Santiago
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I used to not have arachnophobia but I'm thinking of changing
SWMBO, who I've taken plenty of liberties with on these pages, has turned the tables big time. She made the following post on her Facebook page and
the responses from what I thought were friends has been non-stop. Brutal.
For the strong of heart! Read no further if you don't want to have an image stuck in your brain. You've been warned! We just returned from our
place down in Baja, Bahia de Los Angeles. Well, I was in the front room and Jim went in to take a shower. I heard screaming, and "Shirley, get the
broom!" Which of course I did. Went in to the bathroom and there Jim was, standing on the toilet, stark naked, screaming give me the broom. A spider,
I think like the one pictured, was on the back side of the shower curtain, scared the sh*t out of Jim! And the poor spider probably had a heart
attack, too, it is a harmless, but large spider, I would have screamed, too. Lesson well learned, never get in the shower without checking the shower
curtain. And that image of Jim on the toilet, screaming is still stuck in my head!!!!!!
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bajaguy
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Photos would be priceless 
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Santiago
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It was one of those light brown guys and big as your palm. 12" from my face. You have those on the pacific side?
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bajaguy
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You have to ask my wife.........I don't do spiders
| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
It was one of those light brown guys and big as your palm. 12" from my face. You have those on the pacific side? |
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Paulina
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
It was one of those light brown guys and big as your palm. 12" from my face... |
Jim,
Did it look like this guy?
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
Photos would be priceless |
For some reason, I don't think it's a photo of the spider that most folks were hoping to see...that other image is probably burned into SWMBO's memory
for eternity.
P>*)))>{
[Edited on 26-10-2014 by Paulina]
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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Cliffy
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In Africa the word is-
If they are on the wall or ceiling they're OK. If they are on the floor, they are made dead.
Different kinds for different places.
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cftlet
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The vision of Jim naked standing on the toilet will cause many sleepless nights.
And I dont even know Jim. 
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BajaBlanca
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Thank goodness spiders don't BUG me. There are so many here on the Pacific side too!
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shari
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Ahhh...Jim...yes, that image of you screaming like a little girl buck nekid got a chuckle out of me this lovely morning. A couple nights ago Juan
wakes me up and shoves his leatherman tool at me and says look...when my sleepy eyes began to focus there was an enormous tarantula staring at
me...seriously? I understand our bobcat was toying with it in the kitchen...great news.
We usually see those hairy buggers in the daytime a couple days before a rain but I guess they come out to dine at night and kitty wanted a
playmate...hopefully she brought him in and there isnt some nest of em in a cupboard!
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Santiago
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
Ahhh...A couple nights ago Juan wakes me up and shoves his tool at me and says look...when my sleepy eyes began to focus there was an enormous tula
staring at me...seriously? I understand bob was toying with it in the kitchen...great.
We usually see those hairy buggers in the daytime but I guess they come out to dine at night and kitty wanted a playmate... |
The quote box can be a lot of fun......
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Santiago
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Yeah, Paulina, that's the guy. 6" from your face will make you want to change your religion.
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danaeb
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Maybe a camel spider? They're huge and scary.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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bajabuddha
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For a Halloween thrill, google the "Goliath Spider"... world's largest, as big as a small puppy. Makes tarantulas look like midgets. None in Baja
that I know of.... yet... mmmoooohhhaahahahahahahahaaaaaa...
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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Jack Swords
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Shari...no problem with a nest of tarantulas in your cupboard. They nest in burrows in the ground. Generally the males are walking around this time
of year looking for a mate, and are about 16-18 years old. This is the end of their lifespan, so have pity on them. Females usually wait in the
burrows, and they live about 25 years. Amazing primitive spiders, they cause no harm except to frighten people. For 30 years in jr. high science
classes I had students freely handle them with no bites. They do flick abdominal hairs off their body for protection. These hairs are barbed and
irritating. That's why many tarantulas are bare on the top of the abdomen.
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I'm on Jim's side. We have some of the same spiders here in So. AZ. Two different times have had nearly the same thing happen. Before we built the
screened porch we would sit outside in a screened camping shelter. One day I unrolled a rolled screen siding and there was a huge tarantula. About
that time a road runner was on the wall and saw it. When I jumped back the roadrunner jumped off the wall and came towards the tarantula. He then
jump up and snatched the tarantula off the screen perfectly. Forever a friend of Roadrunners! Next time was just last week when I was driving my
Jeep back from the hills when a large Wolf Spider (looks like the Camel spider and maybe the same) came sliding down out of my dash as I am driving
down the road. Panic! Trying to decide to pull over to kill when it retreated back into the dash. I drove the rest of the way home just knowing he
was going to drop out of the dash at any moment on my feet. Got home, closed the windows on the top and let off a bug bomb. Let it set overnight.
Next day sprayed Spider Bug Killer under dash & firewall inside. Then moved outside and sprayed the firewall from the engine compartment. Still
have not driven the Jeep since. Some us just down like SPIDERS!
rocmoc n AZ/Mexico (maybe already have arachnophobia)
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rocmoc n AZ/Mexico
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Paulina
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For some reason, this made me think of you...
P>*)))>{
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Skipjack Joe
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SWMBO should have taken advantage of the situation.
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[Waking up one morning at Coyote Bay, I once found a big black tarantula in my tennis shoe. Good thing I always shake them out first. I carried the
brute outside and sent it on it's way. Looking back, I think it would have been a great pet.
On the other hand, when found in the house, black widows get squished....along with brown recluses.]
Aha...finally found the perp's photo. I know what Santiago went through. Even though this guy is relatively harmless...it still gets your heartbeat
going early in the morning.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Bob53
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Anything with fangs or a stinger needs to die.
The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
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I missed you by a day Santiago. there was a guy waiting for you-something about a wall?
anyway, the bugs weren't THAT bad! just some gnats and a few skeeters, nothing like mainland Mex.
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