[Normy]

I hate alligators! Friggin pests! They are like deer up in Michigan. You have to take them seriously due to their teeth, but otherwise they are just a big nasty stray dog. They are pretty timid, you can chase them off easily. I take my boat some days down the back canals around Fort Lauderdale, and I see them on the banks some times. I turn the boat toward them and they run into the water.

I built a swim platform from a 4 X 8 sheet of plywood and some 2 x 6's, with a sheet of foam insulation underneath and cheap outdoor carpet on top so that I could launch my kayak from my dock, and I've had the bastards on that thing a couple of times. Turtles usually hang out on it, and they leave as soon as they see me, but the damn alligators just open their mouths and hiss until I hit them with a broom. I keep telling my neighbors that one of these days I'm going to smoke one of them with my MAK-90, just to see how badly it would tear them up. There is a great big chunk of meat where the tail meets the body that tastes just like chicken, and I have some seriously redneck neighbors that would be happy to help me eat it!

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