Julia Altshuler > said:

> Damsel wrote:
> I don't
> > routinely kill critters, but if the spider can harm us, I should probably
> > get rid of it. The picture isn't great, because I was too scared to get
> > any closer.
> >
> > I'd appreciate any help with either of these. Click on the yellow squash:
> > http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/head_trollop/my_photos
>
> Yup, that's a spider. (That's the identification part of this message.)

Damn, you're good. Do you do this professionally? LOL!

> For those situations where you don't want to get too close to a bug,
> the vacuum cleaner works nicely. Stand in the doorway with vacuum and
> vacuum hose. Attack spider from distance.

Yeah, but then I've got an angry spider in my vacuum cleaner. Crash is
getting up in a couple hours. Hopefully, he can save me. <G>

Carol