One for all the arachnophobes....
One for all the arachnophobes....
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philthy

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4,697 posts

269 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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SWMBO just ran in from the kitchen shrieking.
Apparently, "this one is yours to deal with". Hey ho, OK I'll sort it out. Bloody women eh?, I mean, how big can a house spider be?




I didn't jump, just made a sharp withdrawal from the area when it tried to attack me !
Thats a ten pence piece for comparison !

Have a look for yourselves.




>> Edited by philthy on Friday 19th August 22:17

Balmoral Green

42,561 posts

277 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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Pah! that's nothing compared to some of the things in my garage.

puggit

49,800 posts

277 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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That is big!!!

Saw a spider attack and kill a wasp in our garage once

>> Edited by puggit on Friday 19th August 22:21

Balmoral Green

42,561 posts

277 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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puggit said:
That is big!!!


No it's not.

OK, I will be back in a few minutes, I am popping into the garage, even though it's late and dark. I will get a 'big' spider, take its piccy, host it and post it. That tiddy little thing up above is NOT a big spider.

puggit

49,800 posts

277 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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Balmoral Green said:

puggit said:
That is big!!!



No it's not.

OK, I will be back in a few minutes, I am popping into the garage, even though it's late and dark. I will get a 'big' spider, take its piccy, host it and post it. That tiddy little thing up above is NOT a big spider.
Balmoral Green has gone, he may be some time

planetdave

9,922 posts

282 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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Pah - that's nothing.


This

lives behind my monitor. It's holding me hostage Why do you think I post so much these days?

Will someone send me some food and drink please?


[edit]bloody camera phones make everything look tiny. 'This' big, I'm telling ya.

>> Edited by planetdave on Friday 19th August 22:27

philthy

Original Poster:

4,697 posts

269 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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Balmoral Green said:



OK, I will be back in a few minutes, I am popping into the garage, even though it's late and dark. I will get a 'big' spider, take its piccy, host it and post it. That tiddy little thing up above is NOT a big spider.


My spiders bigger than your spider na na na nar nar

Phil

Balmoral Green

42,561 posts

277 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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Here we go...

philthy

Original Poster:

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269 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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Phil

planetdave

9,922 posts

282 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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Yeah, OK BG. That's quite big.



[edit]Is that a 'Chipendale'?. He'd better put it back before the missus sees him

>> Edited by planetdave on Friday 19th August 22:35

puggit

49,800 posts

277 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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I'm going so get sin-binned for this...



cyberface

12,214 posts

286 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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It's around the time of year for the bigger spiders to take refuge in your house.

I found a big bastard sitting on the stairs when (thankfully) the bird was happily asleep in bed. Otherwise the entire small town would have been woken up and the police called

He (then again aren't the biggest spider specimens the females??) just fitted inside the pint glass I used to pick him up with, so full diameter open legs (fnar) was around 9 cm.

No doubt we'll get some Aussie here posting a large Huntsman spider, but in a house in the UK anything over 8 cm is fairly noteworthy

I don't have a phobia, until they get big enough that I'm concerned that they can actually bite through human skin (most UK spiders can't get deep enough to cause any harm).

I don't really fancy chasing a large tarantula around my bed, having seen some blasted internet movie of a large tarantula ripping a white mouse to bits. Blood everywhere, nasty as and definitely the impression that one of those could put a large hole in my arm.

philthy

Original Poster:

4,697 posts

269 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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As there are pics of it up, what sort of spider is it?

Phil

Balmoral Green

42,561 posts

277 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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When I was a teenager I lived out in the middle east in the seventies, saw a few of these things, camel eating spiders. They really do eat camels.

Chim Girl

6,268 posts

288 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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puggit said:


Y'see, when I heard bloke talk about a woman in a bikini having spiders legs, I thought they were referring to something completely different.

ZR1cliff

17,999 posts

278 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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puggit said:
I'm going so get sin-binned for this...





When she asked for something with a face like a ferret that could breathe thru its ears and have a 12 inch tongue i bet she never bargained for that.

cyberface

12,214 posts

286 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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Bollocks. That damn picture was posted after I'd started my presumed-serious reply. No chance of this thread being taken seriously after that, eh you bastards???

I will be back with a photo if I find a big spider in my gaff this weekend. Suitably photoshopped for size, along with a random porn star...

puggit

49,800 posts

277 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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cyberface said:
Bollocks. That damn picture was posted after I'd started my presumed-serious reply. No chance of this thread being taken seriously after that, eh you bastards???

I will be back with a photo if I find a big spider in my gaff this weekend. Suitably photoshopped for size, along with a random porn star...
You should type quicker

wedg1e

27,038 posts

294 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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If this is a camel eating spider...



then this....



must be...

Uriel

3,244 posts

280 months

Friday 19th August 2005
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Posted by someone on another forum I read.