Comments on: New kids on the block http://www.bonniewren.com/2006/new-kids-on-the-block.htm I fought the lawn... and the lawn won Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:52:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ballpoint Wren » Yikes! http://www.bonniewren.com/2006/new-kids-on-the-block.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8932 Ballpoint Wren » Yikes! Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:09:12 +0000 http://www.bonniewren.com/2006/new-kids-on-the-block.htm#comment-8932 [...] A not so pregnant Mrs. Argiope,on 9/10/2006 [...] [...] A not so pregnant Mrs. Argiope,on 9/10/2006 [...]

]]> By: Bonnie Calhoun http://www.bonniewren.com/2006/new-kids-on-the-block.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8561 Bonnie Calhoun Sat, 16 Sep 2006 07:13:42 +0000 http://www.bonniewren.com/2006/new-kids-on-the-block.htm#comment-8561 Once, years ago when I worked in corporate america, we noticed a rather robustly large spider walking across the factory floor! what made it noticeable you might ask...well it was the twenty or so women all standing on top of their rolling chairs...balancing and screaming to high heavens. Well one of the so-called spider-slaying men in the group came to our, uh,er their aid. The spider was trapped in a bell jar. Now the fun began! The men wanted to examine this predatory trophy, so they slid the jar under a microscope...the kind that swivel for circuitboard work. Lo and behold, what made this spider lok so huge-normous was the fact that she was carrying a couple hundred babies on her back. Needless to say...the women took an extended break until the pincers of death vacated the premises! Once, years ago when I worked in corporate america, we noticed a rather robustly large spider walking across the factory floor! what made it noticeable you might ask…well it was the twenty or so women all standing on top of their rolling chairs…balancing and screaming to high heavens.

Well one of the so-called spider-slaying men in the group came to our, uh,er their aid. The spider was trapped in a bell jar.

Now the fun began! The men wanted to examine this predatory trophy, so they slid the jar under a microscope…the kind that swivel for circuitboard work.

Lo and behold, what made this spider lok so huge-normous was the fact that she was carrying a couple hundred babies on her back.

Needless to say…the women took an extended break until the pincers of death vacated the premises!

]]> By: UndoneLady http://www.bonniewren.com/2006/new-kids-on-the-block.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8552 UndoneLady Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:56:05 +0000 http://www.bonniewren.com/2006/new-kids-on-the-block.htm#comment-8552 This has completely freaked me out. EWW! This has completely freaked me out. EWW!

]]> By: Bonnie Wren http://www.bonniewren.com/2006/new-kids-on-the-block.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8546 Bonnie Wren Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:36:54 +0000 http://www.bonniewren.com/2006/new-kids-on-the-block.htm#comment-8546 <strong>Jen, how did I miss your post?</strong> Yes, I did read that about the spider predators—yuck, yuck, YUCK. I've got a potential scene from <em>Alien</em> in my own back yard! <strong>Lesia!</strong> You are even more tenderhearted than I am. Are you driving the Jeep? I don't drive with spiders! We've got a bunch of orb weavers spinning webs all over the yard and our front porch. That's why I like Mrs. Argiope; she keeps her web on that one shrub. <strong>Sorry, Dennie</strong>! But it really is cool, don't you think? <strong>Cyn</strong>, according to what I read about Argiopes, the male spins a little web near the corner of her web. Must be like having separate bedrooms, hunh? I've looked for him but can't find him. <strong>Me, too, Dink.</strong> But I'm not calling her Charlotte. She hasn't written me any love letters in her web, so we're still using formal honorifics. <strong>M.G.,</strong> this web is definitely OUTSIDE. I don't like spiders in the house. Not unh, no way. Jen, how did I miss your post? Yes, I did read that about the spider predators—yuck, yuck, YUCK. I’ve got a potential scene from Alien in my own back yard!

Lesia! You are even more tenderhearted than I am. Are you driving the Jeep? I don’t drive with spiders! We’ve got a bunch of orb weavers spinning webs all over the yard and our front porch. That’s why I like Mrs. Argiope; she keeps her web on that one shrub.

Sorry, Dennie! But it really is cool, don’t you think?

Cyn, according to what I read about Argiopes, the male spins a little web near the corner of her web. Must be like having separate bedrooms, hunh? I’ve looked for him but can’t find him.

Me, too, Dink. But I’m not calling her Charlotte. She hasn’t written me any love letters in her web, so we’re still using formal honorifics.

M.G., this web is definitely OUTSIDE. I don’t like spiders in the house. Not unh, no way.

]]> By: You know they exist but….. « Forward, positively.. http://www.bonniewren.com/2006/new-kids-on-the-block.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8545 You know they exist but….. « Forward, positively.. Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:33:00 +0000 http://www.bonniewren.com/2006/new-kids-on-the-block.htm#comment-8545 [...] Ballpoint makes you glad that you live in the UK [...] [...] Ballpoint makes you glad that you live in the UK [...]

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