Bugs I can do…spiders…not so much.
Damn near wrecked my car once on I-81. Flipped down the sun visor and a big-ass spider, about the size of a manhole cover drops down about 6 inches in front of my face and just hangs there swinging ever so slightly on his 200 lb. shock cord, about as thick as my thumb. We were eye-to-eye and even with my sun-glasses on, he had me outnumbered 2 to 1. It was so big it completely blocked my view through the windshield. I think I blacked out for a moment because the next thing I remember I was off the side of the road, trying to get out of my car, with my seat-belt still hooked in.
I noticed my sunroof was open, and off to the side of the road something caught my eye. I saw what I thought looked like a deer being dragged through heavy brush with a similar colored shock cord with 2 big puncture wounds on his neck…and a hairy leg as big around as a telephone pole disappearing into the thickets.
It’s a good thing too, because if I’d have gotten out of my seat belt, that spider would have got a whoopin’ to end all whoopins.
Awesome story via Brick. Image from here. Arachnophobia courtesy of The Overnight Open Thread.
Tags: arachnophobia, big ass spiders, Open thread, True Stories
Drinking thread 2?
True story, once my friend Ernesto and I were walking on his birthday to a restaurant. At a crosswalk, we paused to allow a couple people to cut in front of us. A car ran a red light and plowed into them within inches of us. Ernesto was so upset. thank God no one died.
@ unspecial:
That’s scary!
I am not a big fan of spiders. I am cool with them so long as they stay outside and away from me. They are fascinating and spider webs are cool looking…
@ savages_girl:
Yeah, always look both ways.
What is this?
@ Rodan:
It’s a blog.
True story.
Old girlfriend screams.
She is in the bathroom and I am think “OH WTF!!!!!?”.
I go in there and she is standing on the toilet screaming at me “WHAT KIND OF SPIDER IS THAT!!!!???”.
I take off my shoe and whomp the hell out of it.
I look at her and say “That’s a DEAD SPIDER”.
For some reason she did not appreciate that.
@ unclassifiable:
LOL
unspecial wrote:
Yep! It’s the Official Overnight Open Thread.The bar is stocked, the women are stacked, and the men are stoked.
There are refrigerated beverages in the refrigerator. Just don’t throw anything. We replaced most of the windows a few months ago and docked everyones’ dues. What was left paid to repair the screen door twice, and to paint over the “PENIS PENIS PENIS LOL” graffiti on the women’s restroom door. Fun times.
unspecial wrote:
Up and down, too, if you’re talking about spiders.
@ Bunk X:
I probably should slow down.
WASSUP!
Rodan wrote:
What is this what? It’s Brick’s Spider Story Thread.
unspecial wrote:
Not at all. SET THE PACE.
You know what kills me?
Congress critters can approve a 2000 page law (without reading it) totally reorganizing the health care industry…
…but they can’t pass a one page law reforming the tax code.
/the world really does run on bullshit
@ unclassifiable:
Congress should not get a pay raise until they balance the budget.
@ Bunk X:
ON YOUR FEET, FOLLOW ME!
Ronald Reagan announcing his intention to seek the office of the Presidency of the United states of America, It brings tears to my eyes it is so relevant to today. With this I am out for the night, to much beer and not enough feeling of Reagan.
@ Bunk X:
The picture.
@ doriangrey:
The last time we had a real President.
Rodan wrote:
Amen that my brother from another mother…. Amen that…
@ unclassifiable:
That’s probably why she’s your ex.
OFF TOPIC: WGN = We Got Negated
@ doriangrey:
Goodnight dorian!
unspecial wrote:
I don’t even remember who was president last time the budget was actually balanced.
And no, it wasn’t Clinton. The budget was never balanced during his administration, despite the talking points you hear in the MSM.
@ lobo91:
Tricky Dick.
John Lewis defending Rangel on the House floor yesterday:
“I must state upfront that I don’t know the facts in this case…”
Umm…then why don’t you STFU?
@ Macker:
I would have guessed Eisenhower or Truman.
Rodan wrote:
Spiders from Mars? I dunno, Babs, but I do know this.
@ lobo91:
They (President Clinton and Congress) came within 20 billion(ish).
Not balanced.
Мишель Обама wants to put 5,000 salad bars in schools.
This will be as effective as her husband increasing the NBA to 5,000 teams to fight unemployment.
unspecial wrote:
Nope. It was a lot more than that. Over $100 billion.
It was “balanced” using an accounting trick. They counted $100 billion Social Security surplus as revenue.
Whether they borrowed the money from the imaginary Social Security “trust fund,” from your neighbor, or from China, it’s still borrowed money.
Macker wrote:
Could you point to the clause in the Constitution that covers salad bars?
Didn’t think so…
@ lobo91:
Oh yeah,Forgot that.
@ Macker:
Well you know it’s never one thing that makes an ex. It’s a collection of things.
Anyway, I did like the Beck “Loser” background music at the end of the utoob clip.
unspecial wrote:
That’s what they’re counting on.
It’s like paying your Visa with your MasterCard.
@ unclassifiable:
In the case of mine, it was the moving truck…
@ Macker:
Shit, just making video games and cell phones illegal for anyone under 18 would do the damn trick.
But I don’t want a law to do that. I want the parents to do that.
lobo91 wrote:
That would apply to most House speeches.
@ Bagua:
True, but they don’t usually start off by admitting it.
@ lobo91:
Good point, the honest is refreshing.
@ Macker:
We have salads at our schoolsand don’t need federal help having 99.7 percent of our townships children attending college after their promary education
Doesn’t Mochelle have a grape Slurpee and a plate of lobster tails somewhere that needs her attention?
unclassifiable wrote:
I sure would have. I do NOT like spiders!
@ Bagua:
John Lewis: I don’t no what the SOB did but the asshole owes me money so let him serve out the term so he can pay me back.
@ 1389AD:
Well apparently she liked humor even less.
Bagua wrote:
He was droning on and on about the Civil Rights marches and stuff.
Rangel fought in Korea, too…doesn’t make him any less of a crook today.
@ unclassifiable:
that would be no=know
rum=drunk
Fri. blogging=blathering
unclassifiable wrote:
OTOH, my stepdaughter used her cell phone to keep track of the whereabouts and well-being (and sometimes the lack thereof) of her ailing and beleaguered parents and step-parents. It all depends on the kid.
@ lobo91:
blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda…
/Rangel
@ unclassifiable:
No doubt something like that, Congress is all about dirty deals that drain the treasury.
I finally got the laundry done.
Worst part of laundry: finding garments that need mending AGAIN. I keep telling my husband, even though we are painfully short of funds, there are only so many times I can mend the same few pairs of pants with any success. BUY MORE PANTS ALREADY!
@ 1389AD:
Actually it all depends on how the kid was raised by the parent(s) — but you already know that.
But how many (how many) kids are whiling away the hours texting instead of having high-calorie burning bottle rocket wars on the drainage ditch?
unclassifiable wrote:
How do you think we parents keep track of the kids?
GPS is great! You know exactly where there phone is.
1389AD wrote:
He has to stop scratching in the same place:)
Hey I know, I hate shopping for clothes.
Calo wrote:
Where’s the fun in that?
Your missing the joy of the made up BS story that they just figured out 5 minutes before they walk into the house.
@ Bunk X:
Chucky’s in love with his un-Mata Hari?
@ Bunk X:
Iggy gets it
@ lobo91:
Nixon.
@ Bunk X:
I come back to this? I remember when she sang this song on SNL. I loved it. Oh to be 14 again.
Rodan wrote:
Tricky, we hardly knew ye…
@ The Osprey:
Naw. I always loved that song. It reminds me of Diane W., a HS girlfriend I had one short weekend with on a roadtrip to Chicago in the middle of winter after we ran out of gas near Indianapolis.
@ Scott Madsen:
How do you folks get the embedded youtube?
@ unclassifiable:
put a v after the http in the url
only works for you tube and vimeo
NoThreat2U wrote:
I know you’re not complaining. There are times I’d like to go back and do things differently, but then all the rest of the memories since then would be lost.
Scott Madsen wrote:
Screw vimeo.
@ Scott Madsen:
Do that in the “link” button setting or rig your own html?
I have always loved this song. the best rendition I ever heard was by some unknown at a bluegrass festival (jacobs ladder festival)in Kiryat Shimona israel in 1992, it was etheral, better than dolly could ever, in fact dollys seems damn corny compared in retrospect
@ unclassifiable:
cut and paste from your browser to this field and insert the v after http
http-v-://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1plvBR02wDs
delete those hyphens as an example
@ NoThreat2U:
Then there was my sister’s friend Doreen. Damn. I was a blind idiot then. At least now I’m no longer blind…
@ unclassifiable:
Neither. Just paste in the url. Add the v after the http
httpv://
like…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hDHqbtnwoU
just make it…
httpv://www.you……
OK let’s try some TripHop.
@ Bunk X:
Never liked that song.
@ m:
@ Scott Madsen:
Thank you.
@ Bunk X:
I dont know what they are except they seen to have commercials alot before they run content. must be a service for people to charge ads for their work
@ unclassifiable:
How about some flutebox ~
Calo wrote:
As far as I know, you weren’t a guy either. She was hot while you were fantasizing about John Travolta. Right?
@ m:
A successor to Ian Anderson.
Cool. I like:)
@ Bunk X:
@65… Yes I was complaining….only because I hated that song. lol
@ Scott Madsen:
Now THAT was a good song….someone remade Jolene…Carrie Underwood??
Good night y’all.
Be kind to one and other.
@ Bunk X:
And Zappa was way before my time. lol
Loves me some Acid Grass
@ NoThreat2U:
I saw a lot of different artists on the youtube page, even the white stripes
@ Scott Madsen:
Where’s the polka?? This is western PA ya know???/
Allison Krause and her version of Jolene is what I was thinking.
@ unclassifiable:
I always have dug this kinda down home sounding ditty from the minstral
@ Scott Madsen:
You would have to be whacked out on drugs to stand like that dude…and to enjoy that music. lol lol lol
It’s like this at family weddings. lol lol
@ Bunk X:
Busy patrolling the 3rd floor hotel hall for wayward teenagers on an overnight swim team trip. No time for fantasies here. I am on a mission.
@ Calo:
LOL DOn’t forget to dip in the water for me
NoThreat2U wrote:
Then you must have missed the British Invasion too??
I still like Herman’s Hermits…
@ Da_Beerfreak:
lol
I do know who that is because I have an older sister, but yeah, before my time. Keep it up guys…yinz are making me feel young
@ NoThreat2U:
I did earlier.
Spent some time looking for some dolphins to swim with.
Missed them
I’ll get up early tomorrow and look again.
@ NoThreat2U:
Oh yeah I forgot about her doing it. I have it somewhere
Most authentic voice left in nashville, angelic
here you go
here’s a tear jerker for sheer beauty
@ Calo:
Keep looking! You never know when dolphins might pop up
@ Scott Madsen:
I really love listening to her. When she first came out she annoyed me…she didn’t sing as strong as she could have. It was a little too whiny for me. But she does kick butt. Whiskey Lullaby makes me tear up.
My all time favorite country singing female…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQetQVXux8Y
Screwd that up. lol
@ NoThreat2U:
Ian Anderson, he claims to have been anti drug during the whole 60s 70s in modern interviews, refused to do woodstock because of what it represented, has nothing good to say of the antics of the time, refusue to do some songs today that he wrote to make fun of the condition and considers them exploitive.
it was his shtick the one leg standing and just crawled out of a burrow under some hedgerow look, or so he says
Prefered to read on tour after shows instead of partying. played israel lately and is catching shit from the brit left for it.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Given the whiny male rock and roll voices at that time, even stuffed up nose singers like Southside Johnny and Joe Walsh sounded better to me than the Eagles, Foreigner, Yes, or Rush, or any of the other overproduced bands.
@ NoThreat2U:
Nice. Sentimental fool.
Who are you kidding?
@ Scott Madsen:
Ya know…a lot of rockers are claiming drug free status. If that is true, I give him props. It just looks weird as hell to me. lol
@ Bunk X:
I friggin hate Yes…Rush I tolerate, barely.
@ Calo:
I try to be hard…but sometimes I just can’t. And I really do try. I like being a cold hearted bitch….it’s easier, but sometimes things just slip through. Must be the estrogen. lol
And for the record…am I kidding myself.
Damn, due to comments on YouTube, I googled Martina…she is a year older than me. Hmmmm interesting.
NoThreat2U wrote:
NoThreat2U wrote:
Nobody’s buying it
NoThreat2U wrote:
In that case, here’s one that’s from before my time so we all can feel young again…
NoThreat2U wrote:
And that’s no excuse. Mozart was way before my time, too. My dad played Stan Kenton. He was extreme for the time, playing discordant stuff and making it cool. Care to dance?
@ Scott Madsen:
OK, that freaked me out. lol lol lol
@ lobo91:
Buying what…my record?
Calo wrote:
Prowler.
@ Bunk X:
My brother and I went out with my aunt and uncle one night to an SOI dance. There were old people dancing. First off, I thought it was cute because most men don’t dance. This old old man kept dancing past the table and smiling at me. He did ask me to dance, but I don’t know how to dance that way. It is the cutest thing seeing older men being light on their feet to that music.
@ Bunk X:
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This is for you Bunk!
@ Bunk X:
My dad listened to some of that stuff, was into Stravinsky too.
he frequented some jazz club in LA when he was single and stationed at Long Beach befor he married ny mother and brought her out west. he told me about it once when i was around thirty and he was regaling me with his past , hanging out after hours and listening to ever dropped by jam together, cant recall the name of the place though, somewhere in hollywood on vine or sunset though, probably famous or infamous
my step mother has most of his vinyl mixed in witht heir families and i didb’t want to ask for it
@ Calo:
So far there have been no alcohol related incidents or attempts at intimacy?
@ Da_Beerfreak:
Heh. The British skiffle groups were fun, and Mrs. Brown was a good one.
@ Bunk X:
My God all British music sounds like it was sung by sissy men. GAG.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Alisson Krause should cover it
@ Bunk X:
There’s a very early vid of Jimmy Page in a band singing Mama Don’t Allow No Skiffle.
@ mjazz:
No – but there were hints earlier tonight.
Damn you, go away. she’s my baby.
@ mjazz:
Well that was cool. youtube is a treasure trove, young page was already stopping the low E with his thumb
@ Bunk X:
Not the right accent.
Try again.
@ Scott Madsen:
Can’t believe that guy made that bass.
@ mjazz:
Really, I need to go back and look.
@ Scott Madsen:
She’s got nothing on Skeeter Davis.
NoThreat2U wrote:
That music, at the time, got the girls hot. It had nothing to do with sissy men. Lol.
Just being silly on the OOT…
@ NoThreat2U:
You think the Beatles sounded like that?
What’s that- Out of Orbit Thread?
mjazz wrote:
That song prolly goes back to the 1800s, “Momma Don’t Allow.” It goes back at least to the 1920s.
@ Bunk X:
Hummhhh- you are gonna make me comment on the English folks here -not so much!
@ Bunk X:
Oh the things one can forget about, so many wonderful tunes back then
That must have been pre studio live, it always sounde a bit differnt on radio back then
mjazz wrote:
Works for me.
Back now…yes, British musicians sound like sissy men.
As to Skeeter Davis…No, they don’t know it’s the end of the world dammit.
I HATE the BEATLES. lol
Calo wrote:
England use to be full of ‘em in the past, today there aren’t that many of ‘em left there.
English = dhimmi
lol
I had to beat the son into submission to get the computer back. Damn kids. /
@ NoThreat2U:
I couldn’t stand the screechy vocals of Geddy Lee or whatisname from Yes. I liked the music, and Yes had those awesome stoner album covers by Roger Dean going for them.
The Charles Johnson theme song, money quote: “That was your first mistake, you took your lucky break and broke it in two. Now what can be done for you? You broke it in two.”
@ Scott Madsen:
Definitely live. A little faster.
@ Da_Beerfreak:
“Woodchopper’s Ball” was a good ‘un that goes back many years. The name itself was innuendo…
@ MrPaulRevere:
True. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
@ mjazz:
Oh he’s a blogosphere legend alright, he gave everyone a tutorial on how NOT to run a blog.
@ NoThreat2U:
Makes me cry…
@ Scott Madsen: Kenton was a radical in his time. His take on “West Side Story” is one of his best. We also listened to Les Elgart, Tom Lehrer, something called “Ports of Paradise,” and Beat the Meatles.
My dad was into electronics, and built the stereo system with Heathkit stuff, after re-engineering it and etching his own copper plated cards.
@ MrPaulRevere:
Like they say, you’re better off keeping your mouth shut and having everyone think you’re an idiot than opening it and removing all doubt.
@ mjazz:
Indeed! Take care all, have a great Saturday.
@ Bunk X:
But I can rock out with my socks out to “begin the day with a friendly voice, a companion unobtrusive…sings that song that’s so elusive and the magic music makes your morning mood……” But Geddy Lee is one ugly long haired mofo. lol
Yes is too techno for me.
When I grow up, I wanna be hot like Sarah Brightman. lol
If anyone sees Bob Crotchit around, tell him Jack Asbeiter’s been looking for him. Jack says they’ve been offered a prime time spot by the network moguls to do a holiday retrospective of The Bob and Jack Show on Thursday night after the games.
With that I’m out for tonight. See y’all tomorrow.
Wow! Long dead thread! CPR, anyone…
Happy
SaturdayCaturday!NoThreat2U wrote:
I saw her La Luna tour, she has a great voice. to bad there
were a lotof new agers
@ Iron Fist:
Work just called and I woke up!
Great spiders! Wow.
Hi guys, how are you?
@ Rodan:
I’ve been up for a while. We have to take one of our cats to the vet today.
@ Iron Fist:
I hope it’s nothing serious.
A driver is stuck in a traffic jam on US I95 south, just outside of Washington.
Nothing is moving north or south.
Suddenly a man knocks on his window.
The driver rolls down his window and asks, “What happened? What’s the hold up?”
“Terrorists have kidnapped Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and John Kerry. They are asking for a $10 million ransom. Otherwise, they are going to douse them with gasoline and set them on fire. We are going from car to car, taking up a collection.”
The driver asks, “On average how much is everyone giving?”
“About a gallon.”
@ Lost:
Very good. It’s a beautiful Saturday and I’m going to the gun range again.
@ Iron Fist:
Poor kitty!
@ Urban Infidel:
Yeah, we are worried about him. He is losing weight, and all the other cats are fat. We know he is sick. I am worried he has cancer. I don’t know how much the vet can tell us, but we have to try.
@ Iron Fist:
Maybe it’s nothing serious. Do what you can. I have 2 dogs, and have always had animals, so I know the worry and heartache taking care of them.
@ Bunk X:
Wow, how similar. My father replaced the picture tubes in our TVs, built a Heath kit shortwave, and of course adjusted all of our vacum tubes constantly always trying to improve reception and picture, he never etched any circuit boards but my mother was a manager fro Thiokol who ran contracts for a division that did.
Not so many generalists and amatuers of all things around now as there were then. My father had me setting dwell and point gaps, spark gaps and air to fuel as a ten year old, and trusted me to torque bolts on engine builds as a teen. I was splitting cases on motorcycles by fifteen to replace shifting forks and chiped gears.
Never got into electronics though, just basic electrics, replacing componenets after a trouble shoot, large appliance and auto mostly.
Can build a computer though now after time spent with my IT brother.
I saw a list once from popular mechanics on 100 things a man should be able to do, I had about 96 covered. I like Heinleins better though, shorter but more fundamental to survival and preserving a society. “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects”.
too verbose this morning…..I need more sleep…..ain’t happening though, kids uo crawling around my bed keeping warm
@ Iron Fist:
Poor guy.
Give him some lovin’ from the wife & I!
@ Urban Infidel:
lucky you
my range time is slim to non existant these last sevearal years with kids.
I basically only get time to zero at a rural property four times ayear.
My pistol skills are now dull to the point of clumsiness.
little brothe has been shoting ipda two gun and smokes me now
@ Iron Fist:
Yeah definitely!
@ Lost:
there is name conspicously missing from that list
@ Scott Madsen:
This is only my second time. Here’s my target from my first try a couple of weeks ago.
We weren’t allowed by NYC law to train on pistols. I had a 22. caliber rifle.
@ Urban Infidel:
is this at the staten island range
nyc and ny state gun laws just flabergast the grease right out of me, but enough of that.
great that you have gone to the effort to get out and start refamiliarizing yourself with things that go bang.
looks like a good start!
Remember BRASS breath, relax, acquire sight picture, squeeze, see target on follow through for improvement and follow through
@ Scott Madsen:
damn im tired, something on this laptop is causing text to jump about
should have written – for improvement and mastery concerning brass technique
Wow – great music up and down the thread. Thanks OOTers!
Scott Madsen wrote:
Don’t forget the fancy foot work.
@ Scott Madsen:
making moon shine is a must…alcohol will be
very important and a great bartering item to trade with
@ Scott Madsen:
No. It’s the Westside Rifle & Pistol Range on West 20th St in Manhattan.
I’ll think about your advice on shooting while I’m aiming.
LOL! Excellent work, Bunk.
Sorry I didn’t catch it last night.