Spiders and sleeping

steveold · Jun 14, 2002

I'll try to keep this tame, for all you spider-scared people out there (me included)

Don't you hate it when you're about to go to sleep for the night, and suddenly spot a spider in the room?

The worst part is trying to kill it, and then it escapes!

Oh the madness. You know what I mean if you gone through this. It's just impossible to try to get any rest when you know that damn ugly 8 legged beast is waiting for you to sleep and then get its revenge!

About 15 minutes ago, I was ready to retire for the night. I happen to look above and caught sight of this nasty spider. It was hanging onto the ceiling and moving! Moving fast at that. I had to go to the bathroom to get the fly swatter because on a chair I could not reach it with my reach.

I quickly got the swatter, came in and looked up. No! Where did it go? A HA! I got you now buddy. Heh heh.

I try to smash it.

Because of the ceiling holes (my ceiling has those spiky white things, WTF are they called anyway?) the swatter did not get the spider. I removed the swatter and the spider goes sailing downward.

It's on the ground somewhere. I look around feverishly.

I couldn't find it.

I suddenly lost my desire to sleep.

I had to kill it.

Where is it?

Finally, five minutes later I see it crawling it around... yuck.

SWAT!

The battle is over.

I can finally head peacefully to bed.

If you ever been through something like I just did here, I feel ya!

Kid Aphex · Jun 14, 2002

That's horrible. I am definitely an aracnophobe...here in AZ there aren't too many indoors,just a lot of big furry WOLF spiders outside. But, the fear of spiders USED to carry over to scorpions...where are EVERYWHERE in az, and frequently in my house. One time, while typing on the keyboard, a scorpion fell from the vent above me onto my hand : )

That was the worst!

But after that, I just havent been afraid of scorpions. They're a lot less scary than spiders [to me] and fun to fuck with.

here's something for you: You eat at least 8 spiders in your sleep during your lifetime : )

peace,
ray

candycab · Jun 14, 2002

I used to have a terantula for a pet.
I found it roaming around at a friends ranch and took it home.
I kept for about a year and then let it go back at his ranch.
It was pretty cool , kinda odd feeling at first since it has all that hair , but they are actually really soft and very gentile animals.
I used to handle it all the time and I never once got bit by it.
It was pretty small when I found it , about the size of a silver dollar.
When I let it go it was about 3 times that size,probably beacuse I fed the crap out of it.

I really hate when you are just drifting into that sleep/awake state and its very quiet, then you hear a little tiny mosquito near your ear.
You have to get up , turn the light on and kill the bastard. Its sooo irritating.

steveold · Jun 14, 2002

Originally posted by Kid Aphex:
here's something for you: You eat at least 8 spiders in your sleep during your lifetime : )

peace,
ray<hr></blockquote>

I have heard it was 12 spiders a human being eats per YEAR. So once a month. I'm not sure though, but that's what I remember hearing.

Where I live there aren't many nasty spiders thank God. I'm scared of black widows, those damn Australian Funnel Web spiders and one more spider I forgot the name of... like the brown spider or something..

I saw a show once where this little girl got bitten by one and she died. Very sad, and very scary.

It's a small spider I think. Also on that episode, this guy got bitten by it and the next morning his back was covered with blood.

I think I had enough spider talk for one night...

steveold · Jun 14, 2002

Originally posted by candycab:
I really hate when you are just drifting into that sleep/awake state and its very quiet, then you hear a little tiny mosquito near your ear.
You have to get up , turn the light on and kill the bastard. Its sooo irritating.<hr></blockquote>

Oh yes, that also takes the cake. Man I hate that. I used to get bitten by mosquitoes a lot but haven't in the past years, thank God.

Sometimes I would go mad trying to kill those sumbitches. I get up, all mad and shit. With a fly swatter in my hand I will look around my room just begging for the damn creature to come out.

I hate it when you finally give up, go back to bed and 3 minutes later the buzzing returns.

Thank God I haven't experienced that in a long while. Thank you, Lord.

candycab · Jun 14, 2002

You guys have that very terratorial spider that actually chases people down and attacks them.
I think its really venomis too ?
I cant remember the name but it runs like 12 miles per hour.
I saw it on the learning channel or discovery.
One of these days I will make my way down there and get in some good scuba at the reef.

Kid Aphex · Jun 14, 2002

Steve, I think you're talking about the Brown Riclouse or Reckloose..whatever. It's pronounced RickLoose.

good times, those little fuckers suck.
There's also these beasts called Vinegaroons out here. little wily fucks that spray you with vinegar-smelling trash.

not to mention whip scorpions!

peace,
ray

FeelGood · Jun 14, 2002

LOL

WTF, you guys living in the Amazon jungle or some shit? You guys have nets around your computer to keep all those animals out?

LOL

All we have to worry about is Daddy Long Legs, I just stomp those bitches a new one. Sometimes they think they're like Black Widows or some shit and try to bite me but I parry their blows and just stomp their asses every time. Even if they do manage to bite me I only cry for a couple seconds because they are such pussies they can barely hurt me then I stomp their face in and pull off their legs and sometimes I impale their bodies on tooth picks and leave them around my room as a warning to the other Daddy Long Legs out there.

Sons of bitches... <img src="graemlins/veryangry.gif" border="0" alt="[Very Angry]" />

buster_broon · Jun 14, 2002

I live just under the rock of Gibraltar and we dont get many Spiders here - only cockroaches which personally i think are worse

At europa point they do get Spiders but no cochroaches and they get funnel web spiders which are crazy looking fuckers, but these Spiders are located in and around Gibraltar and they only have 1 skull and crossbones on a website which means a nasty stinging sensation when they bite but no death - compared with the ozzy funnel web which has 5 skull and crossbones - death

Mosquitos are little feckers, we have plug in pesticides but somehow you always still find one, theys eem to prefer to bite my wife though - they leave me alone
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[LOL]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[LOL]" />

RevQuixo · Jun 14, 2002

Originally posted by Kid Aphex:
Steve, I think you're talking about the Brown Riclouse or Reckloose..whatever. It's pronounced RickLoose.

good times, those little fuckers suck.
There's also these beasts called Vinegaroons out here. little wily fucks that spray you with vinegar-smelling trash.

not to mention whip scorpions!

peace,
ray<hr></blockquote>

recluse

and Steve that ceiling is called Stucco

[ June 14, 2002: Message edited by: RevQuixo ]

Magician · Jun 14, 2002

Killing a spider is a daily event in my room, but they're not that scary because of how small they are. Anyway, one day during the summer I woke up and found several hornets in my room :eek:

Killed'em all and only got stung once. I later found a hole on the outside of the house where they were getting in. I sprayed it with hornet-killer-spray-stuff then sealed the hole. I went back into my room to kill a few more that got in and proceeded to seal up any cracks where they could get it. No hornets since then

Kyo 2000 · Jun 14, 2002

Steve, the little brown spider you're thinking of that's so terrible is the brown recluse. You're right in that they're quite dangerous.
Spiders in general are very helpful in keeping down the population of other annoying insects, but I kill them anyway.
Where I work, we have an assload of those brown cardboard type boxes, I mean a hell of a load of them, going in, going out, every day. I think we're the cause of many new species of spider infesting Kentucky every day, but that's just me. But I DO kill every one I see.
And someone thinks SCORPIONS are fun to screw around with? That attitude will have you regretting it one day...

Magnaflux · Jun 14, 2002

When I was little, I gathered a few tarantulas (the little bastards are all over the place here) and put them in the microwave for a project for school. I recorded the exact time of death with a stop watch (when they ball up) vs. the tarantula's size. I found that larger tarantulas die faster than smaller when microwaved. I even worked out a formula you could use including microwave wattage. If you found a tarantula, you could determine the diameter of the carapace and figure approximately how long he would survive. My teacher told my parents and failed me

K_K · Jun 14, 2002

i like all bugs except cockraches and wasps. we have everything in texas i remember as a kid going down into the woods just two blocks from my house. and there was this old fence with black widow spiders on it. some times and i would take a stick and kill a few up until one would get on the stick and i'd run away.

then scorpions, our current attic is filled with those little brown fuckers. and my mom always feels the need to hide christmas presents up there. so one year i think it was when i got my SNES i had to hide my older sisters presents up there. so we climb the ladder and step in we open this box in the far corner and put the presents in. good thing i wore my boots other wise i would have been stung three times.

and snakes though i used to have one for a pet. i used to go through the woods a lot and find all kids of things like turtles and deer,raccons,possums,skunks,and all other manner of things. and so one day while walking around i heard this ratttttt-atatttttttt sound and walked over towards it. little did i know it was a rattle snake. i got scared and ran all the way home.

NeoDragoN · Jun 14, 2002

Originally posted by Steve:
I'll try to keep this tame, for all you spider-scared people out there (me included)

Don't you hate it when you're about to go to sleep for the night, and suddenly spot a spider in the room?

The worst part is trying to kill it, and then it escapes!

Oh the madness. You know what I mean if you gone through this. It's just impossible to try to get any rest when you know that damn ugly 8 legged beast is waiting for you to sleep and then get its revenge!

About 15 minutes ago, I was ready to retire for the night. I happen to look above and caught sight of this nasty spider. It was hanging onto the ceiling and moving! Moving fast at that. I had to go to the bathroom to get the fly swatter because on a chair I could not reach it with my reach.

I quickly got the swatter, came in and looked up. No! Where did it go? A HA! I got you now buddy. Heh heh.

I try to smash it.

Because of the ceiling holes (my ceiling has those spiky white things, WTF are they called anyway?) the swatter did not get the spider. I removed the swatter and the spider goes sailing downward.

It's on the ground somewhere. I look around feverishly.

I couldn't find it.

I suddenly lost my desire to sleep.

I had to kill it.

Where is it?

Finally, five minutes later I see it crawling it around... yuck.

SWAT!

The battle is over.

I can finally head peacefully to bed.

If you ever been through something like I just did here, I feel ya!<hr></blockquote>

LMAO <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[LOL]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[LOL]" />

Thats so true i hate all spider, its weird cause i'm a pretty big bloke and nothing scares me but when i see a spider the size of penny i go ape and shit myself!!!

were pretty lucky here our spiders don't grow huge but in america, australia Etc THERE HUGE!!! and thats why i will never leave the UK!!!

K9999 · Jun 14, 2002

I have no problems with spiders and bugs, its those sock puppets that scare the hell out of me.

[ June 14, 2002: Message edited by: K9999 ]

Medaka · Jun 14, 2002

Yeah I hate spiders and roaches.

Just a few months ago I was about to go to bed and there was a fuqing roach on my pillow...geh, It ran away and it took me at least an hour to find it again. I finally found it hiding in the closet on the very top of some boxes 5 feet up.

I really hate it when I'm sitting at the computer and I feel somthing crawling on my legs....or when I'm walking around and a spider comes down hanging from his web and I almost walk into it..

johnf878 · Jun 14, 2002

I don't mind spiders. Usually when I see them in my room I just let them be. They're the slow ones with the long legs, they don't cause much harm and usually don't move much either.
Any other kind of bug I usually seek out and smash though.

Daisuke Jigen · Jun 14, 2002

I've already killed 6 Brown Recluse this year. We had a mild midwestern winter, and they are out in force.

The fuckers are not harmed by bug bombs, or exterminators. The only thing you can do is vacuum a lot.

I killed one that was about the size of a silver dollaer the other night. The little bastards are NOT afraid of people. He raised his front legs and ran towards me when I came into the kitchen. I had to smash him twice with a sandal to get him to die.

It's going to be a long summer.

Shin Guile X · Jun 14, 2002

Spiders I can deal with but scorpions however scare the hell out of me. It is more of a curious fear but I still wouldn't want one crawling around in my house.

I do have a possem that stops by in my backyard once in awhile. He just hangs out on my fence. He even lets me get close enough to feed him. He used to show his teeth to me once I got to close and the playing dead act wasen't working at first. I wasen't afraid though, I have a half wolf that I play fight with and she bites me pretty damned hard so a possem bite wouldn't be that bad.

Anyway I give it food now (bread) and keep a loaf out in the back yard in the tool shed just for him.

Kid Aphex · Jun 14, 2002

Originally posted by Kyo 2000:
Steve, the little brown spider you're thinking of that's so terrible is the brown recluse. You're right in that they're quite dangerous.
Spiders in general are very helpful in keeping down the population of other annoying insects, but I kill them anyway.
Where I work, we have an assload of those brown cardboard type boxes, I mean a hell of a load of them, going in, going out, every day. I think we're the cause of many new species of spider infesting Kentucky every day, but that's just me. But I DO kill every one I see.
And someone thinks SCORPIONS are fun to screw around with? That attitude will have you regretting it one day...<hr></blockquote>

Scoprions are nothing much at all. It's a lot easier to kill them/ to distract them than with spiders. all you have to do is pick them up by their tail; they're not strong enough to pull themselves up, so they hang there like fish.

unless you've got a small one [aka the dangerous ones] or a baby!

peace,
ray

rstreck · Jun 14, 2002

Originally posted by Magnaflux:
When I was little, I gathered a few tarantulas (the little bastards are all over the place here) and put them in the microwave for a project for school. I recorded the exact time of death with a stop watch (when they ball up) vs. the tarantula's size. I found that larger tarantulas die faster than smaller when microwaved. I even worked out a formula you could use including microwave wattage. If you found a tarantula, you could determine the diameter of the carapace and figure approximately how long he would survive. My teacher told my parents and failed me <hr></blockquote>

I don't blame her. That's how serial killers get their start, torturing things.

Shin Guile X · Jun 14, 2002

Originally posted by Kid Aphex:


Scoprions are nothing much at all. It's a lot easier to kill them/ to distract them than with spiders. all you have to do is pick them up by their tail; they're not strong enough to pull themselves up, so they hang there like fish.

unless you've got a small one [aka the dangerous ones] or a baby!

peace,
ray<hr></blockquote>

Isn't the rule something like "the smaller the pincers the more venomous it's sting"? or something like that?

candycab · Jun 14, 2002

I was watching that Fangs show on discovery channel and it said that the Daddy Long Legs spider is actually one of the most venomus creatures in the world , but there mandables are so tiny they cant pierce through human skin.

I thought that was pretty cool , usually let them hang out.
They neve stay long though , I guess there isnt enough food for them in my apartment?

Roaches are the worst though I have never had roaches though.
A few years back I had to work out of our Vegas office for about a year, so I moved down there.

At night they are zooming around everywhere on the ground.
Definatly a 10 on the creepy scale.
I never had them in my house though , but I did have a desert tortous vist me now and then.
that was cool and we got the occasional scorpin wandering in.

evil wasabi · Jun 14, 2002

oh man, i dont think i'll ever move off of the east coast...

i hate bugs, and spiders especially.

not to mention if i saw a scorpion i'd probably shit myself.

luckily the biggest insect problem i ever get is ants, and thats only on the back porch.

every once and a while theres the stupid ass spider or mosquito. i kill the mosquitos.

but usually i try and catch shit and let it outside.

my school has roaches, but luckily they scatter when the lights are on...

there was one just crawlin' across the hallway one day, and the teachers just looked the other way :rolleyes:

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