That a snake in your river or are you just happy to see me?

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That a snake in your river or are you just happy to see me?

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I think I will pass on that one.
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So... is that as dangerous as it looks, or is it because I'm unfamiliar with the animal and it's behavior?

That is the question in my mind.

I will dive with sharks, hope to see them, and seldom do. However someone who isn't familiar with their behavior, etc might think I am absolutely insane - which I might be, but not because I'm wishing to dive with sharks.

Of course there are situations that you couldn't pay me enough to get in the water with sharks... I can't help but wonder if it's the same thing here.
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That is definitely not on my bucket list. I have shared the water with a couple species of the Asian sea snakes, and was never comfortable with the encounters. I am surprised at the visibility. In my only trip to the Amazon basin the water looked more like choclate pudding. I suppose it is more like here, visibility is seasonal. You guys can go for it.
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I'm in. When we going, Matty?
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Hmmm to think I'm only slightly larger than a Capybara...
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defied wrote:I'm in. When we going, Matty?
if you buyin', i'm flyin'.

CaptnJack wrote:Hmmm to think I'm only slightly larger than a Capybara...
not nearly as much meat on your bones, though.

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Not a chance in fing hell would I be near that thing.
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My problem with reptiles is I'm convinced that if you could plug an EPROM programmer into their brain you'd only see about 4 lines of code.

1 track moving object.
2 If object larger than self go to 1 else go to 3
3 eat object
4 go to 1

Okay, in reality there are probably another 8 lines relating to reproduction and finding a warm rock, but that's about it. I'm pretty sure if you don't pass the size test you're on the menu.
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airsix wrote:My problem with reptiles is I'm convinced that if you could plug an EPROM programmer into their brain you'd only see about 4 lines of code.

1 track moving object.
2 If object larger than self go to 1 else go to 3
3 eat object
4 go to 1

Okay, in reality there are probably another 8 lines relating to reproduction and finding a warm rock, but that's about it. I'm pretty sure if you don't pass the size test you're on the menu.
They have eaten children in the past, and the occasional adult. There are worse things than that, like if he(?) she(?) decides you're worth reproducing with...
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Oh hell no. No freaking way.
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Well if that snake wanted to, the diver would have had a serous Out Of Air emergency to deal with :nutty:
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At first I was all :funky: :metal:

...but then I was all :eek:

pass...
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Ya! Not going to happen!
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airsix wrote:My problem with reptiles is I'm convinced that if you could plug an EPROM programmer into their brain you'd only see about 4 lines of code.

1 track moving object.
2 If object larger than self go to 1 else go to 3
3 eat object
4 go to 1

Okay, in reality there are probably another 8 lines relating to reproduction and finding a warm rock, but that's about it. I'm pretty sure if you don't pass the size test you're on the menu.
If that's the output you get when attaching an EEPROM programmer/reader, I'd be worried for other reasons. Like invalid execution environment. 0]

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defied wrote:If that's the output you get when attaching an EEPROM programmer/reader, I'd be worried for other reasons. Like invalid execution environment. 0]

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one word: Ka-Bar. (is that technically two?)
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airsix wrote:
defied wrote:If that's the output you get when attaching an EEPROM programmer/reader, I'd be worried for other reasons. Like invalid execution environment. 0]

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It's my own special language called[sarcasm]Visual madeitup .Not[/sarcasm] and as you can see it isn't machine readable. Or human readable. It requires the JoshSmith interpreter which only runs on a 0.5Hz abacus. So, yeah. It's pretty awesome.

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First of all
ktb wrote:Oh hell no. No freaking way.
+1!

But if I did come across one,
SeanKylgod wrote:one word: Ka-Bar. (is that technically two?)
No thanks, I prefer - bang stick (definitely two words)
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Am I the only person here who wants to do that now?
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That a snake in your river or are you just happy to see me?

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This is how I die... strobe flashes in the face of an anaconda easily twice my size and weight.
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I'm up for most things. But, that. I'll pass. Swimming with it fails the kmown risk benefit test.
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Mortuus wrote:Am I the only person here who wants to do that now?
With that kind of vis, I'm 100%, IN! :taco:
With lesser than 50 foot vis, Nope! :penelope: :nutty:
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