D Brian Plummer

[eastcoast 4,190]

21 minutes ago, mackem said:

Still do it to this day, slow worms, toads, frogs, adder, grass snakes, and garter snakes

...they find joy in unusual places... 

[New moon 250]

25 minutes ago, mackem said:

Still do it to this day, slow worms, toads, frogs, adder, grass snakes, and garter snakes

Egg collecting took some beating back in the day.

[mackem 27,431]

4 minutes ago, eastcoast said:

...they find joy in unusual places... 

Yup, SARG (Surrey amphibians and reptile group) scatter wriggly tin sheets on waste ground and heathland to do reptile counts, I was always checking under them, once found about a dozen slow-worm under one sheet. 

 

3 minutes ago, New moon said:

Egg collecting took some beating back in the day.

I was never much good at that

[fred90 3,277]

4 minutes ago, New moon said:

Egg collecting took some beating back in the day.

I think egg collecting was the gateway into the countryside, everything else followed, air rifles, fishing, dogs, ferreting etc, it was the done thing

[New moon 250]

2 minutes ago, fred90 said:

I think egg collecting was the gateway into the countryside, everything else followed, air rifles, fishing, dogs, ferreting etc, it was the done thing

Deffo, real things, great days

[New moon 250]

That starts when you leave school dont it?know what you mean though

[Moocher71 4,050]

37 minutes ago, mackem said:

Still do it to this day, slow worms, toads, frogs, adder, grass snakes, and garter snakes

I used to love catching grass snakes and adders as a kid ,take them home keep them few weeks then release them ,I've kept few snakes over the yrs and even started to be mentored to keep venomous types but family life put stop to that ,I like the fast Asian rat snakes as they got attitude , 

[mackem 27,431]

3 minutes ago, Moocher71 said:

I used to love catching grass snakes and adders as a kid ,take them home keep them few weeks then release them ,I've kept few snakes over the yrs and even started to be mentored to keep venomous types but family life put stop to that ,I like the fast Asian rat snakes as they got attitude , 

Found this in a shed once, it climbed up into the roof. 

[brambles 3,291]

Biggest regret I have was swapping my egg collection for a single barrel folding 410

[New moon 250]

Just now, brambles said:

Biggest regret I have was swapping my egg collection for a single barrel folding 410

Mice got into mine, was gutted, blood, sweat, and tears goes into a good collection.

[tinytiger 840]

12 hours ago, New moon said:

If he had brass you certainly couldn't see it around him, dont think you would write books to a very limited amount of readers if motivated by money alone, that said he was jew blooded

Really,explains a lot.

[Moocher71 4,050]

11 hours ago, mackem said:

Found this in a shed once, it climbed up into the roof. 

Did you move it ? Me and the misses used to take in rescues and had 18 ft reticulated python come in full of burns so we treated her with manuka honey aloe Vera for burns and she was skinny so built her back up on rabbits and chickens  ,pheasants .she never struck at us  even though she was in pain and hungry unlike rat snakes and amazon boa,s I've kept that bite for fun anyway she made full recovery and then went down Kent to a reptile house at a animal park .

Snake in pic looks like it's getting ready to shed its skin 

What area of the states you in bud 

Edited March 24, 2022 by Moocher71
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[Moocher71 4,050]

11 hours ago, fred90 said:

I think egg collecting was the gateway into the countryside, everything else followed, air rifles, fishing, dogs, ferreting etc, it was the done thing

When I was a young lad we'd all go out egging and once we had few we'd  blow them trying not to crack any.i had good collection at one point and me prized eggs was a Swan egg and sparrow hawk that me grandad got for me but the rest I took myself and had some fun walking woods ,hedge rows .

Shame kids no longer able to do the things we could 

[Moocher71 4,050]

14 hours ago, New moon said:

If he had brass you certainly couldn't see it around him, dont think you would write books to a very limited amount of readers if motivated by money alone, that said he was jew blooded

A lad I new dressed like a tramp qnd drove q banger qnd only bought reduced priced food but was he skint far from it ,he was worth a fortune but just to tight or to savvy to spend his money ,

My uncul told me Plummer had plenty of money and had is hand in several things not just books and dogs ,was the place up in Scotland his or his wife's "Norma "  is she still alive ? 

[New moon 250]

19 minutes ago, Moocher71 said:

A lad I new dressed like a tramp qnd drove q banger qnd only bought reduced priced food but was he skint far from it ,he was worth a fortune but just to tight or to savvy to spend his money ,

My uncul told me Plummer had plenty of money and had is hand in several things not just books and dogs ,was the place up in Scotland his or his wife's "Norma "  is she still alive ? 

She’s still going as far as I know.