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Ralph

mbdorfer

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Nanci already knows the story behind the name, but for the rest of you that may be interested, I'll try to make this brief.
My Great Grandfather was Raffaele Moscariello born on April 25, 1878 at the Rue del Monde, Angri, Italy. As a child I knew him as Grandpa Ralph. As we are approaching what would have been his 129th birthday, and the snake weighs 120+ grams...........do the math:grin01:
I took poetic liscence and changed the spelling to Rafaelle, cause it goes better with Elle! I know, more info than you need to know. I'm sentimental.
Here's Rafaelle (Ralph) a true Pueblan Milksnake.

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Hey, I'm eatin' here!

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For the love of God, would you let me finish!

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può il dio benedire :cheers:
 
I love the story behind the name. What a great tribute to your grandfather. And Ralph is a great looking snake!!
 
That is among the first milk snake I have seen that I've really liked. I think it is because of the purity of his white, but...he's awesome. I may have to change my opinion on milk snakes...
 
I really like the purity of his stark white bands too. Ralph's a great looking boy. :cheers:

(Love the avatar too. Sometimes it seemed as if Roth was "channeling" Jimi.)
 
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