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Old 25-01-2010, 11:35 AM
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I've seen that happen Chris, It's freaky to watch when the blanket of babies just cover the floor in all directions.

JJJ You have nerves of steel, i would have done my best not to prang but I think I would have been screaming uncontrollably and loosing it, I had an incident with a cockroach lunging at my leg from under the seat while I was driving a friends old beat up car. I screamed hysterically and pulled over straight away leaping out. Very embarrassing!

About the spider catching dance - has everyone seen this one....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0i2UDDwRqc
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Old 25-01-2010, 09:22 PM
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Yeah, Huntsman are real friendly. I had a quite large one that used to live in my car. It decided to jump onto my FACE while I was negotiating some heavy traffic. Couldn't slam the brakes on, couldn't pull over, didn't want to swat it off in case I killed it. I just drove with a frozen face until I could pull over.
You brought back an awful memory - I was driving, naturally thought the spider was on the outside of the windscreen - it was not, I lept out of my moving car - before anyone starts bagging my driving I missed the children in the playground!
They make me physically ill!
I do like green frogs though!
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Old 26-01-2010, 01:32 AM
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About the spider catching dance - has everyone seen this one....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0i2UDDwRqc
That's a classic Sarah

Dad to the rescue.
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Old 26-01-2010, 02:17 AM
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How funny, thanks Sarah.
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Old 26-01-2010, 02:41 AM
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Sorry Sarah .... I did try and watch it ... watched about half, and had to turn it off before it jumped on him
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Old 26-01-2010, 11:25 AM
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Haha Liz, yeah it is painfully predictable what's about to happen, it's super funny though he starts screaming before the thing even leaves the ceiling or lands on him
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Old 26-01-2010, 12:15 PM
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I once decided to take a picture of a big mamma huntsmen and all her babies on the ceiling of our garage perched on an esky.. macro of couse

Well she was pretty cool with things right up until the shutter went click
then she lept off the roof onto my face ... she only stayed a split second before jumping back to the yougins , probably figured out pretty quick nothing good was going to come from hanging with the screaming body that was falling towards the concrete
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Old 26-01-2010, 12:24 PM
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I once decided to take a picture of a big mamma huntsmen and all her babies on the ceiling of our garage perched on an esky.. macro of couse

Well she was pretty cool with things right up until the shutter went click
then she lept off the roof onto my face ... she only stayed a split second before jumping back to the yougins , probably figured out pretty quick nothing good was going to come from hanging with the screaming body that was falling towards the concrete
Well we want to see the Photo
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Old 26-01-2010, 01:45 PM
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I think I eventually tossed it Warren (filmstock not digital) it wasn't quite in focus and due to me being winded on the floor decided not to take another.. the photo itself further showed the stupidity of that morning because she was so big ..to add some scale I had decided to blue tack a lighter beside her .. which in hindsight had her pretty enraged before I got near with the camera. .. so I sure deserved what I got
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Old 26-01-2010, 11:33 PM
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On the original topic, I upset a big Brown this morning, it was hanging around the water tank looking for frogs no doubt.

I was using the whipper snipper around the pump box when it decided I was too close for comfort and took off towards the dam while I was off in the other direction.

A favourable outcome for both of us.
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well that would keep me away from the letter box for a while
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Old 28-01-2010, 05:41 PM
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We have an indigenous lady here and to quote her word for word,

" If you get a snake , you call me first. I'll be there with two pieces of bread!"

End quote.

Very reassuring !!

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Old 28-01-2010, 09:31 PM
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well that would keep me away from the letter box for a while
He's gone into hiding luckily, but am removing my mail with those big LONG tongs

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....thats HORRIBLE H!!! Tried to click it off as soon as I saw what it was!!

Watch out for those bad brownies Ric!!

Hmm, Gemini, a snake sandwich, eh??
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Old 29-01-2010, 03:24 PM
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To all you scary spiderfobias, I had the biggy. I was flying my plane at 4,500 ft over scrub when a dirty big brown spider crawled up my leg.

It was so heavy I could feel its weight as it moved ever so close to my family jewels. I said to it one more step and your out off here.......IT MOVED closer.........I opened the canopy & pulled a half roll flicking the nasty with my hand into the empty space above/ below/ out the side.

Never saw him again after that.
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Old 29-01-2010, 03:55 PM
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To all you scary spiderfobias, I had the biggy. I was flying my plane at 4,500 ft over scrub when a dirty big brown spider crawled up my leg.

It was so heavy I could feel its weight as it moved ever so close to my family jewels. I said to it one more step and your out off here.......IT MOVED closer.........I opened the canopy & pulled a half roll flicking the nasty with my hand into the empty space above/ below/ out the side.

Never saw him again after that.
My wife wanted me to ask if your parachute worked because that's what she would have done
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Old 29-01-2010, 04:09 PM
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My wife wanted me to ask if your parachute worked because that's what she would have done
Hi Warren three questions come to mind here..

1/ Do you know how to use a parachute.
2/ Will it open quickly enough as terminal velocity is 660 ft per second.
3/ Do you have a parachute..........Most pilots don't.
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Hi Warren three questions come to mind here..

1/ Do you know how to use a parachute.
2/ Will it open quickly enough as terminal velocity is 660 ft per second.
3/ Do you have a parachute..........Most pilots don't.
Pam says who cares she will jump without the shute "IT'S A SPIDER"
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Old 29-01-2010, 04:50 PM
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Pam says who cares she will jump without the shute "IT'S A SPIDER"
Warren, tell her WHY WOULD she leave a perfectly good airplane to fly off without a pilot to crash into a building somewhere... HEY isn't that what happend to the world trade centre, Pilot jumped out due to a spider?
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Old 29-01-2010, 04:56 PM
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Warren, tell her WHY WOULD she leave a perfectly good airplane to fly off without a pilot to crash into a building somewhere... HEY isn't that what happend to the world trade centre, Pilot jumped out due to a spider?
Its her irrational fear I had to restrain her from jumping out of a moving car because of a spider she just stops thinking
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