Spiders - Page 2

MacroGuru · 08-12-2009, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeVic

Well, I found the dead body but it didn't make for a good picture. Hard to see the details since it's all shriveled up. However, I did spot the exact same spider near my AC unit!! I'll leave that one alone, but now I'm worried that maybe it was a guy and girl spider and they already have babies somewhere.

They do...inside your head!

MikeVic · 08-12-2009, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by MacroGuru

They do...inside your head!

DaddyTorgo · 08-12-2009, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeVic

Well, I found the dead body but it didn't make for a good picture. Hard to see the details since it's all shriveled up. However, I did spot the exact same spider near my AC unit!! I'll leave that one alone, but now I'm worried that maybe it was a guy and girl spider and they already have babies somewhere.

take a picture! we want to see it!

bulletsponge · 08-12-2009, 12:14 PM

what a bunch of little girls! oohh wait thats an insult to little girls, my little sis used to kill all sorts of bugs when she was small

MikeVic · 08-12-2009, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

take a picture! we want to see it!

I'll try next time it's bright and I see it in its actual web. It was hiding in a corner last night.

MikeVic · 08-12-2009, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by bulletsponge

what a bunch of little girls! oohh wait thats an insult to little girls, my little sis used to kill all sorts of bugs when she was small

Oh go soak in some more bullets!

Lorena · 08-12-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeVic

Well, I found the dead body but it didn't make for a good picture. Hard to see the details since it's all shriveled up. However, I did spot the exact same spider near my AC unit!! I'll leave that one alone, but now I'm worried that maybe it was a guy and girl spider and they already have babies somewhere.

Uh oh. Just make sure to sleep with your mouth closed so something doesn't crawl in.

MikeVic · 08-12-2009, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Lorena

Uh oh. Just make sure to sleep with your mouth closed so something doesn't crawl in.

RomaGoth · 08-12-2009, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Lorena

Uh oh. Just make sure to sleep with your mouth closed so something doesn't crawl in.

lmao

MacroGuru · 08-24-2009, 11:19 AM

So I am wuss when it comes to spiders in the home...But this one is sitting outside in a bush, right underneath our light out back...

DaddyTorgo · 08-24-2009, 11:39 AM

is that giant yellow+black thing the sac on it's back? if so i'd say orb-weaver for sure (based on what little i know)

MikeVic · 08-24-2009, 11:45 AM

That's bright.

MacroGuru · 08-24-2009, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

is that giant yellow+black thing the sac on it's back? if so i'd say orb-weaver for sure (based on what little i know)

It is an Orb Weaver and thats her abdomen...she hasn't dropped an egg sack yet....her web is gigantic...the white stuff is part of her web in the center she is reinforcing.

DaddyTorgo · 08-24-2009, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by MacroGuru

It is an Orb Weaver and thats her abdomen...she hasn't dropped an egg sack yet....her web is gigantic...the white stuff is part of her web in the center she is reinforcing.

abdomen is what i meant by sac...cool

DaddyTorgo · 08-24-2009, 12:00 PM

beautiful - you must have a significant decrease in mosquitos!

RainMaker · 08-24-2009, 03:05 PM

When I had one in my yard I would sit and watch him work. Cool to see a flea fly into the web and him run up and eat him real quick, then go back to the middle. If you get a chance, watch them build the web up after a rain. It's amazing.

EagleFan · 08-24-2009, 03:13 PM

Used to have one that would make a web to the side of our front door, relatively near our outside light. It really cut down the bugs so I didn't mind it. Then one day I open the door and luckily I wasn't hurrying outside as it made the web right across the walkway.

That is when I realized its devious plan. It was lulling me into a comfort zone and waiting for a chance to make an attempt on me. I was Stallin to its Hitler. Our alliance was over and I had to destroy it.

gkb · 08-24-2009, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by EagleFan

Used to have one that would make a web to the side of our front door, relatively near our outside light. It really cut down the bugs so I didn't mind it. Then one day I open the door and luckily I wasn't hurrying outside as it made the web right across the walkway.

That is when I realized its devious plan. It was lulling me into a comfort zone and waiting for a chance to make an attempt on me. I was Stallin to its Hitler. Our alliance was over and I had to destroy it.

I've never admired you more than I do right now.

Wolfpack · 08-24-2009, 09:12 PM

Last night as I was closing up my garage a little bit after sunset, I was standing outside looking up at the sky and noticed a couple of bats flying around above me. Not unusual as I think they've got a spot somewhere in the trees behind my house that they live. It was then that I noticed a somewhat stationary dot probably about 25 feet up in between the dark shadows of a pair of trees next to the house. Sure enough, it was a spider, apparently setting up shop as it seemed to be moving back and forth rather nimbly. Couldn't tell what it was in the darkness, but it was a pretty big one considering I could see it rather easily from ground level and basically was trying to stitch a web between the upper branches of two trees several feet apart. I did manage to catch a little better view from my daughter's bedroom window on the second floor, which was still a little bit below the spider's position, but it had some long legs and a thick abdomen.

Just thought I'd share.

MikeVic · 08-24-2009, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolfpack

Last night as I was closing up my garage a little bit after sunset, I was standing outside looking up at the sky and noticed a couple of bats flying around above me. Not unusual as I think they've got a spot somewhere in the trees behind my house that they live. It was then that I noticed a somewhat stationary dot probably about 25 feet up in between the dark shadows of a pair of trees next to the house. Sure enough, it was a spider, apparently setting up shop as it seemed to be moving back and forth rather nimbly. Couldn't tell what it was in the darkness, but it was a pretty big one considering I could see it rather easily from ground level and basically was trying to stitch a web between the upper branches of two trees several feet apart. I did manage to catch a little better view from my daughter's bedroom window on the second floor, which was still a little bit below the spider's position, but it had some long legs and a thick abdomen.

Just thought I'd share.

Better make sure that your daughter doesn't wander into the web!

claphamsa · 08-24-2009, 09:47 PM

i need spiders here.... stupid mosquitoes!

Lorena · 08-24-2009, 10:38 PM

goddamit, why'd i come in here?

SackAttack · 08-25-2009, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Lorena

goddamit, why'd i come in here?

You're either an attention whore or a glutton for punishment?

RainMaker · 09-12-2009, 10:20 PM

Walking around downstairs in the dark and here a squish like I stepped in a small wetspot on the floor. Turn on the lights and it's a big ole spider crushed. Good thing I was wearing sandals around the house. That spider was pretty damn big.

Malificent · 09-12-2009, 11:39 PM

The yellow and black from a few weeks ago is the Black-and-Yellow Argiope - very common in North America and also known as the writing spider because of the pattern in the middle that stabilizes the web. They've been known to capture and eat monarch butterflies, dragonflies, and cicadas, but mostly eat smaller flying insects. A couple of pictures of the one in my garden.

A female wolf spider settled in right next to my front door, complete with eggsac. That was mildly startling. No web for her, since Wolf Spiders are hunters rather than web weavers. A picture of her, closeup, with the eggsac.

Qwikshot · 09-13-2009, 12:09 AM

Prepare to be freaked out...(yes, it's real)

Drake · 09-13-2009, 12:09 AM

I am not even going to ask how close you had to get to those spiders to get those pictures, Mali. Great shots, though.

Drake · 09-13-2009, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwikshot

Prepare to be freaked out...(yes, it's real)

A spider EATING A BIRD! Are you fucking kidding me?! Now I've got the heebie-jeebies and I can't get rid of them.

Damn you, Qwikshot. Damn you.

Qwikshot · 09-13-2009, 12:12 AM

Just in case that wasn't enough

I didn't take these shots, this is a spider that lives in Australia.

Lorena · 09-13-2009, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by SackAttack

You're either an attention whore or a glutton for punishment?

A glutton for punishment, here I am again!

Malificent those pictures are amazing.

Schmidty · 09-13-2009, 02:21 AM

One more time -SPIDERS ARE AWESOME!!!!

MikeVic · 09-13-2009, 02:23 AM

Fuck this thread! I'm never coming back in here again!!

flere-imsaho · 09-13-2009, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeVic

Fuck this thread! I'm never coming back in here again!!

LoneStarGirl · 09-13-2009, 11:37 AM

This thread is awesome! Y'all are wimps! Since I moved to my house, which is on a lake, two years ago I kill a spider a day. I have killed numerous wolf spiders, fortunately all of them outside. Its awesome to see the babies scatter and die.

LoneStarGirl · 09-13-2009, 11:38 AM

Oh and Australia has the world's deadliest snakes and biggest spiders, its a country I NEVER want to visit.

bulletsponge · 09-13-2009, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneStarGirl

This thread is awesome! Y'all are wimps! Since I moved to my house, which is on a lake, two years ago I kill a spider a day. I have killed numerous wolf spiders, fortunately all of them outside. Its awesome to see the babies scatter and die.

what kind of an evil person kills a mother right in front of her babies?

Lorena · 09-18-2009, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneStarGirl

Oh and Australia has the world's deadliest snakes and biggest spiders, its a country I NEVER want to visit.

Yes, they even have their own healthbars!!

JetsIn06 · 09-25-2009, 05:52 AM

I am such a whimp.

So, I'm getting ready to take my dog out for a walk. I go to the front door, and there is a tiny little spider who has built a nest right across the doorway. I freak the fuck out and slam the door. I go to the back door. I do my trademark "swipe my hand in front of me so I don't stick my face into one" move and make it out safely.

I come back, and there is a fucking spider walking across my back door. I back a few steps and look like a little bitch as this tiny spider crawls away. I open the door and run in.

bulletsponge · 09-25-2009, 11:14 AM

^^ LOL^^

i bet your dog is embarassed to be seen with you

Wolfpack · 09-25-2009, 11:49 PM

Last weekend my wife was getting ready to go to meet some friends at a restaurant. As she went through the door into the garage, I hear her starting to freak out. I come to her and she's got a rather terrified look and tells me there's a black widow outside the door in the garage. I go out and sure enough, there she is, pretty much at eye level off to one side of the door, red hourglass mark and everything. First time I'd ever seen one of those around the house. I've been told by my wife and daughter it wasn't the first one they've found, either....

Glengoyne · 09-26-2009, 04:00 AM

I'm now pretty well convinced that Big Ass bird eating spider is right on the underside of my desktop.

I'm petrified. I may not be able to return to this thread. I definitely can't scroll up. I'm really only marginally freaked by spiders...but DAMN!

MikeVic · 05-17-2010, 10:12 PM

Ok, so if anyone remembers this thread from last year... here's an update.

I went outside to remove the cover off my AC and noticed a tiny spider hanging around. I took the cover off and it ruined the spider's web a bit. I looked closer, and it looks like a tiny version of those orb weavers from last year.

I ended up finding two orb weavers (one that I freaked out on and killed, the other I left alone). Do you think this could be a baby of the orb weavers? Or would the winter cold have killed any eggs or whatever...

Drake · 05-17-2010, 10:35 PM

The fact that you just bumped this thread has made me your mortal enemy for life.

Swaggs · 05-17-2010, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeVic

Ok, so if anyone remembers this thread from last year... here's an update.

I went outside to remove the cover off my AC and noticed a tiny spider hanging around. I took the cover off and it ruined the spider's web a bit. I looked closer, and it looks like a tiny version of those orb weavers from last year.

I ended up finding two orb weavers (one that I freaked out on and killed, the other I left alone). Do you think this could be a baby of the orb weavers? Or would the winter cold have killed any eggs or whatever...

It says on wikipedia that orb weavers pass memories on to their offspring. Hopefully, the survivor from last year didn't see you kill its mate.

MikeVic · 05-17-2010, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Swaggs

It says on wikipedia that orb weavers pass memories on to their offspring. Hopefully, the survivor from last year didn't see you kill its mate.

Oh oh! It'll avenge its father's death!!

RainMaker · 05-17-2010, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Swaggs

It says on wikipedia that orb weavers pass memories on to their offspring. Hopefully, the survivor from last year didn't see you kill its mate.

Tasan · 05-17-2010, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Rizon

I get this one in my house. I dunno what it is, but it doesn't build webs, kinda sneaks around, it jumps. I get bit at night by them so they're not poisonous. The last one was a couple weeks ago, I'd say about 2 inches with it's legs.

Wolf spiders. They are harmless and kinda fun. They do jump, but as you say their bite is harmless. If you have them in your house, a freaky thing to do is take a flashlight into your back yard at night and hold it at eye level. All the little twinkles you see reflecting back in the grass are usually these guys. My brother-in-law showed me this once. We went and hunted down the spots and yep, it was the spiders. The bigger the reflection, the bigger the wolf spider.

Wiki: Wolf spider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tasan · 05-17-2010, 11:58 PM

Well damn. Didn't look at the date.

kiwiLB57 · 05-18-2010, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by LoneStarGirl

Oh and Australia has the world's deadliest snakes and biggest spiders, its a country I NEVER want to visit.

It's also full of Australians. Reason Numero Uno never to visit.

This thread is terrifying. Seriously delete this sh.t. My girlfriend is in charge of killing all insect life on our property, I just can't deal with spiders at all.

kiwiLB57

DaddyTorgo · 05-18-2010, 08:43 AM

I had a daddy longlegs on my window this morning as i was pulling out intro traffic...couldn't tell if it was outside or inside. i thought of the OP in this thread and freaked out even more.

i think it was outside though.

08-24-2009, 11:39 AM	#61
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	is that giant yellow+black thing the sac on it's back? if so i'd say orb-weaver for sure (based on what little i know) __________________ Get bent whoever hacked my pw and changed my signature.

08-24-2009, 12:00 PM	#65
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	beautiful - you must have a significant decrease in mosquitos! __________________ Get bent whoever hacked my pw and changed my signature.

08-24-2009, 09:47 PM	#71
claphamsa Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: non white trash MD	i need spiders here.... stupid mosquitoes! __________________ Dominating Warewolf for 0 games! GIT R DUN!!!

09-12-2009, 11:39 PM	#75
Malificent High School JV Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Durham, NC, USA	The yellow and black from a few weeks ago is the Black-and-Yellow Argiope - very common in North America and also known as the writing spider because of the pattern in the middle that stabilizes the web. They've been known to capture and eat monarch butterflies, dragonflies, and cicadas, but mostly eat smaller flying insects. A couple of pictures of the one in my garden. A female wolf spider settled in right next to my front door, complete with eggsac. That was mildly startling. No web for her, since Wolf Spiders are hunters rather than web weavers. A picture of her, closeup, with the eggsac. __________________ Check out my Flickr photos.

09-13-2009, 12:09 AM	#76
Qwikshot Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ...down the gravity well	Prepare to be freaked out...(yes, it's real) __________________ "General Woundwort's body was never found. It could be that he still lives his fierce life somewhere else, but from that day on, mother rabbits would tell their kittens that if they did not do as they were told, the General would get them. Such was Woundwort's monument, and perhaps it would not have displeased him." Watership Down, Richard Adams

08-12-2009, 12:14 PM	#54
bulletsponge Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TX	what a bunch of little girls! oohh wait thats an insult to little girls, my little sis used to kill all sorts of bugs when she was small

08-24-2009, 11:45 AM	#62
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	That's bright.

08-24-2009, 03:05 PM	#66
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	When I had one in my yard I would sit and watch him work. Cool to see a flea fly into the web and him run up and eat him real quick, then go back to the middle. If you get a chance, watch them build the web up after a rain. It's amazing.

08-24-2009, 03:13 PM	#67
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	Used to have one that would make a web to the side of our front door, relatively near our outside light. It really cut down the bugs so I didn't mind it. Then one day I open the door and luckily I wasn't hurrying outside as it made the web right across the walkway. That is when I realized its devious plan. It was lulling me into a comfort zone and waiting for a chance to make an attempt on me. I was Stallin to its Hitler. Our alliance was over and I had to destroy it.

08-24-2009, 09:12 PM	#69
Wolfpack Pro Rookie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC	Last night as I was closing up my garage a little bit after sunset, I was standing outside looking up at the sky and noticed a couple of bats flying around above me. Not unusual as I think they've got a spot somewhere in the trees behind my house that they live. It was then that I noticed a somewhat stationary dot probably about 25 feet up in between the dark shadows of a pair of trees next to the house. Sure enough, it was a spider, apparently setting up shop as it seemed to be moving back and forth rather nimbly. Couldn't tell what it was in the darkness, but it was a pretty big one considering I could see it rather easily from ground level and basically was trying to stitch a web between the upper branches of two trees several feet apart. I did manage to catch a little better view from my daughter's bedroom window on the second floor, which was still a little bit below the spider's position, but it had some long legs and a thick abdomen. Just thought I'd share.

08-24-2009, 10:38 PM	#72
Lorena Unregistered Join Date: May 2004	goddamit, why'd i come in here?

09-12-2009, 10:20 PM	#74
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Walking around downstairs in the dark and here a squish like I stepped in a small wetspot on the floor. Turn on the lights and it's a big ole spider crushed. Good thing I was wearing sandals around the house. That spider was pretty damn big.

09-13-2009, 12:09 AM	#77
Drake assmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bloomington, IN	I am not even going to ask how close you had to get to those spiders to get those pictures, Mali. Great shots, though.

09-13-2009, 12:12 AM	#79
Qwikshot Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ...down the gravity well	Just in case that wasn't enough I didn't take these shots, this is a spider that lives in Australia. __________________ "General Woundwort's body was never found. It could be that he still lives his fierce life somewhere else, but from that day on, mother rabbits would tell their kittens that if they did not do as they were told, the General would get them. Such was Woundwort's monument, and perhaps it would not have displeased him." Watership Down, Richard Adams Last edited by Qwikshot : 09-13-2009 at 12:14 AM.

09-13-2009, 02:21 AM	#81
Schmidty Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Early, TX	One more time -SPIDERS ARE AWESOME!!!! __________________ Just beat the devil out of it!!! - Bob Ross

09-13-2009, 02:23 AM	#82
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	Fuck this thread! I'm never coming back in here again!!

09-13-2009, 11:37 AM	#84
LoneStarGirl College Starter Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR	This thread is awesome! Y'all are wimps! Since I moved to my house, which is on a lake, two years ago I kill a spider a day. I have killed numerous wolf spiders, fortunately all of them outside. Its awesome to see the babies scatter and die.

09-13-2009, 11:38 AM	#85
LoneStarGirl College Starter Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR	Oh and Australia has the world's deadliest snakes and biggest spiders, its a country I NEVER want to visit.

09-25-2009, 05:52 AM	#88
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	I am such a whimp. So, I'm getting ready to take my dog out for a walk. I go to the front door, and there is a tiny little spider who has built a nest right across the doorway. I freak the fuck out and slam the door. I go to the back door. I do my trademark "swipe my hand in front of me so I don't stick my face into one" move and make it out safely. I come back, and there is a fucking spider walking across my back door. I back a few steps and look like a little bitch as this tiny spider crawls away. I open the door and run in.

09-25-2009, 11:14 AM	#89
bulletsponge Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TX	^^ LOL^^ i bet your dog is embarassed to be seen with you

09-25-2009, 11:49 PM	#90
Wolfpack Pro Rookie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC	Last weekend my wife was getting ready to go to meet some friends at a restaurant. As she went through the door into the garage, I hear her starting to freak out. I come to her and she's got a rather terrified look and tells me there's a black widow outside the door in the garage. I go out and sure enough, there she is, pretty much at eye level off to one side of the door, red hourglass mark and everything. First time I'd ever seen one of those around the house. I've been told by my wife and daughter it wasn't the first one they've found, either....

09-26-2009, 04:00 AM	#91
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	I'm now pretty well convinced that Big Ass bird eating spider is right on the underside of my desktop. I'm petrified. I may not be able to return to this thread. I definitely can't scroll up. I'm really only marginally freaked by spiders...but DAMN!

05-17-2010, 10:12 PM	#92
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	Ok, so if anyone remembers this thread from last year... here's an update. I went outside to remove the cover off my AC and noticed a tiny spider hanging around. I took the cover off and it ruined the spider's web a bit. I looked closer, and it looks like a tiny version of those orb weavers from last year. I ended up finding two orb weavers (one that I freaked out on and killed, the other I left alone). Do you think this could be a baby of the orb weavers? Or would the winter cold have killed any eggs or whatever...

05-17-2010, 10:35 PM	#93
Drake assmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bloomington, IN	The fact that you just bumped this thread has made me your mortal enemy for life.

05-17-2010, 11:58 PM	#98
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	Well damn. Didn't look at the date. __________________ 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty

05-18-2010, 08:43 AM	#100
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	I had a daddy longlegs on my window this morning as i was pulling out intro traffic...couldn't tell if it was outside or inside. i thought of the OP in this thread and freaked out even more. i think it was outside though. __________________ Get bent whoever hacked my pw and changed my signature.

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