Spider who lives in my wing mirror....
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micz4 said:They tend to disappear at speeds in excess of 120 mph.However,having just completed a speed awareness course i can not condone such reckless stupidity
micz4 said:They tend to disappear at speeds in excess of 120 mph.However,having just completed a speed awareness course i can not condone such reckless stupidity
At 120mph, i'd consider not looking for the spider...
.. i'd be thinking that it's maybe time to put my sandwich down.
Zed Five said:micz4 said:They tend to disappear at speeds in excess of 120 mph.However,having just completed a speed awareness course i can not condone such reckless stupidity
At 120mph, i'd consider not looking for the spider...
.. i'd be thinking that it's maybe time to put my sandwich down.
How am I supposed to file my nails or put my make up on at that speed?
Carol M said:Zed Five said:micz4 said:They tend to disappear at speeds in excess of 120 mph.However,having just completed a speed awareness course i can not condone such reckless stupidity
At 120mph, i'd consider not looking for the spider...
.. i'd be thinking that it's maybe time to put my sandwich down.
How am I supposed to file my nails or put my make up on at that speed?
Best thing to do is wait until you stop at a petrol station and there is someone behind you. Go and pay, return to the car and then do those things. We guys love this. It makes us so happy. -
Zed Five said:micz4 said:So,summing up; a sandwich,nails and make up are the perfect cure for arachnophobia
Yeah. Good job that this forum isn't full of useless rubbish like broken hood motors, sat-nav retrofit and alike! :wink:
It is but once in a while a sensible post gets made !! Thanks Carol
Don't kill it, it's only there waiting to catch the horrid flying bugs that get inside your car!
Oh I'm not scared of the little bugger, I'm just sick of it making a web across the mirror.micz4 said:So,summing up; a sandwich,nails and make up are the perfect cure for arachnophobia
Actually it must be a girl and making webs on the mirror so it can sit and preen in the reflection!
who ? the spiderCarol M said:
oopps . sorry , ,seems its members only now as post been moved , ,anyhow here's the OP which then went on for weeks & weeks with over 50 posts & still no sign of the thing , , , , ,driving around with this for a co-pilot http://www.camelspiders.net/
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James Hunt
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:40 pm Post subject: CAMEL SPIDER
Some of you might not believe this. For a living I do lots of travelling to various horrible countries. Just back from Kenya. Out in the sticks with some clients. Packed up my kit in a hurry to depart as poachers were spotted 16km north east of our location. Got home this morning. Stashed my grip bag in the 993 as like an idiot I forgot my keys so had to go to the mrs work to get her bunch. I got back to find a bloody great Wind Scorpion (aka camel spiders) sitting on the rear parcel shelf. When I opened the door it flew (these things are called wind/shadow scorpions for a reason) under the passenger seat and has since done a vanishing act in the depths of my interior!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not happy. Have to find this thing quick or get the car fumigated by a pro to kill it. These things pack a very nasty bite and grow to the size of small plates. Don't really want the interior fumigated as it will make it stink for ages. Taking seats and carpet out tomoz to find it. See below for a pic of what these things look like. Only thing I can think of is it snuck into my nice dark warm North Face grip bag when I was packing up, and crawled out of a small bit of open zip that was there when I dumped the bags.
At least they like Porsches!
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Bing said:
after avoiding car for a week he decides to remove all seats & carpets yet still no sign , , ,he then opts for a pro fumigator who says he's 99% sure it will be dead after treatment
oh yeah ! i was in france at the time of OP on my own working & pictured myself driving home through the night just waiting & wondering ????? fffffffffforget that !