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They were so big I didn't have the heart to break them.
You are being FAR too kind to those spiders. Have you ever seen what they do when they're not building webs or sucking the juices out of live insects? Nothing. They'd buy their flies at Waitrose if they could be bothered to walk that far.  Sadly the alternative to the post-its is the old web-in-face/spider-in-hair trick, with which Mort is all too familiar... You can take them down all you like, they're always back in the morning and I'm rarely perceptive enough to spot them in time. [sigh] |
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"Two wrongs don't make a right. But three rights do make a left." - Rohan Candappa
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« Reply #4546 on: 12:53:47, 09-09-2008 » |
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the alternative to the post-its is the old web-in-face/spider-in-hair trick The first time I went to Australia (where as our antipodean members will tell you the spiders are several classes above ours in size and scariness) I was staing in a house which had an outside loo. When I had to go in the night I would first try to get back to sleep and convince myself it would wait until morning, and then finally, in imminent danger of incontinence, I'd go out, pick up the broomhandle I'd put there for precisely this purpose, and wave it madly in the air in front of me until I reached my destination, then I'd find a spider-free spot on the wall and stare undeviatingly at it until my business was concluded, then more stick-waving and back to bed shivering with fright. |
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« Reply #4547 on: 13:05:01, 09-09-2008 » |
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The first time I went to Australia (where as our antipodean members will tell you the spiders are several classes above ours in size and scariness)
I've heard about Aussie spiders, but fortunately have never encountered one (Oz in my experience essentially being a stopping-off point on the way to New Zealand). But on my very first night in New Zealand, my in-laws' cat brought into the house one of these buglers:  In case the picture does not tell the full story, the New Zealand Weta is typically four or five inches long (not including antennae) and moves at a surprising pace. Unlike many Aussie spiders they're basically harmless, but the panic that greeted its arrival was spectacular. Edit - to display a weta picture that actually shows! |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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the New Zealand Weta is typically four or five inches long (not including antennae) Spiders don't have antennae... LUCKILY your picture won't load for me, which is the way I like it, because I am pretty sure I don't wish to see it. |
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« Reply #4549 on: 13:14:44, 09-09-2008 » |
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the New Zealand Weta is typically four or five inches long (not including antennae) Spiders don't have antennae... LUCKILY your picture won't load for me, which is the way I like it, because I am pretty sure I don't wish to see it. Sorry, should have been clearer; it's not a spider, - just a really big and vicious looking roach. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weta |
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« Reply #4550 on: 13:21:47, 09-09-2008 » |
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just a really big and vicious looking roach.
Oh, THOSE, yes, I've seen something not entirely dissimilar in Oz though not quite so large. I don't think I'd be completely comfortable being in a room with one, but the fact that it isn't a spider makes a massive difference to me. (and me with a degree in biological science too!  ) |
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« Reply #4551 on: 14:15:03, 09-09-2008 » |
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The outside loo is where the redback lurks, isn't it?
I was very nervous about spiders in Australia, because they were unfamiliar and I had small children at the time. I never even saw one. I don't mind spiders at all here; in fact I rather like them. I'm very familiar with the walking-into-a-web thing. Will I never learn that they make webs in the same places year after year? They do here, anyway.
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« Reply #4552 on: 14:41:22, 09-09-2008 » |
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 This is remote controled cockroach.  Pacific spider |
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« Reply #4553 on: 15:14:10, 09-09-2008 » |
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A couple of years ago I was seeding a lawn, which obviously required a lot of back and forth journeys, and the network of enormous webs got so irritating that I had little bits of post it note hanging off them all so that I knew where to duck or step.
You've just given me a wonderful idea for the next "caper" movie! Never mind bits of red string with bells on, criscrossing the hall... |
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« Reply #4554 on: 15:24:33, 09-09-2008 » |
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I just saw Martle's picture of the West Pier in Brighton. The council still havn't done anything about it. On another note, on 21st September, at 2pm, Patcham Silver Band are to be performing by the old Brighton Bandstand. The council are going to builiding another bandstand on the old site, with a cafe underneath the stage!! (That should be interesting!!)
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« Reply #4555 on: 15:44:19, 09-09-2008 » |
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The council are going to builiding another bandstand on the old site, with a cafe underneath the stage!! (That should be interesting!!) Certainly very convenient if you and your colleagues want to drop in for a cup of tea. |
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« Reply #4556 on: 15:46:38, 09-09-2008 » |
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The council are going to builiding another bandstand on the old site, with a cafe underneath the stage!! (That should be interesting!!) Certainly very convenient if you and your colleagues want to drop in for a cup of tea. You can make lots of tea in a tuba.  |
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« Reply #4557 on: 16:00:13, 09-09-2008 » |
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The council are going to builiding another bandstand on the old site, with a cafe underneath the stage!! (That should be interesting!!) Certainly very convenient if you and your colleagues want to drop in for a cup of tea.  |
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« Reply #4558 on: 16:05:45, 09-09-2008 » |
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You guys like my new avatar then!! If my memory serves correctly, that looks like a tuba made by Yamaha!!
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« Reply #4559 on: 16:21:29, 09-09-2008 » |
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the alternative to the post-its is the old web-in-face/spider-in-hair trick The first time I went to Australia (where as our antipodean members will tell you the spiders are several classes above ours in size and scariness) I was staing in a house which had an outside loo. I thought the past tense of 'sting' was 'stung' |
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