And that's why I like spider bites

The BBQ Pit
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Fucking fleas, too.
*I don’t like spiders and fleas

and that ain’t what it takes to love me

[shooka wacka shooka wacka shooka wacka]

like I wanna be loved by you*
So, anyways. There I am, outside in the unseasonally warm November weather we had up to today, desparately trying to get this exterior done. Big house. Old house. Tall house. Lots of overhanging trees and shrubs and just plaanty things everywhere. Plus an old pile of wood and shit that i have to move. Not a problem, I included all that extra work in the contract. I’m getting paid for it.

So, I’m wearing loose ish clothing. Oversized tee, baggy shorts (held up by a good belt and gots lots of pocketses!), my work boots and thick socks, hat and safety sunglasses. Yeah, I look marvelous, let me tell you. Very attractive.

Aparantly attractive to the afore mentioned fucking buglike things, too. I feel a shapr pain my side, backish, just where you can’t quite get either arm. I think it’s a wasp stinging me again, so I whip off the shirt and end up with a spider in my hair. I get the fucker out but he’s banged up to tell me if’n he’s one of those damn recluses or not. What was left over did look like one, though. I’ve seen lots of those. Been bitten by a few. They don’t do to me what htey do to other people, so I’m not worried about parts falling off. But it still hurts. Big red welts are what they give me. Painful welts.

Well, I got seven of them. Seven fucking spider looking bites. So, I washed all my work clothes already. Got out my benedryl cream, and took a benedryl pill, too. Just in case.

The flea bites are around my ankles. I hate fleas. Big house people had dogs, so big bunch of guessing there.

yeah, my life isn’t in danger. I seem to handle all sorts of bug and spider bites/stings well. It’s just annoying. And gross. And Pit worthy.

Fucking spiders and fleas.

Damn! We got a tornado here in the OKC! (watching news as I type)

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5 confirmed tornados in the OKC so far. NE side. Sparsely populated suburbs, but still bad for the few people it does hit.

Hail, high winds, 5 tornados. Nov 10th. Sheesh!

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I pit black widows.

I too have a high tolerance to spider bites, including 3 obvious black widow spider bites over the course of 11 years when I used to handle pallets that have been outside. The worse that happened was about 3 hours of slight swelling, aching wrists and elbows, and slight discoloration in the veins in my arms.

I’ve seen other folks not fare very well when they get bit; in person and in documentaries.

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If you were gay, I’d kiss you just for quoting a Jim Stafford song…

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You sure those ankle bites are from fleas? Sounds more typical of one the preferred areas for chiggers to feed.

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I don’t dig spideys, but I understand that they are beneficial to more than just spideys–so I just try and avoid them. I’m still not sure why they need venom toxic enough to bring down a human–they couldn’t POSSIBLY eat one of us without a substantial amount of waste.

Chiggers & fleas & tickses, nasty tickses! I got no use for 'em. PARASITES! That’s all they are. And they suck!

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Could be chiggers. Hadn’t froze here yet. With the damned dogs, tho, I just assumed fleas. They like socks, or so I’ve been told.
Jay, I’ve had a man crush on Jim Stafford since I was a mere child. Sure, I’m straight, but damn, that guy is so cool!

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But he’s my girl Bill…

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Never found Hattie

Never found the shack

Never made the trip back in

There was a parchment note they found tacked to a stump

It said “Don’t come lookin again”

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Swamp Witch used to scare the hell out of me when I was an itty-bitty little’un. My mom had that album and played it all the time.

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He’s not just another pretty foot.

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Am I the only one thinking NoClueBoy’s going to turn into [B}NoClueSpiderman** any moment now?

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So sorry about the bites. I’ve only ever had one spider bite and I’m not sure about fleas. I know spiders are beneficial in that they eat a lot of other pesky bugs, but man does it suck when they turn their fangs on you.

I noticed it’s been a while since you posted last, is everything alright with the tornado warnings?

DoperChic

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He is NoClueSpiderBoy for the time being! :wink:

Time for some bug-huntin’ big guns, eh?

When come back, bring aloe plant!

Seriously, should you seek medical attention? Or peaceful co-existence?

(Not to worry. He totally “gets” me.)

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I thought you was a toad, Viva!
The tornados went away up I-44 to Tulsa. And the rest of the storms eneded a little while ago. Winter comes in a bout 4 hours on the back of a cold front with 25mph sustained winds driving the just below freezing temps and rain to come. Sounds like a good day. :slight_smile:

I also finished the house and got the payout of the contract, so I’m not stressing about that either.

Thanks for asking, Chic

Oooh, my spidey senses are tingling!

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My only spider-bite episode…
Many a year ago, I was leaving for class on a stormy morning. My umbrella had been destroyed by one of my children (again), so I grabbed my old Navy issue raincoat from the garage, where it had hung for a few years. About 10 minutes into my drive to school, I had the most incredible burning-itching sensation on my left elbow. Upon removing the raincoat (tricky while driving in the rain), I found that my raincoat had become a waterproof spider nursery :eek: ! I had about 40 tiny little spider bites on my elbow. The itching subsided in a few hours, and to this day I still cannot shoot webs, cling to walls or look good in spandex. If only that were the raincoat where I kept my spare cobalt-60!

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Ewwww…ewwww…ewwwwww.

And you guys reckon Australia is bad for bitey things!! :eek:

We have telly programs, and First Aid books, and write Country and Western songs about nasty spideys, but mostly we don’t actually get bitten by the buggers.
Maybe we’re just smarter than yewse. :smiley:

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o/There was a redback on the toilet seat...o/

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Slim Dusty’s dead jayjay. I was hoping that song would die along with him.

Obviously not. :stuck_out_tongue:

Anyway, I grew up with a gen-yew-wine dunny, and not ONCE did I see a redback on the seat.

They were forever making threatening munching noises in the corners though.

Xchacka Xchacka Xchacka. :eek: :eek: :eek:

:smiley:

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Blame Dr. Demento for this Yank knowing that song at all. :smiley: