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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 12:05 AM
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a spider just repelled from my ceiling..
I was gonna grab her line and move it outside, but it scurried under the recliner, so I've decided she can stay. But if it had happened up in my bedroom, I would have been moving furniture trying to find the thing so I could remove it from the premises. It's not that I don't like spiders (I never kill them and always catch and release), but there is nothing worse than waking up in the middle of the night with a spider crawling across you. Try getting back to sleep after that!
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4morewars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 12:21 AM
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1. rappelled
rap·pel n.
A descent of a vertical surface, as a cliff or wall, by sliding down a belayed rope that is passed under one thigh and over the opposite shoulder or through a device that provides friction, typically while facing the surface and performing a series of short backward leaps to control the descent.

intr.v. rap·pelled, rap·pel·ling, rap·pels

To descend from a steep height by this method.

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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 12:24 AM
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2. You are never more
than 3 ft away from a spider.

Whether you see them or not.
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4morewars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 12:29 AM
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3. I just learned that...
a few days ago !!! I didn't tell my wife, she hates them.
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 12:30 AM
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4. Tell her
spiders eat all other bugs; that will help. Maybe. ;)
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4morewars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 12:47 AM
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7. I did tell her that,
I also told her that they were good luck (I made that up) She wasn't interested in either story ! She doesn't scream like a banshee anymore (unless it lands on her) but she still makes me kill them, but i catch them and set them free. I took her on her first camping trip this summer, I'd forgotten about all the bugs ! We had a good time, but She's in no hurry to go back !!!
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 12:32 AM
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5. I think you swallow eight or so spiders in your sleep over a lifetime.
In Minnesota, I don't think any are dangerous, so I just dust out the cobwebs when I see them, and ignore the scurrying fellas so long as they aren't in the way.
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 12:40 AM
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6. Oh NOW you've done it !
Fer gawds sake don't tell her that!
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4morewars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 12:48 AM
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8. Yikes !
I'm DEFINITELY not telling my wife that one !
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foo_bar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 03:39 AM
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9. ten spiders
Edited on Mon Oct-04-04 03:41 AM by foo_bar
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 06:44 AM
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10. I heard three a year
Yummy!
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