Important advice

[underfoot]

for those of you that use powered mask respirators
(you know, the ones with the full face helmet and the filter and power pack
on a belt)

HINT..... check air hose for HUUUGE huntsman spiders before use!

TIP....... when one drops onto your face when you have the mask on,
don't squeal like a girl and hit the face plate,

it just makes em cranky :o

[ss_11000]

:roflmao:

[chrisp]

Please upload the pictures:)

[wheelinround]

Learnt long ago with motor bike helmet

forgot about it when stopped for petrol jumped back in lcruiser heading out the drive looked out window to see huntsman thought ok I am safe its outside saw it move towards windscreen looked like it was still on outside

:oo: now right in front of me so turned on wippers bloody thing didn't move :)(its inside @ eye level

jumped out of Lcruiser trying to grab umbrella to kill and take out of 1st gear at same time

[madrat]

OH MY GOD!!!

Seriously, you just made my skin crawl....

After visualising that, I also felt the need to hit myself in the face and you are excused from screaming like a girl....:rofl:

[madrat]

Learnt long ago with motor bike helmet

forgot about it when stopped for petrol jumped back in lcruiser heading out the drive looked out window to see huntsman thought ok I am safe its outside saw it move towards windscreen looked like it was still on outside

:oo: now right in front of me so turned on wippers bloody thing didn't move :)(its inside @ eye level

jumped out of Lcruiser trying to grab umbrella to kill and take out of 1st gear at same time


by the time i finished my last response, you had posted this and now I look like I have been crying, i laughed so much...

(it was more the way you just narrated that story, very funny)

[artme]

Had amotorbike rider tell of similar story with a bee inside his helmet, while taking on a fast left hand sweeping bend. Very funny to listen to his laconic telling of the story but I'll bet the incident was no joke at the time!:oo::oo::o:o

[Sleeping Dog]

Had amotorbike rider tell of similar story wit a bee inside his helmet, whiletaking on a fast left hand sweeping bend. Very funny to listen to his laconic telling of the story but I'll bet the incident was no joke at the time!:oo::oo::o:o

Oh yeah, bin there done that. Not at all funny:oo:

[tea lady]

Close encounter while moving at high speed definately not funny. But huntsman in the dust mask.:rofl:

We currently have a huntsman wandering around our lounge room. Spot him every morning in a different spot. Small boy has dubbed him Harry the Hairy huntsman. Just hope he doesn't land on his breakfast one morning and give him phobia.:rolleyes:

[hitch]

powered resperators = who needs them. I'm quite happy with the paper thing pinched around my nose!!:o

[Waldo]

:roflmao:

:aro-u: what he did. Thanks for the best laugh I've had all day. :2tsup:

[tea lady]

powered resperators = who needs them. I'm quite happy with the paper thing pinched around my nose!!:o
And miss all the fun?:D

[tea lady]

Still laugh every time I read it. :rofl:

[Waldo]

I had my wife crying from try to hold the laughs in, but at the same time her skin was also crawling.


(She hates the critters - if there's one in the house i try and make sure she doesn't see it, otherwise if I'm not there and she sees it she'll kill it, or if i am I get told to take it outside to the other side of the road, which :; I don't do.)

[bookend]

Waldo- If you really want to make her skin crawl, about 20 years ago, a girl I was working with, came to work with a lump and nasty bruise on her cheek about the diameter of a tennis ball and about 4cm high.

This is the story she gave as best I can remember it.

"I was getting ready for bed and I'd just put my pyjamas on. I turned off the light and lay down on my bed. Suddenly I felt a stabbing pain in my cheek. I reached up and there was a THING on my cheek. I screamed, ripped it off and threw it to the floor and ran for the bedroom light. It was a huntsman spider and I'd trapped it on my pillow with my face so it bit me.

My mum took me to the hospital and by the time I got there I had a lump the size of a mandarin on my cheek. The doctor told me that huntsmen aren't poisonous and the lump would eventually go away but I wanted the lump gone, so the doctor had me strapped down, a nurse held my head and the doctor used his palm heels to push what seemed to be a litre of brown goo out of my face."

I can tell you, it took me over two years to stop checking my pillow before I lay down on it. Even today, I can't bear to let a huntsman go for a wander around my home.

[derekh]

Back in the days when I used to scuba dive, it was not uncommon to find huntsmans residing in my wetsuit sleeves. Once while teaching in the local pool, my student pointed to my snorkel and gave the danger signal. I surfaced to discover a huntsman on the snorkel mouthpiece. It had taken up residence inside the snorkel.

After these incidents, I always washed my gear before I put it on !!

[wheelinround]

Fellow I worked with put on his overalls & boots in the locker room he'd been running late overslept stood up and pulled the overalls up felt something in his boot kicked it off and found a mouse then screamed like a big girl :o he'd been bitten on the inner thigh by a huntsman inside his overalls 3 days in hospital.


Bee's & Christmas beatles on motorbikes are not funny Christmas beatles at high speed have blinded some and they sting like blazes :doh:

Phobia's we all have them
Some have it real bad its called fear of work :D
Spider phobia can be so bad it has caused heart attacks

[underfoot]

Here's Fluffy,

waiting for just the right moment.

[Incoming!]

Abut ten years ago, I decided to take the company's 4WD over to Moreton Island for the weekend. Also dragged along the daughter and a couple of her young friends to give them a weekend of outdoors camping experience.

I was reversing out of a dead end area when a monstrous stinking huntsman jumped out of the air vent and onto my hand.

Now you know and I know, that when one is half turned around in the driver's seat with an arm looped over the back of the seat, peering out of the window and trying a tricky reversing manoeuvre involving trees, that you don't need any distractions.

Naturally, upon the unwelcome discovery that a spider has jumped on to one's arm, one's body goes into an instant and massive muscular contraction that includes not only significant arm waving, but also an increase in pressure of the right foot on the accelerator. In reverse gear. With trees around.

You have no idea how long it took me to fill out the insurance claim. The impact drove the rear mounted spare tyre into the back door and skewed it sideways. To add insult to injury the kids thought it was a marvellous adventure and didn't understand why I was shouting at them to shut up each time they embellished the story. They gave the spider a name (Spam, from memory), a university education, a psychological profile and family history. Whenever we get together, the damn story always comes up.

To make matters worse, I took the same 4WD to Moreton Island a year later and while reversing I told my passenger the story. We had a good giggle and in the process, yep, you guessed it ... found another tree. Haven't been camping since.

[tea lady]

Normal people tell cat stories, you know.:rolleyes::D

[Incoming!]

Normal people tell cat stories, you know.:rolleyes::D

Normal? I ran across a thread in the archives, a couple of months ago, that dealt at some length with the use of cats as toilet brushes. :no:

[underfoot]

Normal people tell cat stories, you know.:rolleyes::D

Neighbors cats,
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make good hats :)

[RufflyRustic]

I will never forget the night I woke up to a whitetail spider crwling on my armpit!!! shudddder!!!!!!!

[tea lady]

Harry the Hairy huntsman was behind his picture again yesterday but I don't know where he is this morning. :creaped out smiley:

[Toyboy]

The huntsman is your friend. :o
They eat cockies and like to live under bark or in your ceiling. They are often found in homes near bushland or newer homes.
I love 'em. They can give a painful, although not dangerous bite if cornered, but that is rare as they are very timid. Watch out though if the female has a clutch of babies. She is very protective, so just let them go about their business and they'll keep your house clean of cockies and mozzies.....generally.

[Toyboy]

I worked with a bloke who had the strangest experiences with animals. I'd love to write a story on his adventures, but I doubt anyone would believe it.
For example, he came into work one morning with scratches up his arms, chest, stomach,neck and face. Naturally, I asked him what he had done this time.
He decided to wash his cat, but the cat obviously had other ideas about cleanliness. So after filling the laundry tub, he tried to dunk the cat who put up a brave fight and won....this round anyway. My mate, not one to give up easily eventually recaptured the cat within the locked laundry and shoved the cat inside his jacket. Apparently that is not a good thing to do with an angry cat.
While the cat was busily shredding his torso, he filled the washing machine complete with wool-wash and then proceeded to wrestle the cat into the machine. He was smart enough to not start the machine. Gotta give him that much.
He managed to get the cat into the machine and slammed the lid. Now I didn't know this before, but apparently cats make excellent agitators when place inside a washing machine.
After a few minutes of self agitation, he lifted the lid and out came the cat at lightening speed and clawed him yet again as it tried to make good its escape from this hell.
Believe it or not, he told me that he then had to dry the stupid thing. This naturally, brought him more grief.
The cat finally escaped when one of his kids opened the laundry door. Not only had the cat been traumatised, but his son also, when he was confronted with his father covered in blood with his shirt ripped and torn, and water, suds and blood all over the walls.
As soon as I can get this image out of my head, I will relate other animal atrocities that he has performed on his pets which all ended in grief for him.
Yep, this is 100% true. In fact after proof reading my post I realised that this was only half the story, but I'm sure you get the gist of it anyway.
Fact really is stranger than fiction.

[Waldo]

The huntsman is your friend. :o
They eat cockies and like to live under bark or in your ceiling. They are often found in homes near bushland or newer homes.
I love 'em. They can give a painful, although not dangerous bite if cornered, but that is rare as they are very timid. Watch out though if the female has a clutch of babies. She is very protective, so just let them go about their business and they'll keep your house clean of cockies and mozzies.....generally.

:2tsup:

[kekemo]

Son was more than a little inebriated….a huntsmen…came crawling out on the drinks-counter at Adult Pool -Party in Perth ..….scared the female staff….son (who was waiting for drinks) grabbed the spider…obviously showing off….
"What’s up this little thing won’t hurt you…." (then bit him)… "What the #$@^*".....
He then threw it into the left hand….Yes.. it bit his other hand…(son explains he didn’t know what to do with it then….wasn’t happy with the first bite ….. certainly not going to let it get away with the second bite…) he threw it into his mouth…and ate it…..!!!!
LOL…now he wasn’t scared of spiders before…..but now he either hates or eats them….doesn’t seem to have slowed down his drinking or partying…. pity…
Yes….was seen by many of his friends….he now wonders why his nick name is “spiderman”….lol

..Just one of those times.... that you love your kids.. but you don't have to like them always.....!!!!!
Kekemo

[echnidna]

wot did it taste like?

[kekemo]

....yes ...I still shudder....his comment at the time was..."mmm tastes like grasshoppers"...

Apparently the bar staff girl...just about threw-up...but they offered him free drinks....he said ...He was already to full(he used another word) to appreciate such an offer...but said he will enquire if it's still valid next party!

Kekemo

[tea lady]

....yes ...I still shudder....his comment at the time was..."mmm tastes like grasshoppers"...

Apparently the bar staff girl...just about threw-up...but they offered him free drinks....he said ...He was already to full(he used another word) to appreciate such an offer...but said he will enquire if it's still valid next party!

Kekemo

Your son? I don't think I'd own up!:rolleyes:

[kekemo]

....yes...this son of mine has dredies....loves to party...but gets me to drive him & his stepbrother to & fro.....
...same son...walked in when my hubby was dying of cancer....took 2 months off his job...to be home with us....walk in second day...just borrowed $30,000 & paid out our mortgage....onto his fourth house....works 8 weeks on .....two off.....buying ahome in Denham....now....
Never been out of a job....been working since he was 16....Can't keep up with him....think it's his diet!!!

Runs around as if he's got eight legs.....just keeping up with him is exhausting...( well not really....he just give me a list of what to do & get done before he gets back.....no wonder I'm exhausted)
He saw to many mates waste their life's doing stupid stuff....he loves fishinig....just told him not to mess about with the sharks...they bite back!
.....starting to settle down....27 in two weeks....my son...my best mate!
Kekemo....his mother!

[artme]

Never been bitten by a spider.
Been bitten by a mongoose, but not a spider.

[underfoot]

Been bitten by a mongoose, .

just got me drifting off down memory lane, artme
remembering all the things I,ve been bitten by over the years,

ants, spiders,wasps, bees, centipedes, dogs, cats, fish, (lots of fish)
sharks, (small wobby), birds (lots of birds, actually, most birds)
snakes, lizards, sue mackenzie (in grade 5) , horses, ferrets, kangaroos,koalas, possums ,wombats, etc etc etc.

no wonder visitors think australia is a dangerous place,

or have all our native species just got it in for me?

or maybe I should just stop tryin to cuddle em

[tea lady]

....yes...this son of mine has dredies....loves to party...but gets me to drive him & his stepbrother to & fro.....
...same son...walked in when my hubby was dying of cancer....took 2 months off his job...to be home with us....walk in second day...just borrowed $30,000 & paid out our mortgage....onto his fourth house....works 8 weeks on .....two off.....buying ahome in Denham....now....
Never been out of a job....been working since he was 16....Can't keep up with him....think it's his diet!!!

Runs around as if he's got eight legs.....just keeping up with him is exhausting...( well not really....he just give me a list of what to do & get done before he gets back.....no wonder I'm exhausted)
He saw to many mates waste their life's doing stupid stuff....he loves fishinig....just told him not to mess about with the sharks...they bite back!
.....starting to settle down....27 in two weeks....my son...my best mate!
Kekemo....his mother!
Yes. Maybe we all need spiders for breakfast. Seems to have spiders legs on his head too.:oo::D

[Allan at Wallan]

Son was more than a little inebriated….a huntsmen…came crawling out on the drinks-counter at Adult Pool -Party in Perth ..….scared the female staff….son (who was waiting for drinks) grabbed the spider…obviously showing off….
"What’s up this little thing won’t hurt you…." (then bit him)… "What the #$@^*".....
He then threw it into the left hand….Yes.. it bit his other hand…(son explains he didn’t know what to do with it then….wasn’t happy with the first bite ….. certainly not going to let it get away with the second bite…) he threw it into his mouth…and ate it…..!!!!
LOL…now he wasn’t scared of spiders before…..but now he either hates or eats them….doesn’t seem to have slowed down his drinking or partying…. pity…
Yes….was seen by many of his friends….he now wonders why his nick name is “spiderman”….lol

..Just one of those times.... that you love your kids.. but you don't have to like them always.....!!!!!
Kekemo

Dunno what all the fuss is about.
When I was younger we used to love going
to the shop and getting a "spider" drink.
Lemonade and icecream.
Ahhh, it brings back memories.

Allan

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I once stole a calendar - and got 12 months.

[Christopha]

Many years ago I pulled into the backyard of the hardware in our little town, the manager and his sole worker were in the yard and being sociable sort of blokes they naturally leaned on the window of the old Sandman for a yarn. All was good till Blue flipped my sunvisor down and a bloody enormous black spider fell between my legs. Now if I had been wearing jeans it wouldn't have mattered a toss ...but.... I was wearing stubbies and the ravenous bloody thing with fangs like a motherinlaw headed straight for me "sensitive bits". I immediately planted both feet flat on the floor so I could elevate my "bits" up and away from the danger zone. Unfortunately this meant that the right foot was on the accelerator pedal and the other came off the clutch pedal and was planted firmly on the floor. The mighty 308 screamed, the tyres howled, hell, they smoked! Which wasn't bad as it was a rubble paved yard, not bitumen! The van didn't actually move forward but it did go downward about 6 flamin' inches! Eventually I managed to despatch the monster without terminal damage to my precious parts, the dust and tyre smoke cleared and there were the two hardware mongrels, covered in dirt, dust and rubbery residue, they hadn't moved an inch because they were paralysed by laughter! It did take a while to live it down too. :(

[tea lady]

Discussing Harry the Hairy Huntsman with 5 year old son yesterday he asks if they eat bull ants. (He has some experience of these.:rolleyes:) I said they probably would but bull ants don't seem to climb up to the ceiling so Harry couldn't catch them. He reckoned we need an elevator for them. I pointed out that maybe we couldn't convince the ants to go and get eaten. He thought that they would when they had had enough of being alive. Then they would gladly go up the elevator to be Harry's dinner. I'm still not sure this would rid the world of bull ants.:doh:

[madrat]

Discussing Harry the Hairy Huntsman with 5 year old son yesterday he asks if they eat bull ants. (He has some experience of these.:rolleyes:) I said they probably would but bull ants don't seem to climb up to the ceiling so Harry couldn't catch them. He reckoned we need an elevator for them. I pointed out that maybe we couldn't convince the ants to go and get eaten. He thought that they would when they had had enough of being alive. Then they would gladly go up the elevator to be Harry's dinner. I'm still not sure this would rid the world of bull ants.:doh:

Don't you love the way little ones think?
My 4 year old nephew wants to be a vet, but he refuses to operate on 'ants'....:?

[tea lady]

Don't you love the way little ones think?
My 4 year old nephew wants to be a vet, but he refuses to operate on 'ants'....:?

Is that operate with a boot?

[madrat]

Is that operate with a boot?

hee hee.
I don't even think he will get that close.
They freak him out for some reason.:oo:
Ant-phobia??

He ran out of his room recently screaming at his mum that there was a giant spider on his wall.

When she went to check and couldn't find it, she asked him where it was.
He pointed to the skirting where a tiny ant was crawling........:cool:

[tea lady]

Here's Harry. Although I think I should change his name to Dusty. I didn't feel like going out the door anyhow.:D

[Incoming!]

You have got to be joking! Tell me it's a trick photography thing! You could put a bl**dy saddle on that monster.

[madrat]

OH MY GIDDY AUNT!!!!.......TL:o

How long did you say he has been living with you for?
Does he pay board? Because I'm sure he has one hell of an appetite :oo:.

With all due respect to the arachnad families, the sight of him has just made me shudder...(I think it might be the hairy legs....)

[tea lady]

I did take the photo with macro setting. He's not bigger than the normal spiders we get in these here parts.:D

[madrat]

He's not bigger than the normal spiders we get in these here parts.:D

That's normal!!!!???

I remember when my husband first told me about the camel spiders he encountered on his 'military tour'. It still freaks me out :o

I'm assuming he just wanders around his own 'part of the house' and doesn't interfere with your 'living arrangements'?

[tea lady]

That's normal!!!!???

I remember when my husband first told me about the camel spiders he encountered on his 'military tour'. It still freaks me out :o

I'm assuming he just wanders around his own 'part of the house' and doesn't interfere with your 'living arrangements'?

Yer! He eats the mozzies. I guess thats why he's so big.:D Actually when I opened the door gently he just backed up a bit and let me out.:roll:

[underfoot]

fluffy says she's interested in meeting Harry

[Incoming!]

when I opened the door gently he just backed up a bit and let me out.:roll:

Manners or no manners, I think it's time to send it to God. Maybe Madrat's military man could send a battalion or two with Weapons of Mass Destruction to wipe it out.

[madrat]

Manners or no manners, I think it's time to send it to God. Maybe Madrat's military man could send a battalion or two with Weapons of Mass Destruction to wipe it out.

no, no, no.......
There's bad karma in that!!!!

I don't want any part of Fluffy or Harry's possible payback, if we interfere. :no:

Just the photo's of them 'perched' on someone's hand is scaring the c**p out of me.

[Incoming!]

[quote=madrat;723278
Just the photo's of them 'perched' on someone's hand is scaring the c**p out of me.[/quote]

Take a close look at Fluffy. It has its tooth extended in a sneaky attempt to fang Underfoot. That, or it's spitting on him.

Just say the word and the tin of Mortein will be on its way, guys.

[underfoot]

Take a close look at Fluffy. It has its tooth extended in a sneaky attempt to fang Underfoot. That, or it's spitting on him.
.

no no no,
tooth extention in huntsmen is a sign of friendship

isn't it ? :o
no?
well, ...... that would explain a few things then.

[tea lady]

Harry is not as big as Fluffy.:no: Its just a trick of proportion on the macro photo. And I cropped it and stuff. there is nothing to give you a sense of scale. And I'm not picking Harry up.:runaway:

[tea lady]

See? He's not THAT big. Underfoot's pet would win.

[madrat]

See? He's not THAT big. Underfoot's pet would win.

I am so impressed with you TL to take the time to measure him :U.

Seriously, I thought he was the size of a friggin football :oo:


I couldn't help it Incoming, I had to enlarge Fluffy to see the tooth thing!!!

All I can say Underfoot, is put him down gently and back away.......

In this case, size really does matter......

[Barry_White]

Here is a nice spider for those that are squeamish.

YouTube - Camel Spider

[tea lady]

Camel spider!! Yoics!!!!!


I'm worried about Harry. He's still sitting in th same spot he was in yesterday, and the day before. Is there a doctor in the house?:C

[madrat]

Camel spider!! Yoics!!!!!


I'm worried about Harry. He's still sitting in th same spot he was in yesterday, and the day before. Is there a doctor in the house?:C


I would offer the services of my 4 year old nephew, but..............
(flashback to 'ant-reaction')


Maybe Harry's just pondering life :roll:

As much as their hairy legs freak me out, I do hope he is OK.....

[Incoming!]

Dr Incoming recommends you use a hammer to test Harry's reflexes. Be sure to get a good swing - accuracy is important - and give a several sharp taps between the eyes. If he doesn't move after landing a few good ones, then you can probably assume that he is ..... resting. Sorry Madrat - I'll risk the bad karma!

[madrat]

Dr Incoming recommends you use a hammer to test Harry's reflexes. Be sure to get a good swing - accuracy is important - and give a several sharp taps between the eyes. If he doesn't move after landing a few good ones, then you can probably assume that he is ..... resting. Sorry Madrat - I'll risk the bad karma!

Ooooooh, you are dicing with arachnad death!!!

If you smack him, he probably has his own eight legged army behind TL's wall clock and if they see you 'operate' in that manner, they will fly off the wall and fang you on the face.:oo:

Never under estimate the hairy ones.....

[tea lady]

Maybe he's pining for Fluffy? Or Sally? You know what happened when Harry met Sally?:roll::D

[Incoming!]

You know what happened when Harry met Sally?:roll::D

Brainsnap! Please don't say any more! Not with regard to spiders!

[madrat]

Maybe he's pining for Fluffy?

I was thinking the same thing.

Maybe Underfoot could organise a play date for you, just to cheer him up.

If Fluffy keeps that 'happy go lucky' tooth extension thing happening, she may just do something for Harry...

What do you think Underfoot? Have you got it in you to play Cupid for the eight legged wonders? :U

[tea lady]

Maybe they get online after we go to bed, and meet in the spider chat room. They know all about the web after all.:D

[madrat]

:rofl:

Good one....