An afterthought .

AS life catches up with me it gets harder for me to gather the energy to post like i would like (ok ok stop cheering) so I am going to create a thread I will use to post short post regarding safety and new things learned, and things that flash across my memory. here is the first:

I dug a pallet of old HP servers I had in the back of the barn for a couple of years. they were full of straw and other nesting material, While tearing them down I came across the biggest black Widow and the biggest Brown Widow I have ever seen. the body of each was a big as my thumb nail.

THESE GENERALLY WONT KILL YOU BUT THE WILL PUT A HURT ON YOU. BE WATCHFUL FOR SUCH THINGS.

Old dude maybe a can of bug spray or something, being a city boy I do not know or have I ever saw a black widow never heard of a brown widow. We do tho have our share of gators and crocks around South Florida, Got to be careful where ever you are when uncovering a pile of any thing that's been sitting for a while.

According to my wife every spider is a black widow.

Black widows, wolf spiders, etc...there a long line of nasty critters out there to keep an out for.

My aunt got bit by Brown Recluse once I think it was..wound wouldn't heal so they had to do surgery.

She hated spiders before..she really does now. LOL.

An count me on the list not cheering. I for one enjoy your posts Olddude.

Side note..those of you out in the SW keep in mind spiders, but also Scorpions. Those little buggers just love to hide in a shoe or anywhere that is dark.

Sirscrapalot - Has a understanding with spiders...they don't get the way, they don't get smushed.

Yikes!

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Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

Black widows, wolf spiders, etc...there a long line of nasty critters out there to keep an out for.

Side note..those of you out in the SW keep in mind spiders, but also Scorpions. Those little buggers just love to hide in a shoe or anywhere that is dark.

Sirscrapalot - Has a understanding with spiders...they don't get the way, they don't get smushed.

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Hey we have all that here in Florida as well. In SW FL, there are wolf spiders the size of your hand. Widows and recluse are everywhere in the state. Here in the north central area we have lots of scorpions. Fortunately they are small, about 2-3 inches, but the little buggers keep popping out of everywhere. Then there are the snakes, rattlers here and coral snakes in the SW FL and the gators...

I tell you, nature in Florida is a mean ugly thing. Not like up north where all you have is the occasional teddy bear. Down here the bugs will drag you off into the woods...

You guys have it all in Florida....pythons, giant lizards, wild monkeys. It's like the rain forest down there....wild, exotic pets on the loose!!

Which is why I live on a sandbar. You mainlanders can keep all your crazy critters.

;)

What few spiders I see tend to run. Tho I do have some lovely poisonus snakes in the water behind my house. Ha!

Florida, just like Australia , but more old people an nasty critters. :p

*Any members in FL are excluded from the above statement in regards to old people an FL.

Sirscrapalot - Going to have to watch his back in FL now.

That is part of what I like about Minnesota. Not much for poisonous critters, earthquakes and many other nasty things that are plentiful else wheres.

Egads!!

Now I remember why I like to live in Canada!!

Put up with 18 feet of snow and snowshoes just so them bugs you guys are talking about don't drag me into the woods!

The biggest bugs I am familiar with are the flying grasshoppers--maybe 2" long and harmless. And the VERY occasional "junebug" beetle--maybe 2" max.

We had black widows where I was growing up--pretty hot and dry area, but the biggest girls of those I saw were maybe less than 1/2" across at the bum.

Our black flies and skeeters are pretty small, but they make up for it in numbers...but generally they won't kill you!!

One thing that is hilarious is the "bot flies" that lay eggs on our horses fur, which eventually means having to worm them. They fly very slowly and are large enough that they can be seen, buzzing around like a pregnant blimp. The horses don't like them and will run away from these critters. It is quite funny to watch--an 1100 lb animal galloping around to avoid a single buzzing bug!

Jon.

PS--I think there is an older post on SMF where a guy (maybe talking about his buddy) was working under some sort of stainless food table and felt bugs crawling on him--when he got back out he found he was amongst a shztload of black widows!! eep!

some one brought tools at Harbor freight today and this brought this story to mind not sure of how much of it is truth but some is I know.

Home depot was the brain child of a Wife Handy woman, Her husband got involved once it became a reality and almost killed it with too rapid of an expansion, eventually the two got a Divorce, In the Divorce the Husband some how got the lions share of Home depot. The Wife did not take this lightly and decoded to start another chain and called it Lowe's .

Her strategy was to make the store more friendly with softer colors, Better product. and her goal was to build one close to every HD on the planet.

In my estimation she has accomplished the task well. The prices are generally a little higher but the quality is also. there are still some good finds in HD but over all Lowe's has them beat. that of course is just my take.

Great story Old Dude, but unfortunately it is not true. The Home Depot was started by three executives from another home improvement chain (name escapes me, I believe it was a chain out west) that quit their jobs to start the new company. They had a better idea, and indeed HD was a better company until the last of the original three sold off his shares after the other two passed. That change came about roughly 8-10 years ago and some of you who frequent the HD may remember a time when they all of a sudden turned evil. That's what happens when a company gets taken over by bean counters.

As for Lowe's, it grew out of a smaller home improvement store, again I don't remember the name. I cannot say for sure, but I doubt its origins had anything to do with the original HD three, as that was not the store it grew out of...

Still, I enjoyed your story and I do share your preference for Lowes. Of course, they have been going downhill (less inventory and worse service) in the past 6 or 7 years too...

If I ever pick up junk that's dirty or filled with pests I will roll into a self service wash on my way home and just soak it in the back of my truck and it usually takes care of bugs and dirt.

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Originally Posted by DevinThaScrapper

If I ever pick up junk that's dirty or filled with pests I will roll into a self service wash on my way home and just soak it in the back of my truck and it usually takes care of bugs and dirt.

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That's a great idea. There is a house hoarders and everything they put out has black widows on it or in it. Even had black widow get in my truck one time after picking up there. Loads from this house go straight to the scrap yard...

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/wp-conte...widow_lisa.jpg

Brown Widow

http://www.247wildlife.com/images/brown-widow02.jpg

Brown Recluse

http://www.cookspest.com/content/pes...use_Spider.jpg

Also Hobo Spiders in the Pacific Northwest are poisonous

http://www.247wildlife.com/images/spiderhobo.jpg

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Originally Posted by harsas

Great story Old Dude, but unfortunately it is not true. The Home Depot was started by three executives from another home improvement chain (name escapes me, I believe it was a chain out west) that quit their jobs to start the new company. They had a better idea, and indeed HD was a better company until the last of the original three sold off his shares after the other two passed. That change came about roughly 8-10 years ago and some of you who frequent the HD may remember a time when they all of a sudden turned evil. That's what happens when a company gets taken over by bean counters.

As for Lowe's, it grew out of a smaller home improvement store, again I don't remember the name. I cannot say for sure, but I doubt its origins had anything to do with the original HD three, as that was not the store it grew out of...

Still, I enjoyed your story and I do share your preference for Lowes. Of course, they have been going downhill (less inventory and worse service) in the past 6 or 7 years too...

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The Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. Along with investment banker Ken Langone and merchandising guru Pat Farrah

https://corporate.homedepot.com/ourc...s/default.aspx

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Originally Posted by harsas

Great story Old Dude, but unfortunately it is not true. The Home Depot was started by three executives from another home improvement chain (name escapes me, I believe it was a chain out west) that quit their jobs to start the new company. They had a better idea, and indeed HD was a better company until the last of the original three sold off his shares after the other two passed. That change came about roughly 8-10 years ago and some of you who frequent the HD may remember a time when they all of a sudden turned evil. That's what happens when a company gets taken over by bean counters.

As for Lowe's, it grew out of a smaller home improvement store, again I don't remember the name. I cannot say for sure, but I doubt its origins had anything to do with the original HD three, as that was not the store it grew out of...

Still, I enjoyed your story and I do share your preference for Lowes. Of course, they have been going downhill (less inventory and worse service) in the past 6 or 7 years too...

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Don't doubt this story one bit. A lot of info is on the net but ya gotta sort through the BS.

Hobo those picks give me the Willys , those brown recluse spiders love stone for some reason . I remember smashing many a few back when I did stone work . The masons used to joke that one day you were going to see a helper collapse over by the stone pallets . Have to keep you eyes peeled for them In my area as well . More poisoned spiders than snakes in my area but it's close 3-2 .

Yep me too. We even have a poisonous lizard here in Arizona! Can't be too careful out there even hitting a wasp nest will ruin your day!

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Originally Posted by hobo finds

That's a great idea. There is a house hoarders and everything they put out has black widows on it or in it. Even had black widow get in my truck one time after picking up there. Loads from this house go straight to the scrap yard...

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/wp-conte...widow_lisa.jpg

Brown Widow

http://www.247wildlife.com/images/brown-widow02.jpg

Brown Recluse

http://www.cookspest.com/content/pes...use_Spider.jpg

Also Hobo Spiders in the Pacific Northwest are poisonous

http://www.247wildlife.com/images/spiderhobo.jpg

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Thanks Hobo for those pics
now I imagined something on my back ( under my shirt ) ! Sheesh