I
also have an Albino female gravid from a Pastel
male................and an Albino female gravid
from a Piebald male...............and two
Albino females gravid from a Genetic Striped
male...............not to mention other cool
stuff............I know.............shut up
Ralph and stop bragging!!!................OK...........I'm
done now.........;).......just excited to
pop out some new stuff this year.......;)...............Lou
emailed me again this morning...............he
is fine.............he is settling in like
a big dawg..............maybe he will never
come back?...............maybe
he will become a champion sumo wrestler?...........LOL.................."One
week in" LOU!!!................how's
the PUU???...................LMAO!!..............make
sure you bite plenty of cheese and stay away
from the meck...............and for God's
sake.................don't show the peedle...............you
got that Big Boy??................for any
of you who have no clue what I'm talking about.............that's
because you have not emailed Stu and asked
for a copy of the RDR Glossary.................LOL..............AMY!!!!................I
just got finished feeding the Big Room and
setting up clutch # 28.............I checked
in on my Anery Boa that is 66% poss het for
Snow..............and she is still holding
her litter..............so "hopefully"
this litter will be my first good boa litter
for the season.........:).................Robbie
did a little work up at the rat barn this
morning............then he brought me the
rats for me to feed the Big Room..............he
is cleaning the baby and middle rooms now..................thanks
LOU!!!................:)...............I'm
going to get a few more things done in the
office, then I'm going to try to get the Birthing
Records page totally updated............I
will say that keeping the web-site updated,
writing the Journal and Birthing Records page
really takes up a couple minutes of my time
each day.............but you guys are all
worth it!!!!...........LOL...............be
glad I work fast too..............or I could
never be this entertaining ..............I
really do enjoy what I do.............and
the Journal has turned out to be really cool..............It
is really nice to look back into the archives
a see what happened "way back when"...............it
also helps me keep important stuff recorded
............I just can't believe how many
people read the journal now??...............I
never expected to write this and have people
"waiting" for updates on it...........you
guys are hooked big-time............I'm glad
too ...............because now I can tease
you all with it................LOL................one
day I will post some of the great supportive
emails I have received from people about my
Journal.............you guys are awesome!!!...............and
the people that are reading from over seas...............you
guys are hard-core...........you guys are
the ones that make it "sink in",
that people are really reading my Journal................all
I can say is you can ALWAYS expect something
fresh and new from RDR.............I have
big plans for my new site..............I'm
just waiting for everyone to spend their money
and copy my site as it is now..............then
I will drop the bomb with the new "RETRO
RDR SITE"...............ain't I bad??................:P..............but
really guys.............I do appreciate everything
you guys say to me in emails and on the web..............I
like how you guys think I'm "very approachable"...........and
I'am............ just a regular boner like
the rest of you.......;)...............Kyle
is in the snake room with Robbie right now..............I
can hear him trying to tell Robbie how to
do his job......LMAO.............I just went
in to snap a quick pic of my Patternless because
he just shed...............and Kyle is standing
at Robbie's work cart talking his ear off..............LOL..............I
just said to Robbie............"be nice,
because Kyle will be our boss one day"...............LOL...............Kyle
will be the the head honcho for sure around
here one day...........well.............I
guess since I have a bunch of stuff written..........."I
may" drag the journal up onto the web
a day early??................not sure yet??.............I
have Raul coming over tomorrow to buy a snake
and then I'm taking him to get his RDR "Midas"
tattoo.........my treat!!.............I figure
if anyone is crazy enough to put that on their
body.............the least I can do is pay
for it......;)...............so I promise
to get some good pics of him squirming in
pain.................this is his very first
tattoo ...............I hope he doesn't faint...........LOL..............anyway...............I'm
out guys..............I need to put a few
pics in the journal and get it done.................then
I'm on to to Birthing Records page................later!!............... |
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Tuesday_May_13 |
|
I
packed up a snake to ship out this morning...............Robbie
is up at the rat barn cleaning all the rat
holding bins...........then he will bring
down rodents to feed all the babies and yearlings...........Robbie
fed all the snakes while I got a bunch of
office work done...............Big Lou has
been in China for a week now.................I
believe he is staying for a month??.............he
has been emailing me, everything seems to
be going well.............has he met his new
bride???................He's nuts...........that's
all I can say about the situation.........but
I want him to be happy......:)...........Phil
showed up here way earlier than usual............he
got off of work early........so he was going
to go up to the rat barn and fill his rodent
orders for tomorrow's deliveries...............about
that time .............Uncle Joey called and
asked me if I wanted to meet him down at Liberty
Damn and "test run" our new boat?................I
said sure!.............so Phil and I loaded
up my new motor and battery ( Thanks Mom )
and a couple rods............we met Joey down
there and hopped in the boat................it
was three of us............and it was pretty
windy...............the motor did just fine.............it
moved us across the lake faster than I thought
it would...............I was happy............and
Joey liked it so much I think he will be buying
a motor like mine..............then we can
run two motors at one time......;)..............we
spent and hour or so out on the lake just
"dinking around".............I casted
a rubber worm around a little bit...........I
got a few hits but nothing specail...............this
was our maiden voyage!!..............so we
were all pretty much satisfied with how the
boat ran, and how stable it was...............it
really is a great little boat!.............Phil
and I went to the rat barn and loaded up rat
orders after we left the lake.............Phil
dropped me off at home and I did an hour's
worth of paper work until it was time to get
Brooke
from church.................Brooke and Kyle
aka " little gump" are doing great...............Kyle
has one more month in a cast I beleive...............he
doesn't even let it get in his way anymore...............Chat
was fun last night............but I have noticed
the "lag"...............I think
I may have to look into buying a better chat
system............one that can handle more
users??.....................any thoughts guys?.............anyway..............not
much happened today...........no eggs................Robbie
did some feeding and that was pretty much
it............ |
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Monday_May_12 |
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I
got ball python clutch # 27 today...........from
breeding my best Reduced Pattern male to a
really nice Reduced Pattern female.................6
eggs...........it will be nice to see some
"obvious" baby Reduced Pattern babies
hatch out of this clutch...............:)............I
went to the rat barn and filled two rodent
orders ............maybe I should just keep
copying and pasting this sentence ..........LOL.............I
filled all the water buckets and took care
of a flood............on
one of our "group mom" tubs they
pulled the sipper through the wire mesh.............and
they chewed the hose...........so they got
wet!!............nobody died because the bucket
was low on water anyway.............so I fixed
that and rolled out to do my deliveries.............the
second swamp cooler is kicking ass by the
way!!!..............I'm so glad we got that
thing in and working before it gets too hot!..........I
got an email from Phil this morning.............he
went and did the "nasty".............he
must have been feeling pretty bored yesterday,
because he went and got "Midas"
plastered on his left leg..............yepper............I
believe that Phil is # 2 in "The Brotherhood".............LOL..............I
know I have sent out the "Midas"
art work to several people...............but
I have not seen any pics of a tattoo yet??..............so
Phil goes down as number two........:).............I
know that Raul is coming down this Thursday
to meet with my tattoo artist and get a "Midas"
on his shoulder.............so that will be
number three.................see what I started!!.............."The
Brotherhood of Midas" has just begun
..............maybe I will let people use
it as a "discount card" for snake
purchases??..........LOL.........I have been
working with the T- Shirt people "fine
tuning" my new colors for the next run
of RDR T-Shirts................and they look
awesome!!...........some will be six colors!!!..............the
Albino version is going to look killer!!...........so
anyway............I got all my deliveries
done.............I went to the dump and got
rid of a bunch of crap that has been piling
up in the
garage...............I got rid of a lot of
stuff that was just laying around so I have
more room for my boat supplies and gear..........;).............yepper..............I
met up with Uncle Joey down at our new boat.............we
installed 4 rod holders on the boat for trolling
.................Liberty Damn has some big
fresh water Stripers and Walleye's in it..............and
trolling is the way to get the big boys...............so
we did that...........went and had some lunch.........then
I headed home to get some paper-work done...............I
logged onto Kingsnake and seen the new ball
python that Gail and Nigel got..............they
are calling it the Paragon ball...............what
a beauty!!.............I had seen the snake
earlier when Gail and Nigel came down to visit.............it
was hard not to "let the cat out of the
bag"...............they got a great response
on their new project and I wish them plenty
of luck with it too!!!.............Congrats
guys!!..............Now for Survivor.................all
I can say is "unreal"???????...............I
was so shocked to see the way the end of this
show went down??.............I knew Jenna
was not going to go up against Rob because
" she thought he was easy to beat"............that
was just crap................she knew he played
the game better than anyone out there...............and
that he would beat her in the vote.................so
she canned poor Rob ( which killed me ) and
kept Matt to go up against .............looking
back at Matt and Jenna together at the reunion.............I'm
not so sure Jenna didn't pick Matt because
she liked him ( maybe Matt even new that?
)..............but who cares!!!.................Matt,
even though he was kind of a dork, deserved
the million dollars!!...............he worked
his ass off on the show, fed everyone...............and
I can't ever think of a complaint coming from
his mouth??............why couldn't the others
see that??.................I figured that
Jenna had Heidi and Alex's vote...............I
figured Matt had Butch, Rob, Dave, Denna and
Kristy...............but the only
vote Matt got was from Butch????????....................I
was so shocked.............but hey..............after
seeing them on the morning show the next day.............I
have a feeling Matt is going to be "in
on" the million bucks anyway.............I
think those two have a "thing"..............and
if it started on the show???.................I
sure missed it................so Jenna won
the million bucks................I wanted
Rob to win it.............he deserved it..............and
if it was "the people's vote"...............he
would have taken it easily................but
at least the show and the others admitted
that Rob was probably the smartest player
to ever play the game........" and lose"..................LOL...............and
that the jury said that if Rob was the one
going up against Jenna.............they would
have gave him the million bucks................so
that was cool to say..................so now
we wait and see who gets "famous"
from all of this...............I see "LOSER"
Heidi losing her job as a teacher since she
treated poor deaf Kristy so bad and "got
naked"...............but then I see her
getting $250,000.00
from Playboy to do a nude photo session...............so
she will be better from all of this................I
see Matt and Jenna disappearing................but
Rob...............Rob has a future.............maybe
his own show or a newspaper column...........you
watch..............rob will come out of this
better than anyone ever has.................maybe
even a nude Playgirl spread...........LMAO!!!........6
Survivor shows............the score is three
men and three women "sole survivors".......Pearl
Islands are next.......can't wait!!!..............I'm
out................ |
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Sunday_May_11 |
|
My
little Patternless male is going into shed.......;).........I
can't stop looking at the little dude..............we
all pretty much lounged around the house today
and did nothing............we watched some
movies and hung out as a family..............what
we really wanted to do
was go down to Big Rock and play some volley
ball................but it is Mother's Day..........:)............we
had reservations to take "our moms"
out for dinner............so we just hung
around until it was time to go eat..............Theresa
and I treated our moms to another seafood
dinner ..............LOL............actually
we were going to treat............but my dad
insisted on paying the bill...............so
we did not complain.............it was his
turn anyway.......;)..............My birthday
is next week............the 16th...............and
my mom and dad will be out of town that weekend...............so
they decided to give me my presents early............dad
took me outside of the restaurant and opened
the back of his SUV...............and what
do I see??................yepper................all
the fishing equipment I need for the new boat
that
Uncle Joey and I just bought!..............I
got a sweet 50 lb. thrust electric motor..............a
battery with case..............a paddle (
for when I'm a boner and get stranded )............a
floatation cushion and a depth finder.............I
was stoked!!..............Mom called Uncle
Joey ( her little brother) and told him to
pick up what ever I needed for the new boat...............and
that he did......:)................so now
Joey and I each have duplicates of everything
we need to go out on the boat.............this
way if we do not go out together..............it's
no sweat.............damn right mom!!!...............finally
something I can use!!.......:P..........3
hours of Survivor tonight!!!... |
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Saturday_May_10 |
|
Phil
and I met up this morning to work up at the
rat barn, today was the day to install our
second swamp cooler........we found a really
good spot for it to go............our rat
room is in the bottom of the barn............we
are only using half of it for the rats............the
other half is just "open barn"............it
is dark and very cool ( temperature wise )............the
entire barn is really cool.....:)..............but
I mean that the other side of the barn is
very dark and cool..............so we decided
to mount the second swamp cooler on that nice
cool side.............this way the swamp cooler
will always be pulling nice cool air into
the rat room.......ain't that NICE?.........LMAO..............I
think it will work great!!............so we
got there and Phil started working on moving
some plumbing around and doing a few alterations
on the swamp cooler to best fit our "side
mount" application .............I took
some measurements and started cutting the
hole in the wall for the swamp to blow through..............then
I built the platform for it to rest on.........we
both pretty much finished at the same time...............so
we humped the swamp up onto the platform and
secured it.............it fit perfect..........of
course!!............:P..........once it was
set..............Phil hooked up the electricity
and plumbed a cold water line to it...............we
fired it up, and it works awesome!!............so
hopefully our rats will be very comfortable
this summer with all the air blowing around......;)..............It
took us a couple hours to do the whole job...........When
we first got there, my Uncle Joey called me
and asked what I was doing?............I told
him that we would be busy working on the swamp...............he
told me that he bought us a new 12' john boat
for fishing at Liberty Damn Reservoir and
that he could use a hand getting it off of
the roof of his truck...............so I told
him that we would give him a call when
we were leaving the rat barn.................we
finished up and headed out to the reservoir
to meet Joey..............he got a really
nice boat for fishing the reservior...........there
are only 1,800 permits issued to fish this
particular body of water.............its a
huge body of water and there are plenty of
fish in it............I remember as a kid,
Joey would take me there fishing all the time............it's
where I learned actually.............then
things changed .............I got older and
started my business and Uncle Joey got busy
too..............so we never really fished
that much at Liberty Damn after that ...............probably
ten years or better..............but now we
are going back to our roots!!............so
it will be really cool to have the boat docked
at the lake..........the permit allows us
to keep the boat right there...............so
it will be easy when we want to go fishing,
just to throw some rods in the back of the
truck and go!!...............your only allowed
to use electric motors in this lake.............Joey
has everything he needs for fishing fresh
water...........I have my tackle...........but
no battery or electric motor yet................so
I will be shopping soon, so I can get all
geared up for fishing on the lake................yepper........;)...........So
Phil and I helped get the boat off of his
truck and we took it down to the shore, where
we will dock it...............we put a chain
and a lock on it and that was that..............we
walked around the water a little bit.............then
we headed back home...............we had to
get home and get all dolled up for dinner
and a movie for Theresa's birthday.................:).............we
all went to a seafood place and had dinner
..........Theresa and I, Fat Ass and Sandy,
Phil and Robbin, my mom and dad............and
Theresa's mom.............after dinner we
went and seen "Anger Management".................let
me be the one to tell you..............that
movie was the biggest disappointment I have
had in awhile..............it flat out sucked!!.............it
was not nearly as funny as it was hyped up
to be.............we all thought the same
thing..............IT SUCKED!!!.............Theresa
came home from work before we left to go have
dinner and told me that there was a weird
message on our home answering machine............she
said it was for me??................so
we listened to it............and it was some
scum bag saying things about me playing basket
ball with my son Kyle.............then saying
"I touched" my son..............and
now he ( my son ) doesn't want to play basket
ball with his dad anymore????? ..........then
he goes on to saying......"that he liked
my balls"............so this was obviously
a "snake person" pranking me..............and
on my home line???..........it was really
weird stuff.............and the caller ID
did not pick up the number..............so
I called the Phone Company and they DID pick
up the number................and I know who
it is ...............really good stuff ain't
it SCUM BAG!!!...............I suggest you
never call my house again .............I'm
already building a case, so your pretty much
screwed............have a nice life!!.......and
if you were smart............YOU would apologize
and ask me NOT to pursue this .......sorry
folks.............but I have been dealing
with some pretty funky stuff lately.............kinda
like someone is obsessed with me.............it's
kinda creepy............I did save the recording..............and
you can hear a second person in the background
laughing ...............first time for everything
I guess .................anyway.............aside
from that crappy movie..............we had
a great time tonight ...............I did
get ball python clutch # 26 today.............from
breeding a normal female to a really cool
male that BHB and I own together .............I
had seen this snake in Africa several years
ago................and so did Brian...............we
both got pics sent to us..............well
Brian ended up getting the little male..............he
actually brought it with him to show people
at the Daytona show.................I seen
it and told him that I was trying to get it
as well.............and that I really loved
it................so he just handed it to
me and said " we will split the project".............just
like that..............what a good guy!!!..............Thanks
Brian!!.............I expect two clutches
this year from our "Bumble
Bee" male............;) |
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Friday_May_9
~~ Happy Birthday Theresa
~~ |
|
Today
is my wife Theresa's Birthday............she
turns 19 today!!!..............yeah man............I
know how to pick um'................LOL..........eat
your heart out "smug dude"..............I
know it's a little old for your taste..............but
hey.........I was never a boy scout ...........sorry
folks............I just had to get that one
out of my system...............Theresa turns
33 today.............I met her in High School
way back when.............I have been with
her since 1985.........we got married in 1991...............we
have been together for 17 years .................more
than half of her life she has been stuck with
a big fat bastard like me................go
figure??.................Maybe it's my "hidden"
talents ............I knew when I seen her
the very first time walking the school hallways
in the morning before class...............that
I would get her and keep her..........and
here we are ..............living just like
The Jeffersons................LMAO..............Happy
Birthday baby!!................and thank you
for putting up with me all these years...............I
swear the mortgage is only three months behind.............we'll
be fine.................:)..............As
you can probably figure out..............I'm
writing the rest of the journal right now................I
have to place the pictures in it and then
I will be done..............Robbie is up at
the rat barn cleaning.........Phil and I will
go up later on today after Phil gets off of
work............I finished up paying all my
bills and answering emails this morning................I
got ball python clutch # 25 today..............from
breeding an aberrant female to my "Patternless
Sided" male.............this is the
second and the last clutch I will get this
year from this really cool male................5
eggs.............I'm almost half way there!!...............I
did a count of what I should finish up the
season with, and I'm coming up with 63 clutches
...........I'm gonna need room!!...............maybe
I will have a "price slasher sale"
because there is just too much pressure to
bare??..................NOT.............this
year's snakes
are going to be primo animals ...........I
really concentrated on "quality"
instead of worrying about making a bizzilion
of each mutation ............I have sold I
think five Pastels in my life, and I'm still
making my bills OK................LOL.............my
point is that why should I suck the smaller
less expensive morph market dry when I can
kick ass and lead in the "new morph"
market............the smaller less expensive
mutations are for the newer up and coming
breeders to make money on.............that's
ancient history...........RDR ain't ever gonna
be a "snake mill".............that
ain't my style..............the thought of
producing tons of one or two mutations just
to get them out the door and make the money
don't fly here...............I don't want
to be the majority ...............I want to
be the minority..........each year I don't
just produce more and more of the same thing...............I
try to produce completely different things..............that's
what floats Ralphie's boat...............I
get bored real easy..............I'm dangerous
when I'm bored...............so a rack full
of Albino's, Pied's and Pastel's ( as great
as that sounds ) ain't gonna do it for me
anymore.....................I need new stuff
to look forward too...............I can control
everything I do here................so why
get stuck at a dead end??.................prime
example...............last year was the first
year I ever produced Axanthics ( and I could
have produced them many years sooner ).................I
have huge het Axanthic females to breed...............I
know that the Axanthic market is really tough.............and
that it will stay tough until more Double
Homozygous animals are produced and more people
can get interested in them...............I
feel that an Axanthic is worth $7,500.00 to
$10,000.00................I know they are
not flying off the shelves.................so
why make more??...............I have what
I need to breed.................why grow up
snakes that I can't sell?.................sure
it would be nice to make them and sit them
on the shelf until somebody decides to buy
them...............but that ain't me.............I
like to make things that I can keep a few
to raise up and sell the rest before the next
breeding season.............and get the price
I'm asking for them................so anyway...............I
don't know where all that came from??...............I
guess it's the fact that I'm producing so
many clutches this year...............but
not " a lot" of any particular thing...............it's
1:30 right now................I'm done writing
and ranting for the week.................I
really appreciate all the nice emails about
my new snake................and all the emails
about "smug dude"..............the
best thing I can tell you to do is just block
all of his emails and hope he goes away..............that's
what I do..............LOL..............I
have been told that he is calling around asking
why Jeff has not banned me from Kingsnake
yet??...................LOL................He
asked a friend of mine who goes to Kingsnake
a lot......." how is Ralph getting away
with it"................LMAO..................getting
away with what??.............get a life man.........you
burnt too many bridges .............I have
more emails concerning you now than I ever
did .............nobody cares what you have
to say...............so stop pestering everyone...............go
for a walk or something..................OK
All...................I'm out...............You
all have a great week-end and don't let your
meat loaf............... |
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Thursday_May_8 |
|
Robbie
cleaned the big room today..............the
big room is where all my adults are kept.........he
found an Albino female on eggs..........so
that's ball python clutch # 24.........4 eggs.............the
Albino female was bred to a VPI Axanthic
male...............so these babies will be
Double Het for SNOW..........this particular
Albino
female is one of the Albinos that you can
see hatching on VPI's National Geographic
Special..............It was way back in 1997
when I believe the show first aired on TV.............I
was watching it and seen the baby Albinos
hatching...............I called Tracy right
away and bought a female from her...............this
female has been a Royal pain in the butt too.................she
was a very slow grower and a difficult feeder.............but
that's how it goes sometimes, it's nobody's
fault...............I just kept working with
her and finally got her bred.................so
this entire clutch will be from VPI stock..............and
the Albino female is very light, so that will
make nice DH's for SNOW...........;)............Robbie
got finished in the big room and headed up
to the rat barn to start cleaning..............he
has been cleaning the rat barn half a day
on Thursday's so that we can get done earlier
on Friday's................I have been swamped
today with paper work and phone calls.......Africa
is on fire right now with cool stuff!!!.................I
packed up a few T- shirts to ship out this
week-end..............I'm almost out of them...............I
have my T-shirt designer working on a new
color scheme for this season...............it
will probably be
a "High Gold" version and an "Albino"
version of little Midas.......;)................and
I'm getting more smaller sizes for all the
chicks at Daytona...............so if your
reading this and you want a FREE T-shirt at
Daytona ................shoot me an email
and tell me what size you want ladies...........;)...............this
way I will know I have enough.................and
don't sweat it guys..............I will have
plenty of "dude shirts" to throw
your way.................Kyle had his appointment
with the bone specialist today.............the
specialist said that Kyle's bones are perfectly
normal............he said that he has no disease,
he said he was watching Kyle in the waiting
room and he could see how he busts himself
up so much..............Kyle is hyper like
his dad.......LOL........so Theresa and I
feel great now that we know there is nothing
wrong with Kyle's bones...............so now
I can start beating him again..................:)..........That
was a joke....;).........I'm sure you guys
all seen that VPI finally hatched out some
baby Ivory Bloods............it seems like
it has been forever waiting to see those little
beauties ..............Congrats to VPI on
producing little "carbons" of those
5 foot Ivory monsters...............I just
may have to swing in the Blood Python direction........it
would make a nice "dinking around"
project for me........;)..........hey Tracy.............If
I promote the crap out of them, can I get
a free pair?...........LOL..........great
work guys.............they are really pretty
little snakes...............now let's talk
about tonight's Survivor episode.................WHOOOOOOOOOOOO>>>>WHOOOOOOOO
..............Heidi "Skank" is gone!!!...............I
loved it!!............I can't believe what
she said at the Tribal Council???...............she
should have just said " vote me off tonight"................what
a little witch...........I'm still pulling
for Rob.............I think he deserves to
win.............he
has played the game the way it is supposed
to be played.............he is entertaining
and he has put his balls on the line many
times..............and Matt...........this
guy is un-stopable...............he used to
be "the goof".............but I
think that was all a show................Matt
really has his stuff together now.............I
can't wait to see the two hour episode on
Sunday...........all I can say is that Rob
has hurt a lot of people................but
he deserves the money.............this is
a strategic game............it's not some
place to make new friends............I just
hope if he does make it to the final two,
that the jury takes into consideration of
how smart he has played..............he didn't
just bore us all with flying under the radar...............he
played man!!!!..........GO ROB GO!!!!.................I'm
out.............. |
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Wednesday_May_7 |
|
Robbie
was over bright and early to clean today.............that's
right.............today is the first Wednesday
that we are trying out our new schedule..............now
That Big Lou is in China..........we have
to spread the work load out a little bit..............I
fed the adults
while Robbie Cleaned.............I was checking
for pre-lay sheds and eggs while I was feeding............I
found two females on eggs!!................so
that's ball python clutch # 22 and # 23................#
22 was from a Possible Double Het for Snow
"Jolliff Line" bred to a Double
Het for Snow " Jolliff".....4 eggs.......this
is the same female who produced the Paradox
Albino for me last year..............she
has proved
to be het for Albino...............I don't
really care if she is het for Snow..............I
just want another Paradox Baby!!........:)..................clutch
# 23 was from breeding two het Clown balls
together..............this is this female's
first clutch...........6 eggs..............I'm
hoping for some Clowns to be born in this
clutch.......;).................so I finished
feeding everyone..............I'm actually
"doubling up" now.............most
of my adults are back on track and pounding
food again................after the feeding
was done, I set up two egg boxes and set them
in the incubator room...............I'm about
1/3 of the way there now...........;)..............I'm
still expecting 60 clutches this season.............give
or take..............and there won't be much
"junk".........I ran out today to
be a good husband and father......;)...............I
got Mother's Day cards for my wife and my
mom.................AND..............a birthday
card for Theresa................her
birthday is this Friday................mine
is the following Friday ( make sure you write
this down...........you will be tested later
)..........then I ran over to Lowes and picked
up some more box fans to lay over each of
my rat holding bins...............I let the
box fans sit on the top and blow air down
into the holding bins...............this helps
keep the rats cool..............much cooler
then they would be with out the fans...............I
also picked up some stuff to do a job for
Mr. John tonight.............Phil and I are
going up to the rat barn ( the top part ).............the
upper level of the rat barn is where Mr. John's
son Mike has his glass cutting business.................anyway.............They
have a big glass polishing machine that uses
water all the time while it is working.............the
water tends to spray out and get things wet...........the
plywood floor under the machine is starting
to rot................so I had Big Lou's old
boss weld a nice stainless steel pan to sit
under the machine..............so tonight
Phil and I with
Mr. John's supervision tore up all the old
plywood .................replaced it with
marine grade new plywood,,,,,,,,,,,,,glued
and screwed............then we put down the
brand new stainless steel pan...............what
an excellent job we did to...........it's
always good to score brownie points with your
Landlord ..............I call it "biting
cheese"...................Lou emailed
me from China................he made it there
safely.........he's funny.........Robbie has
been bringing me all of Lou's household bills
and sitting them on my desk in the office..............I'm
like........"what are Lou's bills here
for? "..............Robbie says
that Lou told him that I would pay them while
he was gone.........LOL..................and
sure enough in Lou's email..............he
asked if I could cover all his bills while
he was gone??..................with my luck
Lou will be gone for six months!!!............I
sure hope he knows what he is doing over there
in China.............no PUU in the world is
worth getting DEAD............but that's Lou...............not
a single care in the world.............After
Phil and I were done working up at the barn
we drove home................Brian from BHB
Enterprises called me on my cell phone................he
called me to tell me that everything was doing
well with his breeding season and that he
really enjoyed reading my journal..............that's
a huge compliment coming from a guy like Brian.............he
hates the interent.................so
if he is logging on just to read my journal...............I
must be pretty entertaining.....;)............we
talked about the new Patternless ball I just
got in................Brian gets a lot of
snakes out of Africa................so he
knows what's going on over there just like
I do.................he said by the time he
heard about the snake..............."It
was in the air"................that's
right..............it was on it's way to me..........;)...............Brian
and I own a snake together that I call the
"Bumble
Bee"..................I know this
snake will be co-dom or dom.................I
will be getting two clutches this year from
it................so Brian and I both are
really excited to see what happens with this
project..............hey Brian.............it
was really great talking to you.............and
I'm glad everything is getting better for
you bro..............:)................I'm
out...............zzzzzzzzzzzzz............... |
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Tuesday_May_6 |
|
I
headed off to the airport this morning to
ship the Pied male..............I tried to
call the "Jersey Boys"..............but
they were still in bed at their hotel..................:P...........they
had a long drive last night so I'm sure they
were tired..............John called me on
my cell as I was leaving the airport..........I
told him that I was on my way home and that
I would meet them there................they
showed up just as I was getting home.............it
was
John, Brian and Russ............Robbie the
Robot was feeding the baby room and the middle
room today............we changed our schedule
to two feeding days per week................we
now feed babies and sub adults on Tuesday's
and the adults get fed on Wednesday's..............it
works out nice............We feed the babies
and yearling's on Tuesday's.............Robbie
cleans the babies and yearlings on Wednesday's
while I'm feeding the adults................then
Thursday's the adults get cleaned...............it
spreads things out better, so that there is
not so much to get done in one day.............I
like it..............so the boys showed up
and I gave them the "RDR
grand tour"............I showed them
everything in my collection and even let them
hold some stuff.........LOL..............If
any of you have ever met and hung out with
John and "Silent Bob" you will know
that they were made for each other.............they
could get their own TV show for sure............
Russ is a good guy too.........I had seen
him around before, but this was the first
time I ever hung out with him............so
we talked about all the ball python politics
up in the northern east coast ..........exchanged
a bunch of "he said she said" stuff................the
usual juicy gossip........;)........then we
went out in my back yard and burned T-Shirts...........LMAO....................they
wanted to see my rat barn............so I
took them up there to show them how it was
set-up.............then we went and had some
lunch..................after lunch we went
back to my place and bagged up John's snakes................he
got some beauties too!!...............I gave
them each a RDR baseball cap and T-shirts.............then
I got to snap some incriminating pics of them...........:P..............I
had fun guys...........even though it was
a short visit..............I enjoyed it and
appreciate your views on certain political
matters here in the Ball Python World................good
luck to you John, with the awesome ball python
projects your working on!!..............glad
to see that your starting to spread you wings........;)...........next
time maybe you guys can come down with Gail
and Nigel?...........that would be a hoot!!!.........so
poof.............they were gone ................heading
back to Jersey....................poor bastards!!............Yeah
I posted some more childish stuff on Kingsnake
today...............and yeah it got yanked..............I
guess somebody doesn't like my great
sense of humor?...........Now let's talk about
Will Slough.............holy cow!!.............I
need to back up a little on this story............to
my knowledge there are two "White Smoke"
ball pythons in the US..............the reason
I know this is because they both were offered
to me...............and I passed on both of
them like a total idiot!!!..............the
first one was an adult male that was offered
to me from E B Noah in Africa..............it
was priced at $25,000.00...........I did like
the way it looked.........I could see that
it had yellow and lavender hues to it.............but
I thought it was just an old Caramel Albino
with
a lot of ticks on it..........( later I found
out that some of "those spots" may
have been ticks.............but most where
dark individual spots that
were part of the way the snake looked )...............
I passed on it and told Noah that I'm sure
that Lindy,Kevin and Tracy would buy it...............and
they did............they brought this animal
in and called it a "White Smoke"...............so
that was that.................then maybe one
year later another one shows up..............and
adult female in Africa............this one
was offered to several other people for I
believe $30,000.00???...........Will Slough
ended up with her, and I knew it was the same
mutation as NERD's "White Smoke"................Will
posted some pics of her on Kingsnake shortly
after getting her...............and I was
one of the "big mouths" to say that
I though it was just an "ancient"
Caramel Albino..............well boy was I
wrong!!..............Will calls his a "Banana".................NERD
calls his a "White Smoke".............they
are both the same mutation I believe............we
will have to see how "those dark spots"
show up on Will's babies???..............and
they both have proved to be a dominant gene
so far..............how can this be??...............from
what I know, these snakes do have red eyes
to a degree.................so they are some
type of Albino................they could potentially
be co-dom............think about that?.................a
co-dom Albino??...............unbeleivable...............Will
hatched out 3 baby "Bananas" in
his first clutch of eggs..................and
to think I didn't make a move on these snakes................what
a boner!!!.................as far as NERD.............he
has also produced from his "White Smoke"
the same way that Will did..............so
we have ourselves a brand new mutation to
work with.............I'm not really sure
how the names will be "re-classified"
on this project though??...............Will
calls his a "Banana" and NERD goes
with "White Smoke"..........I would
think it all depends on how much the babies
from each snake look alike when compared to
each other??............let the games begin!!!.......now
send me my Coral Glow NERD!!!!...................Then
you have everyone and their brother ( including
me ) trying to figure out what the Sutherland's
did to produce their new snake???................I've
heard it all............Mojave x Mojave..............High
Gold x High Gold...............this times
that and so on.............I'm not even sure
that they really know............I know it
keeps me wondering?..................anywho.............chat
was fun...........the idiot didn't show up.............but
he did send his brother..................:P |
|
Monday_May_5 |
|
Theresa
had to go to school with Brooke this morning...........so
I took Kyle to school....;)..............yepper............Kyle
is in school two days a week..............he
loves it!!.............we put both our kids
in school when they were 2 and a half years
old............I really think it was a good
move, it makes pre-school and kindergarten
less of a "shock" I think..........I
went up to the rat barn to pack up rodent
orders after I dropped Kyle off at school............he's
so funny.......I got him there a little late.............all
his class mates had moved up to another room
where they all get to play for 10 mins in
the mourning.........he walked me right to
his room and it was empty...........then he
took off his coat........he showed me where
the coats go.............then he showed me
where his "snack" was supposed to
go..........he had it all under control..........LOL..........."Little
GUMP"...............I did my deliveries
and had to stop by The Perfect Cut and un-clog
the damn hose screens again............that
sediment in the water lines is really a pain
in the butt.............the plumbers who did
the work on the well must have really stirred
up the bottom of the well..........and you
know that none of the chicks that work at
Theresa's salon can figure out how to un-clog
the hoses............so that leaves me.............I
know.............shut up RALPH!!................Big
Lou left for China at 6 am this morning...........I
begged him not to go.............I told him
to wait until all that stuff about the virus
was figured out, or over?...............but
he's Big Lou...............he went anyway..............right
into the eye of the storm...............I'm
still quarantining him for a month when he
gets back............I got word from "The
Jersey
Boys" John Spada and Brian aka
"Silent Bob" that they would finally
be coming down to visit me and buy some snakes
tomorrow.................They are both great
guys............John is a tuff cookie too...............I
have been trying to sell him snakes for over
a year now..............he is very methodical
about his snake purchaces.........LOL............so
they should be getting into Maryland sometime
tonight..............I had to pack up a Pied
male today that will be going out on Delta
Airlines tomorrow................this is the
Pied male that a person just called me out
of the clear blue and bought it...............no
hassles at all...............he just said
"I want it and the money is on it's way".............that
was sweet!!..............I posted my little
"Patternless" male up on Kingsnake
and the RDR Forum today............it got
a great responce...........some people think
that it could be a "Striped" ball
python...............which is fine buy
me...............if it is, it's all mine.........:P.................Some
"smug dude" even posted one of his
hair brained "read between the lines"
posts to it.................you see...........I
kicked this twit out of my Forum awhile back.............if
you ask him, he will tell you that "he
wanted to be kicked out".......go figure?..............but
anyway............I used to be friends with
him...........we would talk on the phone and
exchange emails ............I was friends
with him when everybody else on my board couldn't
stand him..............he used to cause quite
a stink when he was allowed in my Forum.............he
debated everything, and relentlessly hassled
a few of the users to the point that they
would not post anymore................then
other
people stopped posting on the board................then
I got emails asking me to please remove him
from the board................I actually was
asked a year ago to have him removed.............but
I just couldn't do it..............I felt
sorry for the guy.............any of you who
do not know what I'm actually talking about
can consider yourselves' lucky.................some
of us went through hell with this guy................it
just got old...............so anyway.............now
that he is banned from the RDR Forum..............he
is emailing a bunch of the regular RDR Forum
members, with his typical senseless crap..............and
in turn............these people email me
or call and want to know what the hell is
wrong with him??...............so he has actually
caused me even more work.............I can't
win............so basically in a nut shell...............he
used to stalk people in my Forum by email,
phone calls and on the forum board.................he
wouldn't give in..............he just had
to have the last word..................so
he's gone............he has talked smack about
pretty much "anybody who is anybody in
this business"................and now
he is on Kingsnake trying to "kiss-up"
and pretend like everything is OK..............well
I have news for you................there are
about 700 RDR Forum users and lurkers who
know exactly what time it is...............it
makes me and them sick to even see the way
you act so "un-natural" on Kingsnake.............I
myself will play the game with you and treat
you the way you treat others..............because
I KNOW YOU...........and you will sit there
and wonder when I will be banned from Kingsnake.........LOL...............I
know that's what you want.............you
want me to cross the line and get banned...................dream
on Butter-Cup...............you have a very
rude awakening coming................I got
too much on you for you to ever open that
drunken mouth of yours..................I
should have stopped talking to you a long
time ago...............I should have listened
to the majority..............but I didn't..............and
that's my fault..............but it is over
now.............the best thing you could do
is just shut your mouth and take it like a
boy scout................I know you think
you can retaliate with a law suit or what-ever
else your hair brain can think up.............but
remember what you have written, posted and
said................I
have it all bro..................your a sick
SOB ( And "gutting" your competition???.........WOW
)................have a nice miserable life........your
a mean, nasty, miserable person..............just
leave me alone and stop emailing my friends
asking what's going on in my Forum and trying
to tell "your side of the story".....................in
the mean time I will enjoy bustin' on you
when I'm in the mood...........my little childish
digs on you are just a fraction of what you
deserve...........feels good don't it?............after
all this I look back and see that Kingsnake
yanked the posts...............go figure??............long
live censorship!!!..........No offence Jeff..........I
totally understand your rules and why they
are there...............Thank you for such
a wonderful playground ( I'm sure this entry
will be forwarded to you...........I'm just
making a point )..................:)....~~DISCLAIMER~~
**The above rant could be about anyone who
has stalked and tormented me in the past several
years**...........on another note...........I
got ball python clutches # 20 and # 21 today..............#
20 was from breeding a Double Het Arctic
x Burgundy to his Burgundy
"mother".............5 eggs and
1slug.............so maybe I will get to see
some baby Burgundy Hypos hatch out of this
clutch.............clutch # 21 was from breeding
my original "English" Axanthic male
to one of his het daughters that I produced.............7
eggs...........I sure I hope I can "prove"
this gene out this year and put it to bed.............this
is the second clutch from the "English
Line" this season.................I expect
one more.............. |
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Sunday_May_4 |
|
I
went up to the rat barn this morning to water
the buckets and check for floods...............I
gave Mr. John a couple rock fish fillets................he
and his wife Irene like it when
I bring them fish........;)..............after
that I headed down to Big Rock to play volley
ball..............I took a bunch of fillets
down so that we could throw them on the grill.................we
had three teams playing again this week.............and
we had some really long games ............really
close in points and lots of long vollies..............and
the fish was delicious!!..............we rapped
the fillets in tin foil with butter, salt
and pepper and let them cook for a half hour
or so.............they were perfect!!................I
came home and offered my little Patternless
boy a meal..............he ate!!...........that
always makes you feel good when a new baby
eats for the first time..............so now
he has some food in his belly and he can start
growing!!............I have been thinking
of all the mutations I want to cross with
the Patternless gene.................there
really is not a bad choice you could make........:)...............I'm
so stoked about him!!..............I got ball
python clutch # 19 today..........7 eggs from
breeding two "wacky
striped" balls together............this
is my second clutch from these animals this
season..............I have 2.2 in my collection
( they were born in the same clutch in Africa
).............and both females have laid eggs..............I'm
really hoping for something crazy to hatch
out of these two clutches............:)............ |
|
Saturday_May_3 |
|
Fat
Ass, Big Lou , Phil and I got up this morning
at 3 am to go
Rock fishing again.......:)...........we
were fishing out of Solomon's Island this
time ..............Solomon's is about thirty
miles south of where we went out from a few
weeks ago...........that place is called Chesapeake
Beach............We got down at the dock around
6 am............met up with my uncle Joey
and his friend Bill................so it was
a total of 6 of us fishing. We were going
out on the "Jennifer Ann"..............a
brand new 51 foot fishing boat...............and
she is awesome!!.............She is huge!!........When
we got to the boat, Captain Charlie told us
that
there was a rock fishing tournament and that
we could enter if we wanted to...........so
we did.........it was a two day tournament............so
my group would be doing the first day of it.............and
the charter that was going out on the boat
Sunday would compete for the second day ..............basically
the boat is entered in the tournament............who
ever is fishing on the boat gets to split
the prize money if the boat wins..............so
we were pretty excited to know that we could
win some money if we caught big fish..........;)..............The
tournament
started at 7 am.............so we had to idle
out in the bay for awhile until the tournament
officially started................at 7 am.............Capt.
Charlie put the pedal
to the medal and we hauled ass out into the
Chesapeake bay..............it wasn't the
best day in the world...........it was cold
and windy.............the waves were 2 to
4 feet high.............it was pretty nasty............no
smaller boats were out in the bay because
it was so rough................on our way
out to the fishing spot...........we were
all ragging on Big Lou..............Lou was
very quiet on the way out...........I think
he was either nervous or getting sick.........LOL...............he
stayed pretty quiet while we were heading
out to
the fishing spot and while the mate
was rigging up all the rods that we would
be trolling with.............27 rods we used!!!.............this
boat had holes all over the place for trolling
rods.............it was a beast!!..............So
we got all the rods rigged and in the water,
Capt. Charlie started cruising around, trolling
for Rock Fish............Lou was still planted
in a seat inside the cab of the boat........LOL............this
was Lou's first time in a boat. We fished
from 7 am till 3 pm, the tournament was officially
over at 3 pm..............we
had a total blast.............we caught 36
rock fish at sizes from 36 inches to 40 inches...............we
were only allowed to have 6 fish on the boat
by law............so we just kept the longest
and the heaviest fish, in hopes of placing
in the tournament............we
all took turns reeling in fish like we usually
do.................when it was Big Lou's turn,
he actually did very well.................I
think once he got up and started moving around,
he felt much better.............so it was
6 of us taking turns, in order catching fish...............36
fish............6 of us...........we had plenty
of fish to reel in.......:)............There
was never really a dull moment...............Lou
wouldn't eat anything for the longest
time.............but he finally caved in and
started eating............after that he was
totally fine...............he was fishing!!!................we
ended up bringing back two 39 inch fish.............one
40 inch fish.............two 37 inch fish
and one FAT 36 inch fish.............once
we had the 40 inch fish in the boat we only
wanted to keep
fish that were bigger than it.............we
never topped the 40 incher...........we threw
back a bunch of nice thick 37 to 39 inch fish...........we
were looking for the big boy!!...............we
had heard that some dude caught a 50 incher...............but
he did not enter the tournament...............poor
bastard...........:)............You could
win buy the total inches of three fish combined................and
or total weight
of three fish combined...............when
we got back to the weigh-in............we
ended up with a 40 incher................and
two 39 inchers................so I believe
we did well in total inches................but
not the best...............and the
fish averaged around 22 pounds...............so
I don't think we won................but we
did have an awesome time........AGAIN..............so
we got all our fish checked in, then we had
our fish filleted by the mate of the boat................there
is a really cool little place to eat at the
marina,
that sells awesome crab cake sandwiches............so
we all got a sandwich, ate it on my tail-gate,
while we shot the poop................."Guy
Talk"..........if nothing else............we
did eat all day long on the boat.............then
we ate a crab cake sandwich...............then
we even stopped for ice cream on the way home!!................what
a bunch of
lard asses!!!..................On the way
home Theresa called us and said that they
were having trouble with the water flow at
her hair salon.............they had to do
some work on
the well that supplies the shopping center
with water...............after working on
the well...............a bunch of fine dirt
and sediment got into the water lines and
clogged up the hose screens and stuff at her
salon.............so we stopped by there on
the way home and got her all fixed up...............after
that we went and got ice cream..........then
we went home..............I wasn't feeling
nearly as tired as I usually do from fishing.......I
think it is because I did not take any "sea
sickness" medicine ...............I think
that makes me drowzy................so I didn't
take it this trip..............I felt fine..............and
did not feel sleepy.................so
we all went our separate ways after the big
fishing trip.............we all had a stack
of fat fish fillets too!!...............I
came home to find ball python eggs.............I
got ball python clutch # 18 today............6
eggs from a het "English
Line Axanthic" female ( That I produced
and raised ) bred to her father, the original
male "English Axanthic ".................I
expect a few clutches from het female English
Axanthics
that I produced myself this year................so
if this is genetic? ...............I should
prove it this year...............I have been
"dinking around" with this project
for four years now...............but I have
been using the "original hets" that
were sold
to me with the male Axanthic...............I
think the "original hets" are bogus................but
I do think the original male is an Axanthic..............so
we will see........;)......... |
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Friday_May_2 |
|
I
met with the electricians up at the rat barn
this morning...........I had to get them straight
with what they had to do............then I
fired up my generator and plugged all the
fans into it that run in the rat room..............the
electricians would have the electricity off
for several hours.............and it would
get way to "muggy" in the rodent
room with-out some air
moving around.............so I had Fatty stop
by the barn yesterday while we were cleaning
rats, and drop off a few extension cords and
the generator.............damn I'm prepared!!!..............after
that I left and came back to the office............I
got a bunch of paper work done and "tweaked"
the Journal.........I like teasing you guys
with it..........:)................Robbie
came buy and did some cleaning in the main
snake room..............the room where all
the adults are pounding food like crazy and
pooping out footballs!!!...........yepper.............it's
good to be in the "off season"............the
electricians called me up a few hours later
and said that
they were finished..............so I headed
back up to the barn and made sure everything
was done the way I needed it ..........everything
was perfect.............now I'm hooked up
with MORE POWER!!................so I killed
the generator and unplugged all the cords
I had running to the fans..............I got
everything set back up the way it was................boy
does having that swamp cooler and exhaust
fan running make all the difference in the
world..............while the electricity
was off, the room was very "muggy"..............the
air felt to thick to breath...............but
when that swamp cooler is running and the
fans are whirling, the room is really nice...............it
smells a little..............but it's nice......;).............I
finally got my boat stickers today for my
new Super Charged SeaDoo that I bought a couple
months back..............so now I'm legal............It's
almost time to get wet folks!!!!...............I'll
be fishing off of the back of mine ..............trolling
at 60 miles per hour........LOL........we
are all going to take it easy tonight............we
got that big day of Rock fishing ahead of
us........LOL.............the gang will be
sleeping over at my place tonight.............we
have to be up at 3 am............so I'm sure
we will grab some grub and just chill out
with a movie...............I promise to get
some great pics of Big Lou doing something
stupid............he is so spooky............he's
already scared the boat will sink..........LOL.....I
got ball python clutch # 17 today...........from
my "Tiger"
female bred to a really nice Banded
male............this is
my thrid year in a row producing "hets"
from my Tiger girl............I hope she proves
to be a simple recessive mutation.............now
lets get to the good stuff ..................SURVIVOR
baby!!!...............I'm totally pissed............I
can't believe that Kristy pulled that stuff
with Rob..............all she had to tell
Rob was her intentions on the vote..............but
instead she said that she was not sure who
she was voting for, and that she would decide
once she had "pen in hand"..............WRONG
ANSWER KRISTY!!!............you can't ever
tell Rob something like that.............that's
was the kiss of death for her.................she
was acting a little too cocky.............and
she got blasted..............I hate to see
her go because I really did like her.............but
I like Rob much better..............this guy
is playing the game big time!!!...............Most
people would say he is a lying scum bag...............but
it is a game..............and it's for one
million bucks............and then you have
Jenna saying that she can't believe that Rob
would treat his friends like that??................what??.........HELLO...............how
can you have friends in a back stabbing game
like this??.........get a grip Jenna!!..............I
can't wait to see how this all plays out................but
I do not want to see Jenna or Heidi win the
money!!...............hmmmmmm............I
stayed up till 1 am watching the show last
night.............I was cleaning rats while
it was on...............so Theresa taped it
for me.........:)................I called
Fatty and Theresa on my way home to ask them
how the show was................they both
said that I would love the show.............and
that was that.............they wouldn't tell
me a damn thing........LOL................I'm
out people!!............you have plenty of
reading to do............make sure you catch
the end of April's journal...........it is
in the archives section................Have
a great weekend everyone!!!!.............. |
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KISS
tickles go on sale this Saturday................whoooooooooooowhoooooooooo!!!...........the
gang and I are going to "hopefully"
be able to get tickets to see KISS and Aerosmith
when they come to town in August............:P..............I'm
stoked............KISS was supposedly going
to "retire" after the last tour..............yeah
right!!...............KISS RULES..............KISS
DOMINATES!!!.........."
You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best"...........I
kinda like KISS a little............LOL.............anyway...........Robbie
the Robot and Big Lou cleaned the snakes today.........poor
Robbie was feeling pretty bad also...........he
thinks he may have eaten something bad??..............but
he's a trooper...............he worked through
it..........and BIg Lou had butter fingers
all day.............I left some small rats
in with snakes over night and it was Lou's
job to pull all of them this morning before
he started to clean...............well lets
just say that I spent an hour chasing little
rats around the snake room...........and it
wasn't pretty............if there is one thing
I hate..........it's a rat running around
in the snake room...........they chew everything
in sight ...........wires mostly.............and
I can't have that............so when we drop
a rat, it's shoot to
kill!!................We are all going Rock
fishing again this weekend.............Fat
Ass, Big Lou, Phil and I will be joining my
uncle Joey and his friend Bill for hopefully
another kick ass day of Rock fishing!!.............yeah
man!!!............I know..........you guys
think I just sit on my ass all week and bark
orders at people............then after that
I go fishing............LMAO.............not
true............I just like to fish............and
so do my friends.............and this will
be Big Lou's first time out on a fishing boat................so
hopefully I will get some pics of him "ralphing"
off of the side of the boat!!...........LOL...........today
is an awesome day.............I got that beautiful
"Patternless" ball python in yesterday.............and
the two Ghosts...............well the Patternless
is a BOY!!............and the two Ghosts are
girls..............so I'm very happy to say
the very least.............I can't wait to
get this project rolling .................everything
arrived safe and sound.........:).............but
that is not why today was so great..............what's
great is that we have the rat barn cleaned................yepper...........we
decided to clean the rat barn today instead
of Friday............Phil,
Robbie and I kicked total butt there today............I
have the electricians lined up to do the electrical
work tomorrow..............it would be a pain
in the butt to clean the rat room while the
electricians are working..............not
to mention, there would be no electricity............no
lights or fans..............it would suck...............so
we did it today.............and it was a long
day for sure..........it will allow me time
to get my journal uploaded tomorrow so that
all of you guys don't have a cow!!!.............I
just got a little behind this week..............but
never fear.............THE JOURNAL IS HERE!!!!.............no
eggs today...............just cleaning snakes
and rats...........I missed SURVIVOR............but
Theresa taped it for me...............shhhhhhhhhhhhh......... |
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