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23-09-09, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by gruntygiggles

Haha, do you work for Tescos by any chance? lol.

No....not yet, maybe I should apply and mention my advertising of their slogan

gruntygiggles · 23-09-09, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

No....not yet, maybe I should apply and mention my advertising of their slogan

You can even log on here in your interview and prove it!

Taipan · 14-10-09, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jayneflakes

There are some very poisonous spiders out there in the world, but none in the UK, so carefully catching a spider here and looking at it will do you no harm. I found one in work today and saved it from a splatting by one of our lads. Once I started to explain that it was a female hunting spider he was more interested, then I showed him how to identify them and what features they have. Saved the poor little ( 2.5 inch leg span) girl and let her go and hunt vermin. Spiders really are our friends, they eat the things that can harm us, do remember that folks.

I thought that handling a Goliath Bird eater was brave, they are not renowned for their docile temperament, mind you neither are Honduran Curleys, but I held mine fairly often until she got too big and bitey.

We do have one venomous spider here, the False Widow (Steatoda nobilis )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7663272.stm

14-10-09, 12:44 PM

Does anyone remember this story?:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1396706.stm

I was always rather annoyed that they didn't have pics of said critters, and I never saw any follow up that said what they were, or what happened.

CheGuevara · 15-10-09, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by rpwoodman

Does anyone remember this story?:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1396706.stm

I was always rather annoyed that they didn't have pics of said critters, and I never saw any follow up that said what they were, or what happened.

I googled and found this:

http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseu...s/windsor.html

15-10-09, 04:13 PM

Oh cool, thanks Che - I'd looked and not found anything other than reports of the find. The whole thing did look more than a little strange but I so wanted it to be true!!

But how very disappointing.

14-10-09, 12:44 PM	#64
rpwoodman Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Not for arachnophobes. Does anyone remember this story?: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1396706.stm I was always rather annoyed that they didn't have pics of said critters, and I never saw any follow up that said what they were, or what happened.

15-10-09, 04:13 PM	#66
rpwoodman Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Not for arachnophobes. Oh cool, thanks Che - I'd looked and not found anything other than reports of the find. The whole thing did look more than a little strange but I so wanted it to be true!! But how very disappointing.