Quote Originally Posted by Big Muddy View Post
Yep, I loved farming rice.....I rarely allowed someone else to walk my fields and check the water gates.....the snakes were always out there, but I NEVER went out there without a good sharp rice shovel.....a moc is bad juju in hot weather, but no match for a sharp shovel edge.....I only got hit by a moc, once, in 39 years.....that big nasty biatch, actually attacked me from behind.....fangs got hung in the cuff of my britches leg.....I kicked so hard, that she flew thru the air, and ripped parts of her fangs outta her mouth.....I had to change underwear, for sure!!!

I wore only shorts and tennis shoes until the rice got taller, and the leaf blades got those sharp sawtooth edges on them.....then, I had to switch to bluejeans and gum boots.
when I think of gum boots all I can think of is scalded feet.

bKB