Cigar Hording

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Originally Posted by cheaphumidors

"Usually" is the key word. A couple of months ago I was kayaking in the Hillsborough river and had to lay back in my kayak to get under a log. My head was back so I couldn't see where I was going, all of a sudden I feel myself bump into, what I assumed was another log, and then the front of my kayak dip down quite a bit. I looked up to find a +/- 8 foot gator scrambling over the top of my kayak, apparently I hit the poor thing as he was sunning himself. I felt so bad!

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That's pants changer right there LOL. At least out in the rivers like that you shouldn't run into to many that have been fed and get aggressive.

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Originally Posted by cheaphumidors

Well, I am an "expert" (not really)on the topic (my life long dream was to be a herpetologist and therefor I spend a lot of time reading journal articles on alligators) and mamma alligators are exceptionally gentle with their babies. In fact, alligators spend the first 2 years of their lives under their mom's protection. When they hatch, she comes and digs them out of their nest and gently carries them to the water with a level of grace and dexterity that is shocking given their immense size and power.

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I stand corrected. The more you know...*music chimes*

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Originally Posted by TreySC

That's pants changer right there LOL. At least out in the rivers like that you shouldn't run into to many that have been fed and get aggressive.

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Oddly enough, fear was not one of the emotions I felt. For some reason I don't have a natural fear response to alligators (or really any of the "scary" animals). But try to get me to hold a crab, just try! I start screaming like a little girl.

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Originally Posted by R1100RS

Take a deep breath....and a glass of rum (zaya's a good one) gather all those poor rescued souls up in a box and ship them to Branzig. :) Problem solved and he can start a cigar leaf pipe tobacco project.
Then sit down, have another glass of rum...maybe switch to Bourbon (Booker's now) and light up one of your finest as a tribute.

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Originally Posted by cheaphumidors

Ooo I like that idea!

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Yeah, I could work with this. As long as I can have some rum too!

Feel free to throw in any of those junked pipes too lol. ;)