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22 Mar 2021, 7:05 pm

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/22/australia/spider-exodus-australia-scli-intl/index.html

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22 Mar 2021, 7:13 pm

Spiders and Snakes?

Great.

Now I have that stupid song stuck in my head.

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23 Mar 2021, 4:13 am

LOL! let me assure you the floods are localised to regional NSW and don't impact 98% of Australians

Of the 2% who have had flood damage and many lost their homes the last thing on their mind is spiders and snakes.

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23 Mar 2021, 4:31 am

but australian spiders and snakes are the worst.

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23 Mar 2021, 4:53 am

anybody remember the song about the red backed spider?

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23 Mar 2021, 5:07 am

naturalplastic wrote:

but australian spiders and snakes are the worst.

Nobody dies from snakes or spiders here anymore, we have antivenom

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23 Mar 2021, 5:54 am

auntblabby wrote:

anybody remember the song about the red backed spider?

yes That was a funny song.

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23 Mar 2021, 5:56 am

Fnord wrote:

Spiders and Snakes?

Great.

Now I have that stupid song stuck in my head.

I don't like spiders and snakes,

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23 Mar 2021, 6:16 am

auntblabby wrote:

anybody remember the song about the red backed spider?

If you mean Slim Newton's one, it takes me back to my childhood on the farm where we had an outdoor dunny - It wasn't just the ones in there you had to be concerned with, but also the ones (not redbacks) who had webs across the path that were somewhat disconcerting if needing to use it at night (or first thing in the morning).

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24 Mar 2021, 3:16 am

And here was I thinking it was incy wincy...who knew!

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24 Mar 2021, 1:04 pm

Always give the outhouse toilet seat a good thump before sitting down.There are flies ,and Black Widow spiders waiting to catch flies.Best to not just flop down on it.

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24 Mar 2021, 3:40 pm

Misslizard wrote:

Always give the outhouse toilet seat a good thump before sitting down.There are flies ,and Black Widow spiders waiting to catch flies.Best to not just flop down on it.

I haven't used an outhouse loo since 1974 :lol:

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24 Mar 2021, 4:25 pm

cyberdad wrote:

Misslizard wrote:

Always give the outhouse toilet seat a good thump before sitting down.There are flies ,and Black Widow spiders waiting to catch flies.Best to not just flop down on it.

I haven't used an outhouse loo since 1974.

There are truck-portable loos at nearly every construction site here in southern California. Kicking the seat once or twice before sitting down is always a good idea.

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24 Mar 2021, 8:18 pm

cyberdad wrote:

Misslizard wrote:

Always give the outhouse toilet seat a good thump before sitting down.There are flies ,and Black Widow spiders waiting to catch flies.Best to not just flop down on it.

I haven't used an outhouse loo since 1974 :lol:

I have a functioning one.lol
And indoor plumbing.
Comes in handy during covid since visitors can’t come in the house.

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24 Mar 2021, 8:55 pm

I remember using one that was just a tin bucket in a shed when I went on a road trip years ago.

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