devildeac wrote: You REALLY might be a redneck.
Speaking of which . . .
This past Saturday night, my wife and I attended our monthly supper club. Every summer, we have a pig pickin' by the river. The guys who cook the pig do an awesome job, and there's plenty of wonderful side dishes, beer wine, and liquor to go around. This year someone even made homemade peach ice cream.
So, after thanks is returned, we all go through the chow line, get a plateful of heaven and find a seat on one of the tables set about the lawn. The weather is perfect. There are several neighborhood dogs looking for a handout. The river is slick calm, with hues of pink and purple and orange on the surface, reflecting the sunset. It's dusk, going to dark.
Everyone is seated, eating and talking, when our fellowship is suddenly disturbed by the whole pack of dogs going crazy, barking and jumping at the base of a tree. My friend Paul gets up, goes over to the tree, and starts looking in the ivy. Slowly, he reaches up, then with a quick motion, snatches a 'possum off the tree, and now he's swinging it around by the tail. The dogs are in a frenzy, jumping at the 'possum. The 'possum is hissing and trying to turn and bite Paul. Paul just keeps swinging the little fella by its tail to keep it from turning on him. This goes on for about ten seconds, until some ground bees emerge and start stinging the dogs and another of our group, Tim, who has wandered over for a better look. So now the dogs are yelping and Tim's yelping "Ouch! Paul - bees!" Paul swings the 'possum back onto the tree unharmed, and the rest of them - Paul, Tim and the dogs - retreat back across the yard from the bees. The rest of us just laughed and went back to eating our meal. The conversation inevitably turned to what critters we'd ever handled.
Turns out Tim and Paul are both quite experienced at catching snakes, including poisonous ones, along with other small critters. They don't harm any of these creatures, BTW (beyond disturbing them).
Anyway, that's a little slice of life "down East".