pets

[kathrinM]

I've had an idea.. as I love animals (excluded libs) I wanted to ask you guys to tell me what pets you have or would like to have or had.

I have a cat called toby. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif He's really cute and intelligent. He's not like most cats who often agressivly attack everything thats small and moves lol


Here's apicture of it:
http://www.x-deluxe.com/Pictures/3.JPG

[Rink]

That cat looks a lil like my fat old crybaby Abner. hehe cute /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[kathrinM]

It's so fluffy lol I love my cat I have a whole photo album full of it.. actually jamie took a lot of pictures of the cat aswell when he was here lol

[Rink]

got a lotta pics of my first cat, Sal, had that ol feisty cat from 1974 to 1990, 16 years worth /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

I still miss that sassy ol cat.

[Rink]

Critters i have to date is One dog, Bo, mom's dog Muffin, my one last cat, abner, and one budgie bird (blue colored one).

thats it, Oyea and one horse yet still, boarded out.
Half arabian, half saddlebred.

[DesertFox]

<font size=1>Sorta embarrassed to mention my pet rock</font>

[kathrinM]

your pet rocks? or is the name of your pet "rock".. lol?

[Bluemoon_Rising]

Jasper, a full-blooded Jack Russell Terrier, the most affection dog I've ever had, always happy, takes joy in everything and smart as a whip . . . except in one thing. He doesn't like other male dogs and thinks he's a doberman. He's utterly fearless and would charge any male dog of any size on sight. That's a very dangerous trait in a dog that's only 15 pounds soakin' wet.

[CaliGirl]

We got a tri-colored Cocker Spaniel dog at 6 months of age, named Spanky. He was incredibly smart, and loved to go swimming in the pool during the hot summer days in Central CA. He got out of our backyard when we had hurricane force winds one night and blew down our fence. We had him for over 15 years.

[HarvickFan29]

Kat, your cat looks like my cat whose name is Coolidge. I call him Cool cat! My scanner is broke or I would show you a picture of him.

My dog, Earnhardt has been missing for a couple of weeks. I think someone has stolen him. I yelled for him until my lungs almost collapsed. I was going to take him with me to Miami for Christmas. I'm still holding out hope that he will miraculously come home.

[CatKozTX]

I have 2 dogs, 4 cats and many tropical fish (mostly Africans)

Kate, I have two cats that look just like yours! Oliver who is about 1 1/2 years old and weighs in at a hefty 15 pounds and Zelda who is about 4 months old and sweet as can be. My other cats are Baxter (14 years old) and Gibson (12 years old).

My dogs are Elmo (a 9 year old cocker mix who is the smartest dog I have ever seen) and Jed (a 6 years old Wolfhound/Pointer mix) who is the stupidest, most timid dog I've ever seen, but he SOOO gentle and wonderful with our kids, despite the fact that he weighs about 120 pounds.

I love my furbabies! Wouldn't trade a one of them for anything! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[kathrinM]

That's so cute.. I love dogs and cats. I once had a hamster actually but he died after 6 months but I was too small to actually get sad :/ lol

[Warlady]

We have 4 dogs, 1 Aussie Shepherd female named Dixie, one Border Collie female named Sugar, two new black lab puppies, male, named Buckshot and Texas. They are 5 months old. We have 4 barn cats, a Tennessee Walking horse named Dreamer and 2 ducks.

[Warlady]

Here's a picture of Dreamer:

http://freeconservatives.com/pics/members/warlady/dreamer.jpg

And here's a picture of my two new babies: Of course they're older now.

http://freeconservatives.com/pics/buckshot/Buckshot_Munchkin.jpg

[kathrinM]

awww look at those puppies!!!!!!! *wants to cuddle them* :/

And Dreamer looks great too. do you often ride the horse?
I once went to a stable of a family that offers to take care of horses and you can ride the horses. I tried it for a while and a friend of mine even went on competitions but I didn't. It was too far away from home to go and practise every weekend. I'd like to ride a horse again though it was fun.

[jamieM]

Toby is a real cutie.. I was never much of a cat person but toby changed me : )
He did some really cute things, it took him a couple days to get use to me, he'd come on the bed and crawl on kathrins tummy and put his paw out to her shoulder so i couldnt cuddle into kathrin, hes over-protective lol
He soon warmed to me and stopped trying to stop me cuddling kathrin lol

that pic shown was great.. took on my new digi cam.. the full size (800*600) looks great.. would make a nice wallpaper : )

*misses toby*

[DesertFox]

<font size=1>I had a pet spider once</font>

[HarvickFan29]

Foxster, http://freeconservatives.com/smilies/smilies3/poke.gif

[DesertFox]

<font size=1>Guess I better not mention my pet katydid</font>

[Rink]

whuts a katydid?

[tacitus]

Looks like mine, fat and sleeping. Mine's called 'Sammy', sometimes 'fatboy'

[Rhino]

Jake - Sheltie mix
Dixie - Lab mix
Peach - Peaches and creme colored domestic tabby, also somewhat mellow. I prefer the active/hyper cats though. More entertaining. She's a sweetie tho, and we love her, so we'll keep her.

[Beowulf]

In my home lives Mickey, a 4 yr old black, gray and white Tabby. He's declawed and neutered and stays indoors. He loves my other half. He stalks me and will run to the bed to wrestle with me. If I try to leave after wrestling by walking away, he will attack the back of my feet and bite me so I back away, only to have this 13 lb. cat following me all the way down the hall as I back away.

He's a psycho I tell ya!....but I love him though. I rescued him when he was a kitten.

[Peachdiane]

[ QUOTE ]
Rhino said:
Peach - Peaches and creme colored domestic tabby, also somewhat mellow. I prefer the active/hyper cats though. More entertaining. She's a sweetie tho, and we love her, so we'll keep her.

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/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon16.gif I had a peach colored cockapoo also, named Peaches. She was very mellow also and crawled onto me when I laid down to rest and read a good book. Here's me with one of the dogs (A shih tzu named Razzi) I prefer larger dogs but she was the littlest, sweetest pooch and really grew on me...

http://pluto.imagemagician.com/images/peachdiane/di/razzi.jpg

I have no time for pets right now. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon17.gif But I adore dogs and cats and had 7 dogs at one time. I had two award winning blue ticks and my most favorite thing to do was take them coon hunting in the Fort Sill area when visiting relatives. I can't explain the adrenaline of chasing baying hounds in pursuit of feisty coons!

Hey Katanem, what a cute pic!

Fox, I had a Chilean Rose tarantula I found in the desert. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Fed it crickets and grasshoppers and if it was very very good, mealworms and beetles for treats. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif

[The_Fireman]

Dreamer looks good.Ihope he doesnt make a diet of those old Texas bitter weeds.My dad once had a dairy and had to pour out a lot of milk because the cows ate them.

[dPrasse]

Mooooooo!!!!!!!
http://pluto.imagemagician.com/images/peachdiane/dave/mooooo.jpg

Barney.... (See... I do wear shirts!)
http://pluto.imagemagician.com/images/peachdiane/dave/barney.jpg

Roughhousing w/ Pokey....
http://pluto.imagemagician.com/images/peachdiane/dave/pokey.jpg

[DoctorDoom]

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whuts a katydid?

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This is a typical katydid.

<center>http://www.photo-trio.co.nz/rsp/images/katydid.jpg</center>

And this is my most fav'rit critter. Maybe DF's little guy and mine would like to play together.

<center>http://www.arachnophiliac.com/burrow/gallery/tarantulas/images/bustards_tblondi.jpg

Goliath Bird-Eating Spider (http://www.arachnophiliac.com/burrow/bustard.htm)</center>

These guys can grow to the size of a dinner plate. Bring one on the bus and you can have any seat you want.

[kathrinM]

aww dprasse THAT KITTEN!!! *cuddles the kitten*

god i love cats :S

[dPrasse]

[ QUOTE ]
kathrinM said:
aww dprasse THAT KITTEN!!! *cuddles the kitten*

god i love cats :S



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oh , sure , Kate .hug the kitten and ignore me .I see how you are /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon129.gif

the next pic of that kitten ..he jumped off of my shoulder and ends up
in my cereal bowl , eating Cheerios .......

yep ,.Barney was a cutey , his mother was killed a day after he was born , so I raised him from day 2 ....

his name came in honor of Deputy Barney Fife , from the Andy Griffith show ..his eyes bugged out and his head shook , just like his namesake ! ....

also , we've always had horses on the farm , our current one is a retired barrel racer/cutting horse ...she still "cuts" all by herself ....sorts calves out for her own entertainment .... my Grandpa Prasse wasa "horse jockey" , always trading for the cheap bad ass horses , breaking them andselling for a sweet profit ....

also , have had runt/orphan baby pigs running amock in the house ...

never had pet rocks , spiders or katydids ..

had a pet chameleon , that laid an egg that hatched ! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

pet turtle named Flloyd ..... he was funny .andsmart ..... always tried to get behind the stereo stand ..he'd walk real stealth like , then "sprint for the stereo as i ran to grab him and send him back ti the dining room ....
he atr fruit coctail .....mmmmmmmm ......

dP

[kathrinM]

lol *hugs you* there now i dont ignore you.. and you are the one who isn't on msn /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue1.gif

[Rink]

Uhhh DD, a Goliath Bird-Eating Spider?
Ya mean its aggressive enuf to eat a bird?

How big a bird? You really bring them on a bus? bet ya scare all the girls away with one a them big spidders! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif

<font size=1>Are ya really sure they get to the size of a dinner plate? never seen no spidder That big before, o an the katydid is kewl</font>

[DoctorDoom]

It does eat birds (babies in the nest), but its main diet is small ground critters. And they have been measured at over 11" across the legs.

The beastie is native to the northeastern South American jungle (rain forest, for those of you in Berkeley). It's another good reason not to live there.

Fearsome Predators (http://www.extremescience.com/BiggestSpider.htm)

[Rhino]

[ QUOTE ]
CatKozTX said:
.....and many tropical fish (mostly Africans)

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A slaver, huh? Careful, or you'll have to pay tropical reparations someday.

[Rink]

I heard in Columbia they have this snake thats extremely dangerous and bout the most deadlY around, when mom and I went through the Panama canal, i wanted to go thri the forest excursion, mom didnt want me to, later when we came home found out theres this snake that can strike out rapidly at a person and there is little hope in those remote areas of survival because its venom is so deadly so fast (I cant remember the derned snake at this momrnt)

(I still wanted to go to the forest thing, but owell.)

I guess its not like traipsing through the pacific Northwest woods, east of me all you have to contend with in lieu of poisonous snakes is rattlesnakes, here, its way too wet for rattlers.

Never had any probs goin thru my woods.
Not skeered o bears, cougars and whatnot cuz I know their nature.

<font size=1>Only creature I AM afraid of is the bi-pedal hominid kind</font>

[The_RANDy_Corporation]

3 cats, one outside exclusively because she is so fat she doesn't practice proper hygene and uses our carpets for toilet paper. 2 other cats are in and out.

7 month old black lab/shephard on a mission to chew up everything we own.

[Warlady]

[ QUOTE ]
The_Fireman said:
Dreamer looks good.Ihope he doesnt make a diet of those old Texas bitter weeds.My dad once had a dairy and had to pour out a lot of milk because the cows ate them.

[/ QUOTE ]

No she doesn't eat them. She's very picky. She will only eat grass and hay and feed.

[Warlady]

Doc that's the ugliest spider I've ever seen.

[Rink]

I wonder if them spidders are a delicacy?
if cooked, would they taste good?

I mean after all protein is protein right? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif

[Peachdiane]

[ QUOTE ]
Rink said:there is little hope in those remote areas of survival because its venom is so deadly so fast (I cant remember the derned snake at this momrnt)

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Yikes! Well good thing you're ok!

Speaking of snakes and reptiles, I can't believe I forgot geckos! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smack.gif No not the Netscape or Geico kind! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon129.gif But, I love geckos and the boys are raising 3 little ones right now.

One time I walked into my bro's living room and a big-a$$ Komodo dragon was perched on the back of his couch. Everyone was heckling me and daring me to go sit near it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon109.gif

[Rink]

if there wuz a dragon on da couch, I prolly woulda had me dragon dinner that night. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue1.gif

[Peachdiane]

Well, yes, me too! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon62.gif

But, since he paid an obscene amount for it, I thought I'd better not! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon129.gif

[DesertFox]

Rink, the snake you're referring to is the fer-de-lance.

[HarvickFan29]

Rhino, good one! LOLOL!

Dave, what is the deal with the mountain dew?

[DoctorDoom]

[ QUOTE ]
And now...the list of the Top Ten Deadliest Snakes in the World.

(But first, the disclaimer: Every venom expert has a different top 10 list. Ours is based on discussions with several of the leading experts in the field as well as reliable published material.)

1) Fierce Snake or Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus ), Australia. The most toxic venom of any snake. Maximum yield recorded (for one bite) is 110mg. That would probably be enough to kill over 100 people or 250,000 mice. These rare snakes are virtually unknown in collections outside of Australia.

2) Australian Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis ), Australia. One 1/14,000 of an ounce of this venom is enough to kill a person. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens

3) Malayan Krait (Bungarus candidus ), Southeast Asia and Indonesia. 50% of the bites from this snake are fatal even with the use of antivenin treatment. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens

4) Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus ), Australia. The venom delivered in a single Taipan bite is enough to kill up to 12,000 guinea pigs. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens

5) Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus ), Australia. The Tiger snake is a very aggressive snake that kills more people in Australia that any other snake on that continent. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens

6) Beaked Sea Snake (Enhydrina schistosa ), South Asian waters Arabian Sea to Coral Sea..

7) Saw Scaled Viper (Echis carinatus ), Middle East Asia. Saw Scaled Vipers kill more people in Africa that all the other venomous African snakes combined. Its venom is 5 times more toxic than that of the cobra and 16 more toxic than the Russell's Viper. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens

8) Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius ), North America. Coral Snakes have a very potent venom but many are too small to deliver enough venom to kill a human. This is the only elapid (relative of the cobras and mambas) in the US.*On exhibit at Reptile Gardens

9) Boomslang (Dispholidus typus ), Africa. The Boomslang is the most seriously venomous rear-fanged snake in the world. They have very long fangs and can open their mouths a full 180 degrees to bite. Famous herpetologist Karl P. Schmidt died 28 hours after a Boomslang bite. The day after the bite, he called in to say he felt well and would be in to work...2 hours before he literally dropped dead from the bite. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens

10) Death Adder (Acanthophis antarcticus ), Australia and New Guinea. The Death Adder looks like a viper but is more closely related to the cobras. A dosage of 10mg of Death Adder venom is enough to kill a human. A good sized Death Adder can deliver up to 180mg in a single bite. *On exhibit at Reptile Gardens.

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The Deadliest Snakes in The World (http://www.reptilegardens.com/reptile/topten.html)

With 4 of the top 5, Australia seems like a good place to avoid.

[Rink]

well I cant remember this particular snakes name, but its native to Costa Rica and/or Columbia (I think its Costa Rica that we had the forest trek opportunity not Columbia) sorry been a while.

[kathrinM]

Doc: Australia has always been a good place to avoid.

But they have Coala bears :/ And I love Coala bears.. yea they are mean little bastards.. but they are so goddamn cute :/

[HarvickFan29]

I toured Australia in the 80s. It's such a great place. I wanted to bring a koala and a kangaroo home with me. Found some other things I'd like to bring home too! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif

[DoctorDoom]

My daughter spent a couple of weeks Down Under in March. She loved the place and would go back in a heartbeat. I suppose that if one stays away from places where the creepy crawlies (or slitheries) hang out, it would be a good place to visit.

http://www.kingsnake.com/toxinology/old/images/pseudonaja/Pseudonaja.JPG[ QUOTE ]
Pseudonaja textilis (Eastern brown snake) is the most toxic member of the genera and, at 12 times the toxicity of the Indian cobra Naja naja, it is the second most toxic land snake in Australia. However, due to the greater range, occurrence in urban areas and aggressive temperament, the eastern brown snake is the most dangerous and clinically important snake in Australia. The venom of the Eastern Brown snake is slow to produce effect, but once symptoms emerge they proceed with terrifying rapidity with death being sudden and unexpected. Part of the problem is that the early signs of the bite pathology closely resemble that of the occurrence of psychological shock and thus may be misdiagnosed.

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Brown snakes (http://www.kingsnake.com/toxinology/old/snakes/Pseudonaja/Pseudonaja.html)<br clear="all" />

[dPrasse]

If you want a Black Widow spider for a pet .head to MA !

Spidders on your grapes! (http://www.msnbc.com/news/998332.asp)


Harv29 ...... that Mt Dew is my transfusion stockpile ..if i cut myself on the farm , i have my own transfusion gear ..Mt Dew is in my veins ....

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/patriot.gif

dP

[HarvickFan29]

Doc, I didn't see any creepy crawlers. However, I did visit Lizard Island. A lot of my time was spent on a boat fishing for black marlin. I think the world record at the time was over 1200 lbs. My catch was only 750 lbs. so of course it was released. Yeah, it was a great place to visit.

[Gone_with_the_Wind]

A bumper sticker reads:
"I love cats. They taste like chicken!!!"

That's pretty much sums up how I feel about cats. I'm tired of all the wild cats around my neighborhood using my yard and flower gardens as a dang potty. They also spray my front door and the paint is starting to show it. Smelly animals.

I have a companion dog and a bunny rabbit. Both of them have more finesse than any cat I've had contact with.

Sorry Kathrin. I just don't like cats. I don't go outta my way to hurt cats or destroy them. I just don't like them. You're cat is cute--while it's sleeping!

[Timberwolf]

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yeahthat.gif

Soooooo, you're part Asian, too?? LOL

[DoctorDoom]

[ QUOTE ]
If you want a Black Widow spider for a pet .head to MA !

[/ QUOTE ]
Yep, we got 'em, although we don't grow grapes, so these were evidently imported. I've never seen one myself, but then I don't go out of my way to find them.

Spidders and I have an understanding. Outside is their turf. Inside is mine. If they come onto my turf, that's all she wrote.

Here's a little info on the critter. (http://www.desertusa.com/july97/du_bwindow.html)

[dPrasse]

Agreed on the Spiders and there domain ..... the tricky area is the barn .we must share there .... if you ever get a Brown Recluse in your raincoat .you'll never let clothes ly around in the barn again !

dave

[Rink]

I like to evict spidders from my territory, as I know they are good for nature to have so I try to avoid killin em, its the brown recluses and black widows that I kill, (livin in a forested area, yea i get huge ass brown recluses in my basement, the size of a quarter or more on my walls, I dont hesitate to kilem and they definitely leave a wonderful brown stain on the walls once i do killem.

O and GWTW, there is products you can use to keep cats and dogs away from your flowerbeds and such, there is some stuff you can sprinkel on that they dont like, its to keep em from potying indoors, dunno if theres products you can use to keep em aeay from your front porch or not if it is subject to rains.

But its worth checking into, I bet you can find any cat &amp; dog away powder or spray at any Petco store or pet place, be worth lookin into if you wanna keep em off your porch if anything.

Oyea have I ever told you I can do a perfect imitation of a yeowling tomcat? Man I can scare the hell out of a cat by doin it too hee he he he!

I just stand there and YYYYEEEOOOWWWRRRRRRRRRR!!!

Man they scoot faster n hell!!

[DoctorDoom]

The brown recluse is a really nasty SOB.

[ QUOTE ]
Bite Symptoms

The severity of a person's reaction to the bite depends on the amount of venom injected and individual sensitivity to it. Bite effects may be nothing at all, immediate or delayed. Some may not be aware of the bite for 2 to 8 hours, whereas others feel a stinging sensation usually followed by intense pain if there is a severe reaction. A small white blister usually rises at the bite site surrounded by a large congested and swollen area. Within 24 to 36 hours, a systemic reaction may occur with the victim characterized by restlessness, fever, chills, nausea, weakness and joint pain. The affected area enlarges, becomes inflamed and the tissue is hard to the touch. The spider's venom contains an enzyme that destroys cell membranes in the wound area with affected tissue gradually sloughing away, exposing underlying tissues. Within 24 hours, the bite site can erupt into a "volcano lesion" (a hole in the flesh due to damaged, gangrenous tissue).

The open wound may range from the size of an adult's thumbnail to the span of a hand. The sunken, ulcerating sore may heal slowly up to 6 to 8 weeks. Full recovery may take several months and scarring may remain. Plastic surgery and skin grafts are sometimes required.

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Brown Recluse Spider (http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2061.html)

[kathrinM]

[ QUOTE ]
Gone_with_the_Wind said:
A bumper sticker reads:
"I love cats. They taste like chicken!!!"

That's pretty much sums up how I feel about cats. I'm tired of all the wild cats around my neighborhood using my yard and flower gardens as a dang potty. They also spray my front door and the paint is starting to show it. Smelly animals.

I have a companion dog and a bunny rabbit. Both of them have more finesse than any cat I've had contact with.

Sorry Kathrin. I just don't like cats. I don't go outta my way to hurt cats or destroy them. I just don't like them. You're cat is cute--while it's sleeping!





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Well my cat doesn't go out at all unless I acompany it and then it's sometimes on a lead as i'm afraid that it might see a butterfly again and start running after it and I have to run after the cat. lol Happened when Toby was 2 years old..god that was annoying lol

He doesn't even go toilet outside he always pulls be back home to go toilet which I think is seriously cool and he always comes up to me and signals that he went toilet so I can clean it.. not sure how to describe how i just remark it from his behavior to me lol

So you would for sure like my cat.. it's clean and cute and doesn't scratch unless you provocate it lol but then it actually also doesnt scratch but bite.. but actually quite softly unless it doesn't know you then it doesn't seriously care lol

cool cat lol /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

meouw lol

[Gone_with_the_Wind]

[ QUOTE ]
Timberwolf said:
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yeahthat.gif

Soooooo, you're part Asian, too?? LOL

[/ QUOTE ]

Yeah! You know when I sing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", it sounds kinda like "Hawk the Helold Angels Sing; Glowly to the New Blown Keen"!!! It's a hoot!

http://freeconservatives.com/smilies/doggie.gif

[Gone_with_the_Wind]

[ QUOTE ]
DoctorDoom said:
The brown recluse is a really nasty SOB.

[ QUOTE ]
Bite Symptoms

The severity of a person's reaction to the bite depends on the amount of venom injected and individual sensitivity to it. Bite effects may be nothing at all, immediate or delayed. Some may not be aware of the bite for 2 to 8 hours, whereas others feel a stinging sensation usually followed by intense pain if there is a severe reaction. A small white blister usually rises at the bite site surrounded by a large congested and swollen area. Within 24 to 36 hours, a systemic reaction may occur with the victim characterized by restlessness, fever, chills, nausea, weakness and joint pain. The affected area enlarges, becomes inflamed and the tissue is hard to the touch. The spider's venom contains an enzyme that destroys cell membranes in the wound area with affected tissue gradually sloughing away, exposing underlying tissues. Within 24 hours, the bite site can erupt into a "volcano lesion" (a hole in the flesh due to damaged, gangrenous tissue).

The open wound may range from the size of an adult's thumbnail to the span of a hand. The sunken, ulcerating sore may heal slowly up to 6 to 8 weeks. Full recovery may take several months and scarring may remain. Plastic surgery and skin grafts are sometimes required.

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Brown Recluse Spider (http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2061.html)

[/ QUOTE ]

You know... those symptoms sound like "anthrax" -- when anthrax gets into an open wound on the skin, don't you think from what you've heard?

I don't like spidees. Gots lots of 'em here in the high desert and I don't share my living spaces very well with them... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nono.gif

[HarvickFan29]

We mainly have two nasty spiders here, and one of them is the brown recluse. They like to get in the toes of shoes, and the armpits of clothing. They like dead prey too. EEEEEK!

[Timberwolf]

[ QUOTE ]
Gone_with_the_Wind said:
[ QUOTE ]
Timberwolf said:
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yeahthat.gif

Soooooo, you're part Asian, too?? LOL

[/ QUOTE ]

Yeah! You know when I sing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", it sounds kinda like "Hawk the Helold Angels Sing; Glowly to the New Blown Keen"!!! It's a hoot!

http://freeconservatives.com/smilies/doggie.gif

[/ QUOTE ]
You are such a nut!!! LOL

[Rink]

Why ya think I check my shoes before i ever put em on and my clothes, shirts and pants for? I know what romps around in my basment place he he

I've not had any problems tho from em, cuz I'm a very very astute observer of my surroundings and I usually spot em fast as lightning on thewall, ceiling or windowsill quick enough to nail em dead.

I wont kill the little spiders tho, they dont bother me and i dont bother them, I leave the skinny lil buggers alone, got a daddy long legs livin in my bathroom, he seems very content to 'hang' around, one time he got caught in my shower room when I started a shower, it was apparent the lil guy was unhappy bout my showering, I just kept an eye on him and then once I left he scooted real quicky to safety.

I'm an ol softie dont like killin livin things unless theres a really good reason, spidders really need to stay outside, especially the big ones, thats their living area, move indoors and I'll either trap em 9the small ones) and toss em out or kill em (the huge dangerous ones).

<font size=1>Mebbe I'm a reincarnated Buddhist that dont like killin livin things? I dunno</font>

[HarvickFan29]

Rink, I usually won't kill spiders either. If you see alot of spiders in the house, it's usually a sign of other crawlers like cockroaches so I let spiders alone because I know they eat such nasty things as cockroaches.

[Rink]

I never ever seen a cockroach in any hose I have lived in, never see em either, guess I'm lucky?

[HarvickFan29]

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Rink said:
I never ever seen a cockroach in any hose I have lived in, never see em either, guess I'm lucky?

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You lived in a hose? LOL

I don't see them either which is how I know I should let the spiders live. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif

[Rink]

house LOL

[Gone_with_the_Wind]

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Rink said:
I never ever seen a cockroach in any hose I have lived in, never see em either, guess I'm lucky?

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Oh, Lord... this reminds me of a commercial on TV where they actually have a cockroach crawling across the screen. The first time I saw it, I thought it was a real-inside-my-house-type cockroach and I went crazy and threw a pillow at it. Had it been a heavier object, I would have smashed the TV screen. Then I realized it was part of a commercial for exterminators. Scared the living daylights outta me! I thought i had cockroaches. Nasty things! Ugly too! I'm always thinking I see one out of the corner of my eye. Then I look around and never see anything. I had them once. It's terrible once they get into your house. They were getting in through the pipes.

[HarvickFan29]

Gone, LOL! I know the commercial ya talkin' about!

Rink, I know what ya meant. I was just kidding around!

[DoctorDoom]

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got a daddy long legs livin in my bathroom...

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More'n likely it's a common cellar spider.

http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/~stueber/essays/pholcus/pholcus_phalangioides_small.jpg

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Long legged cellar spiders are one of the most common spiders in households and have a worldwide distribution. They have been reported from American, European, Asian and Australian houses, Italian caves and Korean volcanoes. Their scentific name is Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775). Pholcus are fragile spiders with very long legs and an elongated body. Body and legs are almost translucent and with a microscope the movement of blood cells in legs and other body parts can be followed in a live animal.

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The long-legged cellar spider (http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/~stueber/essays/pholcus/pholcus_phalangioides.html)

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Cellar spiders live only in the safety of human homes: attics, cellars, garages and messy rooms where they can hang upside down in webs. Cellar spiders have gray-brown bodies that are about half an inch long. They have very long, skinny legs. Many times, cellar spiders are confused with Daddy Longlegs. Daddy Longlegs are usually not seen in Southern California. Daddy Longlegs are really not spiders. Their bodies are oval shaped. A true spider's body has two parts.

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CELLAR SPIDER - Pholcus phalangioides (http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/uclasp/urban_science/urban_bestiary/spider.htm)

On what other political board can one find such a wealth of absolutely useless information? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif

[DesertFox]

Absolutely useless, perhaps; but interesting. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif

[Gone_with_the_Wind]

I have LOTS of those under the eves around my house. At first i didn't know what they were and they scared me. When I took a kleenex and killed it, every single leg it had dropped right off its body! EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM! After that, I realized they're too fragile to worry about. They're awkward too. They don't move around too quickly. They look mean, but they're really nothing to worry about.

[Rink]

well I dont live in Southern California, but yea thats what the one that lives in my bathroom looks like.

he dont like my shower heat none, wasnt too happy when I took a shower.

I dont bother him cuz they're mainly harmless lil guys.

[DoctorDoom]

They're harmless to people, but if yer a bug... AAAUUUGGGHHH!

[Rink]

a bad bug mind u DD, thats why they're there.
to keep the harmful bad bugs from overproliferating

[Gone_with_the_Wind]

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/um.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/idea1.gif Maybe I should worry if there are HUNDREDS hanging out around my eves??? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dimbulb.gif If they're there to keep bad bugs away, I must have thousands of really bad bugs hanging out around my house! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dimbulb.gif uh, oh... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sad.gif Maybe having hundreds means I have some big problems. Maybe that's not such a good thing.

[Rink]

nah they're makin sure any and all bad bugs never get INTO your house, they are a good household defence system /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[GenuineGRITS]

Ok, it's official. I have the creeps for the next ten years, lol. I hate spiders with a passion - they never last long once I see them. Of course, it's hard to tell if they die from squashing or having their itty-bitty eardrums shattered. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon126.gif

We currently have three cats. One spoiled rotten Himalayan that weighs in at about 18 lbs, most of which is fur. He's my baby, sleeps with me, follows me around, etc. Then we have the diabolical delinquint duo - litter mates that are about three months old. Dh brought them home from work - why is it when I see something cute and cuddly, it stays where I found it, but when he finds something cute and cuddly it moves in with us??? Anyway, I'd say they were thoroughly cute and adorable, only they discovered my Christmas tree today, so they are currently on probation. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[HarvickFan29]

Of course, it's hard to tell if they die from squashing or having their itty-bitty eardrums shattered

LMBO! I've been known to be quite vocal upon seeing some types of spiders myself! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif I've come to dislike the squashing sound worse than just letting them live. Outside, of course!

[dPrasse]

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HarvickFan29 said:
We mainly have two nasty spiders here, and one of them is the brown recluse. They like to get in the toes of shoes, and the armpits of clothing. They like dead prey too. EEEEEK!

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had one in an armpit of a raincoat ..... my arm swelled up so tight , i thought it would burst ...... not very nice critters at all ......

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smash.gif spidders !

[DesertFox]

I know of a guy who was a major league prospect until a brown recluse bit him on the calf. His calf shriveled, affecting his ability to walk (much less run), and has never returned to health. Nothing that's been tried works in restoring him. Ruined his chances and left him a gimp to boot.

[Rhino]

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I don't like spiders and snakes

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...and that ain't what it takes to love me........

Seriously though, just give me a labrador retriever. Spiders and snakes aren't pets, they're hobbies and/or oddities for conversation pieces.

[HarvickFan29]

Rhino, I actually owned that 45. Jim Stafford, I think it was? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon16.gif

[HarvickFan29]

Fox, that's terrible. I've seen some bad bites that were unbelievably gross but I never thought it would stay with somoene like that. He must have waited a good while to get treatment?

[Rhino]

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HarvickFan29 said:
Rhino, I actually owned that 45. Jim Stafford, I think it was?

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I don't remember who sung it. I never really got into song titles or who did what songs like other folks did. If I liked it, I liked it. I didn't care what the name was or who sung it. Couldn't really afford records anyway, so that was probably an influence. I remember 45s though! LOL! There's gettin to be fewer and fewer of us who do! Black and white TVs, 8 track tapes, and all them other ancient technologies! LOL!

[dPrasse]

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DesertFox said:
I know of a guy who was a major league prospect until a brown recluse bit him on the calf. His calf shriveled, affecting his ability to walk (much less run), and has never returned to health. Nothing that's been tried works in restoring him. Ruined his chances and left him a gimp to boot.

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my arm never regained its former strength ....at least I was not a major league prospect , so my loss is not as great , but lifting things over my head with that arm is risky ..... my muscle just gives out ...
dP

[DoctorDoom]

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I remember 45s though! LOL! There's gettin to be fewer and fewer of us who do! Black and white TVs, 8 track tapes, and all them other ancient technologies! LOL!

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Hell, I have quite a few 78s. The one thing I don't have is Edison cylinders, although I do have a booklet from WW1 that came with one of the Edison machines.

Speaking of ancient, has anyone ever seen a book by Popular Science called "Radio For The Millions", published sixty years ago. This is a museum piece, with instructions for building a variety of tube radios, including a one-tube "pocket receiver" and a portable that "weighs but a few pounds". This is geat flashback stuff for old farts such as VTY.


BTW, it was Jim Stafford who did "Spiders and Snakes".

I remember when Mary Lou said
'You wanna walk me home from school'
And I said, 'Yes, I do'
She said, 'I don't have to go right home
And I'm the kind that likes to be alone
As long as you would'
I said, 'Me, too'

And so we took a stroll
Wound up down by the swimmin' hole
And she said, 'Do what you want to do'
I got silly and I found a frog
In the water by a hollow log
And I shook it at her
And I said 'This frog's for you'
She said...

Chorus:
'I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
You fool, you fool
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
Like I want to be loved by you'

Well, I think of that girl from time to time
I call her up when I got a dime
I say, "Hello, baby'
She says, 'Ain't you cool'
I say, 'Do you remember when?
And would you like to get together again?'
She says, 'I'll see you after school'

I was shy and so for a while
Most of my love was touch and smile
Til she said, 'Come on over here'
I was nervous as you might guess
Still looking for somethin' to slip down her dress
And she said, 'Let's make it perfectly clear'
She said...

Chorus

[Rink]

yea i got 45's and 48's as well, Used to be good at repairing 8-track tapes and loved em.

Had an old black and white zenith tv once, and I still have an old shortwave radio built like a cabinet (still works) it'll take those old thick black records too.

<font size=1>Must mean I'm old too?</font>

[FluffyDoomBunny]

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DesertFox said:
I know of a guy who was a major league prospect until a brown recluse bit him on the calf. His calf shriveled, affecting his ability to walk (much less run), and has never returned to health. Nothing that's been tried works in restoring him. Ruined his chances and left him a gimp to boot.

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Yeah, the BRs bite is very destructive to human tissue. We used to have to check all the latrines at summer camp every week for them when I worked on staff because we didn't want the scouts getting bit on their bottoms. We had one bite one year and the boy nearly lost use of his hand but did recover.

This was my favorite activity each week next to our weekly rattlesnake hunts /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[dPrasse]

Doom wrote
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Speaking of ancient, has anyone ever seen a book by Popular Science called "Radio For The Millions", published sixty years ago. This is a museum piece, with instructions for building a variety of tube radios, including a one-tube "pocket receiver" and a portable that "weighs but a few pounds". This is geat flashback stuff for old farts such as VTY.




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no , I'd love to find it , though ...
I do have the tech manuals that C.F.Burgess released on the radios and battery gear that Burgess supplied for the Byrd expeditions ...
(no , not KKK Byrd ! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nudge.gif ) ....

there has been interest expressed by the pre WWII shortwave community in purchasing replicas .... so , in this age of hi tech stuff , Burgess Battery Labs/C.F.Burgess Handicraft will be making tube radio gear /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

It is amazing how many "hi tech" fields stilll employ tube test instruments , and still order 45v "B" batteries ...

I've sold an odd assortment of "B" style batteries to the Navy , NASA , Army , Marines ....can't keep a good tube down !!!

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dP

[Rhino]

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dPrasse said:
It is amazing how many "hi tech" fields stilll employ tube test instruments......

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Not really, when you understand why. The average tube amplifier can provide many times the power handling capability of the average solid state amplifier. Since there are still applications out there where power handling is a paramount concern, there is still a demand for tubes.

[dPrasse]

very true , but , I'll admit that even I was surprised when NASA ordered some 45v batteries for shuttle test equipment ....;)

the Navy bought our big 45v batteries for communication back-up , just in case nukes start flying .... seems IC are not real happy with EMF ... hehehe

Tubes rule !

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/patriot.gif
dP

[Nemo]

Probably the finest dog in the world.

http://roy.macarthur.com/dog.jpg

I'm only saying 'probably' to stop arguments.

Love,

Roy

[Warlady]

Doc we have a very unusual looking spider up here in N Texas. I forget what it's called but it's huge and it has yellow and black stripes. It's web is very unique. There is a website dedicated to them. I've been to it but I forgot what they're called. Maybe oracle will remember since he's the one who found the site for me. These spiders grow as big as my hand.

[FluffyDoomBunny]

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There is a website dedicated to them. I've been to it but I forgot what they're called.

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A spider has it's own site on the world wide web? Guess that was inevitable...

[DesertFox]

That's some spider.

[HarvickFan29]

my muscle just gives out ...

I've heard that about you, Dave! Sorry, couldn't resist! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon129.gif

[HarvickFan29]

Docster, thanks for the song lyrics. That sillly song brings back a lot of memories!

[SouthernReBelle]

I used to own rose hair tarantulas..LOVED THEM..then I got Venom..

She was a nasty sort..and a little ILLEGAL. Boy, did the pet store who sold her pay my vet bills when Smudge got to her.

heather

[Rhino]

Hey Nemo, ..............Suffolk?

[Nemo]

No. But I know what you mean. Its just a very flat bit of Yorkshire.


Love,

Roy

[Nemo]

Today is a big day. My boy put the square peg in the square hole.

This means that December 11 will be remembered as the day my boy became smarter then my dog. Thats a good enough excuse to post some pictures of him (you lucky people).

http://roy.macarthur.com/lnemo.JPG

Love,

Roy

[Rhino]

Ah. I lived in Suffolk for four years, and it sure looked like it. Cute dog too.

[Nemo]

Never knew you'd lived in blighty. When ws it? What base?

Love,

Roy

[HarvickFan29]

Roy, that's a good-lookin' boy. He gets his looks from his mom, huh? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon129.gif

[dPrasse]

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Roy, that's a good-lookin' boy. He gets his looks from his mom, huh? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon129.gif

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bbbwahhhhaahhhaaaa

Roy , kids do make the cutest "pets" ...enjoy ......

thanks for the pics .....

[dPrasse]

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HarvickFan29 said:
my muscle just gives out ...

I've heard that about you, Dave! Sorry, couldn't resist! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon129.gif

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not THAT one .........

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/roar.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smack.gif

dP

[Nemo]

Harvick,

No question about it. I must have a great personality!

Love,

Roy

[DesertFox]

Cute kid, Roy. Nice work!

[Bluemoon_Rising]

Now that's living! May God bless and keep him.

[Rink]

Who was it that didnt like cats around their place and had em peein on their porch n stuff???

Found somethin for them if they wanna use it, keeps stray cats and pesky neighborhood toms away.

Cat Repellent (http://www.petsmart.com/cat/shopping/repellants/psearch.shtml)

[Rhino]

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Never knew you'd lived in blighty. When ws it? What base?

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Mildenhall, 83-87. The best assignment of my career.