[Fists] Re: [fpqrp] Life's funny

[ken cubilo electric]

Yes the animals are on the ball, we once purchased 5 cases of arizona
brand ice tea from a local warehouse here, In the middle of the night
the dog and cat were raising holy hell. I got up to see what was going
on and they as a team had cornered a bat. apparently the bat had gotten
sealed up in the shrink wrap they put over the bottles. I used a pair of
leather lineman gloves to grab the bat who by this time was really
ticked off and took it outside. My cat will catch mice but never eat
them, Im always afraid some night I am gonna wake up and find her on the
bed displaying here latest catch. Spiders we do not have many deadly
ones here in michigan a occasional black widow and some very large wolf
spiders that give a nasty bite, being a electrical contractor I have
crawled through some spaces loaded with spiders and even a occasional
snake
Can't say how I like to find one of the deadly critters in the house
though
73 ken w8ob


"Ian C. Purdie" wrote:
> 
> Talk about coincidences...
> 
> I was thinking about my northern hemisphere friends this morning after my 16 year old
> grand daughter Leesa, told me she had been bitten by a "huntsman" spider when it was
> leaving the car this morning. This spider is quite large [up to 6" dia with legs spread
> and looks some what similar to a tarantula]. They're harmless and surprising, Leesa was
> cool about it...
> 
> One son in law quipped "sure she was leaving the car, she knew your mother was driving..."
> 
> Anyhoo, this morning I did wonder what would be the effect if one of you was visiting here
> and the spider jumped down and bit you... chortle, chortle...
> 
> This evening after dinner, I was sitting watching a good documentary on PBS and, out of my
> peripheral vision, I see the cat and dog going "stupid". "Christ, not another fight?" I
> thought.
> 
> Looking down, I saw slowly crawling across the carpet, a black spider [ 1-1/4" dia] which
> I have since identified as a "mouse spider", can't quite recollect seeing one as a kid,
> certainly not as an adult.
> 
> At first I was astonished because I thought it was the deadly Sydney Funnel Web spider.
> Caused a stir among the grand kids up here for Easter.
> 
> Anyway I eventually caught it in a plastic container [agro little bastard] and now "he"
> rests up on the 'puter, I'll take him to the reptile park down the road tomorrow, they
> collect the venom.
> 
> I went to one of our nature books where I was able to identify it positively as a male
> mouse spider, 10X deadlier than a Funnel Web.
> 
> Carolyn won't sleep here tonight [wus...]
> 
> Anyhow isn't it amazing the coincidence of Leesa on her way up here this morning, me
> thinking of you folks and then one of our most deadly spiders causally wandering across
> the rug. Not so amazing is both the dog and cat woke up and were instantly alert [humans
> have much to learn].
> 
> As Mr. Ripley said - "Believe it or not!"
> 
> 72/73's
> 
> Ian C. Purdie
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