A spider just crawled down my neck.....

[Nikolaj]

^
Don't be traumatized, JannieC. WalMart has a 2 pack of huge Lavender Pine Sol bottles for like 5 bucks. I closed an upstairs bedroom I still worry about and took the top off the bottle and left the 4 windows opened, and in the morning, no spiders. I now have a small 'squirt bottle' filled with the Lavender Pine Sol that I use, and close the door. (My cat) --
The Lemon Pledge works really well, too.
If I can help it, I will never be without either item for the rest of my life! Though, the Lavender Pine Sol may be seasonal, I better stock up.
When in October does spider season end??
Thank You to iamnotafraid and to Silver Springs for answering my questions in their replies.

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by Nikolaj

Thank You to iamnotafraid and to Silver Springs for answering my questions in their replies.

You're welcome.

Did you think something else might get in your house
when you left the windows open?

And how come Peter Parker doesn't have a swollen abdomen?

[Nikolaj]

^
Iamnotafraid, your Peter Parker & swollen abdomen references are over my head! Google, here I come!
Is it some kind of childhood poem or something? I wasn't born in the U.S. and sometimes, some very basic things, I just don't know!
Oh, the "open" windows do have screens I certainly did not lift up!! I wanted to see if the 'ledge' of the windows, where the spiders would recur, would stay spider-free and they did, with a few squirts of the Lavender Pine Sol and the bottle opened propped against one of the four screens. The 'stay away' scent worked!
PS Edit: Okay, got it, Peter Parker is from the SpiderMan comic books.

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by Nikolaj

Okay, got it, Peter Parker is from the SpiderMan comic books.

One day I was talking with a friend and I asked him why didn't Peter have
a swollen abdomen like a spider? He somehow got only the cool spider
gifts. I guess he would look funny shooting out that web from his spider butt.

Oh the web I weave.

So who wants to have a conversation with me?
It's kind of like an acid trip.

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by Nikolaj

^
Don't be traumatized, JannieC. WalMart has a 2 pack of huge Lavender Pine Sol bottles for like 5 bucks. I closed an upstairs bedroom I still worry about and took the top off the bottle and left the 4 windows opened, and in the morning, no spiders. I now have a small 'squirt bottle' filled with the Lavender Pine Sol that I use, and close the door. (My cat) --
The Lemon Pledge works really well, too.
If I can help it, I will never be without either item for the rest of my life! Though, the Lavender Pine Sol may be seasonal, I better stock up.
When in October does spider season end??
Thank You to iamnotafraid and to Silver Springs for answering my questions in their replies.

I think I actually *have* some Lavender Pine Sol under the sink. I will investigate.

Isn't there some ridiculous factoid about always being within 6 inches of a spider, at all times? (I just tried to Google this to find out and got hit with way too many spider sites. *SHUDDER*)

[iamnotafraid]

While my guitar and I were jamming a very, very small spider crawled
across my bedroom ceiling. He's no longer with us.

I've got to go..Gladys & The Pips are grooving to Midnight Train To Georgia
in my room.

[jannieC]

One of my clients is a young man who served in Iraq. Today we talked about Camel Spiders. Help me. Now *I* am traumatized.

[Fiver]

^ nooooooooooooooo... why did I look that up...

[RickRobert]

Originally Posted by jannieC

One of my clients is a young man who served in Iraq. Today we talked about Camel Spiders. Help me. Now *I* am traumatized.

I just Googled it... what the... ?

I miss iamnotafraid

[ButterCookie]

Why would you make this thread re-surface Guys.

(That was in caps but the board turned it into Karen speak)

[KarmaContestant]

Spiders horrify me to a degree that's almost absurd.

A few years back my boyfriend called me at work to tell me that a huge spider had crawled down the wall and disappeared behind our bed. When I freaked out and asked him why he let it get away, he told me that not only was it the size of a silver dollar (wolf spider, I presume) but that it was smoking a cigarette and asked him if he'd seen me around, and that he was looking for me.

That night I tore the bedroom apart looking for that spider, but never found it.

Thankfully I've moved since then.

[McTrouble]

Why did I investigate the camel spider? Why? Why?

[SuiteShangriLa]

biggest spider i ever came across was in my bed. it was around halloween time. my partner thought i put one of those big plastic spiders on the bed to scare him. he went to grab it and it moved...so he screamed!!! lol. i had to kill it with a shoe. as you can see, its body is about the same length as a quarter.. eeeew!!!

[SuiteShangriLa]

PS.
if someone you know and love is terrified of spiders, never play practical jokes on them involving the ugly creepy little critters! there is a short film on youtube...i wont post it here, but if you wanna see what can happen if you do, search 'spider blue tongue films' on youtube. fair warning...its kinda graphic near the end.

[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by SuiteShangriLa

Holy Mother of....