Is that a common occurance there in England?

(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:04, 4 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

When summer is turning out to be as miserable as it is
It's our equvilant of possums in the attic; also, morning/evening!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:06, Reply)

It is when you work in a homeless hostel like Nakers does.
I say work...they let him mop up the other vagrants' piss when they have 'accidents'. It makes him feel important and stops him masturbating. For a few minutes, at least.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:07, Reply)

That might explain my "wee headache" below

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:08, Reply)

Like Nakers here,
many homeless derelicts, or ‘povvos, ‘gyppoes’, ‘dirty subhuman scum’ or any one of a million pejorative epithets levelled by our uncaring society at some of its, ah, less fortunate members, are simply people like you and me – but for whom life has taken one unlucky turn too many and they’ve ended up on the streets, drunkenly shouting at cars whilst stinking of their own excreta and unwashed clothes.

Yes it may be funny to point and laugh – maybe even to burn them to death in a bus shelter like Michael Menson from Double Trouble – but given a couple of wrong turns and a lack of a family support network maybe you’d be the same, yeah?

Think about it, yeah?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:14, Reply)

pfft

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:16, Reply)

Yeah, morning, Poppet
Following your comment on my status I Googled a Huntsman and have now gone from thinking spiders are quite cute to being appropriately terrified. Next time I'm called upon to remove a spider from the bathroom, my missus is going to want words with you as I cower behind the sofa.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:15, Reply)

Your missus will have to just deal with it.
your spiders, while piddly and admittedly still frightening to me, are nothing compared to the huntsman.
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:23, Reply)

I've gained an affection for English spiders after 9 years of living with a vegetarian
who is terrified of spiders but insists they be removed from the premises safely and with no harm to any of their ridiculously breakable legs. But that is an absolute beast. I am never moving to Australia.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:25, Reply)

Must say I'm waiting to see Noel's reaction to his first encounter with a hunstman.
Or a redback. Or a Wolf Spider. Or a White tail. etc.
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:28, Reply)

I am NOT Googling those

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:32, Reply)

redbacks look like "normal" spiders.
as do wolf spiders. White tails look a little freaky.

funnel webs and redbacks, I don't suggest you fuck with, though.

I rememeber being "introduced" to an Orb weaver at my mate's place in north Sydney, and he showed me how aggresive it was by poking its web, then told me it was harmless. I looked it up at the Sydney Botanics a couple of weeks later. "Considered harmless. Side effects of bite include local pain, redness, and blisters that normally disappear within a 24-hour interval. In some cases, it might trigger allergic reactions and result in respiratory problems or fast-acting involuntary muscle cramps, very occasionally resulting in death"

Now that's what I call harmless 27.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:48, Reply)

You absolute Mary.
Huntsmen are about as dangerous as my left bollock. If you're going to be scared of something just because it's ugly and hairy, do you hide behind the sofa when Vippers posts?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:42, Reply)