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Oh hai Eric.
If I'd been bitten by Eric instead of flipping spiders I think I'd be much happier right now.
i'm terrified of getting bitten by a spider.
also, i'm pretty sure someone was telepathically accessing my mind in line at the grocery store today.
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Originally Posted by Mara
You didn't mention being bitten by them.
Are you OK? Were they relatively harmless ones and it just hurt, like a wolf spider or something?
I was bitten on the toe by a wolf spider 2 weeks ago, and it's just healing now. Hurt like a biz-natch, especially how my work boots rub RIGHT against that spot of my foot when I walk.
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Originally Posted by ledfloyd
That was me.
I saw what you did, and I know who you are!!!
I don't think it's too bad. I only got one really big bite that's swollen and sore. It's on my elbow.Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
For some reason that would take ages to explain, we've had six tents sitting on our deck under a tarp for about two months. This afternoon, my parents asked me to move them into the car. I picked them up and HORRIBLE THINGS ENSUED. Apparently, they were the perfect hideout for disgusting things.
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Yeah, I would have maybe lifted the tarp and sprayed everything down with a hose before I touched anything.
But still, I hope you're OK. If you have any suspicions at all about them being dangerous spiders, you should go to a doctor. It's not worth risking.
i had the ma na ma na song from the muppet show stuck in my head, and out of nowhere, the person ahead of me in line started whistling it. it was crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
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While it was most-probably a coincidence, I do believe this kind of stuff is possible.
Perhaps it's something as simple as a deep instinct.
There are some really interesting documentaries on this kind of stuff, where they talk about that instinctive feeling that people will often get when trouble is ahead. They were looking at it from the perspective of rape victims, and how so often the women say that even though there was nothing abnormal about the scene/situation before the incident, they just felt that something was "off", and that they should leave, but they ignored it.
i'm positive it was a coincidence but it was strange. i wonder if those feelings are true or if they are projecting them onto their memories. i imagine it would be hard to tell. interesting though.Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
Social Democracy really appeals to me, now that I think about it.
Moving is always a frustrating experience, at least for me it is. Mainly because I look at everything and think to myself "why do I own all of this crap?"
Funny you say that, because I was just packing stuff up in preparation for moving and thinking the exact same thing. And I don't even own all that much.
fixed to fit my feelings on moving.Quote:
Originally Posted by Justin
Sleep is for suckers, and this is a sucker free night!
My next move is the move I get rid of all my DVDs. The last move I got rid of about 500 VHS tapes. I'm not moving my DVDs ever again. Time to buy a couple TB HDs and start ripping. And then I think I'll donate the DVDs to a library, thus making the library one of the coolest video stores ever. They'll definitely have the best martial arts section outside of Scarecrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Justin
WORD OF ADVICE:
If you have an extra bathroom that does not get used often or at all (mainly the shower), make sure you still run the water when cleaning at least once or twice a month. Otherwise, you will get standing water which leads to little creatures know as drain flies which build a nest in your drain and begin to appear everywhere. Once this happens, you will find yourself not only grossed out, but stuck pouring bleach and Drano down each drain multiple times in order to kill of the nest (yes, an actual black larvea nest grows in your tub drain).
Yuck.
"Fish gotta swim and birds gotta fly; insects, it seems, gotta do one horrible thing after another."
--Annie Dillard
But bees do good things.
I've been stung by bees a dozen or so times in my life, three times while driving a car. Which was not fun. I also had a pretty severe reaction the last time I was stung, which made my doctor concerned that I was developing an allergy. Still, I prefer bees to most insects because they seem to have a logic instead of stinging people randomly, they are highly intelligent, and they make honey and beeswax, which are both very cool.Quote:
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So, I'm pretty much okay with bees.
This, by the way, is from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Those who haven't read it should really give it a shot. I'm also a big fan of her narrative memoir An American Childhood.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mara
I guess spiders prevent a billion flies..
I understand their purpose biologically. (So does my girl Annie, who actually knows a ridiculous amount about insects and spiders.) I just don't understand why they have to be so gross about it.Quote:
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Got bitten on the toe (second from big) one night while sleeping on a pull-out down in my parent's den at my Charlotte home. Dime-sized red bite for weeks. Necrosis set in and there's a scar there now.
I think it was a spider. It could have been a demon though.
Poor Wryan's toe. :(
Here's a fun read on insects.