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Furniture Moving and ........ spiders

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Butternut Mon 25-Jun-12 16:23:56

I knew it was a mistake to get 'into' the corners for a bit of cleaning (not done very often I admit) but once started, decided to re-arrange my old furniture/ikea stuff. The spiders were perfectly happy lurking, but once disturbed bolted for undisturbed areas............ah well!

All re-arranged now, and spiders happily camping ..... grin

Barrow Mon 25-Jun-12 16:27:49

With the lovely sunshine we have today I have been shamed into getting into the corners - the sunlight really shows up the cobwebs!

Bags Mon 25-Jun-12 16:28:10

I think I'd worry if I didn't find spiders in lurky corners wink

Anagram Mon 25-Jun-12 16:31:17

I hate spiders! shock
Anywhere!

numberplease Mon 25-Jun-12 16:34:31

I had to carefully manoeuvre myself out of the bathroom yesterday, there was a tiny money spider hanging on a thread, was terrified of touching it, or it touching me!

jeni Mon 25-Jun-12 17:04:35

I really do not like spiders!

kittylester Mon 25-Jun-12 17:19:25

I really, really, really do not like spiders!

jeni Mon 25-Jun-12 17:30:18

Does anybody like spiders?

AlisonMA Mon 25-Jun-12 17:45:08

I don't mind them but I don't understand why anyone is cleaning when the sun is shining. I've been out in the garden!

Bags Mon 25-Jun-12 17:49:06

I like spiders. Met DH when he was getting computers to make spider webs among the dreaming spiders spires.

Not great big ones, mind, but the little ones are rather sweet, and they eat more annoying insects.

Butternut Mon 25-Jun-12 17:58:36

I don't mind spiders particularly, but they are a bit 'skutterly' - which I don't like!

It was raining today, Alison - hence unplanned (although I cannot say unwarranted) cleaning!

Scorchio promised for the next couple of days, though! grin

Annobel Mon 25-Jun-12 18:10:08

After 5 years living and working in Africa, our native varieties don't alarm me in the slightest. Mind you, if I find one in the bath, it's out the window pretty fast.

Butternut Mon 25-Jun-12 18:13:18

Not down the plug hole, Anno? grin

Annobel Mon 25-Jun-12 18:18:13

Some of our Cheshire spiders wouldn't fit in the plughole!

Butternut Mon 25-Jun-12 18:25:06

grin grin

Hunt Tue 26-Jun-12 09:45:02

If you want to live and thrive, let the spider stay alive. Spiders don't like the smell of horse chestnuts so you could leave some of those in the corners, I think you have to cut them up first( the conkers, not the spiders) A certain wonderful store makes a horse chestnut spray. I love spiders. Just remembered the Zoo does a ''learn to like spiders'' day. You get to hold a tarantular.

Yummygran Tue 26-Jun-12 10:05:48

OMG Hunt....I can't think of anything worse! lol. I have got a little better with spiders since having children, trying not to pass my fear onto them. It worked with my younger son, but my big roughy toughy firefighter elder son is as bad as me, if not worse, his wife has to remove them from the house haha.

GoldenGran Tue 26-Jun-12 10:37:32

I can't stand them, not so bad on the skinny bodied skinny long legged ones but the fat bodied ones give me the heebie jeebies.shock Am allergic to cleaning when the sun shines, go out and play Butter sunshine

absentgrana Tue 26-Jun-12 11:03:55

I like spiders if only because I don't like flies.

Butternut Tue 26-Jun-12 14:02:43

grin gg - I've been out playing this morning - now it's Wimbledon. Perfect day so far!

soop Tue 26-Jun-12 14:20:37

I am terrified of large house spiders. Yell for mr soop to remove and deposit incomer in the garden. All started yonks ago. Boy at primary school opened large chest in farmyard. Hooked out ginormous spider with web on a long stick...and chased me until I was exhausted. Spider escaped. For me, it was a near-death experience. shock

jeni Tue 26-Jun-12 14:25:26

We have 8ft spiders round here!

Annobel Tue 26-Jun-12 14:26:54

jeni wink

soop Tue 26-Jun-12 14:32:01

jeni Ours are much bigger!

glassortwo Tue 26-Jun-12 14:32:06

We had been up to the house at the weekend and stay in a caravan we have onsite. I was stripping the bed before we left for home,stripping the duvet off and out popped a humongous black fat bodied spider..... had it been in bed with us all night urghhhhhh shock