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Originally Posted by 4691mls
I am glad I do not live in an area where there are scorpions and tarantulas!
Am I the only one who has trouble working the no-touch faucets and paper towel dispensers that are in so many public bathrooms now? I like the concept as it helps avoid the spread of germs, but I have such a hard time activating them. I try holding my hands closer to or farther from the device, holding them still, waving slowly or waving faster, trying to find the magic combination. Sometimes I just give up on the drying part and wipe my hands on my clothes. Then as I'm leaving the next person walks up and is able to instantly activate both the sink and the towel dispenser. Maybe I'm the equivalent of a vampire who can't be seen in a mirror or something.....
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No matter where you go, in my experience, there are critters of various types. I recall living one winter in Alaska, and a small mouse insisted on sharing our apartment space with us--and ran across my bare foot one morning, in the kitchen! Gadzooks, that made me jump! Granted, small mice are not quite tarantula- or scorpion-like, but it was a surprise.
Scorpions are just damned mean. They have no tolerance or empathy. I was stung once just for putting my foot down, in the kitchen, NEAR one, in the dark. That hurts. Tarantulas, though, are
typically pretty mellow. We had one that lived "here," under the front porch--
Hairy Potter--and he or she was really mean.
S/he chased Mr. H one day--Mr. H was trying to get Hairy to NOT get trapped in the garage, right? He had a broom out, trying to "urge" Hairy
not to go in there (we didn't want him/her to die, right?) and Hairy CHARGED him, with two legs up in the air, just like some bad 50's Sci-Fi movie. Bob (Mr. H) jumped a foot in the air and I can't blame him. It was
hilarious. Of course, i wasn't the one holding the broom or being charged!
Our other resident Tarantula,
Quentin Tarantoola, was really mellow. He's cruise through here, and then be on his way--Tarantulas migrate annually. Who knew?
Hitch