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Post by Oneiros on May 2, 2016 9:30:56 GMT
*shudder* As someone with chronic arachnophobia, today's episode was not the most comfortable. I find myself very sympathetic to Carlos' plight.
Anyone else have a similar fear of things that creep? Or any stories they'd care to share?
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Post by Samwise on May 2, 2016 11:12:27 GMT
Quick tip... don't be eating a cereal bar with chocolate chips on it while listening to this, you will freak out when you notice an odd shaped dark chocolate chip and throw the bar across your desk... my co-workers are giving me odd looks again.
Great file, I wonder if ghost animals will be a recurring thing? id love to hear about the guy who was tormented by the thousands of chickens he had unknowingly put to slaughter to curve his KFC addiction.
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Post by Kate on May 2, 2016 19:51:55 GMT
id love to hear about the guy who was tormented by the thousands of chickens he had unknowingly put to slaughter to curve his KFC addiction. ... you do know what KFC stands for...?'Kan't Find the Chicken'...! Thank you, Quillers, for fixing the download problem. |
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Post by Alex Newall on May 2, 2016 20:28:56 GMT
We didn't fix it! Every podcast hosted by Soundcloud was down because the messed up their maintenance. I was not a happy bunny.
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Post by Kitsune on Aug 28, 2016 16:11:44 GMT
So, I'm getting ready for work in the wee hours of the morning, and I see a spider a bit bigger than a thumbnail. I was too squeamish to kill it with a crumpled tissue, so I squished it with a circular trash can. When I moved the trash can away, it had curled all its limbs in, you know, THE WAY DEAD SPIDERS DO? (Perhaps I'm telegraphing a bit...)
Minutes later, I asked my dear husband to take care of the carcass, and he made some joke about "why is the trash can moving towards the front door?" Ha ha.
Minutes after that, "Uhhhh, where did you say the carcass was?" NO SPIDER. Spider alive. Spider knows my face and inability to strike hard and true.
Thanks for listening, friends. This may be my last posting.
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Post by seelingkat on Aug 29, 2016 21:04:18 GMT
we have a pretty nasty spider in New Zealand called the white tail. Can't spin webs, eats other spiders and can cause nasty side effects if they bite you as they pick up so much bacteria - its like a lottery. I've removed about three from my room here - the first was on the ceiling and I didn't like how it was moving and it pretty much almost climbed out the beer glass i'd trapped it in.
The only other one that i've seen that was pretty gross was in the garden when my housemate and I were clearing leaves. Not identified it as yet but it had a fat round body and was pretty big. My housemate and I just looked at each other and decided we were not going to continue gardening that day hehe
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Post by Alex Newall on Aug 30, 2016 22:22:43 GMT
You live in a county that hates humans and wants them all dead. Shudders. He Worst I have to fear is an angry badger.
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Post by seelingkat on Aug 31, 2016 1:30:21 GMT
You live in a county that hates humans and wants them all dead. Shudders. He Worst I have to fear is an angry badger. Its usually Australia thats classed as everything trying to kill you, but New Zealand has a bit of bite to it too - sandflies are the worst!! |
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Post by kea on Aug 31, 2016 2:29:44 GMT
You live in a county that hates humans and wants them all dead. Shudders. He Worst I have to fear is an angry badger. Its usually Australia thats classed as everything trying to kill you, but New Zealand has a bit of bite to it too - sandflies are the worst!!
(Fellow Kiwi here) I'm allergic to the damn things. Luckily katipo are both shy and rare. TBH spiders don't bother me because we have formed an alliance against my real enemies, mosquitos.
"Scary" animals are always great though because there is something terrifying about an animal with something of the "more than a beast, less than a man" sort of intelligence, especially coming from something as common as a spider.
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Post by seelingkat on Aug 31, 2016 5:49:07 GMT
Its usually Australia thats classed as everything trying to kill you, but New Zealand has a bit of bite to it too - sandflies are the worst!!
(Fellow Kiwi here) I'm allergic to the damn things. Luckily katipo are both shy and rare. TBH spiders don't bother me because we have formed an alliance against my real enemies, mosquitos.
Well being originally from the UK - the mosquitos were a shock! I'm not allergic, but wowsers you should see the giant circular swellings and welts they give me sometimes. I still have a scar on my foot from a sandfly bite. Nasty things!!! |
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Post by Brave Sir Robin on Aug 31, 2016 12:00:05 GMT
Noooo! Don't put me off New Zealand. I have resolved never to go to Australia because of the climate and the fauna, but I really want to visit NZ.
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Post by spooniermist on Aug 31, 2016 13:24:41 GMT
My wife and I did a month long trip out there, it was absolutely amazing. The best way to avoid killer spiders is to go in the middle of winter, we discovered.
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Post by seelingkat on Aug 31, 2016 20:46:55 GMT
Noooo! Don't put me off New Zealand. I have resolved never to go to Australia because of the climate and the fauna, but I really want to visit NZ. ahaha - its not that bad really!!! In three years I've only have 2 sandfly bites and about 10 mosquito bites and its really worth coming here, its so beautiful! I'm Wellington based - so if you ever make it - let me know! I can be your guide! |
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Post by kea on Aug 31, 2016 22:42:53 GMT
Noooo! Don't put me off New Zealand. I have resolved never to go to Australia because of the climate and the fauna, but I really want to visit NZ. ahaha - its not that bad really!!! In three years I've only have 2 sandfly bites and about 10 mosquito bites and its really worth coming here, its so beautiful! I'm Wellington based - so if you ever make it - let me know! I can be your guide! Can second New Zealand as an awesome place to visit. Also Wellington based. In NZ there's no such thing as six degrees of separation - it's more like three or less! |
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Post by seelingkat on Sept 1, 2016 4:18:32 GMT
ahaha - its not that bad really!!! In three years I've only have 2 sandfly bites and about 10 mosquito bites and its really worth coming here, its so beautiful! I'm Wellington based - so if you ever make it - let me know! I can be your guide! Can second New Zealand as an awesome place to visit. Also Wellington based. In NZ there's no such thing as six degrees of separation - it's more like three or less! I'm now wondering how many people we have in common!! |
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