DXB2OZ Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 1. When they say that it works for three months, they mean three months to the day. Day 1 of the 4th month and the next cockroach will poke its head out.2. When they say it doesn't affect people and pets, this is true. The reason this is true is that it works on anything smaller than your hand. Anything that is bigger than your hand, will remain unaffected.3. The giant spider, squatting in the corner of the toilet ceiling, is bigger than my hand!! I may just have to move house. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigvan07 Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 DXB2OZ,I have said it once, I will say it again.I love your way with words, you put a comical spin on every issue in Oz, it lightens the mood a bit while we all understand the seriousness behind it still. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazzn Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Argh.... though I came into contact with a rather large (not quite hand size and at least not black and hairy) spider just outside our front door in good old RSA. Tried to take a pic but the bugger disappeared. mmmmmmmm have to admit I was more worried not knowing where it was than actually spotting it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pell Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 I am arachnophobic, so maybe Sydney is not the best destination for me... Regardless, I have encountered big spiders in SA as well. All that talk about rain spiders not being toxic or lethal etc... well they can be lethal to me, cause they can give me heart failure! Having been bitten by spiders, snakes, horses, dogs, cats etc.... I'm not so scared of the bite, I'm more scared of actually laying eyes on the buggers, cause what has been seen cannot be unseen... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DXB2OZ Posted November 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 To expand on the tail of woe (yes, poor me ), if you are a complete woes when it comes to bugs (why couldn't it have been a nice python), you will go to an extraordinary amount of trouble to ensure you have a spider catcher device on hand, just in case something survives the bug bombs.Unfortunately, these devices don't work particularly well when the spider is in corners (I would point out that the buggers are always in corners!!). The bend creates a gap in the catcher, through which the very large spider can (and will) jump, successfully taking 10 years off your life (as if the Form 80 hadn't done that already)!!Save your money and buy a bottle of gin instead! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pell Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 I soooo prefer pythons/smakes to bugs! I have nothing against snakes whatsoever. My husband however is petrified of them. Therefore, he will be in charge of spider search & destroy while I will be on the outlook for snakes (searching not destroying). I will however seriously consider paying good money for a decent spider catcher... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DXB2OZ Posted November 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 So with you. Anything with more than four legs is a problem. Poisonous and potentially lethal? No worries. Harmless and scuttling? Race for the hills! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maligso Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 I hear a lot of Rock Spiders have emigrated to Oz... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozellem Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Off to go google rock spider.... ......Ah, an insult. Classy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OubaasDik Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Off to go google rock spider..........Ah, an insult. Classy.You MAY have the wrong meaning here. Back in the armpit of the 3rd world, we used to call our Afrikaans friends "rock spiders" or "rocks", while they retaliated with "soutie" or the full derivative thereof.This is not to be confused with the Aussie usage which is a far worse type of creature.As an aside, instead of "rock spider", sometimes the word "rope" was used, as in "thick coarse, twisted and hairy", but we diverge far from the OP's wisdom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maligso Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Hey Oubaas - you got Bull Terriers? We always had them growing up - love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OubaasDik Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Not the brightest, but great dogs.I love them, though some of the males need to be lobotomised or nailed to the floor - mad, bad buggers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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