Customers and their pets.. Fixed and added picture

[blume357]

So I'm at a new customer's house this past Tuesday mid day...nice and warm and sunny day and I'm packing all my stuff up and the guy is sitting out on his back yard and I go over to talk to him and tell him I'm all done. Beside him is a kiddy pool and I happen to glance in it.... Seems on warm sunny days he brings these out to play....
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Reason for the yellow tape is obvious...
I just got a thank you text from him... I had to send him a book I read a few years ago by Homer Hickam, "Carrying Albert Home"
One of the best and posting interesting stories ever....
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[Fox Mike]

Went to look at the video and received this:

Oops! We ran into some problems.​

The requested page could not be found.

 

[vito]

Same here. So I have no idea what this thread is about.

 

[contender]

I too got the oops notice.

Tell us what kind of pet your customer has.

 

[thedogdidit]

Ya big tease!! We all wanna know what this pet is that warrants yellow tape. I'm going on hunger strike until I know. After this sammich
The book looks like a blast. I will check to see if our local library has a copy. Thanks for sharing this~

 

[xitnet]

My guess: Alligator.

 

[thedogdidit]

My guess: Alligator.

Exactly what my guess was too. I live in Gainesville Fl. Our hometown team is the Fl Gators, and our mascot is Albert.
So the name of the book, and fact that the pet is in the pool led me to gator as well.
But I still wanna see this pet of hers.

 

[xitnet]

Exactly what my guess was too. I live in Gainesville Fl. Our hometown team is the Fl Gators, and our mascot is Albert.
So the name of the book, and fact that the pet is in the pool led me to gator as well.
But I still wanna see this pet of hers.

Me too. :-)

 

[Kevin]

The book is about an alligator. But I'd also love to see the picture.

 

[Jim Walsh]

I like alligators…they taste like chicken.

 

[Fox Mike]

I like alligators…they taste like chicken.

I have to disagree; they taste like alligator.

 

[Jscb1b]

I like chickens, they taste like alligators @

 

[ex13F]

 

[contender]

I agree with FM. Alligator tastes like alligator. And it's BETTER than chicken.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

I have to disagree; they taste like alligator.

I have substituted pork loin for gator in an alligator sauce piquant , and they both tase the same. Also belly, leg, and tail meat have a little different flavor. Tail being the best

 

[Watertender]

Homer Hickam is a great guy. I started emailing with him and his wife about 20 years ago after seeing October Sky and reading the book Rocket Boys.
We had a steady correspondence for some time because I told them that it took me many years with several twists and turns in life to become a Chief Engineer. Homer and Linda Hickam are cat people and we had many enjoyable emails discussing our cats.
On the 19th of this month I will have had my Journeyman's Card for 25 years and it's one of my proudest achievements. It took Homer Hickam many years to get a job with NASA and I can relate to the journey to his dream.

 

[blume357]

I'm planning to get his book "Don't Blow Yourself Up" about his life in the next little while... just have two other books to finish first.

Sorry the pictured did not come through on the first post... don't know what happened ... for those that don't scroll up here it is again:

 

[eveled]

Cool.

How big do you let them grow before you eat them?

Seriously a very bizarre choice for pets. 1 is too many, what does he plan to do with 4 adults?

At some point he will probably release them and they will be a problem for someone

 

[Fox Mike]

Many years ago I was part of a crew that was ferrying a HUEY from Weide AAF to Corpse Christie Texas. We stayed at Biloxi MS one night, The next day we flew across the swamps of Louisiana. If you ever want to see gaters in the wild, make a trip across those swamps. Alligator there like ants at a picnic. Big ones, small ones, and LOTS of each.

 

[hfcable]

you can have too many of them.. here is an example:

https://gardenandgun.com/articles/a...unsuspecting-georgia-anglers-watch-the-video/

 

[Wyandot Jim]

I think we are going to need a bigger boat, Ethel.

 

[Slyk Willy]

So I'm at a new customer's house this past Tuesday mid day...nice and warm and sunny day and I'm packing all my stuff up and the guy is sitting out on his back yard and I go over to talk to him and tell him I'm all done. Beside him is a kiddy pool and I happen to glance in it.... Seems on warm sunny days he brings these out to play....
View attachment 92746

Reason for the yellow tape is obvious...
I just got a thank you text from him... I had to send him a book I read a few years ago by Homer Hickam, "Carrying Albert Home"
One of the best and posting interesting stories ever....
Edit, try again:

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Yes, regarding "Carrying Albert Home". very good read.

 

[Jeepnik]

There was a fellow nearby that had a pet gator. But it got large and he tired of it. Too large for the toilet he dumped it in a nearby by lake.

This being California, panic ensued. Police were called, animal control overwhelmed by one gator ran Willy Nilly in a chaotic exercise of futility.

The lake was placed off limits to people, the surrounding parks was closed as well. Experts from far flung reaches of the globe arrived to capture the insidious beast. And failed. In desperation the government installed special gator proof orange plastic fencing around the lake. And the surrounding park and golf course were once again declared safe for humanity.

Years passed. The gator grew, what with a sizable lake and limitless food. The beast came to like sunning himself on the golf course. Apparently the gator proof fence wasn't. Golfers came to greet him by name as he basked in the sunshine. The terrible beast once thought to be the end of civilization (by the government, of course) attacked no one. Not children were eaten. No adults mauled. No pets devoured.

But the government that installed the special gator proof fencing, its superior wisdom finally captured the vicious critter as it slept in the sunshine on the golf course. Hailing themselves conquering heroes for capturing a lone alligator, they took it to a local zoo.

In their wisdom the government decided it was best for the gators health (even though it grew and was very healthy living in the lake). And there, at the zoo, after a valiant escape attempt, the gator died.

Embarrassed by this turn of events another captive raised gator was substituted to cover the death of a local hero. A hero who only wanted to be left alone to eat fish and birds and bask in the sunshine. Who simply was enjoying his freedom. All of which is abhorrent to government types.

So take this as a cautionary tale. Never let the government know you simply want to be left in peace and live a good long life. The types that populate government simply can't stand people exercising their God given freedoms.

 

[XUSNORDIE]

I had a pet Caiman when stationed in San Diego. He was purchased by a Ordie buddy who was an original Ordie House resident. He was pencil sized when purchased in a Escondido pet shop. By the time I moved in he was 30 inches long. My buddy got orders to the Philippines and the Caiman became mine. He was an escape artist for sure.....often heading down the street to a creek to feast on crawfish or to the neighbors pool (not a good thing for health reasons). Man was he fast on the ground. I have a ton of stories about him. He was a hit at the Ordie Bashes.....a member here can attest to those parties....and that Caiman named "Thrasher".

 

[Sam Summey]

Once upon a time there was an "alligator hunt" donated to our Banquet Committee. When we introduced the hunt I built up the guide and his reputation and included that the committee would supply a beautifully hardwood stocked weapon. (I had gone to Harbor Freight and bought the largest ball pein hammer they had as a joke). No one would bid on the "alligator hunt". The next year we traded the alligator hunt to a Texas committee for an antelope hunt, it sold in brisk bidding. (We didn't include a weapon.)

 

[Jeepnik]

My apartment complex in Fort Walton Beach Florida had a pet (sort of) gator. It lived under the boat dock. Just after I moved in I was sitting on the dock with my feet in the water. One of the other residents pulled his boat in and after he tied it up tossed a couple of fish under the dock. Much thrashing in the water as I ask him what that was for. His very dry answer was the gator. Wonder if it's still there.