UN-WELCOME guest

[brushcutter]

Have you ever had "someone" show up at your shop, both uninvited and unannounced, who you just absolutely did not want, or welcome to be there? Well, that just happened to me. I had, just minutes ago, been right here on the forums, and decided it was time to go work on the rebuild. So, off I go to the shop, get the jawhorse out, rig up a wire cup brush on the grinder and then I noticed her web, just to the right of the door, right below the light switch, near the floor. Now there are SOME things that I would rather not have visit my shop, like the red wasps who fatally decided to make a home high up on the ceiling. And I don't really mind the occasional snake(which hasn't yet happened), those just never have bothered me. But THIS UNWELCOME 002.jpg I WILL NOT tolerate.

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UNWELCOME 001.jpg Even though you can't see the web which is holding these leaves off the floor it is what alerted me to the presence of the black widow seen above. Knowing how to recognize their webs has helped me kill dozens of them here.

[kghills]

Have you ever had "someone" show up at your shop, both uninvited and unannounced, who you just absolutely did not want, or welcome to be there?

Yes I have. My employees call them "customers" and they always seem to interrupt me when I am working on my 6x6.

Keith.

[thebuggyman1]

Looks like a perfect job for a size 11 vermin elimination tool. The tool also works on door to door salesmen and religeous door bell ringers...scares the pamphlets right out of thier hands.

[Model Citizen]

Wow, she's a big one & she looks like she's full of babies ready to pop. I hate them.
Good thing you knew that they make messy webs, so you knew to check things out.

Bridget

[Stonewall]

The tool also works on door to door salesmen and religeous door bell ringers...scares the pamphlets right out of thier hands.

So does a 12 gauge......

(Not that I've done that)

[mustangwagz]

Ugh, To hell with spiders and snakes! Spiders suck cuz i always get caught up in their webs, and usually end up with a few spider bites each year. lol ANd snakes suck cuz usually they catch me off guard, i soil my pantaloons, and then try to grab something to revoke their living ability, but by time i get back their gone. lol Its crazy you put this msg up, last night i walked into the laundry room and seen a 2ft black snake near the dryer. ran for the shovel, came back and he was GONE...tore that whole place apart lookin for him, but no luck. So today i bought about 700lbs worth of moth balls and a dozen womens stockings and scattered snake bombs everywhere! lol Its been a rough week for everyone i see! lol

[Beeman]

I'm glad I live in Canada.

[lewis]

Those things are bad juju around here. Another place those things like to hang out is the old wooden sandboxes we made for the kids to play in. They would get up in the corners where the bracing was. Kids were a little ticked when i tore up their sandbox and bought a plastic one with no corner for those devils to hide in. Glad you found it before it found you.

[brushcutter]

I just never was bothered by snakes, I've caught every kind poisonous snake native to the southern U.S., most of them without anything other than me bare hands. But their are certain varieties of critters that just give the willies, and this huge egg filled widow is high up on my list! Firmly tied at first place along with the Brown Recluse, and Sydney Funnel Web. That spider is the reason I will NEVER go to Australia. I would love to go down under and dig for some of their opal, but not so long as that spider is there. I'm fully in favor of the death penalty for anyone ever caught in possession of a S F W in America! Firmly tied at second place... pretty much all other spiders. Oh yeah, then there's the giant centipedes of southern Oklahoma's Blue Mountain country...

[spookum]

Come and visit alaska! The worst creepy crawly we have is the state bird, the Mosquito. But seriously, move to alaska. I gew up in Oregon with widows, recluses, rattle snakes and scorpions. Sure is nice living in AK and not having to worry about that stuff tying in to one of my daughters!!!! Our "problem" critters are a little bit meaner, but we (the humans) are protected "defense of life or property"

[brushcutter]

Come and visit alaska! The worst creepy crawly we have is the state bird, the Mosquito. But seriously, move to alaska. I gew up in Oregon with widows, recluses, rattle snakes and scorpions. Sure is nice living in AK and not having to worry about that stuff tying in to one of my daughters!!!! Our "problem" critters are a little bit meaner, but we (the humans) are protected "defense of life or property"

Would love to live there, but the wife breaks out in chill bumps every time the temp drops below 85f. So... that probably ain't gonna happen.

[MarshallEpp]

My last unwanted visitor was a 200lb black bear. man i don't want these guys hanging around the house so i asked mr. mossberg to talk to him and he has not been back sense that i know of.

[brushcutter]

Yup, Marshall I'm sure mr mossberg did quite well in that discussion! I've never seen a bear around these parts, mainly because we never had them here in my lifetime. But that is all changing, they are beginning to work their way down following the Mississippi flood plain down from Arkansas. There have been confirmed sightings 40 to 60 miles from me and a couple closer. And that is another guest I could do without...

[brushcutter]

Found another one, this time she was on the gas can, right where you would put your hand when you went to tip it up to pour... Given her location I didn't feel comfortable torching this one out so the old size 11 steel toe had to do.

[coosaridgerider]

You need to call Billy the exterminator.lol.living in Alabama I know too well about the spiders and snakes and all the other unwelcomed creatures. I was bit on the top of my head by a brown recluse at the age of 4. They cut a spot out of the top of my head the size of a silver dollar then skin grafted it off of my butt. I guess you could call me butt head.lol.......