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Somewhat OT - spiders
I have always been sort of creeped out by spiders. About 11 years ago,
I worked at a water park. One day there was a huge spider at one of the slide splashdowns. It was about 4 or 5 inches across. I killed it. A few days later my tuxedo cat IKE disappeared. Karma? I never kill spiders any more. When I see one in the house, I carefully capture it in a jar and set it free outside. I don't know if they can survive outside in the winter but I give them the chance. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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Somewhat OT - spiders
"---MIKE---" wrote in message ... I have always been sort of creeped out by spiders. About 11 years ago, I worked at a water park. One day there was a huge spider at one of the slide splashdowns. It was about 4 or 5 inches across. I killed it. A few days later my tuxedo cat IKE disappeared. Karma? I never kill spiders any more. When I see one in the house, I carefully capture it in a jar and set it free outside. I don't know if they can survive outside in the winter but I give them the chance. ---------- Big spiders are the one thing that creep me out too, I am OK with anything else. I figure that it's not their fault I don't like them, and I would hate to kill them so I've devised a method to catch them so I can put them outside. I can't do the glass over them with cardboard slipped underneath as it makes them run up into the glass and I drop it in horror. So, it's the big fluffy towel, gather the spider up inside it, and shake the towel outside. I have a spider that has set up home on my kitchen windowsill, she's been there for a couple of weeks and has built a typical house spider web between my spice jars. I know she's a girl by her thingies that poke out in front of her, boys have lumps on them. That does not help as she is a big girl, too big for me to deal with. I need to evict her and must gird my loins soon as I am fed up with her eyeballing me when I have my breakfast ;-) Tweed |
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Somewhat OT - spiders
Christina Websell wrote:
I have a spider that has set up home on my kitchen windowsill, she's been there for a couple of weeks and has built a typical house spider web between my spice jars. I know she's a girl by her thingies that poke out in front of her, boys have lumps on them. That does not help as she is a big girl, too big for me to deal with. I would guess so!! Any spider that's big enough for you to determine her gender is too big for me. Joyce -- A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead. -- Leo Rosten |
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Yowie wrote:
wrote: Christina Websell wrote: I have a spider that has set up home on my kitchen windowsill, she's been there for a couple of weeks and has built a typical house spider web between my spice jars. I know she's a girl by her thingies that poke out in front of her, boys have lumps on them. That does not help as she is a big girl, too big for me to deal with. I would guess so!! Any spider that's big enough for you to determine her gender is too big for me. have you met the Aussie Huntsman Spider? *DO NOT* click if you get freaked out by spiders, OK? http://members.iinet.net.au/~pterren..._Dads_hand.JPG Yeah, I've seen pictures of them before. *Pictures* of spiders don't freak me out. I had a sudden realization a little while ago about my feelings toward bugs. I realized that what i really hate is the *surprise* factor. You know, you're sitting there innocently, and suddenly there's some big, multi-legged thing crawling, inches from your arm, or face, or wherever. I always act like the classic shrieky girly-girl when that happens, but a second later, I'm trying to assure whoever may be there that everything's OK, while trying to hide my embarrassment. I just really can't stand being startled by a bug, especially when it's well inside what I consider to be my personal space. Joyce -- I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. -- Abraham Lincoln |
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wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: I have a spider that has set up home on my kitchen windowsill, she's been there for a couple of weeks and has built a typical house spider web between my spice jars. I know she's a girl by her thingies that poke out in front of her, boys have lumps on them. That does not help as she is a big girl, too big for me to deal with. I would guess so!! Any spider that's big enough for you to determine her gender is too big for me. she's big but soon I have to catch her and put her outside. I have to be brave about it. She's very happy where she is but I am not. Tweed -- A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead. -- Leo Rosten |
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wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: I have a spider that has set up home on my kitchen windowsill, she's been there for a couple of weeks and has built a typical house spider web between my spice jars. I know she's a girl by her thingies that poke out in front of her, boys have lumps on them. That does not help as she is a big girl, too big for me to deal with. I would guess so!! Any spider that's big enough for you to determine her gender is too big for me. I am proud to announce that I decided to gird my loins and evict her this morning. I'm a wuss about big hairy spiders, it makes no difference at all that I know they cannot harm me, for some reason they give me the horrors. I know it is not logical. I've been putting it off, of course. It seemed easier to leave her there than challenge myself to do it. Anyway, no spiders were harmed in the process and it's done. She ran when I moved the spice jars and hid and I thought, no, I have to find you and I did. She curled up in fright when she knew she was discovered but I scooped her up carefully with a wooden spoon and put her outside the window. She'll just have to find another house to be a house spider in. If you all knew how difficult it was for me to do that, you'd be proud of me too. It's very easy to kill insects & spiders because you *can* and you don't like the look of them, but it was not her fault that I have a problem with her appearance, is it? She deserves to live. (I'm beginning to think I'm turning into a Buddhist) Tweed |
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Christina Websell wrote:
I am proud to announce that I decided to gird my loins and evict her this morning. I'm a wuss about big hairy spiders, it makes no difference at all that I know they cannot harm me, for some reason they give me the horrors. I know it is not logical. But it's also not at all uncommon. There are just some animals that give many people the shivers - spiders, snakes, rats and other creepy-crawlies. I think we probably evolved the capacity to be creeped out by these creatures, but it seems we need some life experiences (or teaching) to activate it. I am also creeped out by spiders and many insects, but if I'm not surprised by them, it's less upsetting. Seeing a bug outdoors is less creepy than inside. Seeing a spider on the ceiling doesn't bother me as much as one crawling on the bathroom floor while I'm on the toilet (a true story! ). I really like snakes and don't have an irrational fear of them at all. But I do have a *rational* fear of a strange snake encountered on a path (or pretty much anywhere), until I can determine that it's not venomous. Anyway, no spiders were harmed in the process and it's done. She ran when I moved the spice jars and hid and I thought, no, I have to find you and I did. She curled up in fright when she knew she was discovered but I scooped her up carefully with a wooden spoon and put her outside the window. She'll just have to find another house to be a house spider in. If you all knew how difficult it was for me to do that, you'd be proud of me too. I am! I really like your motto "It's not the spider's fault that I can't stand it", and I applaud your willingness to treat it humanely despite your revulsion. Joyce -- Whenever you feel anger, you should say, "May I be free of this anger!" This rarely works, but talking to yourself in public will encourage others to leave you alone. |
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On 17/10/2010 3:54 AM, Christina Websell wrote:
wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: I have a spider that has set up home on my kitchen windowsill, she's been there for a couple of weeks and has built a typical house spider web between my spice jars. I know she's a girl by her thingies that poke out in front of her, boys have lumps on them. That does not help as she is a big girl, too big for me to deal with. I would guess so!! Any spider that's big enough for you to determine her gender is too big for me. I am proud to announce that I decided to gird my loins and evict her this morning. I'm a wuss about big hairy spiders, it makes no difference at all that I know they cannot harm me, for some reason they give me the horrors. I know it is not logical. I've been putting it off, of course. It seemed easier to leave her there than challenge myself to do it. Anyway, no spiders were harmed in the process and it's done. She ran when I moved the spice jars and hid and I thought, no, I have to find you and I did. She curled up in fright when she knew she was discovered but I scooped her up carefully with a wooden spoon and put her outside the window. She'll just have to find another house to be a house spider in. If you all knew how difficult it was for me to do that, you'd be proud of me too. It's very easy to kill insects& spiders because you *can* and you don't like the look of them, but it was not her fault that I have a problem with her appearance, is it? She deserves to live. (I'm beginning to think I'm turning into a Buddhist) Wow Tweed. Yes, very proud of you! Yowie |
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Somewhat OT - spiders
"Yowie" wrote in message ... On 17/10/2010 3:54 AM, Christina Websell wrote: wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: I have a spider that has set up home on my kitchen windowsill, she's been there for a couple of weeks and has built a typical house spider web between my spice jars. I know she's a girl by her thingies that poke out in front of her, boys have lumps on them. That does not help as she is a big girl, too big for me to deal with. I would guess so!! Any spider that's big enough for you to determine her gender is too big for me. I am proud to announce that I decided to gird my loins and evict her this morning. I'm a wuss about big hairy spiders, it makes no difference at all that I know they cannot harm me, for some reason they give me the horrors. I know it is not logical. I've been putting it off, of course. It seemed easier to leave her there than challenge myself to do it. Anyway, no spiders were harmed in the process and it's done. She ran when I moved the spice jars and hid and I thought, no, I have to find you and I did. She curled up in fright when she knew she was discovered but I scooped her up carefully with a wooden spoon and put her outside the window. She'll just have to find another house to be a house spider in. If you all knew how difficult it was for me to do that, you'd be proud of me too. It's very easy to kill insects& spiders because you *can* and you don't like the look of them, but it was not her fault that I have a problem with her appearance, is it? She deserves to live. (I'm beginning to think I'm turning into a Buddhist) Wow Tweed. Yes, very proud of you! She was a big one, and yes, I wanted to remove her without harming her and I did it. Yay. I can't describe how I feared doing that. She'd been there for two weeks or so and I knew either she'd be eyeballing me all winter when I was eating my breakfast or she had to go. She went. Tweed |
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