On Wednesday 18 Sep 2002 5:29 am, Rayna Lamb wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 11:23:31PM +0100, Deri James wrote:
>
>     On Tuesday 17 Sep 2002 3:15 pm, Elizabeth H. Thiers wrote:
>     > Usually spiders don't bother me but, I swear we have these
>     > big, brown, hairy housespiders, and I think the things are
>     > out to get me.  They will actually rear up and hiss at you,
>     > they like to wait in the garage and keep me from getting back
>     > in the house.  Maybe they are in league with the
>     > cockroaches....
>     >
>     > Beth T. the OT
>
>     Get Rayna to tell you where the "Red Funnelbacks" tend to
> lurk!!
>
>     Cheers
>
>     Deri
>
> Hehehehehehehehe!!!  Put it this way, you'd be in the right place
> to have an extreme physical reaction to them....  Thankfully, they
> seem to mainly be attached to the outside toilets.  I think though,
> that you mean `redback', or a `funnelback' spider, they are two
> different types - but both lurk in similar places, and both are
> extremely unpleasent.  But I could be wrong, there might also be a
> Red funnelback spider - wouldn't be surprised if they crossbred!

Imperfect memory of antipodean arachnids - I'm sure your right.

> I was out at my parents place in the country many years ago, was on
> my way to bed when I saw this HUGE spider in my room (it was THIS
> big, really), so I bolted screaming. My father went in to find it,
> and his response, `Oh, it's just a huntsman [spider]', but I didn't
> hear him properly - still yelling, and yelled `I don't care WHOSE
> husband it is, it isn't mine, so GET IT OUT!!!!!!!!!!  That kept
> all and sundry laughing for days. :-)

Love it!! A friend of mine was in Darwin last year, he saw plenty of
these monsters then.

> Rayna

Cheers

Deri