After setting up the camper for the night & having a great sleep i felt great after a cuppa .." off for a shower I said" ....with my towel & clothes in hand ...after being out back for a few weeks with just a bucket to wash in it felt great ......I grab the towel to wipe myself only to come face to face with a big 8 legged friend .... I scream throw the towel & head out the door ..only to come face to face with a traveler with her hair in curlers & me naked as a bird ...she scream I scream.. I turn fast back in to shower .... I kept an eye on the 8 legged friend till i got dressed still wet ....as it was still on the towel .... & what did the other half say i bet that women got a fright seeing u in the raw... laughing his head of ask what happened to the poor spider I bet hes in shock to .....I never fold anything up without checking it now .
After setting up the camper for the night & having a great sleep i felt great after a cuppa .." off for a shower I said" ....with my towel & clothes in hand ...after being out back for a few weeks with just a bucket to wash in it felt great ......I grab the towel to wipe myself only to come face to face with a big 8 legged friend .... I scream throw the towel & head out the door ..only to come face to face with a traveler with her hair in curlers & me naked as a bird ...she scream I scream.. I turn fast back in to shower .... I kept an eye on the 8 legged friend till i got dressed still wet ....as it was still on the towel .... & what did the other half say i bet that women got a fright seeing u in the raw... laughing his head of ask what happened to the poor spider I bet hes in shock to .....I never fold anything up without checking it now .
If it had of been me I would have gone straight through the wall.
You're a lot braver than me Bridget, the public would have had to endure my nakedness rather than face that 8-legged foe!
So now we'll all shake out towels etc before use, thanks for he warning.
A camper near us found a scorpion in his tent after not zipping it up tightly! (no screams, but lotsa rude words!)
I can sympathise. My sister and I were going through a car wash once, and a spider strolled across the dash. My first reaction was scream and get out. Um...car wash...then it disappeared. As soon as we got home, she put a 'bomb' in the car.
Might be a good time to suggest keeping windows up when parked, no matter where.
I remember my friend ringing me to come and get her. [ On a country road.] She was out of the car when I arrived, and refused to get back in. She'd had a Snake slither across the dashboard. Only a tree-snake apparently, but her husband had to go and get the car when he came home from work.
Their cars are parked in a closed shed when not being used, But you know sheds are not hermetically sealed.
We have these lovely little Sunbirds, a bit like a hummingbird,which nest in sheds and other secluded places, and
Wolf spiders that catch and EAT them!There is nothing like walking into a web and have a a spider as big as a saucer right in front of your face. Harmless, really, unless provoked...........Bill
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Many years ago, I decided to drive into the city one Friday night. I backed out of the darkened carport and drove a short distance to the SE Freeway, then drove at 100km/hr for just over 10kms. As I turned onto the freeway under the bright streetlights I noticed a 'leaf' stuck in the middle of the bonnet - it stayed there the whole trip - I thought maybe it has some 'leaf sap' sticking it to the bonnet. As I turned off the freeway into the city and stopped at the first traffic lights since I left home, the 'leaf' unfolded itself in front of me - it turned into the most enormous Tarantula I'd ever seen - it ran across the bonnet and down under the wheel well somewhere. I never ever saw it again ! I think I frightened the living sxxt out of it, more than it did out of me !!!
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We have these lovely little Sunbirds, a bit like a hummingbird,which nest in sheds and other secluded places, and
Wolf spiders that catch and EAT them!There is nothing like walking into a web and have a a spider as big as a saucer right in front of your face. Harmless, really, unless provoked...........Bill
-- Edited by bill12 on Friday 15th of November 2013 07:28:03 AM
You are so mean showing these 8 legged monsters ...I cant even kill the buggers ..you are letting it crawl all over your arm ...yuk yuk yuk...bad enough seeing one so close .....
Everybody has pets. some have dogs and cats- I have bird eating spiders. Youjust have to be careful when you pat them.Don,t worry- they eat roaches and geckos, also. The sunbirds are too pretty, and hard to catch.......Bill
I was reading in bed last night when I caught something from the corner of my eye. A huntsman...the size of a dinner plate...okay, slight exaggeration...on my pillow...very close to my face! I haven't moved so fast in years! I know they're harmless, but any spider in my house is dead. So after giving it a good unhealthy dose of Mortein, I sat in the lounge room till my heart rate went back to normal.
I put a fake huntsman in the paper towel dispenser in the ladies at work. This was done when we were doing a night shift and my done just before my girlfriend arrived to start her shift. In the particular toilet I knew my girlfriend used. Apparently her scream could be heard over the noise of the printing press
I put a fake huntsman in the paper towel dispenser in the ladies at work. This was done when we were doing a night shift and my done just before my girlfriend arrived to start her shift. In the particular toilet I knew my girlfriend used. Apparently her scream could be heard over the noise of the printing press
Wots this all about. He gave you some good exersize. Do you want me to bring Boris,my little pet, down for you next time I'm down?You supplythe dead sunbirds.........Bill
Wots this all about. He gave you some good exersize. Do you want me to bring Boris,my little pet, down for you next time I'm down?You supplythe dead sunbirds.........Bill
No that's fine thanks Bill. The Mortein will suffice.
...I cant even kill the buggers ..you are letting it crawl all over your arm
I haven't moved so fast in years! I know they're harmless, but any spider in my house is dead. So after giving it a good unhealthy dose of Mortein, I sat in the lounge room till my heart rate went back to normal. 
