Probably won't be on as much the rest of this week

First topic message reminder :

... as I'm taking a quick trip up to Colorado, a little time off. I'll probably check in from time to time, though.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/spider-photobombs-selfie-girls-go-wild-everything-goes-blurry/story-e6frfrnr-1226918736534

THESE girls were just trying to take a cosy little selfie when a spider tried to get in on the act. Watch the chaos that ensues as they become aware of the vile crawly presence just centimetres from their youthful faces.

veya_victaous wrote:

Sassy wrote:
Perhaps Lurker should be given some weapons lol

I am planning on posting spiders to anyone that is naughty        

  

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AIN'T she a cutie..


LOOKS suspiciously like one that I have sitting in a jar of metho' on a garage workbench !   

Cass wrote:

Nems wrote:
Please tell me thats not from indoors just the garden?!

So far just a few roaches.....barf....and one scorpion inside......we get indoors done twice a year....but 2 weeks ago saw a tarantula on the driveway.....would've git the car out and run over the bugger but was too scare to do that. Ive seen the cobwebs ...from a distance.....work colleague git bitten by a scorpion when she dried her face on a towel in her bathroom!!!!!!!! But they didn't get their house done.

 
   TARANTULAS are not only a harmless spider, but are sold in many pet shops over there...

I see spiders, I pick them up and relocate them into the garden..
I encourage spiders to forage among the fruit trees and vege's..
DESPITE Oz's reputation as the world's spider capital, there's only 4 or 5 sp. that I kill.

Getting pest control in 4 times a year is INSANITY !!!
EVEN with the relatively mild poisons used today, cancer risks will still be increasing with multiple applications..   

veya_victaous wrote:http://www.news.com.au/technology/spider-photobombs-selfie-girls-go-wild-everything-goes-blurry/story-e6frfrnr-1226918736534

THESE girls were just trying to take a cosy little selfie when a spider tried to get in on the act. Watch the chaos that ensues as they become aware of the vile crawly presence just centimetres from their youthful faces.

Oooh dat was a scary one
I would have needed therapy after that
   

Lurker wrote:Don't expect me to change their nappies while you are gone, Ben.

Didn't think you could change your nappy Burker - you useless plonker.

Can't wipe your own arse can you, hence why you wear one.

Ben_Reilly wrote:... as I'm taking a quick trip up to Colorado, a little time off. I'll probably check in from time to time, though.

Have fun Ben. We will try to keep the bloodshed below the Apocalypse level.

Lone Wolf wrote:

Cass wrote:
So far just a few roaches.....barf....and one scorpion inside......we get indoors done twice a year....but 2 weeks ago saw a tarantula on the driveway.....would've git the car out and run over the bugger but was too scare to do that. Ive seen the cobwebs ...from a distance.....work colleague git bitten by a scorpion when she dried her face on a towel in her bathroom!!!!!!!! But they didn't get their house done.

   TARANTULAS are not only a harmless spider, but are sold in many pet shops over there...

I see spiders, I pick them up and relocate them into the garden..
I encourage spiders to forage among the fruit trees and vege's..
DESPITE Oz's reputation as the world's spider capital, there's only 4 or 5 sp. that I kill.
Getting pest control in 4 times a year is INSANITY !!!
EVEN with the relatively mild poisons used today, cancer risks will still be increasing with multiple applications..   

So what! I may die young but at least I can sleep at night :p

jaded fox wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:... as I'm taking a quick trip up to Colorado, a little time off. I'll probably check in from time to time, though.

Have fun Ben. We will try to keep the bloodshed below the Apocalypse level.

Lol

Hi! MOUNTAINS!!! Gotta go to there

Ben_Reilly wrote:Hi! MOUNTAINS!!! Gotta go to there

Are you Rocky Mountain High yet?

Hi Ben are you there yet?   

Hope you are enjoying yourself Ben.

x

 ::ftlcheer:: 

Nems wrote:Bloody hell they made me jump!

Me no likey

same here horrible things

Ben_Reilly wrote:Hi! MOUNTAINS!!! Gotta go to there

Five months of us and Ben runs off and hides in a mountain.

I know it's wrong to find this funny

lovedust wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:Hi! MOUNTAINS!!! Gotta go to there

Five months of us and Ben runs off and hides in a mountain.

I know it's wrong to find this funny

instead of Coors beer adverts I keep seeing it more as The Sound of Music scenario

Cass wrote:

lovedust wrote:

Five months of us and Ben runs off and hides in a mountain.

I know it's wrong to find this funny

instead of Coors beer adverts I keep seeing it more as The Sound of Music scenario

LOL Hilarious  

Hola amigos! I'm back, got some business to attend to and really just skimmed this thread, but thanks for all the well wishes and it was fantastic.

Yesterday I went on a drive that started as a sunny 70-degree (F) day. 14 miles later I'd ascended nearly three miles above sea level, the temperature had dropped to just just above freezing and it began to snow. I looked down at the peaks of mountains I had been looking up at on the way.

Here's a photo I took at the lowest point, down near the reservoir:



Ah ... nature. It was fantastic, I'd never seen anything like it and I highly suggesting going to the nearest really big mountain (Pike's Peak in the above photo is over 14,000 feet) if you haven't either.

Also, of course, took my first dozen or so perfectly legal inhalations of weed ... that was cool. Met some great people, had some great meals, I could jump up and down talking about the great time I had.

OK, some catching up to do now ...

glad you had a marvellous time! welcome back, you were missed blah blah blah....



so glad (and jealous) about your rocky mountain high.....


now to the important stuff.....did you bring me anything?

xx

Cass wrote:glad you had a marvellous time! welcome back, you were missed blah blah blah....



so glad (and jealous) about your rocky mountain high.....


now to the important stuff.....did you bring me anything?

xx

I found this really cool rock in the Rockies (get it?) but I think I'm going to keep it   

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Cass wrote:glad you had a marvellous time! welcome back, you were missed blah blah blah....



so glad (and jealous) about your rocky mountain high.....


now to the important stuff.....did you bring me anything?

xx

I found this really cool rock in the Rockies (get it?) but I think I'm going to keep it   

Pfft that's you off the crimbo cookie list then.....

Hey Ben..good to see you back , hope you had a nice time

Cass wrote:

lovedust wrote:

Good lord... do you remove the Huntsmen spiders (who knows how) or do you... sleep in the room with them?

And there is why I will never go to Australia ...along with snakes, box jellyfish, saltwater crocs., sharks and a whole bunch if other icky things!

I cant believe I did!
Australian spiders are big scary buggers
the ones that arent are little scary buggers

Nems wrote:

Cass wrote:

And there is why I will never go to Australia ...along with snakes, box jellyfish, saltwater crocs., sharks and a whole bunch if other icky things!

I cant believe I did!
Australian spiders are big scary buggers
the ones that arent are little scary buggers

you are cruel....now I have to go throw up.

ok admit to being a teensy bit jealous x

lovedust wrote:

veya_victaous wrote:LOLZ

fear of spiders

I often have huntsmen with a legspan of about 15-20 cm in my bedroom (and every room) the Biggest one I had legs span was about the same as an A4 page.

plenty of the little black house spiders too..

only had a couple of funnel webs(most dangerous spider in the world) wander in during their mating season.  ::D:: 

Good lord... do you remove the Huntsmen spiders (who knows how) or do you... sleep in the room with them?

  

NOT ONLY do we Aussies encourage and welcome Huntsman spiders inside our homes; but often we also have them hitching rides in our cars...

P.S. NOT ONLY are the N. American Tarantulas perfectly harmless as I pointed out last week, and are even sold as pets ~ but the equally harmless South American Tarantulas, and the related spp. the Australian Tarantula of FNQ and New Guinea (the 'Bird Eating Spider') are also quite harmless..

EVEN IF some can grow as big as my hand.   

Lone Wolf wrote:

lovedust wrote:
Good lord... do you remove the Huntsmen spiders (who knows how) or do you... sleep in the room with them?

  
NOT ONLY do we Aussies encourage and welcome Huntsman spiders inside our homes; but often we also have them hitching rides in our cars...
P.S. NOT ONLY are the N. American Tarantulas perfectly harmless as I pointed out last week, and are even sold as pets ~ but the equally harmless South American Tarantulas, and the related spp. the Australian Tarantula of FNQ and New Guinea (the 'Bird Eating Spider') are also quite harmless..
EVEN IF some can grow as big as my hand.   

and my reply to yer P.S. is So? and your point being???? I don't call scaring you to death being harmless....I bet you wrestle crocs fer fun...

Cass wrote:

Lone Wolf wrote:
  
NOT ONLY do we Aussies encourage and welcome Huntsman spiders inside our homes; but often we also have them hitching rides in our cars...
P.S. NOT ONLY are the N. American Tarantulas perfectly harmless as I pointed out last week, and are even sold as pets ~ but the equally harmless South American Tarantulas, and the related spp. the Australian Tarantula of FNQ and New Guinea (the 'Bird Eating Spider') are also quite harmless..
EVEN IF some can grow as big as my hand.     

and my reply to yer P.S. is So? and your point being???? I don't call scaring you to death being harmless....I bet you wrestle crocs fer fun...

Hi Me Lady


I quite like spiders myself, out of interest would you ever attempt to overcome that fear, as I think it is beneficial for people to try. My younger sister was petrified of snakes to the point she could not even look at a picture without freaking out. She now can hold them, showing it does benefit to try and overcome such fears.
Not knocking just think some inner fear arise when younger, most kids are fearless on many things until a certain age, so it would be interesting to know how these fears first started, may help break that fear.

x

Didge wrote:

Cass wrote:
and my reply to yer P.S. is So? and your point being???? I don't call scaring you to death being harmless....I bet you wrestle crocs fer fun...

Hi Me Lady
I quite like spiders myself, out of interest would you ever attempt to overcome that fear, as I think it is beneficial for people to try. My younger sister was petrified of snakes to the point she could not even look at a picture without freaking out. She now can hold them, showing it does benefit to try and overcome such fears.
Not knocking just think some inner fear arise when younger, most kids are fearless on many things until a certain age, so it would be interesting to know how these fears first started, may help break that fear.
x

You are speaking to a gal that gets freaked out by butterflies and moths .....seriously ....I can deal with normal small house spiders and lizards don't bother me at all but beyond that no thank you.....and there is no way in hell I would ever do aversion therapy.....I have a truce with the spiders - if they stay away from me I will stay away from them. of douse if they invade my borders then all bets are off and I am allowed to go nuclear as well as conventional. x

Cass wrote:

Didge wrote:
Hi Me Lady
I quite like spiders myself, out of interest would you ever attempt to overcome that fear, as I think it is beneficial for people to try. My younger sister was petrified of snakes to the point she could not even look at a picture without freaking out. She now can hold them, showing it does benefit to try and overcome such fears.
Not knocking just think some inner fear arise when younger, most kids are fearless on many things until a certain age, so it would be interesting to know how these fears first started, may help break that fear.
x

You are speaking to a gal that gets freaked out by butterflies and moths .....seriously ....I can deal with normal small house spiders and lizards don't bother me at all but beyond that no thank you.....and there is no way in hell I would ever do aversion therapy.....I have a truce with the spiders - if they stay away from me I will stay away from them. of douse if they invade my borders then all bets are off and I am allowed to go nuclear as well as conventional. x

Fair enough me Lady.
Just think it helps to overcome fears.

x

Didge wrote:

Cass wrote:
You are speaking to a gal that gets freaked out by butterflies and moths .....seriously ....I can deal with normal small house spiders and lizards don't bother me at all but beyond that no thank you.....and there is no way in hell I would ever do aversion therapy.....I have a truce with the spiders - if they stay away from me I will stay away from them. of douse if they invade my borders then all bets are off and I am allowed to go nuclear as well as conventional. x

Fair enough me Lady.
Just think it helps to overcome fears.

x

I hear you and I am good about flying but the dentist and other creepy crawlies that can cause you intense pain? nope, nada, fuggedabbotit. I will go to me grave being like that but hey I'm good with it. glad it helped your sis though x

Ben_Reilly wrote:Hola amigos! I'm back, got some business to attend to and really just skimmed this thread, but thanks for all the well wishes and it was fantastic.

Yesterday I went on a drive that started as a sunny 70-degree (F) day. 14 miles later I'd ascended nearly three miles above sea level, the temperature had dropped to just just above freezing and it began to snow. I looked down at the peaks of mountains I had been looking up at on the way.

Here's a photo I took at the lowest point, down near the reservoir:



Ah ... nature. It was fantastic, I'd never seen anything like it and I highly suggesting going to the nearest really big mountain (Pike's Peak in the above photo is over 14,000 feet) if you haven't either.

Also, of course, took my first dozen or so perfectly legal inhalations of weed ... that was cool. Met some great people, had some great meals, I could jump up and down talking about the great time I had.

OK, some catching up to do now ...

Ben, looks gorgeous!  x

As for the spiders in here......

It was awesome! Here's another pic, this is a rock formation in an area known as the Garden of the Gods that is full of these massive rock formations. Hope the resolution works right; if it does, you can just make out a person climbing it that gives you an idea of how big it is: