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Perhaps to pole-vault out of the way? eiyyeeeeeeee!!!
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Of course the risk would be that you just land on another snake.
[QUOTE=indian]
These sticks are used to control cattle when they are taken for grazing in forests and grass lands etc..
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When I was at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, I had the pleasure of actually going out the front gate to wait for some deliveries, where I got to meet some of the local fellows, including the Afghan National Army guys that were “directing” traffic into our one-lane entry road.
There was one ANA in particular who had such a stick, and apparently was employed to herd the gaggles of children running amok out front. This guy would holler a sting of something at the kids (presumably “Get the hell out of the way you damned rapscallion scalawags!” in Pashtu or Farsi), point, and swat the bajeezus out of 'em. I was all giddied-up in body armor, and hurt me just to watch it. :eek:
Tripler
. . . and I would have gotten my deliveries that day too, if it weren’t fer them meddling kids.
I was walking through the woods a couple of days ago and I picked up a stick which I then proceeded to use for the following: poking ground to see how mushy it was, swinging in front of me when walking though thick ferns so as to (hopefully) scare off or find any snakes I couldn’t see, helping me keep my balance when crossing streams on rocks, and helping me stay upright while climbing steep rises that I’d otherwise have had to crawl up.
I knew an old dude who carved portraits of people on canes. They were beautiful, semi-caricature in full 3-D. If he liked you, he’d make one from memory and give it to you later. Otherwise, he sold them.
Funny I’d forgotten him till just now. An old gf stole mine. 
[QUOTE=mangeorge]
I knew an old dude who carved portraits of people on canes. They were beautiful, semi-caricature in full 3-D. If he liked you, he’d make one from memory and give it to you later. Otherwise, he sold them.
Funny I’d forgotten him till just now. An old gf stole mine. 
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That is seriously cool. 
[QUOTE=Sigmagirl]
We have a neighbor who walks with a stick.
He uses it to herd his desert tortoise, which takes a daily walk around the block. You don’t want Tank out in the street, now.
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Umm. Not to hijack too much but…
Walk your tortoise?
Just how long does it take to walk a tortoise around a block?
[QUOTE=Belrix]
Umm. Not to hijack too much but…
Walk your tortoise?
Just how long does it take to walk a tortoise around a block?
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Depends on how much you hit him with the stick. 
[QUOTE=Belrix]
Umm. Not to hijack too much but…
Walk your tortoise?
Just how long does it take to walk a tortoise around a block?
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It helps if an eagle comes by.
And this came up.
Cool, huh?
It can’t be the same guy, he’d be way over 100 by now.
I gotta go look some more.