Originally Posted by DollyLlama (Post 5062257)

One of our neighbours got their house fumigated last year as they had lots of brown recluse spiders in their house........:eek:

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl (Post 5062268)

That's one of the things I don't enjoy about living here...the BUGS. :eek:

Originally Posted by special ed (Post 5061965)

I've been put right off going into the woods after a guy I work with got bitten by something nasty on a training exercise with the marine reserves in Tennessee. he noticed a huge bump appearing on his shoulder and figure it was just a mosquito bite he'd had a bad reaction to. He only got worried when the bite began to visibly wriggle a few days after he got back. Not being the sort to run to the doctors every time he felt under the weather, he poked a knife into the now rather large boil on his shoulder and produced a large white grub/larva/maggot of some description. He said he's not going back into the woods either and preferred it in Iraq where the low humidity meant no mosquitoes!

Originally Posted by britvic (Post 5062315)

OMFG why did I sit reading this for my tea break :eek: ~~~ where's my smelling salt's~~~

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl (Post 5062242)

Brown reculse spiders are dreadful. They can cause a lot more damage than having to have a little bit of lip removed. :eek::ohmy:

Originally Posted by DollyLlama (Post 5062331)

Poor you! :rofl:

Originally Posted by penguinsix (Post 5062334)

I had a tick about a year ago and couldn't get him out so I grabbed some bug spray and sprayed my head. That didn't really work because I was kind of coughing from all the smells and whatnot, so I went into the shower in the hopes of drowning him (and to wash the area with soap--damn lyme disease). Unfortunately, the only thing the shower did was turn the bug spray into a liquid and drip down my face into my mouth, again, a near death situation.

I finally called the wife who came over with a tweezers and yanked him out.

Bastards.

p.s. do not follow my initial method for tick removal unless you want to die.

Originally Posted by britvic (Post 5055238)

I know :o just sitting and swimming at the beach, there it was just nesting away :eek: there was nothing to nest with I might add.

Originally Posted by Seahorse3 (Post 5062691)

LOL, you two ( britvic and jersey) are killing me:rofl:. This is the best laugh I've had in a while. :thumbsup: I love it!!

Originally Posted by Seahorse3 (Post 5062691)

LOL, you two ( britvic and jersey) are killing me:rofl:. This is the best laugh I've had in a while. :thumbsup: I love it!!

Originally Posted by Irn-bru (Post 5062701)

hiya stranger :wub: And how are you, whats been happening with you? :)

Originally Posted by Seahorse3 (Post 5062922)

Everything is going well. I have been very busy at work so less time on the internet. Hope all is well with you.