On 3/29/2016 9:45 PM, JBurns wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 03:33:39 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>> On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 7:15:32 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>>
>>> I hate them ALL. Those 'cute' little fuzzy spiders
>>> don't stay around here long either. I murder them.
>>
>> You're like my husband. No spider is safe around him.
>>
>> I'll kill them if they come at me in the shower, but if they're
>> just hanging around on the ceiling, I can't be bothered. Sometimes
>> I'll off them if they're on the bathroom vanity, for his sake.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
> We have Australian Huntsman spiders, about as big as my hand. We quite
> often have one in the house. They are safe from me as long as they
> stay on the ceiling. If they encroach on my space by crawling down the
> walls they will get flattened by a shoe. Their babies are cute, they
> have little black feet.
>
> They are notorious for getting in cars (do not park under Australian
> native trees). I had one in my car, I saw it crawl into an aircon
> vent. I went and grabbed a can of flyspray but then thought better of
> spraying it into the aircon vent. I put the aircon on to "freeze your
> arse off" and waited. When the spider came out I beat it to death with
> the fly spray can.
>
> JB
>


How heartening to see logic prevail over chemicals.