Spiders (was: Stacking computers)

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Tue Oct 24 15:54:24 2000

On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:

> Man! Those suckers are h-u-g-e!

I'll be a doody-head and take this off-topic a bit...I have had these big
spiders in my house a couple times. They are scary mothers. I usually
catch them and chuck them into the gutter drainage outside on my street (I
don't want to kill them but then I don't want them easily finding their
way back into my garage). One time I came across one that was big and
hairy looking. I captured it in a cup, and then dumped her inside a jug
of some sort. All of a sudden she exploded apart and then there was a
horde of tiny little spiders all over the jug. It turns out she was
carrying all her babies who were clinging to every part of her body making
her look big and scary. It was the funniest thing I had ever seen.

> I let spiders run free in my house, I've noticed that they keep
> the roach population down. But they've never turned into these
> mutants you're having trouble with.

I don't mind the spiders so much but my wife hates them. But I do hate it
when they leave webs every damn where, and then droppings of all sorts
which I've been unable to identify (is it poop or the parts of the bugs
they catch that they don't like to eat?)

> Anybody having trouble with fungal growth?

Yeah, but I don't think anyone wants to hear about my particular fungal
growth ;)

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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