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I know I over reacted about a spider before but
jmcquown wrote:
I was at the doctor's office once for a checkup and this guy had a bandage on his calf. It was red and swollen and filled oozing pus. He'd been bitten by brown recluse spider. Yeah, there are poisonous spiders in the US. I'll do anything to keep them out of my house. I remember a guy who used to post here several years ago, who lost a cat to a brown recluse. In fact, I thought he lost more than one cat, which prompted him to have someone come to the house to investigate, and they found an infestation of them. His family had to move out and go stay somewhere else while the place was fumigated. It was really sad. Anyone remember that? Joyce -- The Internet is on computers now! -- Homer Simpson |
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(OT) I know I over reacted about a spider before but
On 20/08/2011 10:02 AM, Joy wrote:
wrote in message ... On 8/19/2011 12:50 PM, hopitus wrote: On Aug 19, 11:36 am, wrote: wrote in message ... On Aug 19, 7:17 am, wrote: wrote in message ... wrote in : Guess what? Now my house is overrun with them! Apparently the one I killed (along with it's little babies riding on its back) wasn't the only one. Now they're in my bedroom. And I tried to do the nice thing and "set it outside" except it wasn't having any of that. It wouldn't let me gently scoop it up on a piece of paper and put it outside. Damn thing runs faster than my cat! No, it had to get into my laundry basket. Sorry folks, I'm calling a fumigator. Jill To scoop any bug, I use a piece of thin cardboard (like the ones at the back of paper notepads) and a wide jar or a big clear glass. I put the jar/glass over the bug and slide the cardboard underneath without hurting their legs. Then the bug isn't able to run away and off it goes outside. Bobble Seems I can't do the right thing no matter what. First I killed a spider with bug spray and everyone bitched about it. Last night I tried to scoop one up to put it outside and it ran faster than a cat and got away into a nice clean basket of clothes. (This one also had babies swarming off her.) I love nature as much as anyone. But I'm not going to live in a house infested with spiders. Sorry, Bobble. The bugs gotta go. Jill Speaking as one who likes spiders (they eat ants and roaches) Spiders don't eat Palmetto bugs. They don't call this the Palmetto State for nothing Think it's about trees? Nope, it's about bugs. LOL *is* a limit FGS. I am not scared of them....and you obviously are, no sweat, no diss. I'm not scared of spiders, I just don't want them and their babies in my house. And it happened really quickly. Needless to advise: lock Persia up in another part of house till fog settles down and also consult and read directions as to safety of product for household pets! Anyone who deplores my suggestions can **** *** **** **, LOL. Hop, I already consulted with Terminex and the stuff they use is not harmful to cats or dogs. I won't have to vacate my home or lock Persia in the bathroom. I also won't have to stay a motel room, which I thought I might have to. Nope! Jill Great. I have a feeling you will be rid of more than spiders, like, all freeloading summer bugs. I had no idea SC is Palmetto State. That's ROFL funny. FL is the Sunshine State but palmetto bugs are abundant the they hang out by urban street lights but also invade homes inside your bag of groceries, etc. They fly high and go for your hair. They don't live in MileHigh. I have seen 5-inchers in Miami. *Why* is it that whenever you scare them, like my turning the light on in the garage, they run *towards* you instead of away? *that's* what creeps me out about roaches, especially cockroaches as big as my hand... that *FLY*! -- Hugs, CatNipped Yikes! I'm glad we don't have those here! Aussie roaches are as big as dates, and fly. Hate them, but they're fact of life around here. Since our spiders are potentially fatal, and if not fatal then can cause necrosis, then unless I can be positively sure its not going to harm me or mine, if its in the house, its dead. I wold love to be able to scoop them up and shoo them out, but fear makes me react irrationally. That and I don't have glass big enough for the huntsman spiders. Yowie |
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(OT) I know I over reacted about a spider before but
"Yowie" wrote in message
... On 20/08/2011 10:02 AM, Joy wrote: wrote in message ... On 8/19/2011 12:50 PM, hopitus wrote: On Aug 19, 11:36 am, wrote: wrote in message ... On Aug 19, 7:17 am, wrote: wrote in message ... wrote in : Guess what? Now my house is overrun with them! Apparently the one I killed (along with it's little babies riding on its back) wasn't the only one. Now they're in my bedroom. And I tried to do the nice thing and "set it outside" except it wasn't having any of that. It wouldn't let me gently scoop it up on a piece of paper and put it outside. Damn thing runs faster than my cat! No, it had to get into my laundry basket. Sorry folks, I'm calling a fumigator. Jill To scoop any bug, I use a piece of thin cardboard (like the ones at the back of paper notepads) and a wide jar or a big clear glass. I put the jar/glass over the bug and slide the cardboard underneath without hurting their legs. Then the bug isn't able to run away and off it goes outside. Bobble Seems I can't do the right thing no matter what. First I killed a spider with bug spray and everyone bitched about it. Last night I tried to scoop one up to put it outside and it ran faster than a cat and got away into a nice clean basket of clothes. (This one also had babies swarming off her.) I love nature as much as anyone. But I'm not going to live in a house infested with spiders. Sorry, Bobble. The bugs gotta go. Jill Speaking as one who likes spiders (they eat ants and roaches) Spiders don't eat Palmetto bugs. They don't call this the Palmetto State for nothing Think it's about trees? Nope, it's about bugs. LOL *is* a limit FGS. I am not scared of them....and you obviously are, no sweat, no diss. I'm not scared of spiders, I just don't want them and their babies in my house. And it happened really quickly. Needless to advise: lock Persia up in another part of house till fog settles down and also consult and read directions as to safety of product for household pets! Anyone who deplores my suggestions can **** *** **** **, LOL. Hop, I already consulted with Terminex and the stuff they use is not harmful to cats or dogs. I won't have to vacate my home or lock Persia in the bathroom. I also won't have to stay a motel room, which I thought I might have to. Nope! Jill Great. I have a feeling you will be rid of more than spiders, like, all freeloading summer bugs. I had no idea SC is Palmetto State. That's ROFL funny. FL is the Sunshine State but palmetto bugs are abundant the they hang out by urban street lights but also invade homes inside your bag of groceries, etc. They fly high and go for your hair. They don't live in MileHigh. I have seen 5-inchers in Miami. *Why* is it that whenever you scare them, like my turning the light on in the garage, they run *towards* you instead of away? *that's* what creeps me out about roaches, especially cockroaches as big as my hand... that *FLY*! -- Hugs, CatNipped Yikes! I'm glad we don't have those here! Aussie roaches are as big as dates, and fly. Hate them, but they're fact of life around here. Since our spiders are potentially fatal, and if not fatal then can cause necrosis, then unless I can be positively sure its not going to harm me or mine, if its in the house, its dead. I wold love to be able to scoop them up and shoo them out, but fear makes me react irrationally. That and I don't have glass big enough for the huntsman spiders. Yowie I was fortunate enough not to see any of those roaches on any of my five trips to Australia. I did see some good-sized spiders, though. I know about redbacks, but don't have any idea what a huntsman looks like. On my first trip to Oz, a woman took me for a walk somewhere along the water sort of near Sydney - well, near enough that the walk ended at a ferry dock. Anyway, there were a lot of trees near the trail, and several of the trees were full of giant webs filled with large black spiders. Fortunately, they were far enough from the train there wasn't much danger of one dropping on me, or I don't think I could have completed that walk. Joy |
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(OT) I know I over reacted about a spider before but
On 8/19/2011 7:02 PM, Joy wrote:
wrote in message ... On 8/19/2011 12:50 PM, hopitus wrote: On Aug 19, 11:36 am, wrote: wrote in message ... On Aug 19, 7:17 am, wrote: wrote in message ... wrote in : Guess what? Now my house is overrun with them! Apparently the one I killed (along with it's little babies riding on its back) wasn't the only one. Now they're in my bedroom. And I tried to do the nice thing and "set it outside" except it wasn't having any of that. It wouldn't let me gently scoop it up on a piece of paper and put it outside. Damn thing runs faster than my cat! No, it had to get into my laundry basket. Sorry folks, I'm calling a fumigator. Jill To scoop any bug, I use a piece of thin cardboard (like the ones at the back of paper notepads) and a wide jar or a big clear glass. I put the jar/glass over the bug and slide the cardboard underneath without hurting their legs. Then the bug isn't able to run away and off it goes outside. Bobble Seems I can't do the right thing no matter what. First I killed a spider with bug spray and everyone bitched about it. Last night I tried to scoop one up to put it outside and it ran faster than a cat and got away into a nice clean basket of clothes. (This one also had babies swarming off her.) I love nature as much as anyone. But I'm not going to live in a house infested with spiders. Sorry, Bobble. The bugs gotta go. Jill Speaking as one who likes spiders (they eat ants and roaches) Spiders don't eat Palmetto bugs. They don't call this the Palmetto State for nothing Think it's about trees? Nope, it's about bugs. LOL *is* a limit FGS. I am not scared of them....and you obviously are, no sweat, no diss. I'm not scared of spiders, I just don't want them and their babies in my house. And it happened really quickly. Needless to advise: lock Persia up in another part of house till fog settles down and also consult and read directions as to safety of product for household pets! Anyone who deplores my suggestions can **** *** **** **, LOL. Hop, I already consulted with Terminex and the stuff they use is not harmful to cats or dogs. I won't have to vacate my home or lock Persia in the bathroom. I also won't have to stay a motel room, which I thought I might have to. Nope! Jill Great. I have a feeling you will be rid of more than spiders, like, all freeloading summer bugs. I had no idea SC is Palmetto State. That's ROFL funny. FL is the Sunshine State but palmetto bugs are abundant the they hang out by urban street lights but also invade homes inside your bag of groceries, etc. They fly high and go for your hair. They don't live in MileHigh. I have seen 5-inchers in Miami. *Why* is it that whenever you scare them, like my turning the light on in the garage, they run *towards* you instead of away? *that's* what creeps me out about roaches, especially cockroaches as big as my hand... that *FLY*! -- Hugs, CatNipped Yikes! I'm glad we don't have those here! Joy Well, the size was a bit of an exaggeration, I've been known to do that now and again ;, but they *are* very, very big for an insect. Realistically, they can get to be about 4 or 5 inches long and about 2 - 3 inches wide. I'm sure they're totally harmless (aside from the germs they carry), but they just creep me out to the point of making my skin crawl and cause involuntary screams coming from my mouth (Ben has learned to not come rushing down when he hears screams coming from the garage unless they're followed by "BEN, HELP!!!!!". -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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(OT) I know I over reacted about a spider before but
"CatNipped" wrote in message
... On 8/19/2011 7:02 PM, Joy wrote: wrote in message ... On 8/19/2011 12:50 PM, hopitus wrote: On Aug 19, 11:36 am, wrote: wrote in message ... On Aug 19, 7:17 am, wrote: wrote in message ... wrote in : Guess what? Now my house is overrun with them! Apparently the one I killed (along with it's little babies riding on its back) wasn't the only one. Now they're in my bedroom. And I tried to do the nice thing and "set it outside" except it wasn't having any of that. It wouldn't let me gently scoop it up on a piece of paper and put it outside. Damn thing runs faster than my cat! No, it had to get into my laundry basket. Sorry folks, I'm calling a fumigator. Jill To scoop any bug, I use a piece of thin cardboard (like the ones at the back of paper notepads) and a wide jar or a big clear glass. I put the jar/glass over the bug and slide the cardboard underneath without hurting their legs. Then the bug isn't able to run away and off it goes outside. Bobble Seems I can't do the right thing no matter what. First I killed a spider with bug spray and everyone bitched about it. Last night I tried to scoop one up to put it outside and it ran faster than a cat and got away into a nice clean basket of clothes. (This one also had babies swarming off her.) I love nature as much as anyone. But I'm not going to live in a house infested with spiders. Sorry, Bobble. The bugs gotta go. Jill Speaking as one who likes spiders (they eat ants and roaches) Spiders don't eat Palmetto bugs. They don't call this the Palmetto State for nothing Think it's about trees? Nope, it's about bugs. LOL *is* a limit FGS. I am not scared of them....and you obviously are, no sweat, no diss. I'm not scared of spiders, I just don't want them and their babies in my house. And it happened really quickly. Needless to advise: lock Persia up in another part of house till fog settles down and also consult and read directions as to safety of product for household pets! Anyone who deplores my suggestions can **** *** **** **, LOL. Hop, I already consulted with Terminex and the stuff they use is not harmful to cats or dogs. I won't have to vacate my home or lock Persia in the bathroom. I also won't have to stay a motel room, which I thought I might have to. Nope! Jill Great. I have a feeling you will be rid of more than spiders, like, all freeloading summer bugs. I had no idea SC is Palmetto State. That's ROFL funny. FL is the Sunshine State but palmetto bugs are abundant the they hang out by urban street lights but also invade homes inside your bag of groceries, etc. They fly high and go for your hair. They don't live in MileHigh. I have seen 5-inchers in Miami. *Why* is it that whenever you scare them, like my turning the light on in the garage, they run *towards* you instead of away? *that's* what creeps me out about roaches, especially cockroaches as big as my hand... that *FLY*! -- Hugs, CatNipped Yikes! I'm glad we don't have those here! Joy Well, the size was a bit of an exaggeration, I've been known to do that now and again ;, but they *are* very, very big for an insect. Realistically, they can get to be about 4 or 5 inches long and about 2 - 3 inches wide. I'm sure they're totally harmless (aside from the germs they carry), but they just creep me out to the point of making my skin crawl and cause involuntary screams coming from my mouth (Ben has learned to not come rushing down when he hears screams coming from the garage unless they're followed by "BEN, HELP!!!!!". -- Hugs, CatNipped That would creep me out, too! Joy |
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I know I over reacted about a spider before but
wrote in message ... jmcquown wrote: I was at the doctor's office once for a checkup and this guy had a bandage on his calf. It was red and swollen and filled oozing pus. He'd been bitten by brown recluse spider. Yeah, there are poisonous spiders in the US. I'll do anything to keep them out of my house. I remember a guy who used to post here several years ago, who lost a cat to a brown recluse. In fact, I thought he lost more than one cat, which prompted him to have someone come to the house to investigate, and they found an infestation of them. His family had to move out and go stay somewhere else while the place was fumigated. It was really sad. Anyone remember that? Joyce I don't remember that. But it wouldn't surprise me. There are definitely poisonous spiders in the US. Rare, but yes, we have them. I don't think these are poisonous spiders but I still don't want them in my house. And since it wouldn't let me pick it up on a piece of cardboard and take it outside (as I so nicely offered to do) I called an exterminator. I'll be prepared to vacuum up lots of bug corpses later. I spray around the outside doors to the house regularly. But they're working on the golf course and I think it's driving a lot of the outside critters in. I had an infestation of teeny tiny ants in my bathroom not long ago. Jill |
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(OT) I know I over reacted about a spider before but
"CatNipped" wrote in message ... On 8/19/2011 6:28 PM, Christina Websell wrote: wrote in message ... On 8/19/2011 4:00 PM, Christina Websell wrote: wrote in message ... wrote in message ... wrote in : Guess what? Now my house is overrun with them! Apparently the one I killed (along with it's little babies riding on its back) wasn't the only one. Now they're in my bedroom. And I tried to do the nice thing and "set it outside" except it wasn't having any of that. It wouldn't let me gently scoop it up on a piece of paper and put it outside. Damn thing runs faster than my cat! No, it had to get into my laundry basket. Sorry folks, I'm calling a fumigator. Jill To scoop any bug, I use a piece of thin cardboard (like the ones at the back of paper notepads) and a wide jar or a big clear glass. I put the jar/glass over the bug and slide the cardboard underneath without hurting their legs. Then the bug isn't able to run away and off it goes outside. Bobble Seems I can't do the right thing no matter what. First I killed a spider with bug spray and everyone bitched about it. Last night I tried to scoop one up to put it outside and it ran faster than a cat and got away into a nice clean basket of clothes. (This one also had babies swarming off her.) I love nature as much as anyone. But I'm not going to live in a house infested with spiders. Sorry, Bobble. The bugs gotta go. It is not necessary to kill them, they can be put outside if you are brave enough. I am not very brave with the big ones, they are the only thing I don't like, but I manage to put them outside without killing them now. Maybe they don't like it as they are "house spiders" I don't like spiders. At all, never. There is really isn't any animal that creeps me out, except one. Of course there are many, like tigers, that I wouldn't want to be in the vicinity of without something between. Roaches! They run *towards* you when you scare them, they're creepy and they *crunch* when you step on them and can scamper away when they're half crunched!!! EEEEEE-YUKKKKKKKKKKKK! Never seen one, but I think I could cope with one, rather than a huge spider. I am afraid of no insects, moths, nothing except those big spiders. I have asked myself why, I still have no idea. It's not like they are going to kill me, is it? i just cannot. Bring on the roaches, I will swap them for big spiders, every time. Tweed -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net Well, no, some *can* kill you. Do you remember Pam's encounter with a brown spider? It took half her thigh off. -- Yes, I do remember that, but we don't have any spiders in the UK that are dangerous or poisonous so there is no logical reason why they are such a no-no for me. |
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(OT) I know I over reacted about a spider before but
On 8/20/2011 6:35 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
wrote in message ... On 8/19/2011 6:28 PM, Christina Websell wrote: wrote in message ... On 8/19/2011 4:00 PM, Christina Websell wrote: wrote in message ... wrote in message ... wrote in : Guess what? Now my house is overrun with them! Apparently the one I killed (along with it's little babies riding on its back) wasn't the only one. Now they're in my bedroom. And I tried to do the nice thing and "set it outside" except it wasn't having any of that. It wouldn't let me gently scoop it up on a piece of paper and put it outside. Damn thing runs faster than my cat! No, it had to get into my laundry basket. Sorry folks, I'm calling a fumigator. Jill To scoop any bug, I use a piece of thin cardboard (like the ones at the back of paper notepads) and a wide jar or a big clear glass. I put the jar/glass over the bug and slide the cardboard underneath without hurting their legs. Then the bug isn't able to run away and off it goes outside. Bobble Seems I can't do the right thing no matter what. First I killed a spider with bug spray and everyone bitched about it. Last night I tried to scoop one up to put it outside and it ran faster than a cat and got away into a nice clean basket of clothes. (This one also had babies swarming off her.) I love nature as much as anyone. But I'm not going to live in a house infested with spiders. Sorry, Bobble. The bugs gotta go. It is not necessary to kill them, they can be put outside if you are brave enough. I am not very brave with the big ones, they are the only thing I don't like, but I manage to put them outside without killing them now. Maybe they don't like it as they are "house spiders" I don't like spiders. At all, never. There is really isn't any animal that creeps me out, except one. Of course there are many, like tigers, that I wouldn't want to be in the vicinity of without something between. Roaches! They run *towards* you when you scare them, they're creepy and they *crunch* when you step on them and can scamper away when they're half crunched!!! EEEEEE-YUKKKKKKKKKKKK! Never seen one, but I think I could cope with one, rather than a huge spider. I am afraid of no insects, moths, nothing except those big spiders. I have asked myself why, I still have no idea. It's not like they are going to kill me, is it? i just cannot. Bring on the roaches, I will swap them for big spiders, every time. Tweed -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net Well, no, some *can* kill you. Do you remember Pam's encounter with a brown spider? It took half her thigh off. -- Yes, I do remember that, but we don't have any spiders in the UK that are dangerous or poisonous so there is no logical reason why they are such a no-no for me. True. I knew that, but sometimes, living in the US where there is *SO* much danger all around, I can't imagine living in a place with no ever-present dangers. Over here there's always stories about someone being mauled by a bear, attacked and killed by a cougar, chomped on by an alligator, swarmed by killer bees, bitten by a rattlesnake or water moccasin, and on and on and on. Even when you stay indoors you can be bitten by a bug and killed! Never mind hurricanes, tornadoes, earth quakes and other "blessings" of mother nature that can kill *many* people at a time. I don't know about weather-wise, but dangerous creature wise Australia is almost as bad (and Africa, I think, worse than that, but I don't think we have any posters here from Africa, do we?). If I ever moved to another country I think it would be England. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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(OT) I know I over reacted about a spider before but
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
... "CatNipped" wrote in message ... On 8/19/2011 6:28 PM, Christina Websell wrote: wrote in message ... On 8/19/2011 4:00 PM, Christina Websell wrote: wrote in message ... wrote in message ... wrote in : Guess what? Now my house is overrun with them! Apparently the one I killed (along with it's little babies riding on its back) wasn't the only one. Now they're in my bedroom. And I tried to do the nice thing and "set it outside" except it wasn't having any of that. It wouldn't let me gently scoop it up on a piece of paper and put it outside. Damn thing runs faster than my cat! No, it had to get into my laundry basket. Sorry folks, I'm calling a fumigator. Jill To scoop any bug, I use a piece of thin cardboard (like the ones at the back of paper notepads) and a wide jar or a big clear glass. I put the jar/glass over the bug and slide the cardboard underneath without hurting their legs. Then the bug isn't able to run away and off it goes outside. Bobble Seems I can't do the right thing no matter what. First I killed a spider with bug spray and everyone bitched about it. Last night I tried to scoop one up to put it outside and it ran faster than a cat and got away into a nice clean basket of clothes. (This one also had babies swarming off her.) I love nature as much as anyone. But I'm not going to live in a house infested with spiders. Sorry, Bobble. The bugs gotta go. It is not necessary to kill them, they can be put outside if you are brave enough. I am not very brave with the big ones, they are the only thing I don't like, but I manage to put them outside without killing them now. Maybe they don't like it as they are "house spiders" I don't like spiders. At all, never. There is really isn't any animal that creeps me out, except one. Of course there are many, like tigers, that I wouldn't want to be in the vicinity of without something between. Roaches! They run *towards* you when you scare them, they're creepy and they *crunch* when you step on them and can scamper away when they're half crunched!!! EEEEEE-YUKKKKKKKKKKKK! Never seen one, but I think I could cope with one, rather than a huge spider. I am afraid of no insects, moths, nothing except those big spiders. I have asked myself why, I still have no idea. It's not like they are going to kill me, is it? i just cannot. Bring on the roaches, I will swap them for big spiders, every time. Tweed -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net Well, no, some *can* kill you. Do you remember Pam's encounter with a brown spider? It took half her thigh off. -- Yes, I do remember that, but we don't have any spiders in the UK that are dangerous or poisonous so there is no logical reason why they are such a no-no for me. Some people just have arachnophobia. My daughter is one. The thing about phobias is that you can't talk someone out of them or reason them away, because they aren't reasonable. They just are. I have a couple of phobias myself, but they're relatively mild. Joy Joy |
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(OT) I know I over reacted about a spider before but
"CatNipped" wrote in message
... On 8/20/2011 6:35 PM, Christina Websell wrote: wrote in message ... On 8/19/2011 6:28 PM, Christina Websell wrote: wrote in message ... On 8/19/2011 4:00 PM, Christina Websell wrote: wrote in message ... wrote in message ... wrote in : Guess what? Now my house is overrun with them! Apparently the one I killed (along with it's little babies riding on its back) wasn't the only one. Now they're in my bedroom. And I tried to do the nice thing and "set it outside" except it wasn't having any of that. It wouldn't let me gently scoop it up on a piece of paper and put it outside. Damn thing runs faster than my cat! No, it had to get into my laundry basket. Sorry folks, I'm calling a fumigator. Jill To scoop any bug, I use a piece of thin cardboard (like the ones at the back of paper notepads) and a wide jar or a big clear glass. I put the jar/glass over the bug and slide the cardboard underneath without hurting their legs. Then the bug isn't able to run away and off it goes outside. Bobble Seems I can't do the right thing no matter what. First I killed a spider with bug spray and everyone bitched about it. Last night I tried to scoop one up to put it outside and it ran faster than a cat and got away into a nice clean basket of clothes. (This one also had babies swarming off her.) I love nature as much as anyone. But I'm not going to live in a house infested with spiders. Sorry, Bobble. The bugs gotta go. It is not necessary to kill them, they can be put outside if you are brave enough. I am not very brave with the big ones, they are the only thing I don't like, but I manage to put them outside without killing them now. Maybe they don't like it as they are "house spiders" I don't like spiders. At all, never. There is really isn't any animal that creeps me out, except one. Of course there are many, like tigers, that I wouldn't want to be in the vicinity of without something between. Roaches! They run *towards* you when you scare them, they're creepy and they *crunch* when you step on them and can scamper away when they're half crunched!!! EEEEEE-YUKKKKKKKKKKKK! Never seen one, but I think I could cope with one, rather than a huge spider. I am afraid of no insects, moths, nothing except those big spiders. I have asked myself why, I still have no idea. It's not like they are going to kill me, is it? i just cannot. Bring on the roaches, I will swap them for big spiders, every time. Tweed -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net Well, no, some *can* kill you. Do you remember Pam's encounter with a brown spider? It took half her thigh off. -- Yes, I do remember that, but we don't have any spiders in the UK that are dangerous or poisonous so there is no logical reason why they are such a no-no for me. True. I knew that, but sometimes, living in the US where there is *SO* much danger all around, I can't imagine living in a place with no ever-present dangers. Over here there's always stories about someone being mauled by a bear, attacked and killed by a cougar, chomped on by an alligator, swarmed by killer bees, bitten by a rattlesnake or water moccasin, and on and on and on. Even when you stay indoors you can be bitten by a bug and killed! Never mind hurricanes, tornadoes, earth quakes and other "blessings" of mother nature that can kill *many* people at a time. I don't know about weather-wise, but dangerous creature wise Australia is almost as bad (and Africa, I think, worse than that, but I don't think we have any posters here from Africa, do we?). If I ever moved to another country I think it would be England. -- Hugs, CatNipped The most dangerous creatures in the US are the ones that drive on the freeways. Still, most accidents happen in the home. I think Australia has more dangerous creatures than we do, although most of them are smaller than bears or cougars. For instance, they have nine out of the ten most poisonous snakes in the world. I've visited Australia five times, and spent a total of three or four months there, but, with one exception, the only poisonous snakes I saw were in enclosures. I did see one that had been run over on the road. They have some pretty nasty critters in the ocean, too, but I never saw any of those. I take that back, on my last trip I took a ride in a glass-bottomed boat, and we saw a jellyfish. Joy |
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