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Post by bobbbiez on Apr 19, 2008 18:21:11 GMT -5
Clipper my dear stupid friend. Do you know the damage a brown recluse bite does to you. It'll eat the flesh from the inside out and will spread very quickly. If you could have seen this guy's hand who was bit by one that I saw while working at Faxton Hospital you would smash the little bugger right now. The guy almost lost his hand with this deal and I don't have a squeamish stomach, but I couldn't even look at his hand without wanting to vomit. Get rid of that freakin bug now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For your own damn good.
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Post by Clipper on Apr 19, 2008 18:37:00 GMT -5
Stupid?? I don't think so! The spider is perfectly happy being fed flys, and living under the seat of the lawnmower! When I mow, I put him in a jar and feed him. When I am done, I put him back on the lawnmower, and tell him if any skinny old ladies sit down, bite them on the ass! And you think it makes an ugly mess of a HAND???
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Post by thelma on Apr 19, 2008 20:17:51 GMT -5
I'm hoping you are juist kidding around, Clipper, as Bobbbiez is absolutely correct about recluse spiders. I know you think you "know it all" on many subjects, but I don't think you realize just how deadly these type of spiders are.
I have a friend that lives down South and one of these spiders bite her while she was sleeping in her bed. She almost died! As Bobbbiez said, it bites which results in the flesh rotting away - my friend was hospitalized TWICE over this spider bite and ended up having Plostic Surgery done to repair all the damage the bite had done.
I would strongly suggest you research and view pictures of the results of a recluse spider bite if you don't believe Bobbbiez, me and others.
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Post by dan on Apr 19, 2008 21:27:17 GMT -5
OK, minds eye image time. Clipper with a long shovel handle stirring up Thelma & Bobbbiez from the bottom of the pile. Notice he just happens to come up with stories that you know will get a rise out of some people.
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Post by Clipper on Apr 19, 2008 21:41:36 GMT -5
::)Of course I am kidding! There was a woman in the room with my Mom for a while before Mom passed away, that had been bitten by a recluse spider. She had a hole in the back of her calf that would not heal, had to be debreeded and dressed a couple of times a day. They had said that she would need grafting and several months to fix the hole after they got the wound under control. Did you not get even the slightest hint that I might be kidding when I said I had to find long johns with 8 legs? Brown recluse spiders are one arachnid that needs to be feared, along with a black widow. Both live here in Tennessee. You are damned right I kill any of them I see. However there is no reason to fear most insects. Many people get stung by wasps because they panic and swat at them. If a wasp lands on your arm, let him wander, and he will soon discover that there is nothing to eat on your arm, and he will fly off without stinging. Kathy goes nuts when a wasp lands on the inside of the windshield or dash of the car. I put my hand in front of it, let it crawl up onto my hand, and then stick my hand out the window and let it fly away or blow away. By the way. I DON'T think I know everything, but one can become educated on such subjects. I READ a lot, so there are many subjects that I do know alot about, sheerly because I have educated myself about them. We might be better off not discussing who might be stupid and who thinks they know everything about anything. Let's not go there. Let's keep it civil, okay? That might be a subject better left with the lid on. I get more educated about more and more subjects everyday with the advent of the PC. When something pops into my head that I am curious about, I put it in the search block at the top of the screen and soon I DO know quite a bit about the subject by reading for an hour or so. I spent about an hour the other day, reading about Michelle Obama, and Barrack. When the elections come around, I will KNOW why I am NOT voting for a marxist with a racist wife. Pop Arachnids into your search engine, and you will soon know what spiders you need to fear, and what they look like. If spiders give you the "willys" don't go there and read, or you will probably sleep with the lights on, and dump a full can of raid on every spider web you see, haha. Barb just will have to wonder if one lives under the seat of the lawnmower!LOL PS: Geez Dan, it's not a shovel! I use a canoe paddle with a 6 foot handle to stir shit with. Might one detect a little dig or two at me, in those girl's posts? Shame on them! haha
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Post by frankcor on Apr 20, 2008 1:09:23 GMT -5
Like shooting fish in a barrel, eh Clipper? You throw the crumbs in and they rush to the top.
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Post by Clipper on Apr 20, 2008 9:03:45 GMT -5
;D
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Post by Clipper on Apr 20, 2008 13:23:27 GMT -5
Just a quick update. I have been reading again! Brown recluse spiders are somewhat resistant to some household insecticides, so you might want to keep a heavy shoe nearby to squash the little vermin with! Just remember, they have the advantage. They are quick, and for every leg you have, they have FOUR!! Should you happen upon a person with a gaping hole in their body, oozing with puss and looking rotten, they either have been bitten by a brown recluse, or they are someone you might want to avoid swapping bodily fluids with!!
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Post by bobbbiez on Apr 20, 2008 16:25:46 GMT -5
Clipper, you are an a--hole!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here I was worried about my friend being "stupid" enough to harbor a recluse. The next time I see you in person you better be wearing your protective gear for giving me such a fright, , and then I will show you my left foot where I was bitten by a brown recluse and the damage it did to my foot. Almost lost three toes and got the scars to prove it. Took many months to finally heal and the pain was horrible. Think when I do manage to come upon your lawnmower I'll just blow the whole damn thing up just to protect you just in case a recluse does enjoy riding under the seat. Oops!! Hope the hell you ain't on it when the thing blows.
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Post by dan on Apr 20, 2008 16:30:51 GMT -5
(PSSSSTTT, Clipper, it sounds like someone didn't realize it was a joke)
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Post by Clipper on Apr 20, 2008 16:59:22 GMT -5
;D Gotcha! I don't think Tennessee is for the feint at heart. We have all sorts of venomous bugs, lots of wasps and bees, and copperhead snakes. If we go south toward Georgia, we have water moccasins. I wear heavy high boots whenever I move any scrap lumber or brush piles that have been outdoors for a while. Just have to be careful. Hell, NY has almost as many dangerous species. I saw a rattlesnake once down near Fonda while fishing the Mohawk.
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Post by bobbbiez on Apr 20, 2008 17:16:56 GMT -5
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Post by Swimmy on Apr 20, 2008 17:31:11 GMT -5
I have severe arachniphobia. I can't even kill them with a wad of kleenex. I have to use the bottom of a kleenex box. Then I leave it there for about a week to make sure the squishiness is gone and to serve as a warning to further 8-legged intruders! If my cats haven't licked the remains clean, I put on industrial strength rubber gloves and use about 4 sheets of paper towel to clean it up.
It works too! I haven't had a spider in my room for about a year. Sometimes, a spider will trickle into the shower, only to have a really hot swim down the drain. We had these weird spiders that were huge on the side of our house about 16 years ago. Their webs were huge and they looked brown with white spots. I never figured out what kind of spider they were, but they were no match for the high pressure water hose. Haven't seen those kind since. Until my parents repainted the side of the house, their juice stains must have served as an ample warning against future trespassers.
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Post by bobbbiez on Apr 20, 2008 18:05:58 GMT -5
Yeah Swimmy, I know what you mean. I hate the damn things, and not that I'm afraid of them but because their bites do a job on me. Guess I'm allergic to their venom. It's pretty ugly when I get bit by any type of spider and all types bite. At my camp and in my house cellar and attic, once a month I use Raid's Fumigator. It works mighty good and don't have any creepy crawlers inside to worry about. I can deal with them being outside where they belong. Here in farm country we get those huge brown ones that look like tarantulas. They're so big, you could put a saddle on those suckers and ride them. They're called Harvest Spiders. They're mostly in our barn and around the outside of the house. Haven't seen any inside so far and if one does enter, it'll be meeting it's maker very quickly. ;D
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Post by countrygal on Apr 20, 2008 18:49:17 GMT -5
Those big brown spiders are horrible. We have them in the barn and in the pastures. They have a bad bite too. It won't kill ya, but it'll hurt plenty! Swimmy.....I'm with ya on the whole spider fear. YACH!!!!!
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