When I was about 10 years old, or so, I read a novel of the outback or
wherever in Australia - to this day I still remember the spiders crawling up
and down the inside wall of the poor young child's bedroom wall. Terrified
me.
Friend or foe, I see the tradition continues!
Stephen V
Blog: http://stephenvincent.durationpress.com
> Hi Alison,
>
> When I was a kid, we had a huntsman in the house called Oscar, of whom I was
> quite fond, at a distance.
>
> Hard to become fond of yr average funnel web, however.
>
> Cheers,
> Jill
>
>> Ours do. But I always like to have a pet huntsman in the house (although
>> he's banned from the bedrooms and gets chased out). He's always called
>> Henry. When one Henry disappears another always turns up. I don't know why
>> really but I feel quite fond of his bristly presence(s). Huntsmen are, for
>> those not in the know, harmless but large and hairy tarantula type spiders.
>> They do bite, but not anyone I know, and not very badly.
>>
>> Pictures and Facts about Henry here for the curious:
>> http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/huntsman_spiders.htm
>>
>> Best
>>
>> A
>>
>>
>> Alison Croggon
>>
>> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
>> Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
>> Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
>>
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