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An eight legged friend! He'll never let you down.
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Pebbles gobbles most of the visitors up. She can even catch bluebottles. I do try and save the spiders of course.
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Wild spiders couldn't drag me away
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In the last 24 hours I rescued one from the bath and one from the sink in the same bathroom. It could have been the same one being stupid twice of course.
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You did a good thing Foinavon.
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I like spiders. There's a time of year (might be autumn) when you get a lot of the big ones wandering about, it's males on the pull, trying to find a female to make the beast with 16 legs.
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I like them too. They are lovely. I just get freaked out when I see them.
I recorded a programme about them - which I eventually plucked up the courage to watch - and felt a lot happier to be among them. They are in the bath to get a drink of water. Knowledge, understanding, friendship. They just keep turning up and making me jump. |
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you should be used to jumping ffs
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I am amused
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But amusement aside, there are a lot of big spiders around.
I like them, but not in my line of vision. |
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Hi Kenny - apologies for missing this the first time, but is Pebbles your cat ?
Well done for saving the spiders mate. |
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I've always admired spiders, parachute but not thinking of starting a rescue service,
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Spiders are the SAS of the animal kingdom.
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Well it's not my pet crocodile, parachute.
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Give her a break, Kenny! Who wants to eat their dinner next to your smelly old trainer?
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Arenh't you impressed I use trainers at my age?
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That's an oldish photo when she was sort of a stray taken near the door when I was trying to entice her in,hence the location of the food.
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That depends, sir. What do you use them for?
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A brisk walk 3 times a week. Used to jog but the knees are a tad painful these days.
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Very impressive, sir. I'm forty-six and, although walking the dog four times a day, can no longer run at all.
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Knees here as well. I buggered mine up lifting weights as a youth.
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I was still playing 5 a side at 46, that's what I miss the most.
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Have you tried walking football, Kenny? It's quite popular around here, a friend plays and he's seventy-six!
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I've thoght about it since I first heard of it 2-3 years ago, Poker', and the recent TV ads have rekindled my interest.
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I hate big spiders. Keep getting them in my house when its hot.
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Not seen a single spid
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Not seen a single spid
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Not seen a single spid
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Not seen a single spider even
since starting this thread They must read the forum and respect my fears. Most likely explanation. |
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Perhaps they've all been scared off by a really big one?
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Joking aside, conkers are the answer to your prayers, sir. Spiders don't like conkers, if you place a few bowls around the house they stay away.
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truly Poker? I've seen some chestnut spray advertised.
Normal horse-chestnut conkers? |
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Yes, sir, just a normal brown conker.
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All big spiders are female. Males always small. Have to come up with interesting mating strategies to avoid being eaten. I think God may be a female spider - you've seen them on the horror movies. Imagine, when you're in Limbo, I'll be sucking the dissolved contents of a giant fly prior to mating with some monstrous tarantula who will eat me alive. Religiously-speaking, makes Islam seem half-reasonable.
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Bodil - are you ok mate?
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My way of avoiding the fear has been thinking of the St Leger exacta, eight hairy legs.
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I'm fine para - just speculating if God was a female spider. Statistically less likely than him being a white male man? I think not.
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Interesting thought bodil.
Pretty sure God could take any form. |