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LostLassie said:
We actually have more of them than I thought ( the Eastern timber rattlesnake, northern copperhead, and the massasauga rattlesnake) but the majority appear to be around the river.



http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.co.../12/venomous-snakes-rare-still-ohio/30050691/

Simply delighted to learn, however, that all those times I went camping & trekking around Tar Hollow, that I could have been greeted with a freaking Timber Rattler. Had never heard that they lived there.
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I don't know anyone that's actually ever encountered a rattler in Ohio in the wild.

When I was a kid, they'd make sure we knew what a copperhead looked like... (As if we were paying any attention) and this was up north, and there were guys who said they used to see them in the old canal basins and places like that around the lake.

I think they were seeing these guys, which while big and scary... not venomous:

LEWater1.jpg
 
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Jaxbuck said:
‘Pakistan’s Kim Kardashian’ Murdered For Her Facebook Posts

When reports of Qandeel Baloch being killed by her own brother out of his religious zealotry first surfaced, I was appalled.

Then they start saying it like this and I want to make sure we are giving the guy a fair shake.
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Speaking of appalling...

In most cases, the honor killings take place within the family, said Syeda Sughra Imam, a former senator from Punjab who has pushed for legislation against the practice.

“The accused and the complainant are from the same family and they forgive each other,” Ms Imam said. “No one is ever prosecuted.”

Ms. Imam’s proposed legislation calls for eliminating a “forgiveness clause” in Pakistani law that allows families to reach a financial settlement or to forgive the killer.
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Sounds like Pakistan could use a social movement called Women's Lives Matter...except that the organizers would all be murdered in their sleep. >:(

So depressing, I need to go to my happy place. I'm gonna curl up and visualize Kim Kardashian being strangled.
 
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Brothers want to turn 'cemeteries into forests' with their environmentally conscious urn

http://www.accuweather.com/en/featu...orests_environmentally_friendly_urns/58885879

Started in 2013, the company's mission has been to educate people that ashes can be used to create a new form of life rather than sit in a box or casket. More than 60,000 units have been sold.

In the Bios Urn, the ashes stay separate from the tree for the first month of growth. The top capsule has two components that promote growth of the tree. The urn will eventually decompose and the tree will grow through the ashes.
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AKAK said:
I don't know anyone that's actually ever encountered a rattler in Ohio in the wild.

When I was a kid, they'd make sure we knew what a copperhead looked like... (As if we were paying any attention) and this was up north, and there were guys who said they used to see them in the old canal basins and places like that around the lake.

I think they were seeing these guys, which while big and scary... not venomous:

LEWater1.jpg
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Many years ago as a young lad camping at Tar Hollow, we saw a park ranger walking by with a dead rattler dangling from a stick. Probably about 3-4 foot long as I recall.
 
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Trevi said:
Many years ago as a young lad camping at Tar Hollow, we saw a park ranger walking by with a dead rattler dangling from a stick. Probably about 3-4 foot long as I recall.
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I don't doubt it for a minute, they're there, I just don't think its many... and honestly I'm a little Indiana Jones-ish when it comes to snakes, but, not something I really think I'm going to encounter most likely. Pretty cool thing to see in Ohio though.
 
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Holy shit, a real life Early Cuyler!

$3M lottery winner invested money in crystal meth ring


"Defendant Music decided to test his luck by sinking millions of dollars of lottery winnings into the purchase and sale of crystal meth," United States Attorney Ed Tarver said in a press release. "As a result of his unsound investment strategy, Music now faces decades in a federal prison."
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:lol:
 
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