ima45dv8 Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Mostly, I hate bees/wasps/hornets/any other flying, buzzing shite that gets anywhere near me, especially my head. If you do not look good in stripes, do not stand behind me if a wasp buzzes my head. You will be covered in tennis-shoe tracks in a heartbeat. It happened when I was 5. I was in the front yard and my kindergarten teacher stopped as she was walking by. She and my mother standing there together made my life complete. The two women I loved most in the world were right there! Together! Standing there, looking up and adoring both of them, I knew life was perfect. Until that damn bumblebee flew up the leg of my shorts. With all the grace of a terrified 5 year-old, I started screamimg and running in circles. My mother was trying desperately to ask me what was wrong but I just yelled and ran in circles and beat at my shorts. She's a pretty smart old bird and caught on. With a mother's protective instinct, she did what I'm sure seemed only reasonable at the time -- she snatched my shorts down around my ankles. Now I'm suffering the combined realization that a killer bee is (still) in my shorts and I'm standing nearly naked in front of the two most-wonderful women in the entire world. I can't say for certain if she set that demon loose with her quick thinking, but it didn't seem like it at the time. I kept running in place (hard to do the "circle" thing with your pants around your ankles) and screaming bloody murder. That same protective instinct must have kicked in again because she then reached down and snatched my underwear to my ankles. I wish she had let the damn bee just kill me. The last thing I remember was running bare-assed naked across the front yard, crying for all I was worth, knowing that my bare butt was in clear view of the two most wonderful women in the world. I was scarred for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Well, I guess I won't be moving to SW Oklahoma anytime soon....... Trust me.....the rattlesnakes are much worse! There was one pond a friend and I used to fish, and we would place two chairs arm-to-arm, facing in opposite directions. One pointed towards the water, and one towards the surrounding grass and such. While we were talking and drinking and visiting, one of us would fish and the other would watch (with a Ruger Mini-14) for the snakes who had an overwhelming sense of curiosity. They asked no quarter, so I gave none. I think Rattlesnake Round-Ups may have been invented in Mangum, OK, about 30 miles south of my house. If they weren't, they shoulda been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liota Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 I know this is a hate thread, but OH MY GAWD!!!! 45dv8, there's coffee on my screen and I am awake. Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!! Liota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 ima45dv8 just bumped this topic into "best of" territory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Yep, it appears the "...Spiders" thread is being nominated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipscron2000 Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 This is a 3/4 inch spider we have here in Arkansas. Look what it can do to you. Day 4 Day 10 Looks painful. I'm not sure when the poison quits eating your flesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Got 'em all over the US They're nasty suckers. That bite is pretty extreme, but they do get nasty looking. Various methods of treatment... My wife's horse vet (who originally trained to be a human pharmocologist) recently got one, and treated it w/ topical nitro-glycerine cream. The increased blood flow through the wound caused by the cream make him kind of ill (fever, nausea, chills) for a couple of days, but he never developed the swelling or tissue necrosis shown here. I'm not saying that's the right way, or anything (I'm no doc ) - but they don't all turn out that nasty, luckily.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 i hope that's not your hand. i found this site for more info: http://www.brown-recluse.com/spiderinfo.html lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipscron2000 Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 i hope that's not your hand. i found this site for more info: http://www.brown-recluse.com/spiderinfo.html lynn <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No it's not mine, thank God. I feel for the poor guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipscron2000 Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 lynn Did you look at that site? Holy crap. I hope I never get bit. Thanks Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Hell, that ain't nothing compared to the bite of my ex wife's divorce lawyer put on me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Got a bite about 1" to the side of my shinbone. Rotted out a hole about the size of a golfball and about 1 1/2 inches deep. Took 6 or 8 months to completely heal. The inside of the wound looked just like old bruised banana... Little pain but itched until healed. They are very common on wild cedar trees. Friends who have a little home hobby sawmill are constantly getting nailed. Nasty, nasty, nasty looking stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Mink Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I've been bit 4 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I hate spiders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 this thread is giving me the creeps.. hate 'em remember one of my biggest chills ..was out in the Idaho desert..and found a black widow..getting ready to strike a moth or some bug... talk about fast..that just sent a chill... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Spiders are good. They're nature's own form (one of many) of insect control, along with bats. That doesn't mean I want them crawling on me or biting me, though. I always check my shoes if I haven't worn them in a while. Very common spot for those little suckers to hide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I like spikers OK (especially wolf spiders) but that picture of the bite gave me the willies; I would like to avoid these Brown Recluse spiders. Where are they commonly found other than ceder trees? Commonly found at our outdoor competitions? I hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRT Driver Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Brown Recluse spiders like the dark and stay away from light in any form. Tool sheds, crawl spaces, attics, closets etc. Before I go into my crawl space, I turn on the light for a few minutes and wear gloves. I have run into them a couple of times..with a lighter and a can of WD40!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I had to live in Hobo spider country for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 We have 'em up here in the Northwest, for sure. About every other year there'll be a news story on them--someone who got bitten, or a run on emergency room cases of spider bites. They're apparently HORRID. I smash just about ANYTHING with eight legs if I see it in my home... especially if they look like the above-posted photo. I can see where the spider bite could actually KILL some people. I don't do well with insect bites anyway--especially mosquito--I seem to be allergic--so I'm just slightly freaked-ahead-of-time about this West Nile Virus scare that's now crept into Oregon. I could go down hard if it happens to ME. PS--So, ipscron2000, what happened to your friend's hand after all was said and done...?? (Does he still HAVE a hand?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipscron2000 Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 SigLady He's not my friend. I don't know who he is. The photos were sent to me. I thought everyone would like to see them, so I posted them. It sure makes you look at a simple, small spider with more respect doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinab Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I got bit once. Fortunately someone advised me to take a vitamin e capsule, split it open and rub it into the red and swelling area since it would be the afternoon before I got to my doctor's appointment. That apparently neutralized enough of the venom that I only got a small amount of flesh eaten along with the cream/shot I got from the doc. No fun for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 "It sure makes you look at a simple, small spider with more respect doesn't it?" ...with resentment more like...Why does this creature HAVE to be so venomous...? What does it normally kill/do/attack that it requires such a hideous degree of assault...?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 Heres a pic of an Iraqi Camel spider. They run 10mph. I cant even think that fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 When I lived in Southern Idaho these frickin hobo spiders were nasty. We would put out baited traps and the next morning I would have an average of 30 spiders per trap......on 8 TRAPS!! We had a few black widows but we also had the nasty yellow sac spiders as well. Glad I moved away from that nightmare..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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