Hello my Pretty!..What kind of spider is this?
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TaniaC
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This is my little buddy that has been hanging out by my kitchen window ...I see her every day as I look out my window.. Can anybody tell me what kind of spider this is?
It's really quite pretty and colorful and quite big!
It's really quite pretty and colorful and quite big!
159 answers
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I think it might be a banana spider. It looks like some we have down here in Louisiana.
A Walk in the Countryside
on Aug 05, 2012
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We call them garden spiders and when you google "garden spider photos" they match.
Kathy
on Aug 05, 2012
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Ahhh Thank you so much Kathy I just googled and yes you are right..:) I wanted to make sure that it wasn't poisonous... It sure is a Pretty spider and my girls love to watch it through the glass window.;)♥
TaniaC
on Aug 05, 2012
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Garden Spider and they generally seem to be yellow & black or green & black, both pretty cool looking, BUT I wouldn't touch them, just cause spiders gross me out!
Jim Ginas
on Aug 05, 2012
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Jim I am soooo w/you on that!! I don't mind seeing them from afar or w/a safe barrier between us BUT . . . .I DON'T "DO" SPIDERS"!!! @Tania - so did you name your friend "CHARLOTTE"?
Susan S
on Aug 05, 2012
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their webs are pretty amazing but that's the only use of the word 'pretty' that I'll use! ;)
Marg C
on Aug 05, 2012
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It's an argiope, commonly known as a garden spider....but sometimes called a writing spider, due to the zigzag lines of the central web.
Walter Reeves
on Aug 05, 2012
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@ Jim I've never seen a black and green one yet I bet they are really pretty.:) and Susan LOL! Funny you should say that My girls did name it Charlotte go figure! I told them all we need now is a Pig called Wilbur and we will be set LMAO!...=') .. Spiders Don't scare me at all Most of them get rid of the nasty insects flying around It's the Brown Recluse I don't care for...They scare me..Have you seen what one of their Bites will do to your skin...Yikes! They are just like our White tails we have in Australia Check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcgL6tlYYbs
TaniaC
on Aug 05, 2012
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I know spiders do have their place in being useful - just not close to me please!! Yeah, the brown recluse is definitely one to be respected. They can inflict some really serious HURT. Don't wanna tangle w/a black widow either. I don't know where my phobia comes from - I guess just those long legs. They give me the willies!! LOL
Susan S
on Aug 05, 2012
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I'm used to seeing the garden spiders w/the green and yellow markings. Very pretty, but I don't mess with them.
Becky H
on Aug 05, 2012
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yes pretty color garden spider but not in my yard, ewww, do not want any spiders to touch me. Also, bad news for hummingbirds if trap on huge strong spider webs. Someone sent me utube about spider killed the hummingbird on it's web like I was no way! Same with a praying mantis killed a hummingbird on the hummingbird feeder on utube. I was surprised that they do kill hummingbirds!
Vicki
on Aug 05, 2012
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Spiders also trap my mosquito eating dragon flies. I remove the webs as I go through my yard. I use a long branch as I am afraid of spiders (cute or not).
Sherrie S
on Aug 05, 2012
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Oh Vicki That Is just Horridly sad :'(....Most creatures don't bother me only the ones that I know will do harmful things to me or my kids so I try to stay away from them... I must say though I do have a serious phobia of Palmetto Bugs and giant cockroaches they just give me the willies!! as Susan would say LOL! They look like something out of a Syfy movie EEK!.. I could never do that show Fear Factor YIKES!! and Sherrie I love Dragonflies so good for you for protecting them..;)
TaniaC
on Aug 05, 2012
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Awwwww But these spiders are very aggressive when disturbed AND if they bite you have a seriously scary venom....one of it's cousins in Austrailia and another in New Zealand and yet a third type found In TN and on the endangered list....well those three are so Venomous that they keep Anti Venom in the Hospitals for them...the Venom disrupts the Central Nervous System Like some kind of an electrical Charge...My mother has no feeling in one of her feet after five years, she got bit like three times on the leg...
Sharron W
on Aug 05, 2012
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OK!!! I'M DONE! Don't wanna read anymore about Spiders. Let's change the subject!! LOL ;~) WILLIE WILLIE WILLIE
Susan S
on Aug 05, 2012
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One of these had a web on the tree about 60 ft from our patio....one night I was walking up the path to the patio from our back shed...and my shoe came untied, I bent over to tie it, RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE PATIO, and as I bent over, I felt this WHOOSH by my head....and it turned out that the spider was hunting and if I hadn't bent over exactly when I did, he would have landed directly on the side of my face...after that....I started tearing down their webs...before that I was Live and let live...but that's when I read up on them and how damaging the vemon can be...
Sharron W
on Aug 05, 2012
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so ironically, this week we had a "spider" discussion. I see spiders building webs at night, then they are gone during the day. An elderly lady I work with said the sun comes up and the webs disintergrate! We looked up about the webs going away and learned many spiders eat their webs to gain back the protein they need. I used to believe in the live and let live thought too and found that getting bit by spiders is NOT fun and they DO BITE for NO REASON at all! (Like when you are minding your business and sleeping!)
Jim Ginas
on Aug 05, 2012
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SEE??? I'm perfectly entitled to feel the way I do!! Y'all are gonna make me have nightmares for sure!!
Susan S
on Aug 05, 2012
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Tania, in Florida we call those ugly bugs Palmetto but my friend who moved from Arizona saw one and wondered why we would name an ugly bug after a pretty Palomino horse. Then she said the ugly bug was as big as a horse. They are big here. I don't know if they bite, they scare me as much as a spider.
Sherrie S
on Aug 05, 2012
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I was bit by a spider on my left forearm and it blew up like a popeye arm! Hurt when it bit and when I screamed (like a girl!) and my wife saw the hole, she thought I was being a baby, until she say about half an inch to the side ANOTHER hole from the spider bite! It was HUGE and it hurt! Sorry Susan! so general rule is stay away from them!
Jim Ginas
on Aug 05, 2012
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@Jim, did you go to the DR?
Sharron W
on Aug 05, 2012
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Sharron W, Jim G is a man and men don't go to the doctor, right Jim?
Sherrie S
on Aug 05, 2012
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If I am not mistookenated (mistaken for you proper speaking folks) the spider looks like an orb weaver. They're very beautiful and are great catchers of bad bugs. Usually the female is very large and might have a few small males hanging around. Not like the black widow who would like them for dinner. The weaver is neat to watch in action. Just throw a small passing child on the web... umm, ok, maybe just a fly and see what happens.
Joe and Seloua C
on Aug 05, 2012
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No - I didn't go to the Dr! of course not!
Jim Ginas
on Aug 05, 2012
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Jim, you get yourself bitten by a brown recluse (yes, we do have them in Va) or a black widow and I'll bet you'll be begging to go to the Dr!! J & S - LOL - small passing child - riiiiiiight!!
Susan S
on Aug 05, 2012
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Well I make everyone in my family keep Mud Mask in the house just for this reason...Nephew got bit by a brown recluse on the back of the knee and his whole leg swelled up....and got red streaks....Dr gave him antibiotics and he had to go back 3 times and have it cut on...We put mud mask on and in 35 Minutes the red steaks began to subside and 24 hours later the Dr couldn't believe it was the same leg... My Hubby got bit the day I had surgury and they put him on medication and he still has a scar that looks like a huge burn on his leg... My son got bit and I packed it in mud mask every day for three days and on the third day all you could see was two tiny fang marks... Mud Mask, Good for bites and poison Ivy etc, every first aid kit should have some...
Sharron W
on Aug 05, 2012
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St Andrews Cross is this spider... The web says they are non aggressive...I certainly don't agree...LOL
Sharron W
on Aug 05, 2012
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What kind of mud mask Sharron? Just mud from the yard or a purchased mud mask like facial?
Z
on Aug 05, 2012
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So this isn't the innocuous garden spider in the pics?
Susan S
on Aug 05, 2012
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The Spider Identification chart says this is a St Andrews Cross Spider... @ Becky I have used both a St Ives Brand that was called French Mint and I purchased at Walgreens and a Brand called Queen Helene Mint Julep Masque, which I purchased at Sally's Beauty Supply...But In an emergency, most cat litter can be turned into a clay for "drawing" an insect sting or what have you....with a little water and a whisk...
Sharron W
on Aug 05, 2012
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http://www.termite.com/spider-identification.html
Sharron W
on Aug 05, 2012
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Sharron, thanks for doing the research & sharing the website info. I saved it in a file and hopefully won't ever have to access it. Guess I better get a mud pack to have on hand huh??? SEE WHAT YOU STARTED TANIA!!! (But hopefully we'll know what to do now just incase)
Susan S
on Aug 05, 2012
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Thanks Sharron. It wouldn't hurt to have that on hand since we live in the country and there are loads of spiders out here. A friends hubby in Washington state) was once bit by one and gosh he went through allot of pain and suffering. We have them in Nebraska too though. I think this type of spider has more names than any other spider I've ever read about. (Being a retired reading teachers assistant I've read many spider books with my students). In the research on this one they all talk about the body of the female being just over an inch long. If so then the ones I took pictures of were monster versions of them because the female (including her legs) spanned almost the size of my opened hand. It was basically the size of a tarantula, though the body wasn't quite as thick as they are. Even the bodies of the ones I've seen on a bush in our yard this year was well over an inch long. The wood you see in the picture of the photo I shared above is the side of a 2 by 4 for reference. Most, but not all the width of the wood is showing in the picture.
Z
on Aug 05, 2012
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@ Becky, WHOA that's pretty Big, but you know we had like 6 at various places in the yard and like I said, I let them live cause they were 'harmless" until that one actually attacked me that night and it was a huge one too...way bigger than an inch...and I actually felt a breeze and heard it hit the flower pot next to me when it missed...after that they were fair game and when i saw them i killed them...maybe that's why I never had hummingbirds until about that time...LOL
Sharron W
on Aug 06, 2012
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eww eww eww! way too big for my liking Becky!!! I seriously think I would pass out from fright or either go into shock. no kidding :S
Marg C
on Aug 06, 2012
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What (I feel) is not right, is they describe the spider size by "body" size.............Sorry, when I see a spider, I see its over all size.................legs count too, and some of them are giants. Going simply by body size doesn't help me one bit.
Becky H
on Aug 06, 2012
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WOW!!...I leave for one day and look what I started LOL!... Sorry:(..... Do you have the Willies still Susan.???.... Thanks everyone for all your info and Laughs♥ I went and Googled "are Garden spiders aggressive or not" just for kicks and giggles cause I'm still not convinced that this Pretty spider is aggressive and this is what I found http://www.badspiderbites.com/garden-spider/ I also found another site: read the relationship to humans:) http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/black_and_yellow_argiope.htm Oh and @ Sherrie S ...I used to live in Florida for 14 years until We moved to Illinois and We had Palm Trees in our back yard... I didn't know this until we were trimming the palm fronds off that Palmetto bugs Like to live in them... You know I'll never cut another Palm frond again EVER!...Now that gave me the WILLIES.... EEEEYIKES!! @ Jim Hope you healed up OK I have a few friends who have been bit by a Brown Recluse and they say it hurts They Scare me and I always tell my husband to wear gloves before he picks stuff up in our Garage cause they like to hide behind stuff and he also hates to go to the DR's @ Sharron W.. I will Have to try that mud mask Thanks For the info..:)
TaniaC
on Aug 06, 2012
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good to know I am armed with Queen Helene Mint Julep Masque! I've used this stuff for many years and love it. But this is great advice on using the mud masks...who knew?
Marg C
on Aug 06, 2012
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@ Sharron, there's no way I'd every kill a garden spider. I find it hard to kill even a fly, but just imagine the squish you'd get from that big one I saw? No thank you! So sorry if you read that Susan. :^\ @ Marg. I have no idea why it didn't bother me, though I have to admit I was a bit leery about retrieving my mail that day. Thanks for the links Tania. The second one had the females body at growing to one and half inches long. The head of the one I took pictures of was that long! I'm thinking I need to call our zoo and see if there's anyone spider specialist I can talk to. I know I'm not exaggerating, but with all these articles stating a much smaller size I need to hear from someone what may have caused the one I had to get so big. Even the smaller of the two had a body of at least two inches long.
Z
on Aug 06, 2012
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Tania, that is the very reason no palm trees are in my yard! Palms provide nesting areas for roaches, squirrels and rats! Squirrels are okay, but the rest is NOT!! We had 3 queen palms (20' tall) in our yard when we bought our home; freezes ultimately took their toll on them, and I gladly had them removed.
Becky H
on Aug 06, 2012
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Becky H, I guess I'm lucky because my queen palm died of something. However, I love palms. Do you think Pindo palms are a problem, too? I have 2 of them.
Sherrie S
on Aug 06, 2012
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@ Becky H Don't get me wrong I love Palm trees and I loved Florida ,wish I could Live there again cause I so hate the cold BRRRR! I liked it when I was younger but as I get older my bones and joints don't like it as much LOL!... We also had a palm tree in our front yard but it got hit by lightning and was toast..:( But as for cutting the palm fronds I will leave that up to my Hubby cause I had nest of those nasty little buggers come at me and you shoulda seen me scream like a little girl.. I think the whole neighborhood heard me LOL!
TaniaC
on Aug 06, 2012
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Oh I think you were pretty well entitled to scream any ole way you wanted Tania. A whole nest of 'em coming atcha - NOPE!! Don't think so!!! You know, the more I learn about all the bugs 'n critters everywhere else, I think I'm perfectly happy right where I am!!
Susan S
on Aug 06, 2012
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Oh Susan Now Be adventurous :)♥
TaniaC
on Aug 06, 2012
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Darlin, I'm just as adventurous as anybody else - right in my own little part of the world!!
Susan S
on Aug 06, 2012
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Sherrie, the vermin love how the fronds grow out of the trunk and the "hairy" tissue at the base of the fronds. I can't say what their preference is in palm species, or if one draws more than another. I sort of think one like a cabbage palm with more frond stumps would invite more vermin. Whenever I see palms close to a restaurant, I cringe.
Becky H
on Aug 07, 2012
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Becky H wrote: "Whenever I see palms close to a restaurant, I cringe." I don't blame you! Yikes! So not a good place for them.
Z
on Aug 07, 2012
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Ok now I am freaking out, I am ready for bed, and couldnt tear myself away from this thread. aarrgghh on spiders. Probably have nightmares from this thread! I was in boot camp in 62, and one night I was walking to the canteen, (san antonio texas) had my flash light as required, was by myself, and I see a spider in my way on the sidewalk, so of course i stepped on it....and bijillions of baby spiders came running out of it, all over my foot! Talk about screaming and jumping and hollering! On this note, I now have. to. go. to. bed! :o
Bernice H
on Aug 23, 2012
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O Em Gee! I almost peed my pants...LOL! Bernice H...I Guess it's Really Not something to laugh at I know..;~) But I just couldn't help picturing a Bijillion Wittle Baby Spiders Planing their revenge Ei Ei Ei Ei Ei!!!!....Sleep Tight don't let the bed bugs Bite!♥ ..:)
TaniaC
on Aug 23, 2012
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First of all, somehow I just can't even imagine Bernice in "boot camp"??? Really - Dawlinq you simply do not strike me as the military type! Tania - I know . . . .that mental image is hilarious. I see her in military fatigues, flashlight in hand (ALLLL ALONE - in the DARK) smashes spider then goes totally beserk w/her boots spinning out trying to get the baby spiders off!! Can you just hear her commanding officer now??? I'll bet she provided lots of practical jokes for the rest of her military career!!
Susan S
on Aug 23, 2012
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Oh my gosh is right Tania. Bernice, I do hope you made it to the canteen with needing to turn around to change your clothing. LOL I think I would have had to. LOL Susan.
Z
on Aug 23, 2012
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OH Poor Bernice.... Now that Susan has put that image in my head I'll always remember Bernice H every time she posts as that Military gal with Flashlight in hand in Rambo attire and ready to squish to the death any spider who invades her path to the canteen....LOL!
TaniaC
on Aug 23, 2012
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And poor Bernice is off doing something else today and has no idea how much fun we're having "WITH" her!! ;~) HUP 1 -2- 3 -4!! The March of the Spiders is on!!
Susan S
on Aug 23, 2012
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Susan S & Tania Crawford, Bernice is laughing today even if the spiders scared her to death years ago. I understand bug fear if one lands on me.
Sherrie S
on Aug 23, 2012
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Bernice come out and Play LOL!...we Love you♥
TaniaC
on Aug 23, 2012
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Ok you guys.....here's more...after boot camp I went to Oklahoma for Flight Hostess training, I woke up one morning with a lip as big as a golf ball.. Do you think their relatives hunted me down and bit me? Yes, i can laugh now, but at the time....I was really freaked out! I dont really know what happened, was she ready to "give birth"? Or do some carry their young in a pouch? I never really thought about it, just that i was really squirming and screaming! And if you are still picturing me in fatigues, we had light blue blouses and dark blue pants, and yes, combat boots! I was afraid they could crawl up my pants...not like a skirt. .....what would I do? Dont picture that! So i am getting a laugh out of your laugh!
Bernice H
on Aug 23, 2012
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And Sharron your experience reminds me of the movie Arachniphobia....the first 2 or 3 minutes were enough to scare the P...w...and s... out of me, a big spider about the size of a hand dropped down on one of the guys heads in the forest , and we 2 girls screamed and drove that car out of the drive in movie so fast....we spun dirt! I cant imagine how freaky it would have been if it had landed on you, a swoosh is enough. Can we get back to little rabbits and tame deer now?
Bernice H
on Aug 23, 2012
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Oh You Bet ya Now I'm Picturing Spiders Running Up Bernices Skirt Thanks Bernice LOL!
TaniaC
on Aug 23, 2012
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OK, I'm beginning to feel the willies comin on so I'm outta this conversation - but it has been fun and we appreciate your being such a good sport Bernice. If you couldn't take it we wouldn't dish it out!! Besides, Tania started this whole thing w/her freaking spider!!
Susan S
on Aug 23, 2012
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LOL! Susan....But I have to say I did have some fun with this one and yes I think? Bernice knows that we Love her.. She part of this big Family...:)...I'm sure there is gonna be more spider stories on HT so now I'm picturing Susan Hair sticking up like Phyllis Diller ("RIP") quivering with the willies Buahahahaha!
TaniaC
on Aug 24, 2012
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@ Bernice: I had one of my pilots bitten on the lip by a spider too. His lip swelled up HUGE. My left forearm bitten and swelled up and what I assume a couple weeks ago, my finger bitten and my legs. Could be from the woods (Walking and working in them pulling weeds on the back end of my fense (Aluminum). THATS why I don;t like spiders! THEY WILL BITE YOU in your SLEEP, MINDING YOUR BUSINESS!
Jim Ginas
on Aug 24, 2012
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Good Grief!! Gosh Jim, didn't the poor guy feel a spider on his face or did it just swoop down and say "pucker up" fella, I'm gonna give you a smacker-roo you won't soon forget??? I guess it's not the ones you see you should be fearful of but the ones that sneak up on ya!!
Susan S
on Aug 24, 2012
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I just have to say I'm sitting here cracking up at these comments. Reading this thread for the first time laughing so hard.
Miriam Illions
on Aug 24, 2012
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Wow Jim...I've been bitten once or twice or maybe just a few more times than that LOL! You are absolutely right they will Bite you in your Sleep while minding your own business... I guess growing up in Australia you really don't think too much about the dangers especially when your just a kid... Growing up we didn't have all the luxuries of camper trailers and all so we did most of our camping in tents and you just never knew what little critter came and visited you at night in the Bush...I'm sure I had my fair share... I am a little more cautious now that I am older and know that there are some pretty poisonous critters that will do quite a hurting on you especially the Brown Recluse which I always wear gloves now when rifling through all the wood in my garage those little boogers just sneak right up on ya if you are not paying attention, and they have a nasty bite to them.... I don't make it a point to play with my little spider friends we don't have that kind of bond I just like to look at the pretty ones especially if it's through glass like Susan said LOL! and Susan Too Freakin' Funny Pucker Up you are just Hilarious...♥
TaniaC
on Aug 24, 2012
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Okay, my turn to gross you out! My hubby read an article about spiders, and the article stated that spiders like to visit sleeping mammals to grab a drink from their lips. The article stated 80% of the human population had swallowed a spider during their sleep. Question: Are you in the fortunate 20%?
Becky H
on Aug 24, 2012
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Miriam & Tania - glad you had a good giggle!! "LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU" . . . . . ;~)
Susan S
on Aug 24, 2012
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I so heard that same thing that is why I now breath through my nose at night and if my sinuses are really bad my hubby normally sleeps in the other room LOL! :~P
TaniaC
on Aug 24, 2012
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oh gross! 80% ???!!! I won't be sleeping tonight!
Marg C
on Aug 24, 2012
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EEEEEEEEWWWWWWW!!! Grrrrrrooooooossssss!! Face mask anyone??
Susan S
on Aug 24, 2012
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great idea! I'm going to cover my head at least! This is the time of the year here in NY that I see most of our spiders. It seems everytime I turn around I see another one! I guess it's time to spray!
Marg C
on Aug 24, 2012
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OK So Now I "had" the WILLIES and I just had to check for my self about the spider in the mouth theory cause as I said I have heard the same thing but is it a myth??? you be the judge here are a few interesting reads that I found which may make you sleep a little better tonight LOL! http://www.burkemuseum.org/spidermyth/myths/whileyousleep.html http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.asp and this one has some good reads also especially the one that says he's a County Medical Examiner (Coroner) LOL! http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-23997,00.html
TaniaC
on Aug 25, 2012
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Tania, thanks! What a stitch it was to read all the remarks!! Good demonstration of sense of humor by most.
Becky H
on Aug 25, 2012
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Tania, I tried your "few interesting reads" and found the following: "It's not the spiders you should be afraid of, but bug parts in processed food. The USA allows a large, large concentration of bugs parts in our processed foods." Now that didn't make me feel any better.
Sherrie S
on Aug 25, 2012
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Thanks for the enlightening info Tania - yes, it is an interesting read. Sherrie - as to the bug parts in processed food I can attest to that fact first hand. Years ago I accidentally opened a can of name brand tuna from the bottom end. Lifted the lid and wo-lah - a perfectly preserved fly laying right there imbedded in the tina. YUMMO!! Extra protein????
Susan S
on Aug 25, 2012
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@Tania,Marg, Susan, Becky, Ya'll....LOL I know they come out at night looking for SOMETHING, and I can tell you I was bitten three times in a row across my face at the cheek up towards the temple. Luckily, I found the spider dead on the pillow in the morning and knew that's what it was....I started packing mud mask on it, and had to do so for three days.... When the venom came out it looked like Black Jello....no kidding Black as coal tar. I don't have any scars, I'm guessing because I caught it so early. But let me tell you I certainly am more vigilent about what hangs above my bed, and about having my bedclothes, dust-ruffle etc, touching the floor....Oh and I sleep with the sheet over my head...LOL One quick sign of a "spider" bite is if it itches and when you scratch you get a "burning" sensation instead of relief from the itch.
Sharron W
on Aug 25, 2012
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Weeeeeeeeelllll - thanx Sharron. You are just so reassuring!! Next time spare me the graphic description - ICK!!! lol
Susan S
on Aug 25, 2012
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Sorry Susan.....I thought the vemon was interesting, and know I know why it leaves those streaks of red across the skin when you're bitten....My nephew almost lost his leg to one....Bitten behind the knee, three trips to the ER/Dr's office for shots and Meds....and Blood poisoning set in....we packed his knee in Mud Mask and within 30 minutes the red streaks down his leg were pulling back and the next day when he went to the DR the DR was stunned, asked him to bring in what we'd been using and said he was going to tell all his patients of bites to start using it... Oh, and if you don't vacuum the bottom of your recliners and couches....You should...LOL
Sharron W
on Aug 25, 2012
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Was it a brown recluse that bit either of you? I have to say that I truly believe some of the old tried & true methods can be way more effective that always pumping tons of antibiotics & cortisone into ourselves. Kinda depends on what the bite is but at the very least add the mud pack to help draw out the poison.
Susan S
on Aug 25, 2012
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It was a brown recluse that bit both of us, I don't know how big the one that bit him was but the one that bit me in a string across my face was one of the largest ones I've ever seen...Body was as big as three pencil erasers in a row...Because I apparently killed it I had it so I knew what it was and started the mud mask as soon as I woke up....When the mask started drawing it burned and stung like crazy! But since I was working at the time I could only leave it on a short time and then had to go to work and put it back on that evening...
Sharron W
on Aug 25, 2012
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Sharron, if you were bitten by a brown recluse 3 times on the face, you are a very lucky woman not to have become violently ill! Indeed you are a very smart woman to have used the mud pack to draw the venom!!
Becky H
on Aug 25, 2012
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and Tania laughs @me for saying spiders give me the Willies!! I just don't trust 'em and I ain't gonna be friends with 'em - EVER!!! Becky - yes Sharron is extremely lucky and especially w/being bitten 3x on the face. It's a wonder her whole head didn't swell up like a basketball! You must be one tuff Lady my friend!!
Susan S
on Aug 25, 2012
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Sharron & Susan S are correct for trying natural things before doctor prescribed drugs. Knowing about these untested things might just save your life someday.
Sherrie S
on Aug 25, 2012
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EWWWWWW Susan, Your own protein packed into a tuna patty MMmm Yummo! I think I'd be writing to the company on that one.... Sharron LOL! That reminds me of a song I once heard here it goes to the tuna of Itsy Bitsy Spider ...;) ♫♪♫♪♫ ♪♫ Itsy bitsy Spider Climbed Up Sharron's Bedding skirt... It Bit her 3 times hard Oh boy that sucker Hurt...and in the morning sunrise on the pillow found it dead ... so now poor Sharron sleeps with the sheets above her head....buahahahaha!..☺ Susan Honey I fold..... I only have a pair of 8's (legged that is ) LOL! The Brown Recluse I don't like either...:~P
TaniaC
on Aug 25, 2012
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OHHHHHHH - PLEASE STOP!!!! My sides are aching and my eyes are gonnal be all puffy 2moro from laughing hysterically! Scuse me - gotta blow my nose too!! Sniff Sniff - OK, that's better!! As to writing the letter to the tuna people - that was waaaaay back in the 70's - YOU probably weren't even born yet - and My goodness, you just didn't DO things like that!! Ha - just let it happen today and watch me fire off a real scorcher. Quality control anyone??? I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU PUT THOSE ADORABLE LITTLE MUSICAL NOTES ON THERE?
Susan S
on Aug 25, 2012
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@Tania, oh aren't you rhyming simon....LOL that's pretty good I have to say.... @Sherrie as to the "untested" part that's where you'd be wrong, I studied healing herbs since I was 11 and lived in the mojave with access to the Najavo medicine man...it spurred an interest that I've used my whole life...I have one book that dates back to the 1700's regarding the use of herbal remedies...and although technology has allowed some testing of the chemical componants, not that much has been done and it remains a matter of passing knowledge down to keep it alive...While I certainly am glad they discovered antibiotics for "after the fact" I do firmly believe that most of what ails us has a cure right here...and We have lost the knowlege by killing each other off instead of learning from one another...OK That's my soap box for today....back to the spiders...HaHaHa.... and I don't have a scar....
Sharron W
on Aug 25, 2012
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Um Sharron, I could be wrong BUT I interpreted Sherrie's comment to mean all the "PRESCRIBED" doctor issued stuff not the natural methods. ??????
Susan S
on Aug 25, 2012
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Hehe! Thought you'd like that Susan and Sharron♥ and Susan yes I was around in the 70's I'm a 60's child♥...:).. Oh and to get the little notes.... the single one is hold down the ALT button while typing in 13 then release..... the double note is hold down the ALT Button and type in 14 then release try them all the way through to ALT 31 they are fun ...:) and Sharron I am all for natural healing Dr's can Practice medicine all they want as long as they are not practicing on me LOL!
TaniaC
on Aug 25, 2012
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I can't get the alt key thing to work. Boo Hoo!
Z
on Aug 25, 2012
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Becky You have to holdthe ALT key down and at the same time you are holding it down type in the number... After you have typed in the number release the ALT key...;)
TaniaC
on Aug 25, 2012
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That's what I did Tania. I have a wireless keyboard. Could that have anything to do with it not working? Although I think I've tried this before while I still had my wired keyboard and it didn't work then either. I saw it on Pinterest and though how fun that would be.
Z
on Aug 26, 2012
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Not Sure It works just fine for me and others maybe we should start another thread and ask that question LOL! ??? I have heard that if you let go of the ALT key while typing in the number it won't work...HMMMM Must be a stubborn Keyboard ♥ GRRR!
TaniaC
on Aug 26, 2012
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Becky you must have windows Vista. That's what I have and can't use the ALT keys like everyone else can...I have to rely on the copy and paste method for all of the cute little things out there. Either that or I use the Character Map. go to 'start', type in character map and you can use them from there. Sharron....I'm so jealous! Mojave Desert? Medicine Man? Praytell, were you living in a commune as well? I'm getting a mental image ;) and the black Jello part is totally creeping me out! So is that just regular mud? just dirt and water? wow wow wow. thank you for the tune that I'll be humming for quite a while now Tania!
Marg C
on Aug 26, 2012
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I just have a plain ol desk top which runs windows 7.. it took me 6 years to finally upgrade to DSL..LOL!..I'm moving up in the world hehe!... I still have a flip open phone and hate when people text me cause I always try to text back and trying to write just 3 words back to someone takes me 30mins LOL...Have no idea how to works these new fansy pantsy new smart phone... I guess that's why they call it smart phone you have to be smart to use it Buhahahaha!...I don't have a lap top or wireless computer so can't help you there... so as Marg said maybe you just have to revert back to the old method of cutting and pasting from the character Map in the Start Menu???.... Got nothin Sorry!..;(
TaniaC
on Aug 26, 2012
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Sharron W , Susan S is very correct in her interpretation of my comments. I just do not believe in taking doctor prescribed drugs unless absolutely necessary. I believe as you do "...that most of what ails us has a cure right here."
Sherrie S
on Aug 26, 2012
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I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium. I'll have to try and see if the Character Map will work on mine Marg. Thanks. Tania, I'm with you on smart phones, though I do have a QWERTY I refuse to get a smart phone. I want to be smarter than my phone. My hubby's a programmer analyst so we usually have the latest techy stuff. My computer doesn't have a wireless card so it's hard wired. My next will be a lap top. I think. I have a mini one now and though it comes in handy for travel the keyboard is too small to use on a regular basis and I like a large screen. Funny how this thread starting about a garden spider has taken so many different directions. Ha! I guess it's zig zagging like the spiders web does. †Yay! That worked Marg!
Z
on Aug 26, 2012
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kewl
Marg C
on Aug 26, 2012
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OH! Well sorry Ms Sherrie....! I always think people think my mud mask and herbs are "untested" but I always figured since there is ample history of testing amongst the native Americans and the Asians, and the Latin Peoples through history.....they are "tested" to my satisfaction....Sorry, I was tired and not to clear headed i guess....But I have to drag the soapbox out now and then....LOL I need the exercise
Sharron W
on Aug 26, 2012
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It's ok Honey - we still luv ya!! Just go wipe the mud offa yer face - it's a new day!! ;~)
Susan S
on Aug 26, 2012
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Whew!!!! glad we cleaned that muddy mess up.♥ So to change directions again Susan did you try the ALT thingy and did it work for you???
TaniaC
on Aug 26, 2012
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I DID and IT DIDN'T!! :<( I also went to the character map like Marg suggested but it's all alpha letters in different languages or numbers. Some are kinda interesting but not really understanding their meaning, it'd be my luck to use one and it would end up being a threat of some kind!! LOL Hellooooo - FBI @ my door??? Like Becky said, using alt and other numbers NEVER does what it's supposed to do. Grrrrrrrr!!
Susan S
on Aug 26, 2012
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Susan, if you scroll way down you'll find the ♪♫☺☼♥♀♂ and such. Just chose the one you want, click select, then copy and then paste in your message box here.
Z
on Aug 26, 2012
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Sharron W, one great part of hometalk is we can discuss an issue without being nasty and it isn't hard to explain a comment we made. Usually there is no right or wrong.
Sherrie S
on Aug 26, 2012
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OK Becky and Susan I have one more try on this.... are You using the Numbers at the top of the keyboard that have the !@#$%^& above them or are you using the Number keypad to the right of the letters??? I found that the numbers above don't work with the alt key you have to use the number keypad to the right... i also found out by searching that if you have a lap top you have to make sure that the (num lock) is on.... Hope this helps..:)and Susan LOL! NOOOO! We don't want the FBI honing in on all our fun and excitement we are having Hehe! ☮ Peace out ㋡
TaniaC
on Aug 26, 2012
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♥ ♠♦ • ♣ ☺ oh hey ya'll it works if I put on Number lock and use the number keypad to the right of the keyboard....
Sharron W
on Aug 26, 2012
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Yeah Now only if we can get Becky's and Susan's to work we'll be able to talk in code LOL! wouldn't that be fun?
TaniaC
on Aug 26, 2012
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Gosh, I'm so used to using the ones on above the alpha keyboard that I never thought to try the ten key pad. My last keyboard had a couple stuck number keys (back when I drank pop and spilled) so I never think to use them anymore. Let's see if they work.... ♪ YES! Woo Hoo! Thank you so much Tania. Now I'll have look up that alt key list I recently deleted from Pinterest because I thought it didn't work. So code talk it is. ñ is the year I was born. LOL
Z
on Aug 26, 2012
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♪♫☺☻♥Well, I'll be darned. Mine works w/the Alt key held down. Tania, Thanks!! I've learned something new!! ☺
Becky H
on Aug 26, 2012
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Guess I'm gonna hafta play around and see what I can figure out. I don't have any numbers except at the top of the keyboard and when I went back to character map I still don't see any hearts, spade, diamond etc. I'll start fresh 2moro when my brain can potentially absorb something new!!
Susan S
on Aug 26, 2012
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Night night Susan. Sweet dreams.
Z
on Aug 26, 2012
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good night girls...dont let the bed bugs bite! (snicker)
Bernice H
on Aug 27, 2012
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hehehe
Marg C
on Aug 27, 2012
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Here we go Here are some more ALT KEY CODES YOU CAN USE...Ü.. http://www.alt-codes.net/ Have Fun ...LOL! Ω OH and For Susan If you can't get that ALT Key thingy to work you can always use the cut and paste method here http://www.msnsymbols.com/ Just scroll through their archives and MSN symbols on the right side of the page and copy and past them ㋡
TaniaC
on Aug 27, 2012
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ö WOW there's lots of them there. Thanks Tania.
Z
on Aug 27, 2012
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Tania, thank you for changing the subject from spider to alt keys. What a relief.
Sherrie S
on Aug 27, 2012
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LOL! Sherrie....Truly wasn't intentional it all started with a dead spider on Sharron's Pillow LOL! Oh there we go with the spider thingy again ㋡ Heehee! and Susan... well yes then there's Susan...we just Love her♥... Your welcome Becky and Sherrie.:)
TaniaC
on Aug 27, 2012
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I hope you don't have any more Pretty Spider postings although I learned a little and laughed a lot reading these postings.
Sherrie S
on Aug 27, 2012
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Sherrie did You see the spider web Therese posted on Carla D's Page OMGeee! That sucker would catch a Human in it ...I'm Never going to Texas.... http://www.hometalk.com/ha71908mhd#!/494822
TaniaC
on Aug 27, 2012
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Tania Susan..what is this obsession to come back to this thread? iicckkk...I guess i was just looking for more spider stories to gross me out! Sharron, back in 1976 i opened a can of Na;;eys chili, and a dead mouse was in it, talk about smell and gag! That was before people started suing for "pain and suffering"...which I wouldnt have anyway. But i never forgot that smell! HOwever spiders in open mouths while sleeping......makes me want to cry. And A friend of mine, said she felt something on her face the other night, she slapped herself so hard she busted her lip with her ring!!!! We all heard the story over and over as different ones said, good grief Shelley, what happened to you? She hurt herself more than the spider would have!
Bernice H
on Sep 14, 2012
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Ouch! Poor Shelley! I don't even want to think about that can of chili! YIKES Bernice!
Z
on Sep 14, 2012
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Hey girls..I just posted some pics of my purse on a new thread, I need help ...will you follow me over there?
Bernice H
on Sep 14, 2012
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Already did Bernice.
Z
on Sep 14, 2012
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We're there Bernice.... and Poor Shelly! the way to get them off is NOT to kill them ON your face....LOL
Sharron W
on Sep 14, 2012
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LOL! You Ladies I was wondering when you were going to leave poor Carla alone hehe Post away ladies I will see you all back here on Sunday some time I'm off with the Family on a Camping adventure with My spider will have lots to read I hope when I return Cheers! LOL! ♥
TaniaC
on Sep 14, 2012
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Have a fun safe trip Tania!
Z
on Sep 14, 2012
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Tania! Hey Tania....don't forget to check your pillow and sleeping bag before you crawl in "the sack" tonight! LOL Be safe, have fun, don't bring home any "pets" you didn't leave with....
Sharron W
on Sep 14, 2012
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Ha ha ha Sharron!
Z
on Sep 14, 2012
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Tania, you are probably safer on a camping adventure than staying in a hotel/motel. Don't let Sharron W scare you.
Sherrie S
on Sep 15, 2012
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@Sherrie, Oh come-on, where's the fun in that? she was baiting us on the other spider thread....LOL
Sharron W
on Sep 15, 2012
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RAID!!!!
Susan S
on Sep 15, 2012
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Ahhhh! I'm BACK! What an awesome time relaxing we had ...Friday Night was hubbies Birthday So we had a few drinks outside by the campfire and roasted marshmallows and made some smores with the girls... The nights got a little chilly so the light Jackets came into play But we had a Bonza of a time just relaxing and enjoying the nice cool nights.... We only came in contact with one spider on our venture That we saw at least... and that was a Daddy Long Legs who was hanging out with us at the Campfire.... Some how though I think he may have taken a wrong turn... Maybe blinded and mesmerized by the bright light of the flame and he ended up in the fire.... OOOOps Or maybe that was the twig my hubby was holding that kinda push it i that direction...LOL!..... I think Susan would have like that very much.Buahahahahaha! RAID!!!! That is too Funny...Love you Girl♥ and Sharron What Me??? I would never Bait...Hehe♥..... We just got home and cleaned out the Camper and NOPE Didn't Find any hitchhikers so I guess we slept snug as a bug in a rug LOL! ♥.... Check out My little Video I made.. HOW TO MAKE SMORES!♥ http://tcdesigns1968.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-to-make-yummy-smores.html
TaniaC
on Sep 16, 2012
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Glad you and your family had such a great time Tania with only a Daddy Longlegs to keep you cozy. Sounds like he got a little too cozy! 8^O Tried the video, but it said it wasn't yet available. I'll be sure to check back later.
Z
on Sep 16, 2012
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Well, shoot Becky, that makes two of us. Tania, sounds like a ton of fun weekend!! Love camping out!
Becky H
on Sep 16, 2012
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I'm not sue either why it didn't work it said it uploaded it ..Oh well maybe I'll have to try something different..:( OK You can go here and View it... http://tcdesigns1968.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-to-make-yummy-smores.html
TaniaC
on Sep 16, 2012
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Welcome back to civiliation Tania! What a shame your smores video didn't turn out! The granddaddy longlegs doesn't bother me (strange huh). I picked one up the other day by the leg and put him back out on the deck!! Impressive right??? LOL We always loved to go to my brother's cabin in the mountains of W.V way up high on a practically straight up hill. We would build fires in the firepit at night and just sit out there til way past midnight!!
Susan S
on Sep 16, 2012
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Susan I had to post it on my web page here: http://tcdesigns1968.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-to-make-yummy-smores.html since I couldn't get it to work on HT...and BTW I am very impressed that you picked the Daddy Long legs up way to go girl...:) I just love Fire pits they are sooooo relaxing to sit by ...Just hate when the smoke always goes it my direction and as soon as you move sure as %&%* the smoke follows me LOL!...:)
TaniaC
on Sep 16, 2012
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At first I didn't think it was going to play either but then it finally started!! Your daughter is beautiful - and that blond hair!!! Now, I always thought smores were somehow made w/graham crackers, a piece of hershey's chocolate and of course the marshmallow. Are these the Illinois version??? And who was the campground host?
Susan S
on Sep 16, 2012
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OMG I Love that version Tania! that's my favorite cookie! @ Susan....I guess it is kind of "cheating" smores.... but it's got to be cheaper too cause you're only buying two ingredients....the cookies already have the chocolate dipped on the bottoms....
Sharron W
on Sep 16, 2012
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Well that's true and you probably are NOT going to believe what I am about to "confess" but . . . . I have NEVER eaten smores!! Honest!! I am probably a 1%er in that regard. Guess I disadvantaged childhood!! LOL
Susan S
on Sep 16, 2012
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Oh goodie! I can see it on your blog. Love the pix of your little girl enjoying her S'Mores. What a quick way to make them too. Can ask how you edited your slide show? Will it also edit videos too? Wow Susan you're BRAVE! Though Daddy Longlegs don't scare me I certainly wouldn't pick one up. So yes, very impressive! You do need to try a S'More. Put it on your bucket list. Sharron I think that's my favorite store bought cookie too.
Z
on Sep 16, 2012
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Susan I have to admit I had never tried a smore either until we were over at my neighbors house and her grand kids wanted to roast marshmallows on the fire...I was so excited cause I love roasted Marshmallows Yummo! But then she bought out the Graham Crackers and Hershey's Chocolate bars and I asked what are you going to do with that?... Well was I pleasantly surprised when I got to taste one... But as Sharron says it's kinda the cheaters way of making them with the Keebler cookies cause they already have the chocolate on them (inside and out)... I think I like this way better ... but I do love the original way too:)...as for my girls I have one blondie and one that is light brown with a slight touch of auburn in her Hair They are Twins but total opposites.... I don't think it will stay Blonde cause Hubbies hair was blonde right up to 4th grade and then it went Dark... But you just never know!... The Campground hosts Name is Buddie and he's my buddy♥ @ Becky I had taken a bunch of pictures at the campground and I just joined them all together with some words on a program that came with my computer "Windows Live Movie Maker"... It was really fun and easy to make..:) I've never edited a video before I will have to try and see if it will do that.
TaniaC
on Sep 16, 2012
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Thank you Tania. I'll have to see if that works for my videos. I just Googled and it's a free program. Yay!
Z
on Sep 16, 2012
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Well Tania - I mean, you ARE from down under so I guess you sorta have an excuse for not having tried smores. Now me, probably not so much - except to say I'm originally from West Va. - that's a separate state ya know - not the western part of Virginia!!
Susan S
on Sep 16, 2012
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How did I miss this post? This conversation has been going on for weeks and I'm just now seeing it.
Ellen H
on Sep 17, 2012
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Well Hello My Pretty Ellen... welcome to the other Ramblin Rosie post LOL!
TaniaC
on Sep 17, 2012
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Well it's about time you made it over here Ellen! You've got some major catching up to do. You never got to find out how to make things like this....♪ and ♫ Just realized we seem to like spiders. I think spiders like roses too.
Z
on Sep 17, 2012
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Now , daddy long legs i am not afraid of...why? Are they really not a "bad" spider?
Bernice H
on Sep 17, 2012
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And welcome Ellen, to the "anything that pops into our little pea brains is fodder for conversation" thread!
Bernice H
on Sep 17, 2012
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I have to quit reading these at night....my laughter is distubing hubby....plus I can't type quietly....LOL Y'all are killin me this is so funny...
Sharron W
on Sep 18, 2012
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LOL! Sharron.. Funny you should mention that ...My computer is in the Bedroom so I have to try and keep the laughter to a funny silent movie mode...Can you picture me hand over mouth tears rolling down my face,and a slight snicker like Dick Dastardley's side kick Muttley from the Cartoon Wacky races echoing from behind my hand... Poor baby I woke him twice last night ..;^(
TaniaC
on Sep 18, 2012
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LOL Sharron and Tania. Oh I remember the days when our computer was in the master bedroom. I'd forgotten all about that. It wasn't long before we cleared an area in the basement family room for it. Had we had Hometalk back then (almost twenty years ago) I'm sure it would have happened the next morning. Great analogy Tania.
Z
on Sep 18, 2012
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I love "muttley" and think of his "snickers" often when I see someone trying to laugh quietly.... Bernice's Little Pea Brains got me last night...LOL
Sharron W
on Sep 18, 2012
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I know I loved that comment!
Z
on Sep 18, 2012
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My husband wonders what I'm laughing about sometimes when I'm reading these, but it's too hard to explain to him.
Ellen H
on Sep 18, 2012
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Ellen - yeah, things do loose their effect when you have to try & explain. It's not usually just that one comment but others leading up to it so there just ain't no way they'll get it. Men just don't have the same sense of humor as we do!!
Susan S
on Sep 18, 2012
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Well and these groups are a sort of, "you had to be there" humor...LOL
Sharron W
on Sep 18, 2012
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I didn't read ALL the posts, but that spider is a garden spider- a VERY good resident! Keep her HAPPY and she'll stay! I'd LOVE to have a herd of them in my yard! Except for aphids and a few other little crawlies, they can be even more valuable than lady bugs. They catch and eat almost any little bug that flies-- even the aphids in their fight stage. They are wonders at catching white flies-- even more so than sticky traps- gotta LOVE these lovelies-- and they ARE so very pretty!.
Barbara Hansen
on Jul 03, 2013
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If "lady bugs" are valuable then we're rich since we have them by the gazillions around here.
Z
on Jul 03, 2013
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wood spider they usley bulied between trees in the woods
Annie Robinson
on Aug 30, 2013
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This its a golden silk spider. Japan uses them the get silk.
Susan
on Aug 15, 2014
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