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| skline |
 Jun 29 2006, 08:52 AM
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Born to Drive  Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California  |
The disadvantage to working on old cars of any kind, especially ones that were stored for any length of time, is that they are homes to many undesirable guests. This is the second one I found on Jared's car in two days. The bad part about it is that his little brother was working in the wheelwell stripping the undercoating off all weekend and he is lucky he was not bitten. I was last year when working on Joe's car and it is not very pleasant. Just watch out when you are out working on the car.
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| KaptKaos |
Jun 29 2006, 08:54 AM
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Family Group: Members Posts: 4,009 Joined: 23-April 03 From: Near Wausau Member No.: 607 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Stupid bugs. Don't they know its a targa, not a spyder?
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| Allan |
Jun 29 2006, 09:01 AM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
Yikes!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)
I hate spiders. Even the ones that aren't poisonous... |
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| Root_Werks |
Jun 29 2006, 09:13 AM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,321 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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We get the Wolfe spiders up here often mistaken for Brown Recluse spiders. My house is an arachnid friendly enviroment. I like 'em, one of the most efficient killing machines nature has ever created.
Just take her and move her into your garden or bushes or something. Let her get to work and keep the insect population under control. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| VaccaRabite |
Jun 29 2006, 09:23 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,444 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
When we moved into our house last year, we had a big black widow infestatin in the basement. This suprised me, as the house is in PA, and I had not seen those buggers since I had lived in Modesto CA 14 years earlier.
Erin and I noticed them when we looked at the house before we bought it. I did not tell her what they were till after closing. One of our cats ate one (she hunts spiders) and got really sick. Then I reenacted WWI in my basement with a massive gas attack to kill the Widows. So far they have not returned. I like spiders in my house. Just not the shiney black kind. Zach |
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| watsonrx13 |
Jun 29 2006, 09:27 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,734 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Plant City, FL Member No.: 312 Region Association: South East States |
Wow, how appropriate. I have my shop at the b-inlaws, where he has his wood working shop. On Monday he was bitten by a brown recluse on his leg. It has swollen up and he's in a lot of pain. BTW, he's allgeric to penacillin and ibuprofen...
-- Rob |
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| Joe Ricard |
Jun 29 2006, 09:56 AM
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CUMONIWANNARACEU Group: Members Posts: 6,811 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Gautier, MS Member No.: 92 |
Rob, I suggest you go drive your car. REALLY fast. that'll get rid of the spiders.
Well maybe not but it sure will be fun. |
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| double-a |
Jun 29 2006, 10:02 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 987 Joined: 15-September 03 From: vancouver, wa, usa Member No.: 1,162 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
spiders are great, and there are very few that can actually do serious harm to humans.
i smiled the other day when i saw a relatively small spider scurrying away with a yellowjacket in its clutches. ~a |
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| tat2dphreak |
Jun 29 2006, 10:19 AM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
QUOTE(Root_Werks @ Jun 29 2006, 10:13 AM)  We get the Wolfe spiders up here often mistaken for Brown Recluse spiders. My house is an arachnid friendly enviroment. I like 'em, one of the most efficient killing machines nature has ever created. Just take her and move her into your garden or bushes or something. Let her get to work and keep the insect population under control. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) damn wolf spiders will scare the F out of you... they get big enough that they surprise you... I've gotten up and found one in my shoe after I already put it on... scred the PISS outta me... hate spiders... even watching the NGC specials about them gives me the heebie jeebies... |
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| mstein95 |
Jun 29 2006, 10:25 AM
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Back when grey Levi's were the rage. Group: Members Posts: 404 Joined: 1-May 06 From: Eugene, OR Member No.: 5,959 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
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hate spiders... even watching the NGC specials about them gives me the heebie jeebies... [/quote] (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) |
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| jhadler |
Jun 29 2006, 10:33 AM
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Long term tinkerer... Group: Members Posts: 1,879 Joined: 7-April 03 From: Lyons, CO Member No.: 529 |
QUOTE(watsonrx13 @ Jun 29 2006, 07:27 AM) Wow, how appropriate. I have my shop at the b-inlaws, where he has his wood working shop. On Monday he was bitten by a brown recluse on his leg. It has swollen up and he's in a lot of pain. BTW, he's allgeric to penacillin and ibuprofen... -- Rob Are you sure it was a Brown Recluse? Rob, he really should see a doc about that. Recluse venom is -nasty-. the swelling and pain is not an infection, it's the venom destroying the surrounding tissue. The longer it sits there, the more damage it does. Really, get him to see a doc today. Most likley they'll irrigate and probably excise some tissue, but that venom is bad news. Not that I'd want a bite from either, but I'd have to choose the widow over a recluse if I had to. The necrotic wound from a recluse bite can be really gross, and can take a very long time to heal (weeks to months). See a doc. -Josh2 |
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| J P Stein |
Jun 29 2006, 10:44 AM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
I'm currently waiting for the pain & swelling on my right heel to go down.
I was prolly asleep when the sumbitch bit me.....some spider, I figure. |
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| rick 918-S |
Jun 29 2006, 11:22 AM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,462 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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QUOTE(KaptKaos @ Jun 29 2006, 06:54 AM) Stupid bugs. Don't they know its a targa, not a spyder? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) |
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| Toast |
Jun 29 2006, 12:04 PM
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Not bad for carrying sway bars. Group: Members Posts: 3,377 Joined: 20-January 04 From: Las Vegas Member No.: 1,580 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Such a beautiful creature, but it creeps me out!
Thanks alot Scottie! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) |
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| Aaron Cox |
Jun 29 2006, 12:33 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
light it on fire
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| Bruce Allert |
Jun 29 2006, 01:07 PM
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Hellions asleep Group: Members Posts: 3,289 Joined: 19-March 03 From: Eagle Creek, Orygun Member No.: 441 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I watched a wolf spider come out of the couch cushion next to my cat... made the cat's eyes buldge! Then he jumped off the couch. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/alfred.gif) I squished it & heard it go crunch. It was a big sumbitch.
Wolf spiders are the biggest problem for our dogs in the kennels. They get bit & swell a lot. Makes them limp if it's their foot. I've heard of a few people losing an apendage or dieing from a recluse bite if not treated quickly. .......b |
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| SLITS |
Jun 29 2006, 01:09 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Aaron Cox @ Jun 29 2006, 11:33 AM) light it on fire The ...ahem.....car or the bug? |
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| mharrison |
Jun 29 2006, 02:12 PM
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Why do I bother???? Group: Members Posts: 633 Joined: 8-September 03 From: Madison, MS Member No.: 1,123 |
A quote from one of my favorite movies:
Jimmy McGinty: A real man admits his fears. That's what I'm asking you to do here tonight. Who wants to go first? Clifford Franklin: I'm afraid of spiders, Coach. Jimmy: I mean, what scares you ON THE FIELD? Clifford: Spiders on the field? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I have two scars on my back from Brown Recluse bites. I was 8 when it happened. It is 28 years later. Still there..... |
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| zymurgist |
Jun 29 2006, 05:07 PM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
Look, he's crawling up my wall
Black and hairy, very small Now he's up above my head Hanging by a little thread Boris the spider Boris the spider Now he's dropped on to the floor Heading for the bedroom door Maybe he's as scared as me Where's he gone now, I can't see Boris the spider Boris the spider Creepy, crawly Creepy, crawly Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly There he is wrapped in a ball Doesn't seem to move at all Perhaps he's dead, I'll just make sure Pick this book up off the floor Boris the spider Boris the spider Creepy, crawly Creepy, crawly Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly He's come to a sticky end Don't think he will ever mend Never more will he crawl 'round He's embedded in the ground Boris the spider Boris the spider |
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| JPB |
Jun 29 2006, 05:56 PM
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The Crimson Rocket smiles in your general direction. Group: Members Posts: 2,927 Joined: 12-November 05 From: Tapmahamock, Va. Member No.: 5,107 |
I had a wolf spider so big that when I went to stab it, with a knife, it moved the knife out of the way. It was as big as your two pointers and thumbs together. Once impailed and attached to the base board, I figured it would dry up when I came back home a few days later. Got home and I guess the wild lizards had it for lunch; to bad. The fangs were 1/4 long and made a crunching noise in the wood when stabed into the base board.
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