I posted this in the botfly thread, but it was posted pretty deep and probably worthy of more exposure.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004092008,00.html

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Ban spiders.

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'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

Yup! War on Spiders!

It actually reminds me of an incident.

One of the many times I was moving, it was back in Germany, I brought all the boxes from the car and stacked them in the new livingroom.

After awile I came back to the boxes and sure enough there was this spider sitting on the top of one bow with my slide projector in it.

Geez, I froze from afar, that spider was about the size of the back of my hand including legs and everything.

I figured I had a problem there, it was a Black Widow type spider, no idea how it got into the box.
It just continued to sit on the box and I sure enough didn't want it to escape somewhere within the new place.

I kept watching it, thinking what to do. After quite a while, I just approached the animal on the box, not even having a plan, but sure enough, it instinctively crawled back into the box.

I thought, great! Grabbed the box and brought it out in the back yard, where I eventually turned it over and the spider took off ....

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Damn German spiders.

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

Oh, the tangled webs...

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WISH LIST
29' HackerCraft - Gentleman's Racer...
http://www.hackerboat.com/html/29__gentleman_s_5.html

eventually to be adopted by one Mark Voegel.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

This article is from the UK tabloid "The Sun" , which is akin to the National Enquirer..

'Burt Reynolds Discovers Cure for Cancer While Riding in U.F.O. With Lady Diana"

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1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Was the evidence of wiener dog involvement?

...and as the spiders feasted on their owner's corpse, one spider turned to his dinner partner on his left and said, "See, I told you they were soft on the outside and crunchy on the inside!"

And the other said, "You mean, SCRUNCHY?"

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'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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Spiders are some seriously fascinating creatures.

That musta been a nasty scene for the clean up crew though... I'd have been pretty creeped out.

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I can't stand spiders. I'd rather charge an MG42 than enter a room like that.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

It was actually an amazing creature, I think it was a 'Kreuz Spinne' kind a type.

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Cats will kill and eat you too....

Well meet my leetle dawg.

Well that'll teach him to waltz with a widow....

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2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL