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Post by sandsman1 on Dec 8, 2004 19:13:37 GMT -5
OK as usuall i had a tough time ,, i realy liked 12 names so it was very hard to say no to 4 of them --rules are the same as usuall ,, you can vote till around 8pm sat nite SO--DOITUP-hahaha
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Post by docone31 on Dec 8, 2004 20:53:37 GMT -5
I love it, a Draconian spider theme. We just killed a dinner plate spider in the bathroom. It measured four inches across. The unique feature of these spiders is they scream. They have eight eyes that glow, and when they feel threatened they can make a screaming noise. I thought my wife was going to die from fear. It came out from behind the washing machine, loudly, these guys make noise when they move and faced her off and started screaming! It took direct sprays with Raid and took untill today to stop moving. It makes a believer out of you. These guys hunt birds when fully grown. We have Palmetto beetles, cockroaches, down here that get to three inches in length. That spider must have been the Apex predator and he lived in our attic. There are huge webs and lots of hollow cockroaches. At least I hope he was the one, and his big brother is not going to stalk in the night. They can jump a really long distance. Half of our attic is open, and the other half is open and uncleanable untill I take down another wall. Creatures that go thump in the night!
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Post by sandsman1 on Dec 8, 2004 21:17:02 GMT -5
hey doc spiders scare the s--t outa me i hate um if that thing came out in front of me id empty a clip of 38-s in his ass hahaha---thats how much i dont like um
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Post by docone31 on Dec 8, 2004 21:27:29 GMT -5
Dude, I pounded that thing with Raid. It got up and staggered then started moving more quickly towards the wall where the washer was. I sprayed it again, and put the hollow part of the Raid can on top of it. That was last night. I just picked up the can and it is still alive. It started going Dor, dor, dor, dor! They really do scream/bark. Its body goes from both sides of the bottom of the can, and you can feel it when the can is on it. You ought to see how fast it can move, even when hit full with Raid! They jump at you when you come close! I am glad he is only four or five inches in diameter. I would hate to be here if he was the size of a cat. I think they would be the dominant species on this planet. Floriduh is full of these things. In the woods they span 13" and their webs can stop a small dog.
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Post by sandsman1 on Dec 8, 2004 21:36:27 GMT -5
well you just convinced me all my life i said im gonna retire in fl. and enjoy fishing all year round hahaha --i just changed my plans
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Post by docone31 on Dec 8, 2004 22:25:47 GMT -5
I will have to take a photo. It is worse than a bad science fiction movie. This thing is huge, agressive, and it barks! Their bite is a necrotoxin. It dissolves flesh from within and the protein in the venom replicates itself. It will dissolve its victim from the inside out. The bite feels like a pinprick, I have been told, then two weeks later, the puspocket appears. It just keeps on dissolving untill it gets into the organs, brain, and spinal cord. It takes about a year to kill an human.Slowly. The whole body turns black and blue, and splits at pressure points like elbows, knees, waist, and when it gets into the organs, the stomache bloats like a drowning victim except the person is still alive. Once it hits the brain, the pressure from the brain dissolving, slowly puts pressure inside the cranium and the eyes slowly pop out. The tongue turns black and protrudes from the mouth. It also expands filling the entire jaw cavity. We also found a clutch of pygmy rattler eggs that had hatched in the attic. The walls had huge cracks and openings, the ceiling had holes, the floor had holes completely through to the ground below. The woman who sold us the house, her mother was a little off and used to lie on her side and pull out all the grass. I pull down a wall panel, and snakes scurry, lizards jump, turn colours, and run, the barking spiders chase us and bark and jump then run for cover. There were so many palmetto beetle droppings in the ceiling tiles, when I took them down it was like brown rain! We have been killing Brown Recluse spiders like crazy, a room at a time. If someone made a movie out of this, no one would believe it! The first few months were a nightmare. We would hear scurring around, strange barking sounds, scuffles, then silence. You can hear it when a snake is moving behind the walls. I should have taken photos of the pygmy rattler eggs. They were in the ceiling! And all this time we have been opening our business, designing jewelery, and trying to stay sane. Run for your lives, there is a lobster loose! He is red and dangerous! Butter is the only weapon! I am going to take a picture of that spider with some size reference. According to the spider sites, that spider is only two years old and they live for ten years. They grow and shed their skin every six meals.
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Post by rockyraccoon on Dec 8, 2004 23:22:57 GMT -5
my gosh what kind of spider is this doc? i'd be out of there until someone had ridded me of all of those things! and would still have nightmares for months!
kim
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llanago
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Post by llanago on Dec 8, 2004 23:34:11 GMT -5
Doc, what kind of spider is it? I know a brown recluse can put a hurtin' on ya', but they are relatively small - having them around would be enough to send me scurrying, but having a HUGE, nasty spider and all those other critters would be reason enough for me to torch the place and rebuild. I'm no weenie about creepy crawlers but that many in one place would send me over the edge. I hate those dang palmetto bugs - just giant roaches as far as I am concerned and I think they creep me out more than spiders and snakes! When I was in my early 20's and lived in Houston, a bunch of us went to Steak and Ale for dinner one night. We're having cocktails and visiting, having a really fun time when I catch this movement off to my side. I turned around to see what it was and it's this HUGE palmetto bug, aka, roach crawl up the wall! The gal sitting next to me saw it about the same time and WHAM she smashed that sucker flatter than a flitter. It just echoed through the whole place and she and I just cracked up. Nobody else had seen it and they were quite bewildered as to why we had cracked up. Of course, when we told them, everybody was somewhat grossed out and we ended up going elsewhere for dinner. Of course, the second it dawned on her that she had smashed that nasty thing with her bare hand, she freaked out. I thought she would wash all the skin of her hands! It was gross, but pretty dang funny. I hate those dang things! llana BTW, what's the deal here? 44 views of this thread and only 6 or 7 votes!
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Rose
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Post by Rose on Dec 9, 2004 3:39:05 GMT -5
See this is the one thing I like about England - we dont have any nasty bugs like that, that get into your house ! I'm bad enough with a normal little house spider. Don't know how you did that Docone, I would be cowering in the corner !
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Post by docone31 on Dec 9, 2004 7:26:19 GMT -5
Now, my digressions are taking from Sands thunder. It is fun however. I do so enjoy things that go bump in the night. I will post pictures of the rattlesnake eggs or the few my wife didn't sweep off the hole in the wall, and I am going to post a picture of the spider. It might be dead by now. After the hurricanes, the house prices went so high in Floriduh we had to get a real fixer upper. In true Floriduh fashion, when they carpeted, no one took out the old carpet! There are three layers of carpet on the floor. With 7' ceilings, losing 2" of floor kinda makes for headaches. I am 6'6" when I slouch. I hope to send pictures today. I will send them to Rosebud for posting.
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Foreverdown
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Post by Foreverdown on Dec 9, 2004 8:06:21 GMT -5
Hey Doc, I heard those screaming spiders taste like chicken! Brett
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Post by sandsman1 on Dec 9, 2004 13:44:03 GMT -5
doc if you get a pic of that sucker i wanna see it
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Post by krazydiamond on Dec 9, 2004 14:13:24 GMT -5
yeh, i want to see it safely dead in Floriduh.....
otherwise, if it has a big brother you could wire wrap a little collar for the sucker and have him bark tunes and dance on alternate legs in your shop.....that'll draw the snowbirds....
KD
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Post by hermatite on Dec 9, 2004 14:29:38 GMT -5
I do NOT want to see that spider thankyouverymuch. I have enough pleasant surprises in my life. For example the other night my daughter (age three...yes that's her pic as my avatar) peeks around the corner..."maaaamaaaa I have SURPIIIIISE for YOOOOOU" she sings, clearly delighted about something. So I follow her...she leads me to the bathroom...points to the potty..."LOOK! POOP!". yeah...great...thanks honey. With surprises like that, dead giant barking photos are ALL I need.
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Dec 9, 2004 14:44:45 GMT -5
Hey doc, that's just one more good reason why we're thinking about sending the Corp of Engineers down there to separate the state of Floriduh from the rest of the continent. Ron
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Post by docone31 on Dec 9, 2004 16:00:13 GMT -5
I went to take pictures of the pygmy rattler eggs in my wall, and the spider from Mars and the batteries are dead. The eggs have hatched out or I would have disposed of them quickly, and the spider is under the Raid can still moving! It is called an Hunting Spider and is common to Floriduh. Its leg span can span 11". I will get batteries tomorrow at the Fleamarket and send photos to Sands. He will like it. Floriduh should slide off the direct continent. The IQ of America and the North American continent will go up several points.
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Dec 9, 2004 16:49:24 GMT -5
Hey Doc, whereabouts in Floriduh did you say you lived? Are you still in the Punta Gorda area?
Ron
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Post by docone31 on Dec 9, 2004 17:03:50 GMT -5
We sold the week before Charlie. We never felt safe in that house. Our old house was the only house left standing on the block and most of the neighborhood. It didn't lose a shingle or piece of facia. We went to Los Angeles, left with much speed, and resettled in New Port Richie. We opened up our shop at USA Fleamarket on Rt.19, Port Richie. Let me tell you. New Port Richie, Hudson, Port Richie is what the Keys were back in the '80's kicked back, nice place to live, and they are hungry for art here. Houses are still reasonable. It is also a lot cooler and not so mean as Punta Gorda was. We lost money with the move but my wife is much happier. She is from Los Angeles and does not do mean people real well. New Port Richie has everything we were looking for except the snow. Wish we had some.
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Post by rockyraccoon on Dec 9, 2004 17:03:51 GMT -5
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Post by docone31 on Dec 9, 2004 17:15:59 GMT -5
You got it, it is the Hunter spider. They get really large and the fatality of the bite is from necrotic infection. Most people just get real sick. It is agressive, goes oof, oof, oof. and really freaks people out. Even me. Small spiders no big deal. This guy holy moly! You can hear walk when you are close. He goes thump when he hits the ground. Good photos.
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