Nancy Young wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote
>
>> LOL! I've already explained to her this spider isn't a brown
>> recluse. They
>> are... reclusive (and brown! with a "fiddle"As for not serious, I
>> don't care
>> what snopes has to say, I saw a guy in the doctor's office who had a
>> HUGE abcess on his leg from being bitten by one. It was gross. Not
>> deadly, but
>> gross.
>
> I was in a doctor's waiting room when someone from work came in ...
> she had left her car windows open overnight and when she got in,
> whammo.
> Holy crow, you shoulda seen this bite! What a mess, and it hurt her!
> Big huge thing (okay, I guess abcess). Not a pretty thing.
>
> nancy

You should have seen me when I was moving once. I had some of those
cardboard under-the-bed boxes and was sorting through clothing when out
ventured a rather large brown recluse. I jumped up, screaming. My
then-roommate screamed, too. I grabbed the vacuum cleaner and sucked it up
with the hose.

Note to Damsel: Trust me, those things don't survive what is (to them)
tornado force 5 winds

Jill