Chestnuts are meant to be good at detering them. I think it might be a myth though
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Originally posted by Zippy View PostBoris doesn't last long in my house. Despite my best efforts, the mogs murder them all.
That's when I learnt I learnt what the word pounce really means. A lot of force behind it.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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And off to the Mice thread we go.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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>sigh< in this country we have nothing to fear from them. Leave them alone.
There are about 6 webs on our front widows this morning, each with a tiny spider sat in the middle, when the sun catches the web it glistens like silver and is quite beautiful.I'm sorry, but I'll make no apologies for this
Pogle is awarded +5 Xeno Geek Points.
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Bugger.
Now I won't be able to sleep for a week.
<shudder>My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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Originally posted by Pogle View Post>sigh< in this country we have nothing to fear from them. Leave them alone.
Originally posted by Pogle View PostThere are about 6 webs on our front widows this morning, each with a tiny spider sat in the middle, when the sun catches the web it glistens like silver and is quite beautiful.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by Bwana View PostHad to splat a big hairy Boris in my bathroom lastnight. Thank God for slippers. I didn't like doing it, but there was no way I was going to sleep easy knowing that that thing was potentially crawling around my flat whilst I was asleep. I have an agreement with spiders; they keep out of my way, and I leave them alone. RIP.Comment
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Very early Thursday morning, I was woken by a few blasted mossies whining around my head.
A few hours later, as I blearily got ready for work, "Arnold" trotted into the bathroom. As soon as he spotted me he froze. "Well", I said, "hang your head in shame. What's the point of keeping an eight-legged freak like you if you can't even catch those mosquitos?". Friday, Arnold was seen on the steps of the next flight down from my bedroom, still looking pretty sheepish. Saturday he was in the cellar, but then my daughter spotted him. She screamed, my wife picked him up in a bit of tissue. Crushed him to death, then put him in the bin. It's the only way to treat permies who won't do their job properly.
Eventually, evolution will pop-up invisible spiders. If they can't be seen, they'll get to breed.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostEventually, evolution will pop-up invisible spiders. If they can't be seen, they'll get to breed.
When I was in Neath we had what we called "ghost spiders". Big, colourless buggers.
When in Salisbury we had spiders that you only knew were there because of the dust forming on the webs that were hung from the ceiling. Once the spiders were big enough, they were visible.
Are they going to take over?My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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