Originally Posted by
S3ute
Hello again.
Interesting question.
Back around 1965 when the family moved on to the farm that we had near Muswellbrook, the main vehicle shed had three bays with a dirt floor. Needless to say working on anything, and especially underneath something, was less than pleasant other than keeping out of the rain - poor lighting, lying in the dirt and the ever present grief of dropping some small or greasy part.
Anyway, my late Dad got the floor concreted and, after some suggestions from me, the lights and power availability considerably enhanced. Excellent. However, the undersides of any concrete slab in that neck of the woods would sooner or later acquire a healthy population of rabbits or a population of healthy eastern brown snakes. Big buggers too. So, my recurring nightmare was to be lying under a vehicle and reaching sideways for a spanner or some dropped part and see a viper sliding past on its way in or out of its' new abode.
To be honest, that didn't happen often, but the beasties were thereabouts. Luckily, in my present neck of the woods the main serpents are carpet snakes and they seem to prefer my neighbours' homes. Perhaps they can smell disapproval with their acute senses.
Cheers,
Neil
There's a *@#!! wombat under my shed!
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
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