General / Off-Topic In space - no one can hear you scream

[blastard]

Hi Commanders,

Been in my garage today modifying my pilots chair to 2DOF motion. Flipped the chair over to remove the legs and something with eight legs fell out onto my hand - a false black widow spider! - aaaaaaagh!.

 

[Pville_Piper]

Watch out for brown widows as well... My favorite disposal tool is a bic lighter and a can of either... The egg sacks die as well.

 

[X-Terminator]

Chances of injury are more probable by running away and falling over

 

[your mom]

RIP John Hurt....

 

[Dbrn47]

RIP John Hurt....

Hi Mom.

I know it's been a while since we spoke and I've been meaning to talk to you about it. It's unfortunate that you had to go die of cancer before I had the chance. Now that you are here though, how are things? Did you find a cure wherever you are?

 

[NW3]

Spiders don't creep me out, luckily.

True story: I once moved a cord of firewood, which was teeming with (true) black widow spiders. There were at least 2 or 3 on each log. It was a cold day, so the spiders were slow-moving. I was wearing thick leather gloves and heavy clothing.

I dropped each log on the concrete driveway and stomped the spiders (which bounced off the wood) with my boots. I killed many hundreds of black widows that day, along with a dozen or so brown recluse spiders.

 

[Dbrn47]

Spiders don't creep me out, luckily.

True story: I once moved a cord of firewood, which was teeming with (true) black widow spiders. There were at least 2 or 3 on each log. I was wearing heavy leather gloves. I dropped each log on the concrete driveway and stomped the spiders (which bounced off the wood) with my boots. I killed many hundreds of black widows that day, along with a dozen or so brown recluse spiders.

Wait, you had brown recluses and black widows living in the same log pile? Isn't that like cheetah and antelope hanging out at the bar together?

 

[your mom]

Hi Mom.

I know it's been a while since we spoke and I've been meaning to talk to you about it. It's unfortunate that you had to go die of cancer before I had the chance. Now that you are here though, how are things? Did you find a cure wherever you are?

I'm doing well. I probably drink more than I should.... and, unfortunately, no pill's going to cure my ill.

 

[NW3]

Wait, you had brown recluses and black widows living in the same log pile? Isn't that like cheetah and antelope hanging out at the bar together?

Yes. I didn't ask about their living arrangements.

The brown recluses were mostly on the bottommost logs.

 

[Bryan K]

Watch out for brown widows as well... My favorite disposal tool is a bic lighter and a can of either... The egg sacks die as well.

I have a class-4 laser (which is perfectly legal to own where I live) and I'd love to test it on some wasp nests outside my house. I'd use it on the Brown Recluses that love to come inside, but I'd rather not burn spots on my walls or blind my pet bird, who is far too small to wear red safety glasses. The Black Widows in my mailbox, on the other hand, are fair game