A case for mythbusters? Old wisdom about snake and a rope

[Tony66]

what is/are horse apples, my first thought is a polite way of saying horse droppings.

exactly horse poop is nice and round balls unless the animal is not healthy. sometimes they call them road apples. It is some of the best fertilizer...very easy on plants.

Thanks TexasTee, I kind-a figured it wasn't the kind-a apple you melt caramel over but I wasn't sure so asking couldn't hurt. I've learned something new, thanks.

 

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[Old Town]

Ask away, White Gold. Sailing, American literature and guns are my things.

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[Seamuss]

Dunno about rope and snakes,but heard they used to do the same with a ring of salt to keep bugs,scorpions out.

Might not work for grasshoppers and mosquitos. Just a thought.

 

[Oroblanco]

what is/are horse apples, my first thought is a polite way of saying horse droppings.

exactly horse poop is nice and round balls unless the animal is not healthy. sometimes they call them road apples. It is some of the best fertilizer...very easy on plants.

Thanks TexasTee, I kind-a figured it wasn't the kind-a apple you melt caramel over but I wasn't sure so asking couldn't hurt. I've learned something new, thanks.

I guess you could but it might not be so crisp and crunchy as mushy and chewy....kinda icky

Well you know what they say 'Once you get past the smell, you've got it licked'!

And before someone retorts on how I might be aware of this - there is another equally OLD saying - 'Don't knock it till you tried it!'

 

[RGINN]

Over 50 years of camping, sleeping on the ground, in tents, passin out in the back of the pickup, snakes don't care nothin about ropes, and never had one try to crawl in the bedroll. 'The Rifleman' had an episode about that sort of thing. You're more likely to wake up starin a skunk in the face. Old Town, 'Ruger Vaquero', excellent, I got that one, and recently have been able to buy ammo for it.

 

[Old Town]

Over 50 years of camping, sleeping on the ground, in tents, passin out in the back of the pickup, snakes don't care nothin about ropes, and never had one try to crawl in the bedroll. 'The Rifleman' had an episode about that sort of thing. You're more likely to wake up starin a skunk in the face. Old Town, 'Ruger Vaquero', excellent, I got that one, and recently have been able to buy ammo for it.

Lucas lay sweating in his blanket with a big rattler crawling around on his legs. I remember the episode. Never missed The Rifleman even if the year was 1881 and Lucas opened every show firing a Winchester 92 that hadn't been designed yet. He'd have been a '73 man in 1881.

The shot capsule out of a single-action is the rattlesnake's only natural enemy. LOL
Much better than a rope. Much, much, better.

OT