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Now that we've seen Doug, I figured maybe it would be nice for everyone to put names with faces. We're sort of a community, and it wouldn't hurt to know who you're talking to on the forum. I know we've done similar posts before, but a regular update can't hurt!

-Cole Grover

For starters:
Dell (terryd), me (Sunherp), and Ryan (Deepsea)

very cool. here is a pic of Gerrit (burnsy) on the right and me over this last summer.It was great having him out here on Holiday.

Shannon

Holy Smokes!,.........this "BEER" trait is expressed phenotypically in ALL of our photos so far!..........this seems to not be a locality trait, as it is "expressed" throughout the range of North America, as well as Europe(burnsy's case)LOL!!!!

~Doug

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

thats a funny looking car man.I bet you would get pulled over right away for d.u.i in that thing.
here is another pic in Daytona a few years ago.left to right, John Lassiter,Jason Nelson,Tome Stevens and me.

Shannon

Shannon,....that IS funny dude!..LOL.....I certainly recognize those faces,......and chatted a bit with "Nocturnal Tom" at this past Daytona show at the same bar!....................AGAIN!..we
have the beer thing goin'!...too funny!........how else could we all talk snakes for hours on end?.right?........certainly can't talk about them with folks from the general public. They just look at me and say,.....oh, really?, and that's about the end of it!

I guarantee we can ALL relate to that one!..LOL

ps,....I definitely WOULDN'T want to drive that "Budweiser" car to Daytona!..hahhhahaahaha!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Come on! It'll be like Fear and Loathing in Daytona! LOL!!
Nothing like herps and drunken' debauchery! LOL!!
-Phil
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Work is the curse
of the drinking class!

n/p
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Nice! Exactly what I was hoping for!

-Cole

Sweet! Names with faces... Right on!

-Cole

Shannon,

never post this pic again, I really look fat on that one. I raised around 10 pounds during the trip, but lost it, when I got back home and stoped the burgers.

I do not wonder anymore now, why the US has the most heavy weight people in the world LOL....

Probably 1 pound was done by the beer....

Gerrit
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http://www.lampropelten.de.vu

There's something different about you but I can't put my finger on it?? Haircut?
Looking good bro, congrats.
Tom Stevens
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TomsSnakes.com

Great picture guys! Looks like you were having a blast Gerrit. Like the mountains in the background too Shannon....east side of the Sierras by chance??
Nate

yep, up about 8500feet.Nice place.
Shannon

I see one very dominant trait involved with those three specimens....................the BEER!!LOL!!!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Beer goes well with snakes... LOL

-Cole

Here I am with a snake that I'm pretty sure isn't a milk...

Third Eye

Tim,...that's one of those "newbie" cornsnake dudes cross/hybrid experiments, isn't it?..hahaaahhha!!

Cool lookin' horridus!,....where was it from?

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

I'm pretty sure that one was in PA. We were camping in Maryland near the state line. Since we drove a bit, I'm relatively certain we were in the Keystone State when that Timber was caught in 2004.

Tim

The guy on the left is handsome son of abuck. What is he doing w/ those two Chimpanzees?
Well, they are pretty good guys for a couple of lice pickers.

Hey Cole, I like this thread you started.

Me on one of the best days of my life.

Cole, Bullsnake, Stogie.

Ryan, before Cole and I held him down for a shave and a bath.

Dell,

That's one of the funniest things I've seen on the forum in a long time! Ryan the sloth! LOL

-Cole

Man!,.......that last pic is funny as all heck!..LOL!!

Just goes to show how scruffy we can look towards the end of a hard herping day!..LOL!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Here's my ugly mug! LOL!!!

The beer's in the other hand.
-Phil
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Work is the curse
of the drinking class!

Thanks for makin me hungry! BBQ in TX is like a religion....if it wasn't 7 am now I'd consider firing up the grill!
Tom Stevens
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TomsSnakes.com

That's the idea, Phil!

-Cole

Cole post Cole.

Here I am with Mike Collalto this past summer. I'm the guy on the left proudly displaying an eastern milk. Mike doesn't frequent the milk forum as much as he used to.

Dave

DNS Reptiles - Updated

Nice triangulum, Dave! Thanks for posting!

-Cole

Jon Wedow - 2007

Jon Wedow & Tommy Hawk!! - 2006 (After Tinley Park)
a few of the beverages mentioned above influenced this pic!

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Jon Wedow
Sharp Dressed Snakes

here is a shot of me and deon of dnk reptiles the day i got into florida last year for the daytona expo. i got to his house and he handed me a beer and it didnt stop till i left a week later.
im the drunk white guy on the right and deon is the other drunk to the right. i modified my hand to keep it on topic for doug lol.....
adam jeffery
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" a.k.a. farfrumugen "
hybrid breeders association
1.1 puebladurans
1.1 sinacorns
1.1 hypo corns
1.1 kenyan sand boas
1.1 mbk
1.1 albino corns
1.1 childrens python
1.2 ghost corns
2.2 butter(both females motley)
2.2 pyroxgreerixruthvenixalternaxcampbellixholbrooki
0.1 hypo pyroxgreerixruthvenixalternaxcampbellixholbrooki
1.0 snow corns
1.0 jurassic milk
1.0 house snake
1.0 crimson corns
0.2 albino pueblacorns
0.1 striped ghosts
0.1 anery pueblacorn
0.1 bloodred
0.1 striped albino corn
0.1 albino nelsons
0.1 anery motley
0.1 normal corn het hypo,anery
0.1 hypo tang hondo
0.1 rosy boa

doh-ta doo

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" a.k.a. farfrumugen "
hybrid breeders association
1.1 puebladurans
1.1 sinacorns
1.1 hypo corns
1.1 kenyan sand boas
1.1 mbk
1.1 albino corns
1.1 childrens python
1.2 ghost corns
2.2 butter(both females motley)
2.2 pyroxgreerixruthvenixalternaxcampbellixholbrooki
0.1 hypo pyroxgreerixruthvenixalternaxcampbellixholbrooki
1.0 snow corns
1.0 jurassic milk
1.0 house snake
1.0 crimson corns
0.2 albino pueblacorns
0.1 striped ghosts
0.1 anery pueblacorn
0.1 bloodred
0.1 striped albino corn
0.1 albino nelsons
0.1 anery motley
0.1 normal corn het hypo,anery
0.1 hypo tang hondo
0.1 rosy boa

I'm glad you stayed with the theme of things with a super-imposed beer in your hand!,.....I'll bet you really do have one in the other hand too!hhahahaaha!!........DO-TA-DOO!!

~Doug

ps, I KNOW Deon has one too, we just can't see it!..LOL!
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

i had a pepsi in my hand. i was so drunk already that i thought it best to try and drink something else!!!!!
THEN.... the guys hand that i stole and super imposed brought out the whiskey and i sat the pepsi down and we all started doing shots.....
btw... deon did not have a beer in his hand........he sat it down for the pic...
adam
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" a.k.a. farfrumugen "
hybrid breeders association
1.1 puebladurans
1.1 sinacorns
1.1 hypo corns
1.1 kenyan sand boas
1.1 mbk
1.1 albino corns
1.1 childrens python
1.2 ghost corns
2.2 butter(both females motley)
2.2 pyroxgreerixruthvenixalternaxcampbellixholbrooki
0.1 hypo pyroxgreerixruthvenixalternaxcampbellixholbrooki
1.0 snow corns
1.0 jurassic milk
1.0 house snake
1.0 crimson corns
0.2 albino pueblacorns
0.1 striped ghosts
0.1 anery pueblacorn
0.1 bloodred
0.1 striped albino corn
0.1 albino nelsons
0.1 anery motley
0.1 normal corn het hypo,anery
0.1 hypo tang hondo
0.1 rosy boa

Great pic! haha! That guy was funny as hell too. Tom Stevens
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TomsSnakes.com

deon is a blast!!!
i speak to him mor than any other herper i know. he has helped me emmensley with my hobby.
adam
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" a.k.a. farfrumugen "
hybrid breeders association
1.1 puebladurans
1.1 sinacorns
1.1 hypo corns
1.1 kenyan sand boas
1.1 mbk
1.1 albino corns
1.1 childrens python
1.2 ghost corns
2.2 butter(both females motley)
2.2 pyroxgreerixruthvenixalternaxcampbellixholbrooki
0.1 hypo pyroxgreerixruthvenixalternaxcampbellixholbrooki
1.0 snow corns
1.0 jurassic milk
1.0 house snake
1.0 crimson corns
0.2 albino pueblacorns
0.1 striped ghosts
0.1 anery pueblacorn
0.1 bloodred
0.1 striped albino corn
0.1 albino nelsons
0.1 anery motley
0.1 normal corn het hypo,anery
0.1 hypo tang hondo
0.1 rosy boa

As the night wore on(and more beer consumed) Deon started doing his "drunk tricks" with a few of the snakes!..LOL

~Doug

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

DISTURBING, very disturbing image.

That's like a car accident, you don't want to look but can't stop your self. I like to call it:

Fascination with abomination.

Please don't post this here again. This is a milksnake forum Doug.

Before you take it down, let me show my wife.

-Dell..........wow!

Left to right Beaver Cullen, TJ Hillard, Tony D, Howie Sherman pic was taken by Scott Quint. The was a great little trip.

Very cool,.........I recognize Howie's mug from reptile shows!

BTW,....what kind of snake is that?,....on the HOOK that is!

It's hard to make out.

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Looks like a little red pygmy.
L8r

Its a Carolina pig

Tony, looks like you guys are having a blast. Funny how the pic makes it look like that pigmy is about three inchs from your face. Great pic.

Steve
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"Book ‘em, Danno”

IT WAS! That was possibly one of the stupidest thing I every did! If the pic was snapped a micro second later it would have shown a completely different expression. You are right though we had a great time.

This is exactly what I was hoping for, guys! Nice! I'm glad to see this much participation. I hope folks who haven't posted yet decide to add their photo to our little archive... Keep 'em coming!

-Cole

Well, here goes: left to right, Gerry Wronski (not much on the forums but a helluva herper in the NJ Pine Barrens who has found more temporalis than anyone I personally know), Antoine Burke (occasionally on the forums and is big on Trans-Pecos rats), and, yours truly. No beer in hand, but the cooler in the car definitely had several!

Jerry Kruse

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LOL

......I don't get out much.....maybe I don't make friends?.maybe I don't have time?....that's it ,,sell snakes then have time to go out and look for snakes......???....

I've seen Antoine Burke at shows.....think that's him, runs around with James Lee ??....is Antoine from NY? Bronx maybe?.

......I hate Pa.......even if I find snakes they are junky.....LOL......

.Thanxx.......nice pics all........
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where in pa ya from? im just on the ny/pa border im west tword erie.
adam
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" a.k.a. farfrumugen "
hybrid breeders association
1.1 puebladurans
1.1 sinacorns
1.1 hypo corns
1.1 kenyan sand boas
1.1 mbk
1.1 albino corns
1.1 childrens python
1.2 ghost corns
2.2 butter(both females motley)
2.2 pyroxgreerixruthvenixalternaxcampbellixholbrooki
0.1 hypo pyroxgreerixruthvenixalternaxcampbellixholbrooki
1.0 snow corns
1.0 jurassic milk
1.0 house snake
1.0 crimson corns
0.2 albino pueblacorns
0.1 striped ghosts
0.1 anery pueblacorn
0.1 bloodred
0.1 striped albino corn
0.1 albino nelsons
0.1 anery motley
0.1 normal corn het hypo,anery
0.1 hypo tang hondo
0.1 rosy boa

and buggies......Lancaster county, Columbia ,Pa........

haven't found a milk actually in 35 years ?LOL.....

I don't count the one they found in work in the greasy floor , died after I washed it, baby.......or the one in Ted's yard that he said "pick it up, I bet there's a milk under it" (it lives in his yard, big male)......

......they are around......very spacey patches.

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the one and only Antoine Burke (with a James Lee side buggy most often, lol). Helluva nice guy and been my bud for the better part of 15 years. I finally got his cherry popped last year on an outing to the Barrens and we flipped this huge flat slab o' stone, and low and behold was an adult temporalis. He was like a kid in a candy store. Hah!! Hope to meet ya someday bro.

Jerry Kruse

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Cool..........

Yes they are all a bunch of very nice , and too damn polite people.......

....I don't leave Pa much......Hamburg is about all the shows I do ......been to White Plains once and go to Md at times....so if you get down here or over or up or whatever....give me a yell......LOL........

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Hey Jerry - nice to put a face with a name from several emails!

Dave

DNS Reptiles - Updated

I've seen your pic wayyyy before you'd ever seen mine. Hell, if I finally get down to Daytona this year we can round up the fellas and take our own alcohol-laden pics. I'm feelin' the buzz already. Talk to you in the coming months.....

Jerry Kruse

now that sounds like a good plan!

Dave
DNS Reptiles - Updated

Here's a pic last year of me holding a Black Ratsnake at the Va. state fair.

Steve
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"Book ‘em, Danno”

Nice snake, Steve!

-Cole

Here's me shooting the reknown herpetologist Hubbsquatch!

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Todd Hughes

That's the funniest thing I've seen or heard all day!!! Thanks Todd. Randy W.

The photo won't show for me, but I can only imagine how funny that is!... Especially after his PARC message yesterday! I'm surprised he actually let you photograph him - Last time I tried it looked like he was going to go all "line-backer" on me as if it would take away his special powers or something!

-Cole

Good topic Cole...and nice picture fellas. The only thing missing are a few milks in hand, stogies and the fishin' poles...LOL.
Nathan

LOL Good points, Nathan... we'll need to work on that.

-Cole

Most of you guys know what I look like from previous post but here are a few more shots..
Enjoying some free time in the snake room

Herping here in East Texas

Herping in West Texas, wildcaught L. alterna, 6/05

Exploring the ranch near Black Gap WMA, Texas

The wife and I strolling through some ruins while on our honeymoon in Italy

Christmas, 2007

You've got some great herping in your neck of the woods! I remember a few of your post-wedding pics from a while back - Italy looks like a blast.

-Cole

Thanks Cole, Italy was an absolute blast. We were there for two weeks spending most of our time exploring Rome, but traveled up through Tuscany into Florence and then spending a few days down in Naples, Sorento, Pompeii and Capri Island. Definitely can't wait to return. Here's a cool picture I took one early morning while walking through the ancient city of Pompeii. You can see the volcano Mt. Vesuvius in the background.
Nate

Nice collection of incense sticks in you snake room, Nathan. Those come in handy don't they?

Man I need to add more alterna to my collection. Love em.

Always nice to see photos of the people on the forum. I like the sweater on your dog. Bob gets a sweater on cold days, although he is so tough he dosen't really need it.

-Dell

Bob's a dick.

-Cole

I am sure that, other than him being a dick when scurrying up a bear, he is a relatively cool dog. I did, however meet one of Bob's evil relatives this morning at my office that would make any other Jack Russell look like a saint. For those that don't know, I have been a veterinary technician for 12 years now and work at a local hospital in my hometown. I bring this new client into the room and she places her female Jack Russell terrier on the exam room table. We turn the dog around to get a rectal temperature before I am to get blood for a heartworm test. As soon as the thermometer barely touches this dog's ass, she comes unglued, turning into a holy terror. In an instant, piss, crap and anal glands are flying through the air in every direction. And without any notice the dog quickly turns around and sinks her teeth into my neck before I even had a chance to react. And believe you me, with field collecting and maintaining hot snakes for years, you naturally develop quick reflexes. The little bastard was faster than any venomous snake I had ever come across. So in a nut shell, I grab the dog by the throat and (gently...LOL) lay the dog down on the table. The funny thing was is that my facial expressions did not change during this 2 or 3 second ordeal. With the owner screaming, and me holding her dog down and bleeding from my neck, I smile and simply tell her..."your dog isn't very nice." The look on that lady's face was priceless.
So Bob....your not that much of a dick no matter what Cole says..
Nathan

That happened today?
That's a funny story Nathan. I liked it. I bet you see some crazy stuff in your line of work.

Bob would never do that, he is a people person.
He may even like having his temperature taken that way.
No only kidding.

Now Cole on the other hand!

-Dell

Yes sir, happened this morning...most Jack Russells that come in are pretty cool dogs, full of energy and always happy. This one on the other hand was a little turd.
Always see some interesting things doing this stuff...
Nathan

That's it, Dell... You're buying my beer for the night.

-Cole

That's awesome, Nate! LOL Sorry about your loss of blood, but WOW! LOL Bob's a pretty nice guy, really... for being a dick...

-Cole

No biggy man....merely a flesh wound..LOL.

Nathan, as traumatic as this must have been and as bad as I feel for you having to have gone through this, I have to be honest with you man.............I'm wiping tears right now

Hope that little monster didn't hurt you too bad, and that the lady's bill reflects her dog's temperament. Man, what a day!!

Scott

Thanks Dell, yeah, the sticks are more for decor than anything else. My wife likes to add accessories to everything she comes across..LOL. The snake room at one time had an Asian theme to it...and eventually has merged into the "old World" look.
We recently built a new house and I told her NO adding accessories to THIS room...that there were other rooms she could do whatever she wanted to with!!....This one is mine!!LOL.

Sweet alterna. What kind of dog is that? My wife just bought a maltese and puts a sweater on it too...even in the house! I don't understand women and never will.

Dave
DNS Reptiles - Updated

Fishing

Boating snakes instead of fish.

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"Upon Thy Belly Thou Shalt Go"

...I'm SOMEWHERE in this picture, see if you can find me...

...apparently herpers just love me...though I wish some of them would choose other ways of charing their affection, like Tim...

...that should probably stay quiet, lol...but hey, I have a hard time learning my lesson...

Every herper in this picture has a beer with the exception of John Campbell, lol...

Here's what milk snake guys do with the keg after we drink it...have a keg lifting competition...

Hubbs usually doesn't like me taking shots of him, but I snuck this one in down in the SW...

...and in parting, here's Ginny and me with our first zonata

Nice shots Chad.

I like seeing Matt I. being posted up.(he seems to be one of those guys that likes to stay under the radar) He's a good dude, but if you tell him I said that I'll deny it.

It would be nice to have a photo of Hubbs. Wish I had taken one of him when he was here. He said he would try and make it up here this spring, if so I'll click one off without his knowing.
That should make him good and mad at me.

-Dell

I recognize a few faces in that first photo! I talked to Matt the other day, and it sounds like he's heading up here in May.

-Cole

LOL, good shots Chad.

L8r

love the cactus shot lol!

Nice! Two girls smooching on you?! Way to go - is that Maria in the photo?

-Cole

Good series of pictures Chad. Hey and thanks for the picture and recognition on the FHF. Talk to you soon man.
Nathan

I bet you thought it was funny pokin fun at me with the ole sloth picture eh? Well, I am feeling better now, and look what I dug up!
Here is Cole on my stripper pole (Notice the beer pong setup in the background!)

I'd like to say he did this without any liquid courage but....

And Here's Dell drinkin his beer

A shot of Dell showing why we call him Gator

I guess I can't just post embarassing pictures of these guys and not one of myself.

"Look back at me mean, like a dragon" -Love the big hair I got in this one!

not too sure about that first shot. I don't know whether to laugh or reconsider any herping with the guy later this year...LOL. Just kidding Cole, just keep the stripper pole home if we meet up in Kansas..
Nathan

Oh... damn! I think I'm ashamed of myself right now. I need a beer. All I can even say is to look at the beer-pong game set up behind me! Damn Ryan and his keg-erator!

-Cole

I think I hate you, Ryan. Wow! I wish your wife would have never let you put that damn thing in! I don't even know what else to say...

-Cole

Best one I could find on my work PC right now.
On the trails in the Heep with a crazy look in my eyes

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Tom

"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"

Haha, here's a bad self portrait of me today out in the field, no one will herp with me cause they are wusses! Maybe my mug is just too ugly! I didn't find any milks today, but flipped two Texas rats under the same board, an adult male and a juvie, the male has been found there a month earlier, two Gulf coast ribbon snakes, one under plexiglass and one under the last piece of tin left on my site, dang scrapers!, one Gulf coast toad, a ground skink, and a Carolina anole, all under cover.

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Todd Hughes