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14 June 2012, 11:39
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Snakes On A Boat!!!!!!
Just lauching a customer's Rib today - removed the console cover and found this!
As the customer is not too keen on snakes it's a good job we found it before he set off accross The Solent.
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14 June 2012, 11:46
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it must have climbed up the ladder!!
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14 June 2012, 11:51
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Where the hell did that come from & what type is it?
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14 June 2012, 12:04
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Where it came from is a mystery as the boat was stored Dry Stacked off the ground??? Thought maybe a bird might have picked it up and dropped it?
We thought it might be a Louisianan Milk snake as its head is quite a bit smaller than its body!
It's currently in a box (well it was last time I chacked) awaiting the RSPCA.
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14 June 2012, 12:09
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It's a Pueblan Milk Snake, might have been a pet so I would suggest contacting previous owner or perhaps people around the area where the boat was stored. Hope you captured it. Would make a good South Today story.
Eats mice etc.
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14 June 2012, 12:34
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headline - SNAKE SEAKS SHELTER IN RIB .
Of course what sort of RIB is the key here ? Was it going for PVC or hypalon, 2stroke or 4stroke ? etc etc.
Probably a few degrees warmer sat under the cover, but still going to give you a shock mid Solent.
Defo one for the news - no pubility is bad publicity especially when its free ! 
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14 June 2012, 12:35
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So all those rats legging it down the pontoons were nothing to do with a sinking ship after all? 
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14 June 2012, 13:11
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Looks like a Ballistic. We do supply a lot of extras as standard with our RIBs, but snakes are not included in the 'package price.'
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14 June 2012, 14:04
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Originally Posted by Dry Run
Just lauching a customer's Rib today - removed the console cover and found this!
As the customer is not too keen on snakes it's a good job we found it before he set off accross The Solent.
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Mid-journey - perish he thought!! Me overboard
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14 June 2012, 14:05
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oops perish "THE" thought!!!
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14 June 2012, 14:26
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Only one snake related punn (from Telcowilliam)! Very poor show.
Yes JBT, it was a Ballistic - should have been a "Cobra" though!
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14 June 2012, 14:48
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dry Run
Only one snake related punn (from Telcowilliam)! Very poor show.
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It's currently in a box
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A Krait, surely?
A Cobra or Vipermax might seem more appropriate, but stripes on the seats is more a Ballistic thing. I thought it was a nice Adderition to the colour scheme. However, I bet the owner would have given you no fangs for it.
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14 June 2012, 17:23
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Definitely a milk snake-I've got one about that size in a tank next to me.
Hang on, I've got a Ballistic too.
Ok, fess up-who's nicked my boat, fixed it and drystacked it? 
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14 June 2012, 18:17
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Ive had a milk shake on the boat before but would swim a four minute mile if I found a milk snake on my boat
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14 June 2012, 19:41
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Mid-journey - perish he thought!! Me overboard |
That's just what I was thinking! 
Would have been an interesting call to the coastguard...
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14 June 2012, 20:21
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The snake puns are hissssterical. I would try to adder some, but don't want to make an asp of myself
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14 June 2012, 21:03
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Fangs for the info Steve , I want to be absolutely serpent there is not one on my boat ,was it stacked above or below mine?
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14 June 2012, 21:55
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Nowhere near your Rib John! It is a mystery how it get there though it must have "scaled" the racking.
We thought maybe it escaped from it's owner and was spotted by a hungry sea gull who picked it up and dropped it in the rib - truely a case of "boa meets gull"!!!!!
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14 June 2012, 22:13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dry Run
truely a case of "boa meets gull"!!!!!
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They're getting worse! I think you'd better recoil that one 
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