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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 413516" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>My first day on the construction job? The supervisor was this huge, but super-funny guy that acutally had venomous snakes that he milked for different places (legally) and sold the venom for anti-venom mfg. Neat guy - we got along great from the start - because -----on my first day I was delivering fuel and supplies and he said "Hey Star, will you get in the back of my truck, in my toolbox and get me a pipe wrench?." I thought okay whatever - and I walked back down the site, about 30 yards and opened the toolbox and he had shut off the trackhoe, and his crew of about 5 guys all just seemed to be taking a break. Never occured to me that they were watching me for any particular reason, maybe to see if I knew what a pipe wrench was. So I opened the box and there was about a 6' black snake - maybe 8' right next to the pipe wrench. It did startle me, but not much so I grabbed it, then the wrench and yelled up the hill - "GOT IT, ......what do you want me to do with THIS?" and jumped down out of the truck and walked back over to him, handed him the wrench and said "I found it - I get to keep him...I love snakes." and he just looked at me and he radioed someone and said 'NEGATORY - she's a keeper.' I of course, had to put the snake back in his cage in the truck, but after that OMG it was on....for 3 years we pulled some lu-lu's - we even buried a cheatin guys truck. most fun I ever had at a job. We did see a few real rattlers - but most times if you just left them alone they'd leave. The guy that collected them did catch one that wouldn't leave one of our sites, and keep it - he was HUGE - 9' long and my hands wouldn't fit around his body. But just beautiful markings. Those things you don't play with. I guess that would stop tools from disappearing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 413516, member: 4964"] My first day on the construction job? The supervisor was this huge, but super-funny guy that acutally had venomous snakes that he milked for different places (legally) and sold the venom for anti-venom mfg. Neat guy - we got along great from the start - because -----on my first day I was delivering fuel and supplies and he said "Hey Star, will you get in the back of my truck, in my toolbox and get me a pipe wrench?." I thought okay whatever - and I walked back down the site, about 30 yards and opened the toolbox and he had shut off the trackhoe, and his crew of about 5 guys all just seemed to be taking a break. Never occured to me that they were watching me for any particular reason, maybe to see if I knew what a pipe wrench was. So I opened the box and there was about a 6' black snake - maybe 8' right next to the pipe wrench. It did startle me, but not much so I grabbed it, then the wrench and yelled up the hill - "GOT IT, ......what do you want me to do with THIS?" and jumped down out of the truck and walked back over to him, handed him the wrench and said "I found it - I get to keep him...I love snakes." and he just looked at me and he radioed someone and said 'NEGATORY - she's a keeper.' I of course, had to put the snake back in his cage in the truck, but after that OMG it was on....for 3 years we pulled some lu-lu's - we even buried a cheatin guys truck. most fun I ever had at a job. We did see a few real rattlers - but most times if you just left them alone they'd leave. The guy that collected them did catch one that wouldn't leave one of our sites, and keep it - he was HUGE - 9' long and my hands wouldn't fit around his body. But just beautiful markings. Those things you don't play with. I guess that would stop tools from disappearing. [/QUOTE]
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