BIRDDOG: That recent round about snakes not crossing a rope or hose on the ground was just shot in the rear by a snake on our breezeway slab tonight. One was slithering along our garden hose and suddenly took a hard right turn and went right over the top of it. My walking along beside it may have prompted it to do so. Since it was nonpoisonous it wasn't being harrassed or in any danger from me.