Happy New House Schild!

[Shockeye]

[Fabricated]

Fuck you, I'm arachnophobic.

[Shockeye]

Fuck you, I'm arachnophobic.

Then don't guest over at schild's house.

[Kenrick]

I was working pre-production on the set of an independent film outside of Waco my senior year in college when I almost literally walked straight into one.  He had his web nicely set up in the frame of a wooden fence.  I saw it, peered in closer not really expecting it to be a black widow, then saw that it was and screamed like a girl and ran away.  I fucking hate scary poisionous animals.

[Signe]

The pic you want me to see doesn't want to load... just as well, really.

[Stormwaltz]

We had widows in California. They didn't bother us, so we didn't bother them. Mainly they confined themselves to the exterior storage areas (such as the water heater).

I'd never seen them before. I thought they were rather attractive, as spiders go - glossy-sleek and nearly speherical.

[Strazos]

Yeah, the house I lived in in CA had an outdoor shed. We never touched the shed, cause it had Black Widows in it.

And don't feel bad Kenrick, I would scream like a girl too if I got that close to a poisonous animal.

[Sairon]

Luckly where I live there's no animals/insects which are lethal. The most poisonous snake in Sweden is the adder, which is pretty damn harmless by international standards. We don't have any even remotely dangerous spiders. We do have some bears but they're almost extinct and only apear in the very northern regions of the country.

[Shockeye]

Luckly where I live there's no animals/insects which are lethal. The most poisonous snake in Sweden is the adder, which is pretty damn harmless by international standards. We don't have any even remotely dangerous spiders. We do have some bears but they're almost extinct and only apear in the very northern regions of the country.

Your food is deadly enough.

[Signe]

Yes, Shockeye and I were just discussing your meatballs. 

[Llava]

The most poisonous snake in Sweden is the adder, which is pretty damn harmless by international standards.

THEN were they condescended that King Arthur and
Sir Mordred should meet betwixt both their hosts, and
everych of them should bring fourteen persons; and they
came with this word unto Arthur.  Then said he:  I am
glad that this is done: and so he went into the field.  And
when Arthur should depart, he warned all his host that an
they see any sword drawn:  Look ye come on fiercely, and
slay that traitor, Sir Mordred, for I in no wise trust him.
In like wise Sir Mordred warned his host that:  An ye see
any sword drawn, look that ye come on fiercely, and so
slay all that ever before you standeth; for in no wise I
will not trust for this treaty, for I know well my father
will be avenged on me.  And so they met as their appointment
was, and so they were agreed and accorded thoroughly;
and wine was fetched, and they drank.  Right
soon came an adder out of a little heath bush, and it stung
a knight on the foot.  And when the knight felt him
stung, he looked down and saw the adder, and then he
drew his sword to slay the adder, and thought of none
other harm.  And when the host on both parties saw that
sword drawn, then they blew beams, trumpets, and horns,
and shouted grimly.  And so both hosts dressed them
together.  And King Arthur took his horse, and said:
Alas this unhappy day!

Harmless indeed.  Name me another snake that got King Arthur killed.  You can't.

[Sairon]

The legendary Mamma scans meatballs!

[Lt.Dan]

You want scary spiders (apologies to the arachnophobes) don't go to Australia.  Nothing like pulling out a clean towel from the closet to have a large, plate-sized with legs spread out and dual golf balls for a body, Huntsman jump out at you.  Not venomous, but any spider that you can hear hit the ground is enough to give me the willies.

[OcellotJenkins]

You want scary spiders (apologies to the arachnophobes) don't go to Australia.  Nothing like pulling out a clean towel from the closet to have a large, plate-sized with legs spread out and dual golf balls for a body, Huntsman jump out at you.  Not venomous, but any spider that you can hear hit the ground is enough to give me the willies.

Technically, all spiders are venomous.  Some are just more effective at injecting it through human skin than others.

[Signe]

This is like some sort of fucking deja vu conversation, innit?

[Ezdaar]

Huntsmen are creepy. I remember whenever it rained in Sydney they would come indoors to escape it. You would go out to the kettle in the morning and there would be a huge ass spider sitting right above it on the wall.

Of course the worst part is when you go back 5 minutes later and it's out of sight but still somewhere in the kitchen.

Slightly on topic, whereabouts in Phoenix are you living schild?

I'm told the worst thing around where I am in Tempe is a very very occasional black widow, which we had in California anyway.

[Strazos]

Don't they have all kinds of nasty snakes in AZ?

[MrHat]

This is like some sort of fucking deja vu conversation, innit?

Ya, wtf.

[Llava]

This is like some sort of fucking deja vu conversation, innit?

Ya, wtf.

[schild]

We've found 5 total. We've killed at least 4 of them. Soaked in insecticide. Well, that was after we drenched them all in Clorox.

Those fuckers will swim out of bleach. Swear to god. They are tanks.

I fucking hate creepy crawler things. Especially the ones that can kill you.

[schild]

I'm told the worst thing around where I am in Tempe is a very very occasional black widow, which we had in California anyway.

Chandler, AZ. - Off Germann (at the Alma School crossroad).

Three things I've noticed about Chandler/Tempe:
1. Omfg, the women. Being from the ghettos of DC/Maryland, this is heaven. It MIGHT be better than the San Diego/Carlsbad area in CA. It IS better than Miami except during the Spring.
2. It's hot.
3. Cox cable is really fucking fast.

[Madman]

Bah, you are all pansies.

Although the venom of the Black Widow is 15 times more powerful than the venom from a common Prairie Rattlesnake, they rarely inject enough to be lethal to an adult. The only people who really need to worry about a bite from a Black Widow are old people and young children. It is also a relatively passive spider and it will usually only bite as a reflex to getting touched and when its web is disturbed it will usually run instead of attack.

However, just to make it harder for you to sleep, I quote this from a Black Widow site:

The bite itself is often not painful and may go unnoticed. But the poison injected by the the Black Widow bite can cause abdominal pain similar to appendicitis as well as pain to muscles or the soles of the feet. Other symptoms include alternating salivation and dry-mouth, paralysis of the diaphragm, profuse sweating and swollen eyelids.

[schild]

Still not as bad as my recluse bite. Now the thread has gone full circle.

[Fabricated]

Still not as bad as my recluse bite. Now the thread has gone full circle.

You've been bitten by a recluse? Holy shit, that's bad. Any necrosis?

[schild]

Still not as bad as my recluse bite. Now the thread has gone full circle.

You've been bitten by a recluse? Holy shit, that's bad. Any necrosis?

It was on the top of my foot. No necrosis, apparently I have a pretty good tolerance to the shit. Used lots of anti-swelling creams, but my foot swelled too big for flip flops for about 2 weeks and I couldn't do much without intense pain all the way up my left leg. I mean it would shoot STRAIGHT up the leg with every step. Lots of pus. Lots and lots. It was pretty disgusting. But given it's location, I was pretty damned lucky that was all that happened. Frankly, I'd take black widows any day of the week over a recluse.

Edit: And yes, I'm completely arachnophobic. Even moreso after being bitten (I was 14 at the time...and at camp).

[Llava]

1. Omfg, the women. Being from the ghettos of DC/Maryland, this is heaven. It MIGHT be better than the San Diego/Carlsbad area in CA. It IS better than Miami except during the Spring.

Hit a mall in Scottsdale.  Fashion Square (actually I think now it's called the Scottsdale Mall or something like that).  Course, this depends on your taste.  Alternative girls, not so much.

[Signe]

I think he only looks at women.  Anything more would interfere with his important work.

[Cheddar]

Our house!

[WayAbvPar]

You want scary spiders (apologies to the arachnophobes) don't go to Australia.  Nothing like pulling out a clean towel from the closet to have a large, plate-sized with legs spread out and dual golf balls for a body, Huntsman jump out at you.  Not venomous, but any spider that you can hear hit the ground is enough to give me the willies.

Reading this actually made me more than a bit queasy. /shudder

[voodoolily]

Bah, spiders are good luck. I'll take spiders over mosquitos any time.



Yes, that's my hand precariously close to this huge garden spider. It's really pretty.

[Yegolev]

We did this thread already!  Is this a clip show?

[Signe]

Spiders ARE good luck and killing them is VERY bad luck.  For the most part, spiders are exactly the sort of creepy crawlie you WANT in your house and garden. (err... maybe not Brown Recluse or Black Widows, though)  I had a lovely tarantula for a while when I was working in Taos Ski Valley.

I can't believe you poured bleach on them, either.  I find that unbelievably cruel.  Stepping on them would have been kinder... or were you scared they would poison your shoe?

[WayAbvPar]

I don't mind small, slow spiders. It is the big hairy fuckers that skitter around at 30 MPH that give me the wigguns.

[Hanzii]

Yes, that's my hand precariously close to this huge garden spider. It's really pretty.

No it's not, it looks like a mans hand.


The spider's nifty, though.

[Shockeye]

Yes, that's my hand precariously close to this huge garden spider. It's really pretty.

No it's not, it looks like a mans hand.

Stop looking at the shadow of the adam's apple.