mumomonty

hope you ponted out that they're not natives either. bloody nz'ers moaning about this and that. i see they're going to have open season on Canada Geese now. Twats.

Jude J

Eh?

kwprwn

I had bloody nightmares cus of this thread, i thought there was a spider spinning down on a web from the ceiling coming to eat me...I had to get out of bed and turn on the light to check there wasnt :scared:

SarahB

lol!! Yesterday I had an appointment with the midwife and whilst in there I saw a largish spider running across the floor.... she had trapped it under a pot under her desk and it had escaped. She looked a bit worried so I ended up scooping it up and popping it out the front door onto the grass for her.

Jude J

:scared: you pick them up :scared:
Luckily I have my son to do that for me, me and hubby cant do it!
I dread him leaving home

kwprwn

spiders generally dont bother me but it was just a horrid dream, creepy crawlies crawling all over me...yuk yuk yuk

SarahB

Yes most of them dont bother me...... the occasional one will though..... for some reason if they look really freaky or some part of them is not in proportion, say its got a big squishy body and short legs then I dont like to pick them up.... arnt I strange!! ....used to pick them up in my hands and chase my friends round the office years ago...

kwprwn

I used to do that as well, a girl I used to work with at Thomas Cook was terrified of them and used to call me in the foreign exchange to come and remove them as she could not go near them...I was always saying to her 'how big are you and how small is that spider' ...we are sick and cruel people

kwprwn

WIMP

planty

I haven't seen anymore white tips, and from what I've been told their bite is like wasp stings, some people have an allergy towards them and most don't, if your one of the unlucky people who have to get rushed to hospital if stung by a wasp then you'd be wise to stay clear of white tips.

I was reading an artical in the Timaru Herald the other day about a lady in Timaru who last year dug her garden and planted some potatoes, when she went to dig some up she had a huge spider run across her hand, she carried on digging into the ground until she came across a nest of of these huge spiders, the artical said it was tunnel webs or funnel web spiders and that she still hasn't dug up her spuds from last year. :scared:

SarahB

What a coincidence.... the time I used to do that I was at Thomas Cook too!! I worked in Peterborough in the Head Office until I emigrated last year. For some reason there were loads of spiders in the huge open plan building we were in. I have to admit to not liking wasps and ants much though.

Jude J

You horrible pair! Have you ever seen a grown woman shriek? Well, you would have if I worked with you. Just before handing in my notice that is!
This morning I went to get little one out of her cot and she pointed to the wall behind her and said 'pider' I couldn't see one it must have run off. I dont want to pass my fear on to her.

Jude J

Do tell me that isn't true. I thought they were just in Oz.