Rat barn today.......we got done around 2:30........Bob and Robot started an hour earlier than they usually do?.............works for me.......:).........T called me on the cell as I was leaving the rat barn and said that Brooke was anxious to get a ferret.........I had already stopped by the pet shop this morning before I went to the rat barn and bought the two ferrets they had left............one was the ferret that Brooke wanted...........the girl at the shop said that the two played together well........that meant that I should buy them both LOL........I was going to anyway.......I kept a few ferrets back in the day and never had just one............so I told T and the kids that I would meet them at the pet shop.............T was already out on the road because she picked the kids up from school.............so we met at the shop...............Brooke was so excited...;).........we bought the two ferrets and all the accessories that they need............the big ferret condo, hammocks, sleeping bags, food, water bottle, food dish, litter pan, treats.........yada, yada,yada..........it was $350.00 worth of stuff when we were done shopping.........so we got home and set the ferret condo up in Brooke's play room............she has a book that she has to read and she was told that they are her responsibility to play with and keep clean.............she named one Tigger and the other Piglet......both are little baby girls.........her and Gump played with them for hours............I have to say that they are potty trained pretty good..............they actually ran into their cage to poop..........so now Brooke has her ferrets..........now lets see how long she stays "a good girl" and takes care of them............T thinks she will lose interest ...............I think she is ready for them, but she may need a few reminders to keep them clean...........we all were kiddies once right?.........

No school today...............so the kids are going to be playing with the ferrets all day long........I'm glad I got two...............now Gump feels like one is his...........but Brooke says "no"...........they are both hers and he can "borrow" one..............LOL...........Gumps a riot!!.........today T and the kids are giving the ferrets baths in the tub..........yeah we got some "ferret shampoo"............and even got some "ferret perfume"............ferrets do have a funky little "stink" to them............I've always like the smell though.........hehehe...........:P

Robbie is here feeding...........I'm on the phone setting up shipments to go out tomorrow. I got lots of emails and "phoning" to do today..........Brooke came down while I was in the office and asked if she could use my Nikon 5700 to snap some pics of the ferrets.........I figured she can't do anything to the camera that I haven't done already......LOL...........after all.........this is my second one.........I'm a little too rough on digital cameras............or they are just too damn sensitive??..........so I gave her a crash course on how the camera worked and she said " I got it Daddy"............LOL...............she will probably take better pics than some of the ones I've seen on the net...........it's so easy people!!!...........;P..........the T-shirt place called me today and said that the new shirts I ordered are done.............I ordered 165 new shirts with MIDAS...........70 of the shirts are all different kid's sizes...........I had to pay to have the logo shrunk so that it will fit on a little kid's shirt.............I'll go get them later when I run out to do some errands.

I got all my work done and told Robbie I would see him later..........I went out to get some stuff done............I picked up the new T's first...........they looked great............the little kid's sizes are a riot.............MIDAS is half his size on the back.........they really are cute!...........so now Gump can wear an RDR shirt too!...........after that I went up to the rat barn to check on things.........T took the kids to my Mom's on her way to work............the ferrets needed a break anyway.......LOL..............Brooke was upset because she read in her ferret book that ferrets live to be 8 to 10 years old................she said that wasn't long enough. I felt bad...........I told her that ten years was a long time to have fun with her ferrets..............Brooke is very emotional about that kind of stuff........when she is up-set........."we all pay"..........yepper.........WOMEN!!........

Fear Factor was all girls last night..............the first stunt all the women QUIT except for one,,,,,,,,the girl I was pullin' for the whole time.......hehehe............and she did end up winning the 50 grand............all the girls quit the first under water stunt because it was "impossible"...........the last girl whizzed right through it like cake??..........again...............WOMEN!!!...............don't get on the damn show if your gonna QUIT!!.........sheeesh!!..........Then Average Joe..............I could not believe that she picked the stud "Gil"????..............I was shocked that she picked him after meeting him and he told her he wanted to be an actor..............she just seemed turned off by him and what he was saying??............but she picked him in the end..............poor "Average Joe" was devastated............that show is pretty cruel..........it just goes to show ya............it AIN"T what's inside that counts to all the beautiful people..........BASTARDS!!!............:P............then that "twist" at the end of the show??..............she tells Gil that her "ex" was FABIO???............unbelievable??...........I think Fabio is a total BONER............he can't possibly have a brain in that big Lion head of his..............how the hell did she hook up with him anyway??................what is she doing on Average Joe??...............slumming??...........I agree with the way Gil acted..............he was PISSED OFF!!.............who the hell want's to be dating Fabio's ex when they are just a "nobody"???..............well if he really likes her I guess he will get over it.............but he will always know in the back of his mind that Fabio was hittin' it first...............are you hearin' me GUYS???................am I right or what?........LMAO!!................Reality TV RULES!!!!!.........FABIO!!...........You Suck!!!.....

I packed up snakes to ship out first thing today.............Robot is cleaning..........we are really diggin' the newspaper............Robbie is actually faster at changing out paper than he was just "spot cleaning" the mulch...............so far so GOOD......;)............After I packed up the snake shipments I went and checked on all the breeder pairs..........I moved a bunch of males around........then I went and sat in the office to start getting all my morph pics together for the "ball python talk" I will be doing in Canada on April 18th...........once I get all the pics together I will burn them to disk and have slides made for the show. I will be driving to Canada...........not sure who I'm bringing with me yet?..........probably Phil and Robbin............maybe Fatty and T?........The kids asked if they could stay home with me today ...........usually T takes them to my Mom's house on her way to work............T usually goes in to work around 3:00 or so..........so I said "yes" they could stay with me..............just as long as they play with the ferrets and leave me alone!!.........hehehe.........I worked on the pics awhile and the kids came down to ask if they could go to Burger King............I was hungry..........:)........so we went and had a late lunch...........we came home and the kids went back up to play with the ferrets..........they ( ferrets not the kids ) smell much better now that they have had their baths............:)...........the kids or I didn't mind the smell........T wants them to smell good........LOL...........so while the kids were upstairs being good I decided to get back to palpating some females..........all I will say right now is I'm OVER my quota that I wanted to be at for 2004.......yepper...........some of the younger stuff that I was "just putting through the motions" have developing follicles??..............I like to put young pairs together a year early to "get in the groove".......the young males always do well.........the younger females usually do not respond at all, they could care less?.............but sometimes they do respond and I'll get a small clutch of four or five eggs..............that's how I produced the last two Lucys last season..............I never expected that small Phantom female to produce eggs.........but she did........and damn did that pay off!!..........I have noticed that young 1000 gram females that are too small to breed ( AND DON'T WANT TO EAT ) will be some of the first to produce eggs the following year ( if they get back on track with feeding ).............I'm sure it happens in the wild that way too........if a female is at 1000 to 1200 grams.................off feed and being a pain in the ass, then she goes out in the cooler breeding room and goes through the motions.............I may breed her.........I may not?............I don't even play that game of trying to get them to eat during the winter............I gave up being frustrated with females not eating long ago..............they always kick back into gear and get back on track again............you just have to remember that it's in a ball python's nature to go off feed sometimes...............they don't know your in a BIG RUSH to produce from them.........LOL................they are just doing what comes natural to them................so I just try to go with the flow................even if it is disappointing sometimes.

Mom and Dad stopped by tonight to see the ferrets.............they are nothing new to my Mom..........she has seen it all raising me.............my first ferrets were kept in my bedroom when I was still living with my parents ..........I had three of them...........Pokey, Baby and Butts.............yepper.........Phil stopped by tonight on his way to the rat barn...........he burned me a disk of all the pictures he took on his trip out to California last week..............he visited our buddy " Mojo"..............the landscape was gorgeous..............Phil got some great shots of the Golden Gate Bridge..............I will start posting them in the journal once I get them sized..........I've been lazy with the pics lately............plus I don't want to give ALL my secrets away........hehehe........I've heard through the grape vine that I'm giving away far too much info..............huh??.............Imagine that.............shhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!.......hehehehe.......so I looked at all Phil's pics..........he rolled out and went to fill his rodent orders for tomorrow's deliveries ...............I worked a little longer on putting together all the pics for Canada.........that show is right around the corner.............I'm ready to give a great presentation! ..........I just hope I can do it with out a shirt on??...............

LMAO!!...........I'm just starting today's journal entry.........it's 5:37 pm...........Fatty is here in the office with me ( he stopped by after work ) .............he is laying back in my lounge chair snoring his ass off!!............I don't have the heart to snap a pic of him...........but I should.........LOL............he is snoring like a GRIZZLY!!...........Brooke was down here doing her homework and had to go upstairs...........she said he was scaring her.......LMAO!!.........

Robot was cleaning today...........he marked down a bunch of copulations for me..........I told him that if he observes a pair locked up that it was OK for him to mark down the date and who was breeding on the record card...............I give Robbie a little more stuff to do each month............last season I didn't let him clean any of the breeder snakes during breeding season..............I did them all so that I could monitor what was going on.............this year I let him help me do the adult breeders and I show him what I expect him to do...............he is doing fine ..........basically I tell him to keep an eye out for pairs locked up..............and not to disturb them if they are breeding...........and to keep an eye out for pre-lay sheds if the female has a "follicle sticker" on the front of her cage..............once I feel follicles I know I'm gonna get eggs............I just wait for a shed after that...........I don't even worry about catching ovulations........if I do that's great............but it doesn't really matter..............if I feel big follicles I I know I'm getting eggs...............I know the female will ovulate and I will get a shed three weeks or so later...............and 30 days from that I usually get eggs.........so all Ralphie really thinks is important is follicles ...........meaning I mark down when I feel small ones...............and as I feel them growing I know I'm done..................pretty simple huh?............that's the way I do it!!............it's all in the fingers baby!!!.......maybe I'm just lucky?..............T says I got good fingers though?.............who knows!!

I picked up a Spider ball female today that was sent by NERD.............NERD, Pete Kahl and I have a shipment of high-end stuff going out to England in the next few weeks............I'm doing the shipping for us..............:).............the little Spider female is very nice and chunky..........I wish he slipped me a freebie in there for all my hard work and support .............again Ralph's undying devotion goes un-noticed ( waves to NERD ).............HA!!............Phil called me today to tell me that he found an electric winch for me to use out at the shop............I asked him to find me a winch that I could hook up in the barn and use it to pull my Sea Doos off the trailer and on to the dollies................yes I'm a genius................and too damn lazy and hurt to keep pulling those thousand pound beasts off the trailer...............so now I'm gonna have me a new spiffy winch to do the work for me...........I could use a "spiffy wench" too..............hehehe,,,,,,,,,,,ASS!!.........T called me today and said that the dude we are buying our new shuffle board table from wants to deliver it on Saturday.........so now I gotta find some "helpers"...........Fatty can't help because his nuts are still sore...............Bob may be out of town?...............hopefully Phil will be around............it's gonna take four of us to get that big ass table up to the third floor..........;).............I can't wait to get it though..........we are gonna have a shuffle board party the first week-end after it gets set up.

Robbie rolled out....he will finish up cleaning tomorrow...............Fatty finally woke up...........he has no idea I'm writing about him snoring........LOL..............he said he isn't going to play wally-ball tonight.............he said he wants to take one more week off while his nuts heal..........that's two weeks off Fat Ass!!!.....................so anyway............I'm gonna put a couple pics in the journal of Brooke and her new ferrets............and maybe get done in time to see the first 50 minutes of SURVIVOR!!............as fishtail and loneylady would say............peace/out................sizzzzzzzzzzz................HA!!............

Here is another one from "Crazy Gary".............link

Robbie finished cleaning today...............I think he was a little sore too.....LOL...........he played wally-ball with us last night............Big Lou brought him along...........wally-ball sucked last night too................BLAH!!................Phil jammed his thumb real bad..........Lou and I had to yank it back into place..............you should have heard it POP..........hehehe..........Phil called this morning and said that it was hurting pretty bad.............so he went and had some X-rays taken...............they say it is not broken.............it is more than likely badly sprained.............:(.............after playing last night I came home and lounged on the couch............I watched Rocky III...............God I love Mr. T............."CLUBBER"..........." I pity the FOOL".........BITE ME!!!...............I didn't watch my Survivor tape...........I may watch it tonight?..............I do know that Sue QUITS!!..............I'm sure she has some master plan of suing Richard for swingin' is pecker at her................who knows??...........she wouldn't have won the million anyway?............and she is a real BITCH!!...........ahhhhhhhhhhhh..........;)

I cranked up my incubator room today ..........actually I turned it on late last night and made sure the high and low temps for the alarm system were set correctly .............today it is running fine.............89.2 degrees ...............I have several females going into their pre-lay sheds right now.............so now is a good time to make sure the incubator is working correctly.............I should start seeing eggs in the next 40 days or so..........how many clutches will I get this year?................any guesses??...............I finished palpating today..............I finally got to settle down and concentrate on what I'm doing..............." I have a few"..........hehehe.............so I got my "first wave" of feelin' the girls up done...............I'll go through again in three weeks .................depending on how things are going in three weeks will help me decide whether or not I'm gonna turn all the heat back on at the end of March.............or extend the breeding temps a couple weeks into April..............I doubt I will do that.........things are good enough right now..............:)

Fatty had a short day of Construction work............he stopped by my place just as I was finishing up the last of my work..............he said he would help me get the rest of my work done..............what a guy!!................we went to the dump and got rid of a load of trash............then we went up to the rat barn to gas a few hundred small rats..............yepper..........Stu and Amy are coming up this weekend to get a bunch of frozen rats...............they should be in sometime tomorrow afternoon..............they will stay one night and head out on Sunday............people come from miles and miles away to get some of those
"RDR Rats"..............I'm glad they are coming too...........I have tons of surplus rats right now................after we got everything bagged up and put in the freezer I tested out the swamp coolers to make sure they were running OK...............it has been unusually warm here the past few days..................Winter may be over??................I don't mind..............but I wouldn't be surprised if we get one more good snow.

Our new shuffle board table gets delivered tomorrow ..............I have Fatty and Phil lined up to help get the damn thing up the steps.............Phil probably won't be able to do much with his hurt thumb?................he is also doing some plumbing repairs for me around the house...........we already have called some people and invited them to play shuffle board tomorrow night..........I can't wait!!.............I hope this table is nice?..............it better be for the money it cost.........it was hand made in Canada and shipped to the US..............those Canadians know how to work with wood for sure...............they ain't much on breeding snakes though.........heheheh............HI Corey and Mark...........( Ralph grins )..........j/k........note to Ralph ~~ "Don't piss off the Canadians when your about to come do a ball python talk" ~~.........FREE T-SHIRTS while supplies last!!!...........so anyway...........that's the plan................get the shuffle board table set up..............get some plumbing work done...............then Phil and I will go up to the shop to install the electric winch I just bought for pulling my Sea Doos off of the trailer...............Fatty, Mr. John and I tested the winch out today while we were up there..................it worked perfectly.......:)...............all we have to do now is permanently mount it and I'm all set........;)

I came home and got showered ...............I helped Brooke clean out her ferret condo ...........actually she helped me............I just wanted to show her how to do things,,,,,,,,,,,she'll get the hang of it.............they are little poopin' machines!!........then we played with them for awhile.........they are funny as hell once they get all wound up............and when they get tired.............they go right in the cage and lay down.............that fast......."lights out"........BAM!!.......I wish I could "crash" like that.............I got a few emails today and some phone calls pointing me over to KS...........the "Voice of Truth" started an interesting thread ..................somehow my name got started in it..........I think somebody posted that VOT was me...............or sounded like me??...............I read it.............didn't sound anything like me..................sounded like VOT............so let me see here?................we got VOT........then we got fishtail................and looneylady...............The Three Amigos!!!...............boy do they know how to get the party started!!...............I will say this.............they are damn well informed.............they remind me of "me"..............but I must say.................none of them are me...............I ain't got the time to be anonymous..........I want full credit for being a BONER!!!...........I think all the breeders are assholes..........and I'm the BIGGEST one of all...............and with that you get my undying dedication and customer service!!!...........10-4 that!!!!...............You ALL SUCK!!!.............but have a Great Week-End anyway...................Rock the @3%! ON!!!!!....................I'm going upstairs to watch some tube............I got a busy day tomorrow .............I would like to thank everyone for all the joyous emails and phone calls ever since the "Lucy War" shit hit the fan.............it has been interesting to say the least............"The King" is signing off now................you can hate me all week-end because I'm such an ass.........Karma, Cuff and Link say KISS MY ASS!!!.........Lilly is "undecided"..............LOVE YA!!!!..........xxxooo............

"Why do men whistle when they are on the crapper?"..............It helps them remember which end to wipe..................LMAO!!!

The shuffle board dudes showed up around 10:00 am............three guys came..........they brought it on a trailer ..................naturally it was raining.....;)...........Fatty and Phil came over to help out............Phil's finger is pretty messed up from that wally-ball accident, so he couldn't help...........it was cool though............we had plenty of "muscle".........Phil did some work replacing some parts on all the toilets in my house while we worked on the shuffle board table.............the board was crated...........so the first thing we did was get it into the garage and uncrate it all...............the playing board is one solid piece............14 foot!!.............the rest was in pieces..................The guys that came to deliver it were pretty nervous about how many flights of stairs we had to go up........and all the twists and turns............Fatty and I told them not to worry.............we had carried a smaller "version" up there with no problems......hehehe......it was a piece of DUU~~~~~~~and way lighter than this new one...........

So we got it all uncrated.............Fatty and I took the front of the baord.........and the other two guys took the back...............we made our way up the steps...........this board was heavy as all hell!!.............a real BEAST!!..............up two sets up winding stairs!!..............we got it to the second floor and rested...............then we humped it up to the third floor..............I DO NOT want to do that ever again!!..............If I sell the house, the shuffle board table goes with it........hehehe.........so Fatty and I did our part.............we hung out while they assembled the table............the guy that owns the biz explained a lot of stuff to me about the board..........he even let me do some of the leveling and board adjustments so that I would be familiar with the way the board works if I ever needed to "tweak" it in the future...........the board is awesome!!.........I'm very pleased!!!

After the board got all set up we helped them pack up their equipment and they headed down the road...............Fatty went back home to baby-sit......;).................Phil and I went to the dump.............then we went and got some supplies we would need to install the electric winch at the shop..................Stu and Amy called from the road and said that they were getting close to the rat barn...............so I told them I would meet them there...............( turns out they stopped by Mickey Dee's while Phil and I were getting some grub )...........so Phil and I went up to the barn, we did all the "rat work" first...........by that time Stu and Amy showed up...........they came up to visit for the week-end and to buy a bunch of frozen rats..........S & A hung out while Phil and I mounted the power winch and the pullies...........Stu was snapping pics of us while we were working..............here is the link to some of the pics he took.......LINK..........we finished up and went back to my place...............Phil rolled out to get a shower and pick up Robbin............they would be coming back to play shuffle board tonight..............Fatty, Sandy, Phil, Robbin, Stu, Amy, T and I with ALL the kiddies went out to the mall to eat........LOL................yepper...............we went to the "food court" and had a smorgasbord...............then we all went back to my place and played shuffle board...........my Mom and Dad showed up a little later......one of T's cousins stopped by and T's Mom's boyfreind..............that new board is attracting them all like flies...........we played until 2:00 am or so..............we had a blast!!...............Stu and Amy didn't do bad at all for it being their first time lathering...........LMAO!!...............did I just say that?.............HA!!............so anyway it was a full day...............we had fun.............

I got up pretty late...........Stu and Amy were up with T and the kids early...........they all had pancakes ..............I woke up and had to fix my own damn Sunday breakfast ..............I was beat!!........Stu and Amy were hungry for the sausage I was making.......so I fixed them some too...........:)...........we watched a little tube ( Scare Tactics )..............that show is way over the top............I suggest you watch it when it comes on.............NERD recommended it to me...........I don't get to see it every time it comes on............but there are plenty of re-runs .............after some tube we went down and checked out all the snakes............Stu snapped some pics and I showed them some of my newer stuff.

Then we went up to the rat barn and loaded Stu up with 450 frozen rats!!............I think he is gonna be opening up some kind of "frozen rat stand"................LOL...........I'm glad to get rid of the frozen rats.............I'm almost to the point where I need to get a second freezer..........there is always a huge excess of rats in the winter months, because my snakes and many of my customer's snakes are off feed................so I get stuck with tons of rats............and I run out of room quick...............so in order to have room for each weeks "new pull" ( smalls weaned from their Moms ) I have to gas off a few hundred each week...............I usually do it on Sunday's.............in the Summer I don't have to do as much gassin'.............Stu took 450 rats and I know there was at least that many more left in the freezer ...........anybody want to come get some frozen rats?.............so they got all loaded up..............we iced them down real good in coolers ...........after that Stu and Amy headed back to North Carolina............it was fun guys!!..........always a pleasure.......;).......DO THE LATHER!!!!

After they left I fine tuned some stuff in the rat room and headed back home..........I answered some emails and got a little bit of paper-work done............Phil called me and said he was on his way up to the barn to fill his rodent orders for tomorrow ..............I told him "I just left"..........he was cool..............he didn't have much to load up.......T ordered some Chinese food for delivery.............we all ate and hung out watching the tube..............tonight is the BIG NIGHT.............The Sopranos season starts.............YEAH BABY!!.............who's gonna get clipped this season??..............I say Christopher ................I just have a weird feeling about it.......I can't wait to see Carmela..............Tony is a rat bastard for cheatin' on her!!...............she is the BOMB!!!!...........

Rat barn today.............we got done around 4:30............I was driving home and received a call on my cell asking what the hell did I post on Kingsnake??...........I had no clue??.............I was out all day and KS looked pretty tame before I left.............well below is what some BONER posted on the ball python forum at Kingsnake.........I log in on Kingsnake with Ralph Davis..........so this person had to log in as "ralph_davis"..........what a BONER!

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Posted by: ralph_davis at Mon Mar 8 14:13:55 2004 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ]

I just hatched a white snake with a yellow stripe.... wow how lucky.... I just don’t know how it could have happened.... must be karma…. i think I’ll name her that.... what if I could convince people that my lesser plattys have something to do with the lucy.... I have to be careful.... tell everyone I just can’t figure out these genetics.... its complicated you know.... maybe say that when the platinum and the lesser come together lightening strikes and white snakes are made.... but we just don’t know.... i need to play this like my favorite game.... survivor.... outlive.... outlast.... deception is part of the game.... if I have to lie to win.... its part of the game.... hope nobody seen me talk about having produced a lesser platinum phantom.... that could be bad.... yepper.... that would prove that when a lesser and a phantom come together there is no snake of white.... only lesser phantoms.... oh well there too stupid to figure that out.... .... i can just tell them I don’t know.... these voodoo genetics are complicated you know.... i have a ton of these lessers sitting around that nobody wants to buy.... but if they think that there is a white snake in there.... i will sell them.... i feel bad about this lie so I will not sell them for any more money.... nobody can get mad if I sell them for the same money.... right.... but if I thought that the leucy gene was in there I would never sell them for the same price.... hope no one figures that out.... they won’t there too stupid.... and I will just say I just can’t figure this thing out.... what happens when they breed their lessers and never get a white snake.... oh well I told them I hadn’t figured it out yet and I didn’t charge any more.... maybe I should say that no one can figure out their genetics to help cover my lies.... this plan is pure evil genius.... I am going to sell a lot of lesser plattys now.... .... well im off to count my millions.... screw my reputation.... i have millions to count.... ....

Below is an email I had waiting for me when I got back in the office.............

AOL is hard to track by IP but this person made a classic mistake. He posted more than 1 post without logging off AOL then re-logging to get a new IP number. I took the IP from that post (cache-dp10.proxy.aol.com at 205.188.209.112) and compared it to several other posts made at roughly the same time (Fri Mar 5 3:23:16 2004). Nothing matched in the ball forum that I saw, but I had a hunch that it might be someone that also visits the python, boa, or feeder forums. Richard "amazoa" matched the exact IP number (cache-dp10.proxy.aol.com at 205.188.209.112) at about the right time (Fri Mar 5 04:55:47 2004)... http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=376364,376602 . Not 100% reliable (99.99999999%) but I think you know the odds of someone logging off, someone else logging on and getting the exact same cached IP number, going to the same forums, posting within 90 minutes of the first person, etc... A check at the BOI says "amazoa" Richard's last name is Rooker.

Who knows??.........I have no clue who it is.............but he reads the journal........LOL......it sounds exactly like some of the shit spoken from one of the people involved in the "Lucy Wars"...........so maybe somebody was put up to it??...............hmmmmmmm..............just goes to prove Ralphie's point ............JEALOUSY drives some people mad!!..........I'm not even going to challenge the post............other than to say this............real simple............yes I bred Lesser Platty X Phantom twice............yes both times I produced white snakes with blue eyes ( 2.1 total from two different clutches )...............yes the white snakes have faint yellow broken stripes..............yes I produced normal looking babies, Phantoms, Lessers and some type of cool "cross".............is the cross a Phantom / Lesser?................I would assume that it is...........who the heck knows??............you guys know as much as I do...............so who ever this BONER is I say just hold your horses and let Ralphie work a couple more years.............of course I'm going to make millions to add to all the millions I already have..........it's from hard work and honesty ASSHOLE!!!!..............YES............a Phantom OR a Lesser COULD get you in the "white snake game"............I'm two for two.........is that a crime?.......so if you want them.............ya better get them before I find out for SURE what the hell is going on.......LMAO!!................Damn It Man!!!............I'm surrounded by BONERS!!!

T has volley ball tonight.............Mom called me and said that my Dad would baby-sit the kids for me if I wanted to go see "The Passion Of The Christ" with her.............I have heard a lot about the movie..............and I was about half scared to go see it.............but I told her that I would............so poor Dad has to deal with Brookie and Gump tonight............hehehehe............T is taping Fear Factor and that Charlie's Angels story.............I just loved Kate Jackson's character........:)...........

That movie last night was unbelievable ( The Passion )...........it was a typical Mel Gibson "style" picture...........the man had some balls putting a movie like that out...............I was "moved" to say the very least ...........everyone in the theater was either crying or sitting there not being able to blink.........it was the most shocking movie I have ever seen in my entire life...........no doubt at all about that..............I'm not sure I could watch it twice??.............you will either love this movie or hate it...............either way you will leave the theater thinking about what you just saw............I felt very guilty and uneasy............this movie paints a very horrifying picture of what Jesus went through in the last twelve hours of his life............FOR US!!!

Today I'm in the office working on a bunch of CITES applications and all the paper-work that goes with them........Robot is feeding the snakes................BIG LOU had some bad news.............his Father died early Monday morning while in the hospital...........Lou has lost both his parents inside of 3 years........he was 82 years old and died from organ complications...........I feel sad for Lou...........he seems to be taking it OK............he just needs his space.

Rene posted in the RDR forum about a new brand of rat diet that he found...........it's called KENT........he says that they sell 50 pound bags for eight bucks a bag...........that's better than what I'm paying for Ziegler.............I pay $11.40 for a 50 pound bag delivered..............that is a very good price.............but I'm always looking to save some dough on rat food..............so I went to Kent's web site and it looks like they don't sell in my area...........but one of their "sister" companies does.............Blue Seal.............so I put in some calls today to see if anyone will contact me about the product ...............eight bucks a bag is a killer price as long as it is a quality diet of at least 18% protein............if any of you local to me have checked on Blue Seal to see if they even have a rat diet .............please email me and let me know what you found out?

Robbie finished feeding and rolled out..........I double up on feeding some snakes a couple hours after he left...............then I went and checked for some pre-lay sheds and did a little more palpating.....;).............good things are happening here FOLKS..............very good things.......;).......I worked in the office the rest of the night until it was time to pick Brooke up from church...............I'll watch my Charlie's Angels tape tonight.............

I met George and Mel this morning at Bob Evan's for breakfast ........Brooke has a doctor appointment.............she is coughing and has a sore throat AGAIN!!............this year has been brutal on my kids for sinus infections and colds............I still have a little cough that I can't shake from a month ago............and I went through a bottle of antibiotics?...........I have my annual "complete physical" set up for Friday of this week.............I'm gonna ask the doctor if he can run me on some more antibiotics ............I need 3 cc of Baytril every day for nine days!!..........LOL.........and crank up my heat tape!!............after breakfast I took a couple hours to shop for supplies and run all my errands........Robbie is cleaning cages today............I still have some CITES work left to do.......Tracy Barker called me today to remind me about her and Dave visiting me next week..............I'm glad she did, because it totally slipped my mind.............her and Dave will be in town visiting her family this coming week.............she asked if they could stop by and tour my place while they were here.............I said sure........I'll try to get some good pics of them with their guard down.......LOL......WOW..............VPI coming to see little ole' Ralphie's place..............ROCK ON!!!

She said Dave is bringing all his "equipment"...........so that means that he will be taking a bunch of pictures I'm sure..................it should be a great learning experience for us. I worked on getting all my ball python pics together for the "talk" I'm giving in Canada next month...........I think I have all the pics I need..............it's very hard trying to assemble a list of all the ball python morphs..........but I think it's complete ...........I went in and answered a couple questions on the "Ask Ralphie Page"..........I'm getting a lot of positive feed-back on the page saying that it is a great idea...........I like it too................I just won't be able to answer the questions immediately...........it all depends on how busy I am..............just MORE work............who luvs ya??.............huh?..............yepper...........My Dad dropped the kiddies off here at 8:00 pm............I had enough of the office anyway...............so the kiddies and I went up and played with the ferrets for an hour..............they are damn cute.............I love it when they get all goofy and start running backwards.........Brooke loves them.................Gump ain't sure about them yet he says...........LOL.............KIDS!!.........

I finished tweaking my "walk in" incubator room this morning............I have had it running for a couple days now...........I changed the direction I circulate the air in the room and that messed with my temperature reading............so I had to adjust the HELIX a little until I got my 89.2 in the room.............so now I'm ready for eggs..............all 20 clutches of them right!!............hehehe.......shhhhhhhhhhhhh.............:P........Robbie is still cleaning...........I'm doing payroll and paying bills.................The lady from the Sea Doo dealer called me today to tell me that my new 215 hp Super Charged Sea Doo will be in very soon...............I can't wait to see it....;).............Mine will be green............Phil's will be yellow............his should be arriving a few weeks after mine..............whooooooowhooooo!!............I also got a couple calls from Blue Seal people today............they basically collected some info from me as to what product I was interested in and said they would get back to me................so hopefully Blue Seal does make a rat diet.............I'm not even sure that they do?.............Robbie rolled out, Brooke got home from school and wanted a snack.............she always eats a microwave "kids nugget meal" after school.................so I went up and ate a late lunch with her.............I can't eat or drink anything at all after 7:00 pm tonight...............yep...........I got a physical tomorrow morning at 6:50 am..........too damn early!!.............I try to get a physical every year just to make sure I'm half way healthy..............so far so good..............I think my cholesterol is high?.........it was the last time I had blood taken...............and I will be giving some blood tomorrow ............SUCKS!!...........but it's nice to know your healthy...........and if your not...........well the earlier you find out the better............I burn the candle at both ends 24/7..........so I'm always a little worried about my heart and stuff like that..............the doctor says my heart is in great shape..............at least it was last year?.............right now it is 7:15 pm..........T just got home with dinner.............LOL.............all I can think about is FOOD right now because I know I can't have any...........I play wally-ball at 9:00 pm.............so that will take my mind off of food for a little while anyway..............but I know I'll be up all night "thinking I'm starving"...........all I can have is water.........BLAHH!!!!!!!!!!.............I'm done all the writing I can do for the night............hell I'm gonna be able to watch Survivor...........all but the last 5 mins............I leave just in enough time to get to wally-ball...............so I end up missing tribal council.......:(............but T tapes it for me.....;).............

Survivor was NUTS last night.............did you see that 94 foot yacht!!!...........Ethan screwed up BIGTIME............Boston Rob was smart enough to use the damn machete to cut the rope instead of trying to untie the damn knot........I told T as soon as I seen Ethan get to the rope first that Rob would still beat him back to the beach.............and sure enough Rob comes running back with the two oars still tied together........LOL...........poor Ethan.........and what a reward that was.............I had to starve all night because of my doctor appointment this morning ............watching them all on that yacht pounding down on burgers and fries was killin' me......;)............and then Tribal Council...............holy shit did Colby get blind-sided ............I didn't think Lex was going to pull it off...............but he did..............now Colby is gone instead of Jerri...........those two had it in for each other anyway.............but the team is weaker now.............maybe a merge is close??.................damn that was a great show!!............and next week it looks like Rob and Amber finally hook up..............hehehe.........right now I say it could be Lex or Boston Rob............but I really think the ladies will team up and a woman will win this one..............hopefully Cathy.............I watched the whole show before I left for wally-ball.................we had some outstanding SWEATY games last night.

I got up at 6:00 am this morning.............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........SUCKED!!.........starving my ass off too!!.............I couldn't wait to get the physical over with and go grub out......:)..........the physical went fine..............blood pressure was perfect...........heart tests were great ............vision is like a HAWK!!..................they don't even test my hearing anymore because it's so bad..............I'm looking into finding out whether a digital hearing aid would help me or not??................I'm pretty used to being deaf, I've been reading lips for years now. So the physical was over..............then they sent me over to the lab to get my blood work done..............so in a few days I guess I'll know how my blood tested?...............I think my cholesterol will be bad................it has been in the past..............the doctor said that if it is bad, he will put me on medication. Other than that I'm in fine shape.............well maybe I'm a little too fat.........hehehehe............HA!!..............My family doctor has been doing my physicals for many years.............and he knows how hyper I am..............he is always shocked that my blood pressure and heart rate are "text book"...............I told him he should come do the tests when I'm reading a public forum.........LOL...............so I got my blood drawn and headed straight to Mickey Dee's...............I called Robbie on the cell to ask him if he wanted anything...........he did.............I told him I would meet him up at the rat barn............I wanted to go up there and load up some rat fuzzies to feed all the 03's again this week...........I gotta get rid of these rats!!

So we watered the buckets and loaded up the rats we needed and headed back home..........Robbie finished up cleaning for the week while I fed all the snakes.........he got finished and rolled out..............he is helping Big Lou the rest of today and over the week-end at Lou's father's house...............they are trying to clean the place up and sort through all of the valuables................so I moved a few males around in the breeding groups and checked for pre-lay sheds.............OZ is meeting me up at the rat barn soon to pick up some mice and a ball python he is buying from me..............I have to wait for Brooke to get off the bus before I can leave................so I'm gonna finish writing for the day. T is at Gump's school helping the teachers...............all the Mom's have to help out at school I think once or twice a month...........Gump loves it when his Mom is at school............:)........we might be playing some shuffle board tonight with some friends ( my place )..............I know we are all supposed to go to The Colonial tomorrow night for some shuffle board and Karaoke.

I got and email from John last night with a little story about a striped boa that was poss het for albino I sold him a few years back...........Man I love hearing the stories of when a poss het proves out...........I love possible hets!!!.......His little story is below.......

Hey Ralphie The Story

I purchased the Male striped boa 66% possie het albino from Ralph Davis at the Mars Show in 2001after first seeing it at the 2001 Daytona. I couldn't believe no person had scoffed it up yet. Ralph had it hidden at the bottom of the pile and even made the remark I was trying not to sell that one. Well it was the best money I had ever spent and I love striped boas. I also had four het albino's that are also possible het striped from an unrelated line produced by a guy here in NJ. Well I have been waiting to breed the Kahl line of striping into that line to see what would happen and even though the clutch was small only 10 babies I got two albinos proving the Striped male I got from Ralph was Het for albino and it proves the het albino mother is also het for stripe and that the lines are compatible. Ralphie you rock...
I hope this doesn't bounce
Johnny

Rock On Grassy!!..........producing morphs is the best feeling...........but producing them when your "not sure" is the ULTIMATE!!!..........I'm gonna do my usual "half assed" spell check and get this baby uploaded..............you all have a Great Weekend!!.............I'm not sure what I'm getting into tomorrow?..............I may work on the 2004 ball python PO page some more?............remember VPI will be here at RDR on Tuesday............it's gonna SNOW!!!..............

"Why do female black-widow spiders kill the male after mating?..................to stop the snoring before it starts".........LOL................ROCK ON!!!

WE were all in chat late last night................"FRIDAT NIGHT LOSER CHAT"....................:)...........Phil got here this morning and we went up to the rat barn to show my "new Saturday rat checker" ( Chad ) "the ropes"...........he is doing all the "Saturday rat stuff" for me in trade for feeders that he needs...................THANKS CHAD!!........so we got up there and I just asked Chad to watch everything I did and to take notes...............he said he can handle it just fine.............that will be a big help to me when I go away in the Summer......;)

We went to the dump after that, then we went up to the Sea Doo shop and picked up my spare tire that I ordered for my new trailer.................we went back to the shop an installed it..............Mr. John stopped by to harass us...............he was full of piss and vinegar today..........he is looking forward to taking some Sea Doo trips with us this Summer.........:)

After we got the spare tire done, we came back to my place..............Phil did some more plumbing work and I moved all my males around in the breeding groups..............then I palpated all the girls I have had with males to see "where I was at?"................it's looking very good................:)............I see a " rack order" in the near future........hehehe.......who knew?

We all are going to The Colonial tonight to shoot some pool, play shuffle board and sing kareoke.................Fatty, Sandy, Phil, Robbin, T and I..............and some of T's family will meet us there..........I think Phil and my new Sea Doos will be ready to pick up sometime next week...........I can't wait!!..........

Mom came by this morning to take the kids to a "build a bear" craft show / work shop ..............you pay to buy all the stuff you need to make your own stuffed animal ...........Brooke made a monkey and Kyle made a duck..............they have all the accessories, cloths, hats, shoes........LOL.........Brooke got a second outfit for her monkey............a full leather suit, pants and jacket...........they were pretty cool............they both are carrying them around like little babies............T and I met up with Mom and the kids after the craft show to have some lunch............then we went shopping for some new wall paper for the kitchen..........Mom said she was in the mood to hang some wall paper...............gotta love that!!................we came home and Mom started hanging paper...............I hung some mini blinds and new curtain rods for Theresa.......;)...........Mom rolled out to go home and check on her dogs.............she came back with stuff to make us all dinner...............my Dad is away at a car show this week-end so Mom hung out with us today...............she made us a nice steak dinner, then she finished up the wall paper...............it looks AWESOME!!.............thanks MOM!!...............we got done and cleaned up in time to watch The Sopranos..............something tells me that Tony's cousin "Tony" is going to get in some trouble.................damn I love Mafia stories!!..............

Rat barn today.............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........we started at 7:30 am so that we could get done earlier ...........I have a ton of stuff to get done today before VPI comes to my place tomorrow ................I blocked off all my work for tomorrow so that there are no distractions while Dave and Tracy are here..............being on a schedule, I have to get some important stuff done tonight so I don't get all jammed up at the end of the week............"it's all good".............we got done around 1:00 in the rat room..........Robbie made a few rat deliveries afterwards ............I came home and got a bunch of paper-work and emails done..........we usually feed the snakes on Tuesday's.............but this week we will feed on Wednesday .............I gave Robbie the day off tomorrow....;)..............all he has to do is come up and check on the rats..............I think he is gonna work with Big Lou on Tuesday?

After I got all my paper-work done I started getting all my orders for shipping out snakes together...........Phil stopped by to help me get my shipping boxes made up.............I'm shipping out two shipments tomorrow and one to England on Wednesday..............this is a busy week!..........we got the boxes done and bagged up the snakes for tomorrow's shipments.......I got done in time to get Brooke from church, we came home and watched Fear Factor.............man was I glad that "muscle dude" lost in the end..............he kept saying how he was going to be the first dude with big muscles to win Fear Factor.................NOT!!.........duhhhhhhh..............a chick beat him on a driving stunt ..........LOL...........common sense tells you to USE YOUR BRAKES...............BONER!!!............I loved it!!...........Then the new "Average Joe" with Adam...........all I got to say is I think Adam has some damn "slim pickins".............."it's what's inside that counts right ladies".................LOL..........I wonder if a bus load of "goddesses" will show up later in the show??...........I think all the girls he has to pick from now are "stalkers"...........they all knew that they would be competing to win "Adam"........kinda scary..........BUT...........Adam ain't the prettiest dude in the world..............he's just RICH!!...........and they all know it!!.......

I got up early and went out to get some doughnuts for us to munch on today while we are taking pictures..........it is snowing and icing..............BLAHH!!............I called Tracy on her cell to see if they left yet?............they were just leaving and I expected them in a half hour or so............Tracy grew up around here.........her and Dave are staying at Tracy's Mom's house which is a half hour away..........VPI, Pete Kahl and RDR all from the same stompin' grounds..............The East Coast Kicks Ass! ( yeah NERD is East Coast...hehehe )!..............they got here right when they said they would...........9:00 am............I showed them around my place, showed them all my cool stuff and then we got down to business...............Dave and Tracy are going to be publishing a new ball python book..............very similar to their "Pythons of the World" book that they did many moons ago................it's about time too!!..............they asked me if they could take photos of my collection to use in their new book.............I said it would be an honor!!......:)

Dave has a very impressive photography set-up to say the least..............he brought in all his equipment and went right to work setting everything up to take pics..............Tracy and I were going around my collection like chickens with our heads cut off...............she knew exactly which snakes she wanted to get pics of................so we went around and marked all the snake's cages that we would need to get pics of for the new book...........Dave pretty much just "manned the camera" while Tracy brought him each mutation..........Dave took at least a hundred pics............he got pics of everything I have here............it felt good knowing that they wanted to use my snakes to feature in their book, they said that what they "didn't have"........."RDR did"..........the timing was perfect because I had proved and produced so many cool new mutations last season.............all the snakes were plump and happy.............Dave made it look so easy while he was taking the pics...............the snakes were on their BEST behavior .........I was glad.............I know how frustrating getting just the right "pose" can be............I watched him snap all the pics and the way he had arranged the group shots and singles were perfect!!............so I guess I get to put my ball python book back on the shelf AGAIN!! ( STU ).............we took pictures of it all!!...........I can't wait till the book is published...........Dave said it will be in the $80 to $100 price range...............and FULL of great images and info...............I'm just happy to be part of it...... ...:)

We stopped for some lunch, T went out and got us subs................so we went up to the kitchen and ate...............we talked about the " ball python world" while we ate..........Dave and Tracy view the ball python market the same way that I do.............they have been around since the very beginning ..............I bought my very first mutation from them.............a VPI axanthic male in 1996............he is my biggest male!.......after lunch I showed them around my house..........then we went back down to the snake room and got back to business............they will be leaving to go back to Texas tomorrow and wanted to make sure that they got every pic they needed..................Dave ran out of film!!...........LOL..........he was not shooting pics for his book with a digital camera...............but he ended up using his Nikon 5700 for the last few pics and some "candid" shots towards the end...............I had a great time...............there was no pressure and the " vibe " was nice...............:)

So we got done with the pics..............Dave packed up his stuff and we chatted about stuff for awhile................They told me that I had the best ball python set-up they had ever seen...........and to "not change one thing"...........I was glad that they were impressed ............I work very hard to keep my collection as nice as it is.............and getting a compliment from people that have "seen it all" makes me feel great!!.............this is the first time that I have had any real "one on one" time with the both of them................it felt good and I was happy to find out that they and I believe in the same things as far as the "ball python market" goes............it was a great visit!!!................Thanks again Dave and Tracy................I'm so glad that the VPI Snow was everything and MORE than what you expected.........don't forget to send me some pics!!.............:)

So they rolled out to go get ready for their trip back home tomorrow ..............I thought about them when they left and the things they said to me...........it was a nice shot in the arm of encouragement.............RESPECT........:)

So I relaxed awhile waiting for the second wave of "Mega Breeder" to come over.............and that would be Pete Kahl................he came up to drop off a female Pied and to check out my collection..............he wanted to see how all the new babies are looking.............so he showed up and we BS'd awhile about stuff............I haven't seen him in a long time.........he has been busy building his new home and I have just been "busy"..............so I showed him the three lucys and Lilly...........he asked to see the Lessers and the Lesser Crosses...............then he seen the three "Platty Daddys".................his jaw hit the floor!!.............he said that had to be the prettiest mutation he has ever laid eyes on.............LOL.............coming from Pete, that is a huge compliment.................Dave and Tracy agreed that the "Platty Daddys" and the "Black Heads" were awesome snakes!!.............a Platty Daddy in person blows away any photo I have ever published of one...............so Pete has out the Platty Daddys, Lessers, Butters, the Blonde and Pastel Lesser Crosses, he has them all laid out on the cart just staring at them...........LOL...............I though he was gonna try to hit me over the head an run............I was "two for two".................VPI and Pete Kahl both at my place drooling over snakes I produced.............Lord knows I have been drooling over their animals ever since I started in the ball python world.............I finally made it huh?..................ROCK ON!!!!.............what a day!!............I'm TOAST!!..........

I got a great email from Pete this morning telling me how proud he was of me and what I have accomplished with the ball pythons.............he said that he was so impressed with the way I built my collection and my name in the business.............what a sentimental week this is turning out to be huh?..............anyone who knows me "knows" that Pete Kahl inspired me to do what I'm doing now...............Pete and I are close in age............and we are good freinds..........Pete started in the "high-end" snake market way before I did..............I had always just " watched him".................finally I broke down and bought some albino boas and some DH stuff from him 1995..............I ended up spending more and more time with him and his "collection"............I seen what kind of money he was making and how exciting it was to "be Pete"...............I wanted it very badly!!..............I had a successful Construction Company, The Green Iguana and T had her hair salon..............but the high end snakes were "callin me"

Then Pete started getting very interested in these weird looking ball pythons called "Piebalds".................he started collecting some from Africa and some from other breeders here in the States that "didn't think they would be genetic"????.............I absolutely fell in love with them when Pete started bringing them in............he started a small breeding group in the spare bedroom of his house..........making hets, and then poss hets...............I knew it would "prove out"............it just had too!!...........well we all know that it did prove out, and it put the "$25,000.00 price tag" on new morphs..............I was able to get a pair of some of the first hets he made available once he proved it to be a simple recessive trait..............and the rest is history!!!.............Pete and the Piebald got me started in breeding ball pythons on a large scale............I decided that I was going to do it and KICK ASS!!..................so I starting buying up everything that was a mutation..............which at the time was not much at all........Albino, Pied, Ghost and Axanthic...............the Clown was just about to be proven simple recessive........NERD had tons and tons of cool stuff........he was just starting to produce all the crazy stuff that is his "trademark" now.............I made it to the National Breeder's Expo in 1999 in Orlando Florida ( the last year it was there ).............that is where I bought my first pair of Clown hets and my first pair of Caramel Albino hets ( NERD had Spiders there that year,,,,,,,,I was blown away.........and BHB had his original baby pinstripe male there on display )................I also had good contacts in Africa by this time...............I was building a great collection slowly but surely.................just making sure that I got every mutation as early as I could possibly get it from the breeder............we all know the sooner you get "in" on a project the greater the rewards..........at this time I was building a group of poss het Pieds from HELL, I had my VPI Axanthic project well started............I was also at Pete's place picking through all of his poss het Pied females looking for the ones with "the look".................and it paid off..............most of all the poss het Pieds I got from Pete produced Pieds for me.......;)...........so anyway...........this little ditty is basically about what started that little ball python "sparkle" in Ralphie's eye...............it was Pete Kahl...........then I met VPI and NERD through Pete...........and started going to the shows where I seen the Bells, BHB, Clark, Snake Keeper, Graziani and Sharp...............I just waited until I knew I would have animals to sell...............and BAM!!................RDR was born..................born into the brand new world of selling snakes and promoting them on the INTERNET.............what a ride it has been so far.........the timing couldn't have been any better........HOLY SHIT!!................and it feels damn good hearing it from Pete that he is amazed at where I am in the business now...............I was lucky.................for the two or three years I was scrambling to get everything I could get my hands on in Africa ................the rest of the breeders were "sleeping".................that would include Pete and Clark for sure...............there is no way I could have gotten as many "signature snakes" as I did if everyone ( breeders ) were as "hungry" as I was at that time, they surely had the dough to spend..........maybe they were in "make my money back mode"...............and I was in "spending mode"................I guess I can count my lucky stars, because those few years of collecting in Africa put me on the map...........Africa was so easy at the time................no competition at all.............there was me and BHB...............that was it, if others were there they were not spending $$$$$ like me.................Its all about the timing ..............I don't ever "see" another person being able to do this again ( like I did ), just because the market and the "players" have changed so much.............I feel like I helped bring this market to the level it is at today...........BRUTAL.......the beauty of it all is that I have a great name and a reputation for spending money................so when something expensive does "pop up" I do get "the call".................maybe not every time and maybe too late sometimes...............but I'm at least aware of what is out there..........not that I even want anything else at this point.................but it still is nice to know it's there and I'm one of the key "big players" in buying expensive new mutations when they do pop up............a lot of folks don't realize the amount of money it costs to get a project started............that money is well spent "if" you can reproduce the trait............that means keeping your snakes healthy and producing eggs...............all of these factors work hand in hand from the minute you wire the bucks to Africa.................the money is the easy part................keeping the snake alive and producing is the STRESS!!..............so your damn right a breeder wants big bucks on a new proven mutation .............a breeder spends 25 to 50 K on a new snake................then they want that money back ten times..........it's an investment..............your investing in the snake and yourself................your buyers are investing in you!!..........high prices should be respected period. If you really sit down and think about it................how many people / breeders do you know that are willing and CONFIDENT enough to spend a hundred grand a year to stay on top?..........that's right ..............there ain't many of them...............so hate the breeders or be jealous of the breeders all you want..................with out them spending the money and bringing these new mutations to the market................" There would be no market"................BLAHHHHHHHH..............Ain't it great!!!!...............BREEDERS SUCK!!.......this whole week's journal makes me want to RALPH!!!........hehehehe...

Anyway...........I met up with George and Mel for some breakfast this morning...........Robot is feeding all the 03's............after breakfast I came home and helped Robbie feed.............I fed the "Platty Rack"................yepper.........then I went and got all my stuff together for shipping to England..............I had to be at the US Fish and Wildlife Office at 2:00 pm.........I got inspected with no problems ............I gave each of the inspectors a new RDR T-shirt while I was there.....;)................then I went over to British Airways to ship out ...........shipping over-seas is getting easier and easier for me the more I do it............I used to dread it.......:(.............I left British Airways and called Pete on his cell phone............he gave me directions to come up and see his new log "mansion" he is building.................I got there and was totally impressed with it............he has a beautiful 6,000 sq. ft. log home sitting on a hill that over-looks a pond with a big water fountain in the middle.............he has over a hundred acres of land!!...........it is his dream home for sure............I will get some pics of it the next time I visit..........I told him that it was an "arrogant display of wealth"............LOL...........SWEET!!.............Pete the "Rock Star".......and the best part............I didn't have to build it!!........;)

He showed me around and then we went to get a bite to eat at a little tavern close to his house.........we talked about his house and our ball python production this season............we didn't hang out long because I had to be home to get the kids and watch SURVIVOR!!..........so i I rolled out............it just started to snow again................which reminds me that Gail and Nigel are getting a blizzard up North today.........10 inches plus!!............make sure your generator is working..........LOL..........I went to Mom's and picked up the kiddies............then we came home and watched SURVIVOR...........what a show!!...........Ethan got voted off...........Lex is the master-mind of his tribe...........he had Colby voted off last week and Ethan this week............so all the previous winners ( millionaires ) are off the show now............that "WITCH" Jerri is pissing a lot of people off............how she is still there I do no know.............but I understand why Lex is getting rid of all the "dudes"..............even if it does make his team weaker............he's thinking that there will be some type of merge soon, and that it will go to individual competition instead of team competition soon.............I hope he is right..........cause his team is weak!!...........Boston Rob kicked everyone's ass on the " log roll " challenge........I loved it when Rob "face planted" Lex on the log...........it was great!!!..........Rob and Amber are getting hornier and hornier each episode............next week it looks to me that they will be re-mixing the tribes or merging? ...........I bet Rob and Amber get split up.........hehehe............wahhhhhhhh!!.............after Survivor I came down to the office and banged out some work .............answered some emails, made sure all my shipments were delivered.............then I went and read the RDR Forum and answered a few questions on the "Ask Ralphie" page..............LONG DAY it was...............zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Robbie is cleaning today.............The guys from Blue Seal are still working on finding out whether they can or can't get the rat diet I enquired about being milled??.............I think it's gonna happen...........I will just have to buy a few tons at a time, which is not a problem...........the mill will be making it "special" for me.............others here in my area have inquired about the diet so now the people at Blue Seal know that they can sell it............I hope it ends up being 8 bucks a 50 pounder.............that will be great!!...........My blood work came back from the physical I had last week ...........everything was normal except for my cholesterol..........my good cholesterol was BAD............and my bad cholesterol was even WORSE............the doctor put me on medicine and wants me to do the blood work again in May.........I'm on a medicine called Crestor.........do any of you have cholesterol trouble?.........damn I'm starting to feel OLD..........:(

I did some more work on the ball python 2004 PO page............it's pretty close to being done.........and it's a pain in the ass!!!............TOO MUCH STUFF!!.............but that's a good thing..............not bad for twenty clutches right?...............HA!.............I got a bunch of office work done and did some "phoning"..............I worked until it was time for Brooke and I to go meet my parents and Gump for dinner............my Mom had Gump today.............she took him to the doctors to get his sinuses X-rayed............he has been battling head colds and sinus problems the whole winter...............the doctors are wondering if maybe he is allergic to something..........right now it's "mold season"..............and they say Kyle could be having trouble because of that?................I don't see an over-abundance of mold in my home though?............so hopefully the X-rays will show something??.............as far as finding out what a three year old is allergic to?.............the doctor said that is hard to figure out when they are that young. We just want him to feel better...............the medicines are not doing much for him............so we all met for dinner..............then we went to Brooke's school to watch her in a play...............the entire second grade class put on a play for all the parents called "Get Up and Grow"...............It was pretty cool..............the kids all sang terrific ...........I thought Brooke would be shy............but she wasn't at all..............I forgot the camera too...........

I'm home now..............the first thing I did was go to all my furnaces and change the air filters in them..............Mom and T grilled me about changing the filters more often.............I figured once a year was good...........now I have to do it once a month..........we are in "paranoid mode" now that there is a chance that Gump has allergies.............they were very dirty when I changed them...........I was embarrassed to show T how bad they looked.............naturally she looked at me and rolled her eyes.........yes I'm a BONER...........damn!

We got wally-ball tonight...........Phil called, he ain't gonna make it because he and Robbin have to get up early tomorrow for her last "Boob Consultation"..............yepper..............Robbin is gonna have brand new boobs on April first..............wonder if she will enter the RDR Boob Contest?...............look out ladies!!.................relax Tegan...........hehehe........;)...........Then Big Lou called and said he was stuck at work.............so I'm not sure how many of us will be playing tonight?............I'm ready!!.............After wally-ball I'll come home and get some of the pics that I took when VPI were here sized and uploaded...............Dave and Tracy have the better pics.............they have not sent them to me yet............when they do I'll get them up on the journal.............I got a guy driving all the way up from Miami to pic up some snakes this week-end............OUCH!!...........that's a haul in a half...........and he is just gonna turn back around and head home after we do the deal...........double OUCH!!.............the Sea Doo dealer called and said that Phil and my boats will be ready to pick up on Saturday..............I'm stoked!!!................I'm off to go play some ball!!...........

It's 1:44 am right now.............we had some smokin' games of wally-ball tonight..........I'm wired as all hell..........so I decided to get Ron and Violette up on the RDR Member's pics page...........while I was working, Dave Barker and I were emailing back and forth..........he sent me some pics of the snakes he was photographing here on Tuesday.............all I can say is I wish I could take pics like that...........Dave does not shoot digitally............he shoots conventional film and has the pics made into slides I beleive.............then he must scan them into the computer ..............Digital sucks compared to the quality of these pics.............my animals actually look in these pics "exactly" the way they do in person..........I'm so impressed and happy that the pics look so awesome!!.............thanks again Dave and Tracy...........ROCK ON!!..............below is a nice email Tracy sent me tonight..........:).........

Dear Ralph,

We really enjoyed our visit! You have in my opinion the perfect set-up. The animals are immaculate, the collection a dream. It reflects a lot of dedication and hard work. You have the foundation of some amazing projects and a lot of people will be enjoying animals in the future because of your efforts. I am crazy about the platinum project. It is mind boggling, and I’m particularly fascinated in a designer morph being found in the wild. You really nailed that one right-guessing a “hidden” something was going on. Of course I am totally confused on how those white snakes with the blue eyes came out of two totally unrelated lineages of snakes!! Hopefully your follow-up breedings will give us insight into this fabulous mystery! On my list is the black-headed ball. I just absolutely loved that look! The VPI snow, far exceeded my expectations, I think that it is hard to argue that the VPI axanthic isn’t the real thing after seeing that snake! The patternless girl is a gem, I could go on an on. What I’m doing now is getting myself back in my snake room and producing some good trade material!!! Loved the pigs, loved your place, and hospitality.

Best for a great year!!

Tracy

Robot is finishing up cleaning for the week...........I didn't get to bed last night till 3:00 am ( this morning I should say ).............a few of us ended up chattin' for awhile LATE..........I didn't chat much but I was watching.......:)...................Jody, my electrician came over to work on all my Freedom Breeder snake racks ( finally )...............I had him ground each rack...........I was tired of getting the shit shocked out of me when I touched them........LOL...............yepper...............Freedom Breeder racks RULE!!............BUT they will shock you if you do not have the rack grounded.............OR.......buy a HELIX system that is grounded .............I didn't want to buy all new HELIX, so I had Jody ground them............just a little "tid bit" for ya...............I'm sure some of you know exactly what I'm talking about.

He is not sure he will get them all grounded today or not?...............what he is doing is grounding the rack to the electrical outlet in the wall and then running a "jumper ground wire" from the rack to the power strip that all the heat panels are plugged into. The racks had anywhere from 70 to 90 volts running through them!!???!!!................OUCH!!.........I had to run out to the store and get a bunch of male plugs for him to attach the ground wires to.............when I came back he had some of the racks done..............and they were humming after he grounded them to the outlet, humming loud!!..............that is when he added the "jumper" from the rack to the power strip............the "jumper" took the "hum" away..............I guess it was back feeding too much?.............needless to say the voltage running through the racks went down to nothing on most..........and very low voltage in some.

Robbie rolled out when he was done, Jody did too..............he will come back tomorrow to finish the rest of the racks............after they left I drove up to the barn to meet Phil and Mr. John..............yepperooooooooo!!.................we are going to pick up our two new Sea Doos today............I called Mr. John and told him that we would be up at the barn later, and that I had to move some stuff around to get to my "two boat" trailer ...............I was just going to take that up and load both of our boats on it ( I have two trailers .....a 4 place and a 2 place )............well I got to the barn and " naturally" Mr. John had already moved my 4 place out of the way to get the 2 place out................then he put everything back..............all I had to do is "hook up"............damn I love the old dude...........:)...........he is the biggest help!!................so Mr. John, Phil and I headed up to PA to get our new boats.......;)

We got there and checked them out...........the technician had checked them out and said they were ready to "get wet"............we each bought a cover and a fire extinguisher for our boats while we were there.............the dealer almost talked me into a used quad runner..........I was tempted............LOL...............Mr. John wanted me to buy it so he could buzz around the farm on it..........so we rolled out and headed back to the barn.............we unloaded my boat onto my 4 place trailer and then we loaded Phil's new boat onto his trailer.............we farted around there awhile admiring our new boats........ahhhhhhhhh.........;).........Mr. John went home to eat...........then Phil and I gassed 600 small rats to go in the freezer......:(..............our first freezer is filled to the top right now with frozen rats..............so if any of you guys reading this need frozen rats............please contact me...............only if you are close enough to come get them though......;)...........we have a second freezer that Mr. John gave us.............we cleaned it all up and got it running for the next batch of rats................we are over-run with rats!!!............eeekk!!..............it's only because my stuff and most of our customer's stuff is not eating right now...........it will pick back up in another couple months................I HOPE!!

After all the gassin' and rat baggin' we came home..............I moved a bunch of males around in the breeding groups..........Phil watched me and was laughing about all the females I have marked down as being pregnant .............you'll see why he was laughing soon..........:P...........all I can say is "I tried this year".................hehehe.........Don from Florida called on the cell and said he was close to getting to my place...............so Phil and I hopped in the truck and met Don at a local restaurant for some dinner.................he drove 17 hours in two days...............SUX!!..............so we ate and shot the poop..............Don was glad his trip was over..............then we went back to my place, unpacked the snakes Don brought me and went up to play some shuffle board..........we watched the movie "Wrong Turn" while we were playing in the game room............all you horror junkies HAVE TO SEE this movie.............it was awesome!!.................and it has the gorgeous little hottie ( brunette ) from "Bring It On" in it...............watch "Deliverance" first.............then watch "Wrong Turn"...............so we hung out awhile .............everybody was tired............Phil, T's Mom and Bill went home...............Don went to bed.............I stayed up to watch Friday The 13th part III..............then I hit the sheets ................scared out of my wits!!!...............ROCK ON all you BONERS!!!

Have a damn great week-end everyone!!!..............."what does a spider eat at McDonald's?"................"a burger and flies"...................LMAO...............I'm ate up with it PEOPLE!!!............

Don and I woke up and went down to check out all my snkes...........he wanted to get a bunch of pics...............so we did that for about an hour............he was eager to get started on his trip waaayyyyy back home to Florida........he has a busy week coming up and he has to be "sharp" on Monday morning.............so we bagged up his snakes and he rolled out...........he drove 17 hours to get here and stayed 15..........LOL............that's the snake biz for ya.....;)...........Jody came over and finished grounding all my racks..............so now I'm done.............I'll just ground the new ones as I get them...............or buy a grounded HELIX system...........I worked on some paper-work and emails while Jody finished up..........then I went to the dump ( yes I always have to write that )..............:)...........then I went to the store to get my 2004 fishing licence and my "trout stamp".............Fatty and I will be fishin' for trout next Saturday...........YEPPER!!

I bought a bunch of new lures and some pinch weights...............Fatty and I fish for trout with ultra light gear...............its a ton of fun hooking a trout with ultra light tackle in the fast water.............I love it!!..............Fatty and I have been doing this together since the late eighties....;)..........Rock On Fat Ass!!.................pack your lunch!!...............I picked up some new ropes and hooks and a whistle for my new Sea Doo................law requires a whistle and a small fire extinguisher onboard...........the ropes are to tie the boat up when we ain't haulin' ass on it!............then I went up to the shop and rigged up the ropes.............I had to put hooks on the ends to attach to the hooks on the boats......I didn't see Mr. John today?..............he must be out catin'.............or as Lou says "scoping"..............LOL..............ahhhhhh.......the PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!..............( got your RDR de-coder ring yet? ).........so I got my "boat fix" and headed home.............Sea Doo time is getting very close.........one more month and we should be in the water!!.

So I came home...........and finished my paper-work.............T is doing her paper-work now too.............that's because Gump is taking a nap.........:)...........we might be getting together with my Mom and Dad tonight..........not sure yet?................Mom is excited because her friend "Tommie" ( yes she is a "she", and has been my Mom's best friend since they were little kids )..........is moving back up to Maryland from Florida.............her and Mom are the "bestest " of freinds.............and I know they have missed each other...............Tommie moved to Florida three years ago I believe?...............it was sad, because she was always over at Mom's, or they were doing things together...........I like Tommie a lot............well now she's coming back to Maryland!!.............now I'll eat at Mom's more often because her and Tommie always like to cook together on the week-ends..............just like old times.................:)................that's about it for today.................Gump will be waking up soon, then we are gonna grab something to eat somewhere.........I'm gonna try to get the pics done of our new Sea Doos real quick...............get'er done...............

Today Brooke and Kyle are at Fatty's daughter Holly's birthday party..........My Mom and Tommie took the kids to the party.............Tommie has her granddaughter Dakota with her visiting my Mom this week...........Dakota is Kyle's age............he just loves to play with her..........it will really be nice watching them grow up together when Tommie finally gets settled back in Maryland ( Ralph waves to Tommie - hint,hint ).............yes she reads the journal, and so does my Mom.............:) .............T and I are knocking out office work today..........T does all her payroll and hair salon stuff on the week-ends...............I palpated for a couple hours today.............March is the month where my females wish I would just leave them the hell alone I'm sure......hehehe..........but I GOTTA KNOW!!!..........I put a "second wave" of females online to breed in mid Feburary..............yes I did!!

Phil stopped by as I was finishing up with the females ( we counted all my green "F" stickers ......shhhhhhhhhhh......just watch the 2004 BR page ) ............then we went up to the rat barn and loaded up his orders for delivering tomorrow.............does anybody need rats!!!??...............if you can drive to my place.......I have plenty of fresh frozen rats for you!!!!............after we loaded up the rats I came back home and grabbed a shower.............then we went down Mom's and had dinner...........my parents............Tommie and her daughter Terri........and Terri's daughter Dakota............and my "tribe"...........just like old times................KICK ASS DINNERS!!.............we hung out and talked about stuff..............Mom made some delicious chocolate covered strawberries..........YUM!!............then we had to head home to get the kiddies in bed for school............T and I watched The Sopranos............I just loved it when Paulie knocked the crap out of those two guys trimming the trees..............I see some major "whackin" coming soon...............damn I love that show!!...........I wish Tony and Carm would get back together though.........Tony don't seem to give two shits?............damn ITALIANS!!..............and yes for any of you that don't know or remember.............I'm Italian...............born Raphael Joseph Liberto............."forget about it"..............then we watched the new series on HBO called Deadwood..............it wasn't bad if you like westerns ( and I do )..............but for being the first episode it was pretty damn slow...............I'll give it a couple more weeks and decide whether it sucks or not?................Wild Bill Hickok was pretty cool..............other than that it was BLAHH...........it ain't "Tombstone" that's for sure.............and did they cuss like that way back then??.............I couldn't believe some of the cuss words they were using........LOL.........

Rat barn today..............Bob was a "no show"............what a wuss............"sick again"............he's killin' me!!...........Mr. John stopped by while we were cleaning and seen that Bob did not come to work...........so Mr. John put on a pair of gloves and helped us finish.........he was faster helping me than Bob was??...............let's see........Bob is 35.............and Mr. John is 72........hmmmmmmm.............and that's a fact.............a row of racks that takes Bob and I an hour to do, took Mr. John and I 45 mins...........the difference was that I wasn't waiting on Mr. John..............he was dumping the soiled bedding and re-filling the tubs as fast as I needed him to..............I didn't have to wait.........damn I hope he ( Mr. John ) comes back..........I think he will................:).............I'll still keep wussy Bob............Mr. John likes to "rag on" him anyway...........LOL..............you know the talk..........."back when I was your age..........................".....Mr. John loves to brag about how much work he did in his younger days............I can only imagine ...............I believe every word!!

So we got the barn done............and headed out..............Tommie, Dakota and my parents came up our house to eat steamed crabs..............Dad picked up a few dozen on the way up to my place..........Mom made crab cakes..............so it was a "seafood fest" at my place...........T went to play volley ball..........the rest of us ate and watched Fear Factor..............damn did any of you see that huge "muscle chic"??..............that was just "scary".............I can't imagine how she could ever find a man that would want to be with her?............I'll pass.........:)...............Then we watched Average Joe..............what a crock!!...........Adam sent the bus full of "babes" back home.............talk about a "set-up"...........that was BOGUS if you ask me..............I say let the skanks stay a week or so..............and damn where they rough looking...............poor Adam can't win...........LMAO!!.............yes I think they could have had some better looking women on the show..............it ain't called "Average Jane"..............sure Adam is "average".............RICH..........but average looking.............so get the man some hot chicks to play with..............this shit doesn't last anyway............so why not do it up right!!.............HOT NAKED BABES!!!!.................Rock On!!!!............

I got a shocking email from Dave and Tracy when they got back to Texas, after visiting me.........below is what Dave sent me.............

Ralph,

We intended on telling you about this in person, but we had so much fun and we just wanted to do snakes and not dwell on this. I have just posted the following message on our Mailbag, but I don’t know if you even look at it and we wanted you to know what’s up with us for the next few days.

We know there are many people active on your forum, including a lot of women, and Tracy does want to spread the word, sort of a health alert for women herpers and herp-guys with girlfriends or wives, too. Maybe you might want to include some mention of this on your forum, or direct your readers to our post in the March 04 MailBag.

We’ll keep you posted,

Thanks

Dave

Barker Family news:

I haven’t contributed to the MailBag this month until now, three weeks late, because my attention and my heart have been directed elsewhere. This month has brought to our family unexpected news, sort of a “life goes on and then someone throws a monkey wrench into it” event. It came about this way.

In late February Tracy found out that a friend back on the East Coast had breast cancer. This news was a shock, and it prompted Tracy to immediately schedule a mammogram. Since turning 40 she has been diligent about annual mammograms. This one, however, was overdue.

Two days after the mammogram, Tracy was contacted by our doctor saying that the x-ray had revealed some possible anomalies and that she had been rescheduled for another set of mammograms the next day. This time the radiation oncologist, Dr. Andrea Crouch, came out from San Antonio to our local clinic to do the mammograms herself and then read them at that time.

The news wasn’t good, not at all what we had hoped. Dr. Crouch warned Tracy the original suspicious area and a smaller area in the same breast, previously overlooked, were both very likely to be cancer. A biopsy was scheduled two days later, also performed by Dr. Crouch. Two days after that we got the pathology report—both areas were indeed cancerous, a type called ductal carcinoma in situ.

DCIS, as it is commonly referred to, is a form of breast cancer in its early stages; it is believed by some researchers to be the earliest stage of IDC (invasive ductal carcinoma) the most common form of breast cancer. In Tracy’s case, both tumors are very small, far too small to be detected by self-examination. That is very good news.

All of this, of course, set in motion our visiting and talking with doctors, surgeons and oncologists. All agreed on two major points—one, the recommended course of treatment for two tumors in one breast is mastectomy and two, we have every reason to be optimistic about Tracy’s complete recovery.

Surgery is scheduled for tomorrow, 22 March. During the surgery there will be a lymph node biopsy and treatment beyond the surgery revolves around the results of that.

Tracy has been incredibly strong and balanced about this whole business. Let’s face it, this whole thing really sucks. I mean I was shocked by this—the woman has never smoked or drank, she’s fit and her weight is perfect, she works hard every day, cancer is rare in her family—neither of us ever anticipated that she would have to deal with this. I guess that’s the point of posting this.

Tracy is dealing with it—heck, she’s down in the snake house right now putting away a big clutch of ball python eggs. She’s going to be OK and she’s planning on making lots of ball pythons, blood pythons and boas this year.

She’s decided to make this public news for one reason. Life can turn on a dime, life is not fair. No one deserves breast cancer and science and medicine cannot predict who won’t be afflicted. Tracy wanted me to tell all of you--mammograms are important! I really don’t know what the recommendations are for scheduling mammograms for women of different ages, but if you should have a mammogram or if your wife, mother or girlfriend is due for her mammogram—DON’T PUT IT OFF.

The early detection of breast cancer provides the greatest chance to survive breast cancer. We heard it in every medical office that we’ve been in—“thank goodness you had a mammogram when you did.”

Take care of yourself and of your loved ones. We appreciate all good wishes, kind thoughts, and prayers. Thanks.

Dave did announce this on VPI's web-site and I'm sure emailed as many people as he could...............I emailed him back and told him that everyone is praying for Tracy and to let us all know if we can do anything to help. Tracy will be fine.............she has to be...............no other women could EVER take her place in the snake world..........I know she will be just fine.............:)..........

Tracy had her surgery yesterday and from the looks of this email from Dave...........she didn't "skip a beat"..........:)

This is a quick message to all of you whom we have contacted about Tracy’s surgery. We went to the hospital early yesterday, Tracy was prepared during the morning, surgery was at 1:00 and at 2:30 the surgeons came out to the waiting room to talk with me. They reported that the surgery had been uneventful and that they found nothing that would change their prognosis that her recovery would be speedy and complete. They did take several lymph nodes that looked good, but the final pathology report on them will not be back until later this week.

Tracy was in recovery for several hours and then spent a fairly comfortable night in a room. She woke this morning feeling some minor pain and discomfort, but she was bright-eyed and cheery. We ate some breakfast, the surgeon came through and after a quick examination, discharged her. We were home by noon. We stopped first at the snake house and had to put away a big clutch of ball python eggs (she supervised, I put up the eggs.) She favors her left arm a little, but is generally feeling good and getting around fine.

We are both very grateful for your support and prayers and we’ll keep you posted if anything comes up. Right now it looks like she’ll be a little slowed down for a week or so, so please be patient if we’re late to complete any obligations of promises. This past month has been a blur and I’m sure that there are things that I’ve neglected.

Thank you all. She’s doing good. We’ll keep you posted.

Dave

Terrific News!!............one thing that is great about keeping animals is that they have a way of "taking your mind off your own problems".......we all wish Tracy a speedy recovery!!

I have to be at court at 9:00 am this morning for that 5 point $270.00 fine ticket I got for speeding a few months ago...........I don't care about the fine.............I don't want all those points!!............and I'm guilty as hell!!...............so I'm just gonna say I'm guilty and hope I get the points lowered down...........( I'm off to court ).......?

Well it went well..............I got the five points reduced down to two points and paid the $270.00 fine..........I was in court 45 mins...........all the cases before me were going "well"...............meaning that the judge was reducing everyone's points or giving them "probation before judgment".................which I didn't want............so my turn came up and I pled GUILTY...............he lowered the points down to two.............I was happy with that.............I paid the fine to the clerk and hauled ass back home..............LMAO!!.............right past where I got that embarrassing ticket of 56 mph in a 25 mph zone..................believe it or not I am trying to slow down now......;)

Robbie is feeding the snakes.................Rick is here painting and hanging wallpaper in the formal dinning room.............T finally picked out a color for the walls and a wall paper border to match.............it looks great so far........I got back from court and started playing "catch up" on all my emails from the week-end..............then I noticed that my Spam software grabbed a few emails that were "legit"......so if any of you reading this have emailed me and got no response ........please email me back..............I adjusted the sensitivity on my Spam software.............plus I double check it to make sure it all is SPAM.

My building partner Bob Bowers stopped by today ( he and I do a lot of building together )............we had a meeting about some land we purchased and what we intend to build on it?.............it looks like we will build a half million dollar two story house on it and sell it.......:)..............then we will build on the other lots.............the building industry is HUGE right now...........it is a total "Seller's Market".........people are begging to buy houses and building lots..........then I showed Bob an idea I have for an addition on my home................so we did some measuring and figuring to try and come up with a price it would cost me..............I'm basically going to put a "wing" on my house that is 800 to 1000 sq. ft...................why??................cause I need the extra room in the basement!!.........hehehe................so the part above will either be a HUGE entertainment room............I would move all the stuff in my third floor game room to this new room............and include a bar this time..................OR it will just be a big room for lounging in and watching TV..............a PLASMA TV!!..............so if any of you people out there have a PLASMA to sell or trade...............shoot me an email......;)..............I've had my eye on a Plasma............I just haven't bought one yet..............I think if I do this, I will move the game room to the addition and let the kiddies have the third floor as one huge play room.....;)

Bob rolled out after our meeting................then I went to run some errands ...............I found a place that sells un-printed newspaper in big bundles .............single sheets.............no rolls........no sorting through the newspaper...............just nice white clean individual sheets of un-printed newspaper.................they had two sizes..............one of the sizes fits perfectly in a 64 qt. Rubbermaid or an IRIS CB-70 ( adult ball box ).......the smaller size ( when cut in half ) fits perfectly in the baby boxes I use.................Robot and I are stoked!!.............no more sorting through the newspaper ...............I believe this paper is used for wrapping sub sandwiches...........if any of you are interested and find another source with more sizes .............please let me know.............it's great stuff!!........and no ink!!..............so I went to this place called Holstein Paper and bought 8 bundles of the paper..................it was $135.00 for it all................I would think it would be a couple month's worth of paper................we waste $135.00 in time just sorting paper each week............so I think it will work out great...............I'm slowly going to be totally "mulch-less" here at RDR...............I'm done with the messy fiber beddings!!

I came home with the paper...............Robot and I unloaded it and have it stored in the snake room............Fatty was here when I got home.................he was upstairs practicing shuffle board............LOL...............he stops by after work when he is running early...............he usually has to pick up his kids at 6:00 pm after work.............so if he is early, he will stop by her to BS and kill some time.................he and I are stoked about trout season opening up this weekend!!....................I can't wait to hook into a nice rainbow trout this Saturday.....:)............I worked in the office the rest of the night until it was time to get Brooke from church..............we came home and played with her ferrets awhile................she really is doing a great job caring for them.................then we watched a little tube and called it a night...........

Robot is here cleaning..........I have a bunch of office work to do before I leave to go meet Phil at his work.............I'm going to meet him around noon............he and I are going to the DNR office in Annapolis to get our boats registered............

I rolled out at 11 and got to Phil's at noon........we went to get our boats registered..........so now we are legal.....;).............the DNR place was pretty cool...........they had a 75 gallon tank set up with a Diamond Back Terrapin in it............it was being kept in brackish water with an oyster shell substrate .............there were live minnows in the tank and some really cool green algae growing............it was a great set-up..........they also had some tanks set up with indigenous fish, like blue-gill and river chubs.............after that we went and had some lunch.

I had to be back home at 4:00 to meet with a RADON contractor............Phil's wife Robbin works for a Radon Gas Inspection company...........she had done a Radon test up in my area and the results came back positive for Radon gas...........so she suggested that I test my home.............Phil brought over a test kit and let it sit in my basement for 48 hours..........the results came back positive for Radon gas............the levels were very low............but I figured it would be a good idea to have the problem fixed...........so the Radon Contractor came over and looked around..............it's gonna cost me $800.00 to have a venting system put in that will pull the Radon gases out from underneath my basement concrete slab............not bad if you ask me for a piece of mind..............my levels were 6.4...........anything over 4.0 they suggest you fix the problem...............I have heard of people having levels in the hundreds!!...........so my problem is not bad..............but it could get worse, so I'm fixing it now. All the new homes I build or work on now already have a Radon pipe installed......that way "if" the house ever tests positive for Radon, the pipe is already in the home and all you have to do is have the fan installed to draw the gases out.............so just a little :tid bit" for ya.............you may want to test your home for Radon gas...........:)

After the Radon Contractor left I decided to clean out the garage ........AGIAN!!...........I don't know where half the shit comes from that is in my garage............LOL..............so I just keep throwing it all away.........I hope T doesn't find something "missing".............it will be at the DUMP if she needs it......:P...............then I took the protective netting that I keep over my outside pond off..............the netting goes on in the Fall to keep all the leaves out of the pond during the fall and Winter.............my fish all survived the Winter..............they came up to see what I was up to .........so I gave them some food.............they were very sluggish...........but they did eat............a few more weeks and I will get the pond all cleaned up and ready for the warmer weather.............I transplanted a bunch of really cool moss last year form "Big Rock"............and it all survived the Winter............it should really take off and spread this year...........it's cool watching a Koi pond mature each year..........very relaxing .........after that it was starting to get dark.............so I went in and got caught up with the questions on the "Ask Ralphie" page..............that page is doing well............I enjoy answering the questions...........plus it will be a great resource to use when I get asked the same questions in the future...........it will save a lot of repetitive typing...........I'm actually going to re-format the board so that I can archive all the questions and response...........that way i never have to worry about the page getting full and "bumping" good info off the board....I spoke to my webmaster and we are going to use a format that we designed for my new site ( when ever that happens).............I like my site at the moment ........don't you?

So I got all the questions answered...........Phil and Robbin stopped by on their way to do some shopping at the mall near me............Robbin was telling me how excited she was about going in and having her "boobs" done on April the first.............she says she can't wait!!...........I tried to get a " before" pic while Phil was up stairs............."no dice"........hehehe.........she is gonna be a full D cup...............what ever the heck that is??............is that like the size of Pam Anderson or what??.................HOLY SHIT!!!..............I'm going up to watch Survivor.....

Robot is here cleaning............I'm working on the 2004 Birthing Records pages...........I re-linked up the "old" 2003 BR pages and started the new 2004 section..........I expect my first eggs in a couple weeks................the first clutch should be from a het Caramel Albino female bred to a Caramel male..........this is the same het female that has produced ZERO Caramels for me the past several years.....at least she is consistent!!..........she is so easy to get bred.............I hope to see some baby Caramels this season..............I have my fingers crossed....;)

Tracy called me today to tell me that she is doing fine and getting back into the "groove".........she says that working with the snakes, especially pulling out baby tubs is great therapy for her after the operation.........she had one breast totally removed..........she is acting totally normal, like she just had her teeth cleaned at the dentist............no biggie!!..............Wow women are so much stronger than men!!.........All ladies should take Tracy's advice and have yourself checked out so that if there are any problems, they can't be treated early............I'm glad your feeling better Tracy!!..............living by her own words she likes to reflect on when talking about the "Ball Python Market".............."It ain't over till the fat lady sings"..............ROCK ON GIRL!!!

Robot cleaned what he usually does on Thursdays and rolled out.........I have been working on the web-site and doing some writing for the journal.........Brooke got home from school.........so I fixed her a snack and I ate too...........I got a few more pre-lay sheds today...........I think I'll be turning the night time temps off in a couple weeks ( back to 90 to 95 24/7 ).............I've pretty much got everything bred that's gonna breed this season...............so soon it will be time to turn up the heat and watch all the ovulations..........not sure how many clutches I'll have this season?...........I have 8 BR pages ready to go...........one clutch per page maybe?..........hehehe.........Ahhhhhhhhh.....:P........I have received a bunch of emails from people telling me about all these new forums up on "newbie breeder web sites" and how some are using "RDR Format".............not to worry folks.............I'm used to it now..........every great idea gets copied..........it's just the way it is...........I happen to be one who can think for himself ( outside the box ) and develop new ways to do "old things"............any idiot can put a forum on their web-site just as any idiot can have a BR page or a Journal etc...........lets see how the BONER fills it all up...........that's where you separate the "real deals" from the wannabes...........copying somebody is so obvious on the web...........it's just a matter of time before somebody "figures out" that the person they "thought" was the innovator is just a copy cat..........just watch and see who can do it the longest and most of all ..............consistently surprising people and bringing new things to their web sites.............it ain't easy to do..........all ball python web sites are exactly the same ...........including mine............snakes for sale, a forum........PO page.....Collection page.....Contact page yada,yada,yada.................it's all cookie cutter crap...........it's the "original content" that makes any site or breeder unique...........the rest are just sheep selling the same "ideas" that were sold to them in the first place.............I guess what I'm getting at AGAIN is for somebody for GOD Sakes do something NEW!!!!.......and if you can't do something NEW..............then at least have enough smarts to "not look so obvious when you copy content and format"...............agggghhhhhhhh..............."half the BONERS reading this Ralph are gonna think your taking a stab at them?.............nahhhhh Ralph............only the ones that know they can't think for themselves' will"...........LOL.........what an ASS!!

You know what really kicks me in the nuts............is a new breeder calling a company by the name of a ball python mutation.........lets take a Spider Ball as an example .............I'm not sure if there is a Spider Ball dot Com out there or not??...........but if there was it should only be registered to NERD aka Kevin McCurly or Lindy Johnson from Freedom Breeders.............why you ask?..........well maybe because it is THEY who brought the Spider Ball to the market............so you get some BONER who buys some Spiders and decides that that will be the name of his company?................hell I could have easily been Piebald.com..............but out of total respect for Pete Kahl it wouldn't even cross my mind...............so I did something super original............"Ralph Davis Reptiles"...............LMAO!!............hell it worked for Pete right?.................so now we have the potential for some ass-wipe to register each and every mutation of the ball python as a web site URL................great idea right folks!!............this is totally GENIUS!!!............WRONG!!............it's a total lack of respect for the people who brought you the mutation in the first place............like it or not.........this is the way I see it, and any other breeder who first produced the trait..........it's their "signature"...........the ball python market is changing...........the breeders are younger and cockier.........they are jumping into the business with their balls on fire because of the money they spent to invest in projects that are already "started".............I guess my problem with this is that I don't think anyone deserves respect for the amount of money they have invested............RESPECT comes from time invested and RESULTS!!..........do you think if I set Gump up with two Platty males and a half dozen normal females he couldn't produce a couple clutches of Lessers?...........just having a 50/50 shot he would produce them..........it's soooooooooooo easy.............but what did Gump do?..............he produced some snakes to turn a buck............sure he's proud............but he didn't re-invent the wheel............he's working with snakes I allowed him to work with..............for that, he should be respectful.........appreciate the chance to make money..........and not take advantage of my morphs and name............

I'm starting to feel like nobody wants to do anything but produce the snakes and make the money...........and I'm totally fine with that...........I want you to buy my snakes and do well................I want you to make money so that you will spend more with me in the future............that is not what this is about..............it's about RESPECT...........there are several TOP DOGS in this Biz that will always be paving the way for the rest.........so respect it..............if all you want to do is produce and sell snakes...........GREAT!!...........I say get off your soap box and come back down to earth...........stop regurgitating info that has been in books and on the net for years................steer people to where the "original info" is.............sure if you have some " new findings" by all means share.............but again..............we ain't re-inventing the wheel here............it's the same old shit every year.............the Big Breeders get bigger and better ............bringing new things to the table each year.............and then you have the wannabes............you want to know how you can tell a wannabe?..............here are a few clues..............pics of their snakes every other day on the forums............with links out the whazoo to any page they can get you to come to at their site............ads on the classifieds every other day............same shit for sale...........just lower prices each week, " buy one get one free"...........I don't even need to go on..............a wannabe totally "over-exposes" themselves before they even have a damn thing to sell.............OVER-EXPOSURE is great when you got the goods!!...............having a FORUM is great when you can answer ALL the questions .................taking a breeder's mutation and using it as your own is fine if YOU ARE THE BREEDER!!..........Jesus.............has anybody ever thought of the simple fact that the money your making is because if the damn time invested by the original breeder?............stop and think about some of the personal achievements by each BIG BREEDER..........are we ( Big Breeders ) the only ones with the dough to buy new snakes out of Africa?..............NOPE..............we are the one's with the BALLS................if you have the BALLS to copy a website...........then you sure as hell should have the BALLS to get your ass in the "real game" and contribute to something new!!...............Must I do EVERYTHING!!..............so to all you wannabes out their............I don't care if you have bought from me or if your thinking about buying from me...............hear this.............show some damn respect for the breeders who "allowed" you in the game and most of all................don't fall victim to your EGO............there is only going to be a few TOP BREEDERS at a time................I don't see any of them " stepping down " anytime soon.............so take a number and enjoy the ride...............in the meantime I think you should maybe "re-think" how you want the good people of the internet to remember you...........man why couldn't RDR be born today..............I'd show some of you little copy catting bastards a thing or two about how to get to the top.............There will only be one RALPH DAVIS.............he ain't NERD or VPI or Pete Kahl or The Snake Keeper or The Bells or BHB or Clark..............and can you believe it..........the folks I mentioned respect me for what I have done with ball pythons ...............Imagine that?............I didn't have to take any heat...........why?...........RESPECT!!!...........I inspired and stimulated...........I didn't imitate and disrespect..............are you getting any of this?............right now all I see are one dimensional web sites with all the same shit on them................CHIRST is this all there will ever be??......................Am I really the King?.............could it actually be true?.............was I made to "police" this market and bag on all the BONERS??............am I the best there will ever be?................CALGON TAKE ME THE @&*@ AWAY!!!!!!!..................so to all you little ass wipes who think you can slap some flash on your web site and parade around posting pics of all the mutations the breeders busted their asses to make...............and most of all have a forum when you yourself wouldn't even have half the answers with-out the breeders to fall back on................GET A LIFE!!!..............I give out way to much free information, I have been told this from very respected people in the biz............maybe I should start kicking some ass when I run into a copy catting BONER??..............I know I could get NERD to back me on that one, he totally agrees!............no matter how "funky" the vibe may feel among the BIG BREEDERS.............we are ALL united.........sure we may yell at each other and get jealous............but we all have respect for each other............and this is something the " new guys" ain't got..............the next time you spend your money "safely" on a proven mutation from a Big Breeder...............think about the 50 to 100 grand the breeder put out to start the project...............think about the bucks sent over to Africa on sometimes a 50/50 shot of even getting the snake you bought for the price quoted ..............think about the STRESS!!..............think about all that shit that got you your little "safe" web site the next time you want to imitate the BIG BOYS......................RESPECT!!..............it's time to start knocking some of you little shits down a few notches........how could Ralphie doe this you say?..............Ralphie 's ass is backed by the other BIG BOYS that's how...............something that is very important............you don't want to be "alone" in this BIZ.............what you want to do is find your "place" and work from there.............it's all about building a relatioship.........Lord knows I'm not the best at that.............but I do know how to show some respect..........I know my place............and it's UNDER all the Breeders that were doing it before me.............it's that simple.................sure I may be doing it "better" than them.............but they were my inspiration.............I did it "my way" from there................and that's what I'm trying to "spoon feed" all you newbies................if all you are in this for is " the bucks".............then I'm wasting my time, and you'll see soon enough how tough that route will be...............but if you really want to get your name in a book or a video or get some real recognition from the Top Breeders in this biz............you gotta pay your dues.............the breeders don't owe you a damn thing........here is the number one problem folks!!..................THE INTERNET!!!..............take it back to the old days when all you got was a price sheet mailed to you..............now let's see you build a name in a week.............ahhhhhhhhhhhh

This is a message your loving BONER Ralph Davis over and out...............imadick.com..................that pretty much sums it all up don't it?................Flash, Pics, Forums...........now that's as original as you can get huh?...................LMAO!!!............be thankful I'm the only ass hole Breeder who will say what's on his mind.............even though I do speak for the majority.........let the Giants sleep, but believe me............they are watching..................they are smart and they know exactly what they are doing.............don't think they are not prepared for the freindly compitition..........yep that's right...........you WILL have to sell your snakes right along side us one day.............like it or not........so what kind of "graces" do you want to be in?................sounds like a threat right?..............not at all...........it's just business ...........remember..........their ain't nothing stopping you from sending 75K to Africa and making a "real name" for yourself........their ain't nothing stopping you from gaining experience and helping others..........do some WORK!!!............make somebody notice you for what you do.............and not what you buy!!!....................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...............

Ahhhhhhh...............what a nice little rant before wally-ball................hehehe...........don't be mad...............anyone pissed off that don't want to buy from me............great..............the people who understand are the people I want as customers anyway............what other biz can you rack up a few credit cards and be in business?...............what other biz can you swipe content from another site and "look like a business"?...............huh?................make sense yet?...............what a joke...............it takes years and years to develop a customer base and build a viable breeding collection..............and lets talk about consistency?.............are you consistent?.............oh yeah I forgot...........it's your first year.........LOL...........man it's great to be on top.............and most of all.............knowing I contributed something.........just like many others that have and will..............don't think I don't see all the new people coming in that in my mind are doing it "right".............because I do............but I also see the BONERS doing it wrong............and they won't last..............it takes a lot of balls for me to tell it like it is and risk losing customers and money.............but it's gotta be said..............I feel like if I didn't say anything.............it would never get said..............and I know it's an issue because I talk to the GODS!............I guess I passed my initiation test five years ago............thanks NERD, VPI, PETE KAHL, BHB and The Bells..............what an inspiration you all have been to me...........and I really appreciate you all for doing things your "own way"............that's why I did it my own way..........variety among the Big Breeders..............what a dream!!..............show me some variety with the new players these days.........you can't can you?...........cookie cutter crap is all I see..............nobody has enough years behind them..............

Simple stuff folks...............I want everyone to succeed...........most will do it right.............they will sell snakes and make a name for themselves as they sell and gain more experience..............and then you'll have the BONERS who ZERO experience.......a pocket full of money...........a good web designer..............and BAM!!..............you got yourself a 100% certified BONER!!!..................I'm out..............gonna break some fingers on the court tonight ( Not Fatty's ).......;)........Rock On ROCK STAR!!!...............

Well I called it right.......damn if I didn't hurt a couple of one of the player's fingers last night?.............I didn't mean to.........."it just happened".............I went up to the net the same time he did...........the bigger man won.........LOL.........damn "spikers"............wally-ball was frustrating as hell last night anyway............just a bad night!......Blah!!.........I worked until the early hours of the morning, getting all my paper-work and stuff done..........it's really peaceful working at night..........no "ring rings" to get ya side tracked....;)

I had to be a good Dad and take Kyle to school today...........T had to go to the airport with her Mom to pic up a friend ( Chris ) who flew into town from Massachusetts ..........Chris is in town to attend the wedding we are all going to tomorrow ...........T's cousin ( Brian ) is getting married..........the whole gang will be there..........it should be fun............but I know I'm going to be very tired.........Fatty and I are going to be getting up tomorrow morning around 3:00 am to go trout fishing.....;)........and then the damn wedding...........ahhhhhh..........so anyway I took Kyle to Mickey Dee's for a burger...........then I dropped him off at school and ran a bunch of errands...............Robot is here cleaning.........

I went up to the shop and loaded up the Sea Doo trailer to go wash my boats...........it's a terrific day............the sun is shining and its warm!!.........Sea Doo weather is right around the corner!!.........I found a car wash that was big enough for me to pull my 30 foot trailer in............it's a "do it yourself place"............rammin' quarters in the machine and running out of time!!,,,,,,,,LOL..........I liked the other car wash I used to use better............but I can't get my trailer in it......:(.....so after I washed them I met up with Mr. John and we "tinkered" on the boats for awhile.............:)..............He just loves to be doing something. I got home in time to get some stuff done with the snakes.............T, the kids and Chris went out for dinner..........I had some people visiting from Wisconsin to do a snake deal..........they drove straight to my place............hung out a couple hours...........and drove straight back...........UNREAL???..........I'd a been one grouchy little pup after that ride.........hehehe..........they were stoked to see my place and to pick up their snakes..........it was fun...........we snapped some pics..........I hooked them up with some RDR T's and they headed back home............it was a nice time Jim ( with your buddy and his son )........;)...........I need to get in bed early tonight...........but it ain't gonna happen........I'm wired as all hell thinking about fishing tomorrow with Fatty and my Uncle Joey..........:).

Well it's after midnite right now............we all ended up having a late Friday night LOSER CHAT............I did get my rod re-strung and all my gear ready to roll...........I'm hittin' the sheets...........I may just get 2 hours of sleep?................LOL..............damn I'm gonna be a GRIZZLY at the wedding tomorrow night..............maybe I will get lost on the river?..........I hope I won't have to poop!!!............Have a Great Weekend Guys and Gals!!!..........

Fatty and I got on the river this morning at 5:30 am............we met my Uncle Joey there...........fishing was awesome.............even though it rained the whole time.........it wasn't too cold out............but my chest waders were leaking...........so yes I was freezing my ass off!!!...........LOL.............we fished until 1 pm.............I had my limit and started letting them go by 6:30 am...........it's the best I had done in awhile that early in the day............you can only keep 5 fish on ya............and it wouldn't have been fair to hang them on Fatty's stringer...........he was fishin' too!!.............I didn't mind releasing them.............we walked down river a few miles kickin' ass............I ended up with six fish ( one was too bloody to release )..........Fatty caught two big ones........Uncle Joey caught four............he stepped on one while he was walking in the river and it came of the stringer............so he ended up with three...........it was a swell time......;)

Fatty took the eleven fish to my Mom so that she could cook them for dinner tomorrow ...........I drove home tired as hell..............I was hoping to get in a nap before we leave for the wedding..........I ended up getting 45 mins of sleep...............it just made me feel worse!!.....BLAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.......so we got everything together and headed off to the wedding..........the wedding is going to be outside over-looking part of the Chesapeake Bay..........and the reception will be at the same place...........I guess it will be fun?.............I just want to sleep!!!..........but I can't be the "Black Sheep".......I had fun today FAT ASS!!!...............

The wedding was OK.............it was outside........and at night.............yes it was cold as hell.............I was "dressed up" which pisses me off ( I hate to dress formal )..........basically I was a GROUCH!!..........so we got through the wedding and went inside for the reception .......THANK GOD.........the food wasn't bad.............I was starving from the fishing trip anyway.........and as soon as I ate, it hit me............all I wanted to do was go to bed..........LOL..........T was dancing with her friends and family..........I got up for a couple slow dances............but I was burnt...........I couldn't wait to leave.......I was a LOSER!!!!!!!!!!!

We all got rooms at a hotel near by where the wedding was at..........we got back to the hotel at midnite............I got undressed and crashed..........T went out with her Mom and the family for a couple more hours to have some fun...........I didn't want no part of it...........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.........

Woke up this morning feeling much better.............could have slept much longer though..............we all went to have some breakfast and headed back home, we dropped Chris off at the airport on the way home..........T and I stopped by my Mom's on the way to pick up the kids..........Mom watched them for us while we were away................I was feeling spunky again..........so I put my chest waders back on and hopped in my Koi pond.......yepper...........today was a good day to clean out all the filters and get some of the GUNK out of the pond.............Gump came out and helped me clean the filter sponges...........he loves squirting the hose.....;)..............so I got the pond done and called it a day..............I went upstairs and watched a movie called "Holes".............I really liked it...........I heard that it sucked...........but it was all that was on........so I watched it...........I like stories like that.............and I just love Sigourney Weaver.........so check it out, you'll probably like it too..........we all just chilled out for the most part today......................we watched The Sopranos...........Tony took out some trash this episode ...........I figured they were gonna kill that old man ............instead they sent him back to the slammer...........and I watched the second episode of Deadwood............it really ain't that bad I guess.............it held my attention..............so I'll keep watching it..............Wild Bill is cool.......and Jane has the worst mouth!!..........damn!!...........

Rat Barn today.............Bob worked!!.........whohoooooooooo!!..........we got done at 4:00 pm..............I came home and moved a bunch of stuff around in the breeding groups...........it's getting close to "the end" for Ralphie...........I can't wait to get the night heat back up and start feeding all my yearlings............they ain't breeding and they ain't eating..........just sittin' there "in limbo".........Mom brought over some of the trout she cooked and we ate them here............they were delicious ........T went to play volley ball..............Mom and Dad hung out awhile and headed back home..........the kiddies and I watched Fear Factor..........it was an "all chick" show.............but it was a repeat....:(........it should have been called "all boobs".............damn there are a lot of over-inflated boobs on TV...........what ever happened to the "little perkies"??...........ROCK ON!!!..........Las Vegas was a repeat too ...........Average Joe is a total joke........."Adam Returns" just flat out sux.......the producing is horrible...........the whole story line is lame...........he really is "average".........BAD IDEA!!...........but it has suckers like me tuning in..............I'm out..........I'm still tired from the week-end...........what a pansie ass!!!............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..

Robot is here feeding..........yeah I type that same line every week I think...........but you'll notice when I don't?..............:P...........I'm in the office all day doing paper-work..........I have a settlement to go to later in the day for a house I sold.........this week has been pretty boring, as you can see...........I'm just waiting for ovulations and eggs now...........soon enough everything will get busy again.

I got through the settlement and came home..........Robot had left a bunch of rat pups here with a mom rat so I fed them off to my "favorites".........more POOP!!!...........at least the 03's are eating...........after that I checked around for some pre-lay sheds and ovulations..........blahhhhhh............then I went to do more paper-work..........this week has been all paper..........I'm working on my Reptiles Magazine add for my 2004 production.........it gets bigger every year..........my ad right now costs me $180.00 a month..........I have never ran a color ad or any other type of advertisement other than a classified ad in the back on the magazine...........it works fine.....;).......

I got up early today because I have to load up my new boat and take it to the dude who does all my grafix............he is putting vinyl registration numbers and letters on for me.........they will match the same color scheme that the boat has now..........and I'm having "Midas" put on the rear of the boat for good luck....;).............the boat is green and black...........Midas will look swell on it................well the first thing I discovered this morning is that one of my yearling Super Pastel females had gotten out of a tub I had her soaking in over night............she had a crappy shed on her, so I let her soak in a warm room.........the box she was soaking in has a lid that clips down secure................well somehow she pushed the lid off and escaped??...........so she is slithering around the room somewhere ............I looked for her..........no dice!.......not to worry though...............she will show up sooner or later............they always do...........we usually find them coiled up on a heat panel at the bottom of a rack.........any predictions?

So I rolled out to pick up the boats and Mr. John...........we dropped the boats off at the grafix place and then we went up to the Sea Doo shop...........I bought another life vest and some little dollies on wheels that I could rest my snow plow on...........that way it would be easy to move it around when I'm not using it..........so we came back and got the plow set up on the dollies.........then we rolled it back in the shop out of the way ( for now )..........after that Mr. John and I did a little cleaning in the barn...........we swept up more ancient cow poop!!...........when does it end!!??..........LOL..........we are slowly getting the place all cleaned up and "poop free"..........and this is just old poop from back when they kept cows in the barn ...........probably twenty years ago or more?.................wonder if it's worth anything?.......bet it burns nice.....;)

After that Mr. John rolled out.......he had a dentist appointment to go to.........I went to the T-shirt shop and ordered up a bunch of thongs and baby doll T's.............yepper............black thongs and T's to match..............white thongs and T's to match..............with a "Blue Eyed Lucy" version of Midas on them..........I did it all for Mojo............he says all the girls are buggin' him for them.........LMAO!!..............Rock On MOJO!!........I get emails for them too!!.........and never advertised that I had them??.........so I guess we better keep them in stock huh?...........now get the damn pics to prove it!!......or better yet, set up the "RDR thong contest!!!".....really though ladies...........I did order them............they are great quality as far as I know...........why would anyone want that up their ass I do not know?...........but they sure look good!!..........so if your interested in them...........just shoot me an email and I will get you a set out............:).............wonder how long it will be before the other GOOBS are selling thongs??..........it's not the thong gents!!..............it's the MAN!!...........get it?............got it?.................GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!..............lmao!!........I love it!!!......not to mention that MIDAS KICKS ASS!!!!!..............and he looks great on an ass too!!!

Robot looked for the Super Pastel female while he was cleaning today...........he didn't see her...............she will start climbing around in the snake room and knocking stuff over.............she will definitely show signs that she has been roamin' around............I hope she doesn't stay hidden long.............damn it!!..............The grafix dude called me and said that the boats would be ready for pick up tomorrow at 9:00 am...............so I stayed here in the office and worked on the NEW RDR Message Board System............I worked on this sucker all night!!...........I've always had the idea for what I wanted to do with a big message board system ( topics etc )...........we actually had the software several years ago to do it...........but none of the RDR members liked the format.............I did try an EZ Board format..........it SUCKED!!..........so we canned the whole idea...........the whole time though, I wanted to have a system that would archive posts and not bump old posts off the board...........seeing valuable info and fun posts that you want to look back on, getting "bumped off" the board sux!!.........so here it is...........if you get a chance go check it out..........there is something in there for everyone..........I know what you guys like...............and best of all it won't get "bumped"...........I can't count the times that some cool stuff was posted in The RDR Lounge and it got bumped out into siber space after a few weeks..............well now it won't.............you'll be able to do a search and find it again................so let's all try to "get used" to the crappy format and get the party started!!!.........and NO I will not be closing down the RDR Lounge, it stays just the way it has been for all these years ( HOME )............that's where it all started and probably where it all will end.................ROCK ON!!!!

Wow................March just flew by didn't it?..............that's because it's my last month for breeding.............YAY!!!!!...............