01-09-2017, 03:37 PM
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Allotment Scorpion
On Thursday, 31 August 2017 20:01:39 UTC+1, David wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:25:26 +0100, Janet wrote:
In article , says...
In article ,
Bob Hobden wrote:
and here the False Widow Spider. I have learnt to look before grabbing
anything in our garage, a tip learnt from relatives in Oz.
I learnt to shake shoes out before putting them on, to dislodge any
scorpions, before I was four. But that wasn't in the UK :-)
In UK we learned to shake out all shoes boots and wellies to remove
the dead rodents cached there by the cat.
Janet.
Or on one memorable occasion a live frog.
Not sure which looked more startled.
Cheers
Dave R
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Or in my case the wasp in winter, which was a problem as it stung me and I am anaphylactic. Luckily the EPI pen worked and nothing serious happened.
Jonathan
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