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I RUN from here as I detest Spiders! Oh, and support Raid! (Original Post) Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 OP
If you wish to live and thrive, let the spider run alive. GoneOffShore Jun 2013 #1
+1 n/t handmade34 Jun 2013 #2
+2 840high Jun 2013 #3
+3 In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #4
Had two about that size creep up on me ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #5
I love spiders, bats and snakes a lot more than Aristus Jun 2013 #6
Love bats and snakes. Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 #7
If your reaction is to try and climb me, well Aristus Jun 2013 #8
No, more like throwing you at it. Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 #10
I like spiders and insects. But that's a Black Widow!... Locut0s Jun 2013 #9
And that is how ALL spiders look to me. Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 #11
Isn't their 'deadly' reputation mostly exaggerated? pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #12
No spider lives in my house as long as I have Raid. I hate all bugs. n/t RebelOne Jun 2013 #13
 

ConcernedCanuk

(13,509 posts)
5. Had two about that size creep up on me
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 05:44 PM
Jun 2013

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New home is a house built within an old shack.

And extensions put on - but I am still not sorry I bought it.

I have a can of Raid Max about 4 inches away from my computer

Yep - spiders are a problem here ( no shit! )

Only been here a month, will figure out a way to prevent entry in the future (bet ur ass I will).

Although I certainly don't like them, I know they are not poisonous - yep when they bite (when ur sleeping) ya get itchy swollen sores that can last for over a week -

But I ain't terrified of them - but them BIG ones, sure make me jump when I see them.

Grab my Raid Max - blast them, problem solved - for now.

Figure to take a year or two to make this place insect free.

Heck, lived in a 17 foot trailer for 6 years with no facilities.

On someone elses property that hassled me all the time.

I OWN my 28 acres and buildings.

Dealing with the critters is peanuts

It's humans that give me grief.

Gonna buy me a dawg

soon

CC

Aristus

(66,330 posts)
6. I love spiders, bats and snakes a lot more than
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 07:53 PM
Jun 2013

the trillions of pests that they eat, and keep from making life miserable for us.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
7. Love bats and snakes.
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 08:09 PM
Jun 2013

But spiders and I are not friends.

I am one of those that you do not want to be in the same room with if there is a spider as well.

It will get and has got nasty.

Aristus

(66,330 posts)
8. If your reaction is to try and climb me, well
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 08:13 PM
Jun 2013

it's happened to me before...

"There it is! Killitkillitkillit!"

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
10. No, more like throwing you at it.
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 09:19 PM
Jun 2013

I am one of those. I will try and throw the whole house at it. I will scream and yell and just loose it.

That is why Dave tries to kill them before I see them.

We have a deal. He handles the spiders, I handle the snakes. It has worked well.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
11. And that is how ALL spiders look to me.
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 09:22 PM
Jun 2013

Where you see a regular garden spider, I see that. And it is larger than life.

I have a server case of arachnophobia.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
12. Isn't their 'deadly' reputation mostly exaggerated?
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 09:29 PM
Jun 2013

Well, maybe not from the perspective of their mates, lol. But I used to catch a lot them in my garage as a kid, and offered my black widow eradication services to the neighbors as well.

My personal best was 36 fresh-caught black widows in a jar at one time.

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