bickster Posted July 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 24, 2022 20 minutes ago, sidcow said: So there is chaos at Dover. Has anyone heard of issues at airports? Not happening or press are just bored of reporting on that now? I saw a few posts about piles of suitcases at Heathrow this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 24, 2022 I'll put this out there right now. I am proper terrified of spiders. Next weekend I've got to take down an old shed in the garden. Basically we filled it with crap 8 years ago and haven't been in since. It's totally been left to its own devices. I've just forced the door open and taken a look inside. It's like a scene from Indianna Jones. Spiders webs floor to ceiling wall to wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted July 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 24, 2022 45 minutes ago, sidcow said: I'll put this out there right now. I am proper terrified of spiders. Next weekend I've got to take down an old shed in the garden. Basically we filled it with crap 8 years ago and haven't been in since. It's totally been left to its own devices. I've just forced the door open and taken a look inside. It's like a scene from Indianna Jones. Spiders webs floor to ceiling wall to wall. I saw a tv programme a few years ago about spiders and people’s fear of them. Maybe BBC4 or 2. Anyway the presenter, one of the super clever professors or doctors, maybe Alice Roberts or Hannah Fry? was kind of walked through discovering all about spiders and so on. She ended the programme spending a night kipping in a house absolutely full of spideys. it might be on the YouTubes or iPlayer. If she can do it, you can. edit yay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 49 minutes ago, sidcow said: I'll put this out there right now. I am proper terrified of spiders. Next weekend I've got to take down an old shed in the garden. Basically we filled it with crap 8 years ago and haven't been in since. It's totally been left to its own devices. I've just forced the door open and taken a look inside. It's like a scene from Indianna Jones. Spiders webs floor to ceiling wall to wall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 24, 2022 1 minute ago, rjw63 said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Jumping spiders are common in the UK and can jump 20 times their body length. So you can’t out run them from a standing start, and they’ll likely lay their eggs in your ears and hatch in your brain. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 41 minutes ago, sidcow said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 1 hour ago, sidcow said: I'll put this out there right now. I am proper terrified of spiders. Next weekend I've got to take down an old shed in the garden. Basically we filled it with crap 8 years ago and haven't been in since. It's totally been left to its own devices. I've just forced the door open and taken a look inside. It's like a scene from Indianna Jones. Spiders webs floor to ceiling wall to wall. Sure you will be fine - what can go wrong? Spoiler 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 I dint mind spiders but its not just your outaide shed dont you get cob webs outside your house? Side fence by front door etc? They are everywhere. They actually do good they eat those annoying mozzies andother e annoying pests like ants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted July 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 24, 2022 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: they’ll likely lay their eggs in your ears and hatch in your brain. Pardon? I don’t understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bickster Posted July 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 24, 2022 1 minute ago, blandy said: Pardon? I don’t understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 38 minutes ago, blandy said: Pardon? I don’t understand. Jumping spiders, they’ll jump in to your ears, lay eggs, and the eggs hatch and they feed on your brain. But they eat a bit of your brain that keeps you away from the shed. So now you get a compulsion to go to the shed. Where jumping spiders jump in your ears. It’s the circle of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted July 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 24, 2022 17 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Jumping spiders, they’ll jump in to your ears, lay eggs, and the eggs hatch and they feed on your brain. But they eat a bit of your brain that keeps you away from the shed. So now you get a compulsion to go to the shed. Where jumping spiders jump in your ears. It’s the circle of life. Did you find that out from the web? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzavfc Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 3 hours ago, sidcow said: I'll put this out there right now. I am proper terrified of spiders. Next weekend I've got to take down an old shed in the garden. Basically we filled it with crap 8 years ago and haven't been in since. It's totally been left to its own devices. I've just forced the door open and taken a look inside. It's like a scene from Indianna Jones. Spiders webs floor to ceiling wall to wall. it's the only way 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted July 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 24, 2022 I’ve done spider whispering. Only twice has it worked, but still. the most recent was last autumn. I went into the kitchen one evening to get whatever and there in the middle of the floor was a very large house spider. ”Hello, you magnificent bastard. I’ll tell you what, you stay there a minute and I’ll go and get something so I can carefully and gently move you somewhere with more for you to eat, where you’ll be safe” The deal was made and she was transported to Dave’s shed, sorry, my shed, in my special pint glass for rescuing critters. The first one was in the desert. I was sat on my doorstep late at night just drinking a cold beer in the hot evening air when I heard footsteps on the path. Round the corner came what was (probably) a huntsman. It was big. It moved towards me and stopped maybe 15 feet away. I made it a telepathic offer. “ Evening spidey, let’s do a deal. You turn around and disappear and all will be well”. We looked at each other, like in those westerns with the gunfighters. Morriconi played in the background. I glanced at how far away my boots were. Spidey looked in 8 different directions. Time passed. And then spidey bid me goodnight and disappeared into the scrub. Maybe someone can make a film. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 24, 2022 As ever, there is a Peppa Pig episode for every aspect of life. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 4 hours ago, sidcow said: I'll put this out there right now. I am proper terrified of spiders. Next weekend I've got to take down an old shed in the garden. Basically we filled it with crap 8 years ago and haven't been in since. It's totally been left to its own devices. I've just forced the door open and taken a look inside. It's like a scene from Indianna Jones. Spiders webs floor to ceiling wall to wall. Just move house. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 24, 2022 15 minutes ago, mjmooney said: As ever, there is a Peppa Pig episode for every aspect of life. Load of old bollox. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) Here's one for @sidcow. Got in bed last night, about 11pm. I was kind of half asleep, and I feel a tickling on my arm. Have a look and I see the shadowy form on an arachnid crawling on me Had loads in the flat recently due to the weather. Plus my windows have been open for weeks on end! Edited July 25, 2022 by Xela 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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