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Oh my days,I've just had a trouser accident,I have just seen the daddy of all spiders.
It came running across the floor at me so I threw everything I had at it....tea coasters,Argos catalogue and Mrs E's shoes but it side stepped them all and just kept coming :eek:
Normally Mrs E would deal with these 8legged freaks but she has popped into town.Apparently,it's that time of year when these freaks of nature leave their hiding places and go in search of a mate.

Pathetic I know,but i've always been scared of spiders and I'm not staying in the house with that beast on the prowl.
So,I've text'd Mrs E given her the general location and I'm off out till she's found and dealt with it :D

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You big Wuss

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I was about to write a blog on a very similar incident.
I am not afraid of spiders, but I am not fond of them either.
I,prefer to keep a reasonable distance between them and me with preferably a pane of glass to separate us.
Maybe I will blog about it after all:)

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Thanks for sympathising with me Frank,that's what Mrs E said,I'm pretty sure the ruddy thing wanted blood :D

I hate them...Mrs E found it perched,ready to pounce,in a vantage spot...probably sat there waiting for my return 'shudder'.
I look forward to reading your blog as long as it doesn't go into too much detail about the little blighters :)

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They're coming inside to keep warm over winter.
I never kill one, catch them under a glass and put them outside again, so they can sneak in and hide again.
I used to pick them up with their legs but I once caught a really big one and actually felt it bite me, didn't hurt, just like a slight prick. Never done that since.

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There was a zoologist on tv this morning about them. He said they can bite you , but it will only make you itch

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I never kill spiders, like Gordon just put em out.

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Anything that eats flies is ok with me.

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I played heck with my cleaner once for vacuuming up a spider.
She always makes my bed and a few days later she hid a lot of Halloween spiders in between the sheets.
I pulled the covers back at bedtime and they were all there.
Made me laugh after the initial shock.

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Always put them back outside, you've gotta bite the bullet and catch them.

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This is the chap who was waiting outside my stepdaughter's bedroom a couple of nights ago...

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I'm sure they are evolving...first they were growing larger and jumping then biting and now I have them squaring up to me in my front room :eek:..

...Your love for all creatures great and small has to be commended folks but there is zero tolerance stance from me when it comes to these predators :D

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I heard that's seen by some as inhumane as this is committing them to almost certain death.
They recommend putting them in the attic or cellar....yeah,alright,pull the other one ;)

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I give them two choices-
a/ Let me catch you and go outside and risk it
b/ Try to run for it and meet certain death.
That's fair.

Can you be 'inhumane' to a spider?

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Your Chancellor of the Exchequer???:confused: