I Saved A Life Today
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From: Pikesville, MD
Originally Posted by FordWask
Weather or not they are lost, Im squashing them... especially spiders... dead.
Save the spiders...they kill the other ones....
I woke in the middle of the night one time and opened my eyes, looking up at the ceiling...
huh...whats that black dot....wait its moving...
I focused and realized it was a big 'ole humdinger coming down his web right at my face...
he was probably 12" from my face and dropping....I fell out of bed like a 2 year old kid...
Needless to say that spider did not make it to the morning light....
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I hate bugs!!!!! Yuck, yuck, yuck. I'm the type of person that will get the biggest shoe/boot I can find and smash it down on the bug. Now understand, that takes alot of courage for me to just do that. Then I have to wait a few minutes to get my courage up again to pick the damn dead thing up, using a wad of paper towels of course and then run, not walk to the garbage can screaming the whole way. Did I mention I hate bugs.
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From: New Jersey
Originally Posted by jamzwayne
I have to ask LT.
What did that poor little defenseless bug EVER to do you? God put that bug here for a reason...
...and it wasn't to get squished.
poor lil bug.
What did that poor little defenseless bug EVER to do you? God put that bug here for a reason...
...and it wasn't to get squished.
poor lil bug.
Sorry but bugs give me the eebie jeebies.
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From: Your moms house
Originally Posted by lovetrucks
Nothing except come into my house. I don't squish them if they're outside. Oh...there is one bug I won't kill. A ladybug. But I'm sure if I looked at it under a microscope that might be on my squish list too. Sorry but bugs give me the eebie jeebies.
Sorry but bugs give me the eebie jeebies.That's cool. I just find it easier to let them go....well, easier for me anyway.
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From: Somewhere near the back of beyond
Originally Posted by jamzwayne
Good job Rose.
I'm the same way...Check this out.
I am the type of person that wont kill a bug (or whatever) that is in the house. It's not his fault he's in the house. He didnt know any better. He's just lost. He needs help finding his way.
So, I will pick it up and let it go outside. This happened the other night before the wifey-pooh and I were about to "go to bed". I saw a gecko on the ceiling. I caught him and let him go in the shrubs out front. Cool little critters.
Ok, so I wont hurt a bug or what not, but I will kick someone in the teeth at the drop of a hat.
Why is that?
I'm the same way...Check this out.
I am the type of person that wont kill a bug (or whatever) that is in the house. It's not his fault he's in the house. He didnt know any better. He's just lost. He needs help finding his way.
So, I will pick it up and let it go outside. This happened the other night before the wifey-pooh and I were about to "go to bed". I saw a gecko on the ceiling. I caught him and let him go in the shrubs out front. Cool little critters.
Ok, so I wont hurt a bug or what not, but I will kick someone in the teeth at the drop of a hat.
Why is that?
That's too funny Jamz! I have to admit that I do kill most of the bugs that come in my house. In my defense, 90% of those bugs are. . .spiders, mosquitoes, ants, flies or stink bugs; I cannot co-exist peacefully with those nasty specimens. I will, however, catch and release moths, lady bugs and the like.
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From: Your moms house
Originally Posted by wild-mtn-rose
That's too funny Jamz! I have to admit that I do kill most of the bugs that come in my house. In my defense, 90% of those bugs are. . .spiders, mosquitoes, ants, flies or stink bugs; I cannot co-exist peacefully with those nasty specimens. I will, however, catch and release moths, lady bugs and the like.
But, remember ... spiders keep the other "unwanted" bugs in check.
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From: Texas in the heart
That of a Red-Naped Sapsucker, according to the Peterson Field Guide to Western Birds.
This morning, while I was reading and enjoying a cup of coffee, I was startled by the bang of a bird hitting my window, hard. I thought surely the poor thing had killed itself but upon inspection, I discovered this Sapsucker lying on my deck, looking quite pitiful but still alive. I picked it up and held it close, warming it with my hands. Often times, if a bird does not kill itself outright, it will go into shock and die later from the trauma. By keeping it warm for 5-10 minutes it enables the bodies defenses to rally. After about 5 minutes the Sapsucker began to struggle in my hands so I released it to fly into the nearest tree. There it sat for 20-30 minutes before winging off to greener pastures (or, perhaps, sappier trees?).
I'm sure a few of you will wonder. . .why bother myself with this silly bird. Understand, I am not anti-hunting, I am not anti-ridding myself of pesky rodents and other destructive critters. I have in my arsenal as we speak, ant poison, bug spray, yellow jacket traps and some stuff that my neighbor assures me will rid the place of the gophers who delight in munching on my flowers. I am, however, anti-letting a poor helpless creature flounder about on my deck to die and I stand idly by and sip coffee. Not when there is the slightest possibility I can help said creature.
Call me a big softie, if you will, but it gave me a truly magnanimous feeling when that bird took flight and soared off to live another day. I saved a life today
This morning, while I was reading and enjoying a cup of coffee, I was startled by the bang of a bird hitting my window, hard. I thought surely the poor thing had killed itself but upon inspection, I discovered this Sapsucker lying on my deck, looking quite pitiful but still alive. I picked it up and held it close, warming it with my hands. Often times, if a bird does not kill itself outright, it will go into shock and die later from the trauma. By keeping it warm for 5-10 minutes it enables the bodies defenses to rally. After about 5 minutes the Sapsucker began to struggle in my hands so I released it to fly into the nearest tree. There it sat for 20-30 minutes before winging off to greener pastures (or, perhaps, sappier trees?).
I'm sure a few of you will wonder. . .why bother myself with this silly bird. Understand, I am not anti-hunting, I am not anti-ridding myself of pesky rodents and other destructive critters. I have in my arsenal as we speak, ant poison, bug spray, yellow jacket traps and some stuff that my neighbor assures me will rid the place of the gophers who delight in munching on my flowers. I am, however, anti-letting a poor helpless creature flounder about on my deck to die and I stand idly by and sip coffee. Not when there is the slightest possibility I can help said creature.
Call me a big softie, if you will, but it gave me a truly magnanimous feeling when that bird took flight and soared off to live another day. I saved a life today
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From: Somewhere near the back of beyond
Originally Posted by jamzwayne
werd.
But, remember ... spiders keep the other "unwanted" bugs in check.
But, remember ... spiders keep the other "unwanted" bugs in check.
. . .it's usually only when they try to share my immediate space they must die.
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Your good people!
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From: Somewhere near the back of beyond
Originally Posted by vader716
Gotta admit Rose....if that sucker came at me and I couldn't run away like a little girl () I'd have to kill it.....
) I'd have to kill it..... That's just Bob and as long as she stays in her cage we get along just peachy.