Re: Monday Night Dinner? 6/02/2025

On 6/7/2025 4:36 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:

On 6/7/2025 5:18 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-06-07, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 2025-06-06, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
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We have huntsman spiders but they're called "cane spiders" on this
rock.
Americans aren't used to seeing big spiders so visitors are totally
terrified of them. The good news is that I haven't seen a cane
spider or
centipedes around here in ages. My guess is that the chickens have
wiped
them out. That's fine with me.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaqVS9yC7hE

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If that's a huntsman spider, it looks like a baby tarantula. I used to
let tarantulas crawl up my arm to impress my friends. The hardest part
is just to find them. They cross Nevada roads in the Fall.
Their bite is said to be akin to a bee sting, but my friends didn't know
that. Let them crawl on your arm. Don't monkey with them while they're
doing that. Everybody says "Wow!" when you're done.
Try it the next time you find a tarantula.

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The only place I'm likely to find a tarantula is a pet store.

 
One of my first grade teachers had a tarantula as a pet.  We lived in
California at the time.  When it died she had it cast in clear Lucite
(or something similar) and kept it on her desk as a paper weight.  I
always thought that was rather creepy.
 
Jill

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I wonder if she did the same with her husband and made him into the
coffee table.