We breed 'em big in Aus

[Rayblewit]

I recommend you watch Hercules the funnel-web https://www.news.com.au/national/hercules-the-funnelweb/video/3ffc9dc4fc8aba4d83c6d5119a495598

 

[happyrat1]

Australia's contribution to musical culture over the years.

Where's the song about spiders?

We kid because we love

 

[Biggles]

Have to say Gary, that your Rolf Harris video is not in the best of taste, the guy was a convicted Paedophile.

 

[happyrat1]

Have to say Gary, that your Rolf Harris video is not in the best of taste, the guy was a convicted Paedophile.

So was R Kelly.

It didn't stop him from selling millions of albums.

Michael Jackson just had better lawyers and more money.

What's your point?

Their music never molested anyone.

And when did you achieve Australian citizenship Col?

 

[happyrat1]

Like I said, money and lawyers can fix anything.

Townshend escapes child porn charges

4.30pm: Guitar legend Pete Townshend was today placed on the sex offenders' register after being officially cautioned for accessing a child pornography website.

www.theguardian.com

Or are we all boycotting the Who now?

 

[Biggles]

So was R Kelly.

It didn't stop him from selling millions of albums.

Michael Jackson just had better lawyers and more money.

What's your point?

Their music never molested anyone.

And when did you achieve Australian citizenship Col?

Rolf Harris lived in the UK for years, he was convicted here and served 3 years, he died in his £5,000,000 mansion by the River Thames.

Jackson was weird and I have zero songs of his, could never stand his music.

Never heard of R Kelly.

Having Oz citizenship has sweet FA relavance.

If you cannot see the point, you need help.

 

[happyrat1]

I'm simply saying the Woke Police are way too damned eager to jump all over even the slightest breath of scandal these days.

Celine Dion's husband started courting her when she was 13 and he was pushing 30 which happened to be the age of consent in Quebec at the time.

And to be honest what constitutes a statutory rape in some jurisdictions these days can boil down to a few weeks to a year in some cases.

So, if you want to throw away all of your Who CDs because they offend your puritanical sensibilities I'll happily take them off your hands for you

 

[happyrat1]

When it comes to revisionist history erasing the unpleasant figures from history does not do proper justice to their contributions in the past.

Look up Castrati singers on Wikipedia. They make no mention of the Catholic Church's involvement in the procedure even though Castrati were mandated in the Sistine Choir by Papal Bull.

Ignoring our history DOES NOT make it go away.

Warts and all we cannot know where we are going if we have no idea where we came from.

 

[Rayblewit]

Thread status: Derailed and Crashed!

 

[happyrat1]

Apologies to Ray for the untimely abortion of his thread

 

[SeaGtGruff]

I practice catch-and-release with any spiders I find in our house, as long as they aren't black widow spiders-- which do live in our area and which on rare occasions we've found around the outside of the house; I think the last one I saw had built a nest up in a corner of the overhang of our front porch a few years ago. But I'm not sure I'd like to herd one of those into a jar, even with a very long spoon. And there's no way I'd touch or pick up one of these monsters, even if they aren't deadly to humans:

https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/gbet1-1180x520.jpg

Enter the Goliath Bird Eating Tarantula

If you suffer from arachnophobia, then you'll love this critter! The Goliath bird eating tarantula is in a group of spiders that are the largest, by weight, of

critter.science

 

[happyrat1]

I think Australia is a lab experiment gone horribly wrong.

Instead of checking your shoes every morning this one is big enough to wear them.

Australia's Giant Huntsman Spider!

Winning the title for the world's largest (in diameter) spider it's the huntsman spider! These critters are fast as a whip and outsize the Goliath bird eating

critter.science

 

[happyrat1]

 

[Rayblewit]

Anecdote:
My father put on a clean shirt from his wardrobe. Not knowing, a Huntsman was within the torso area of the shirt. Dad felt it move and he never moved so quick himself to remove the shirt. Too late! It bit him on the back. Painful but not venomous. But he needed a Tetnus shot and antibiotics to kill any bacteria and infection.
Cheers . Check your clothes.

 

[happyrat1]

Anecdote:
My father put on a clean shirt from his wardrobe. Not knowing, a Huntsman was within the torso area of the shirt. Dad felt it move and he never moved so quick himself to remove the shirt. Too late! It bit him on the back. Painful but not venomous. But he needed a Tetnus shot and antibiotics to kill any bacteria and infection.
Cheers . Check your clothes.

How does something that big manage to sneak into your closet unseen?

 

[Rayblewit]

Sneeky night time prowlers .

 

[happyrat1]

The bloody thing is the size of a dinner plate.

It should set off a motion detector

 

[Rayblewit]

LOL They're not normally that big.
Household ones are just 3 or 4 inches diam.
Some people have them as pets.

 

[happyrat1]

+1 for flushable pets

 

[Rayblewit]

These are the ones we worry about.
They are more prevalent

The truth about white-tail spiders

White-tail spiders have gained a frightening reputation – much of it undeserved. Here are the facts about these misunderstood arachnids.

www.australiangeographic.com.au