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#70711 10/12/06 10:12 AM
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After reading about the rats I am wondering what funny animal stories are out there???? I hate slugs(my skin craws just thinking about them). Bats rate right up there too.

#70712 10/12/06 10:23 AM
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How about the time I was about 40' up and crawled into a very tight FL sign access, just to focus in to a big, hairy spider about the size of my fist, 2" from my eye. It was so big I could see that it was looking right back at me. We finally had to come to an agreement - I don't mess with you, you don't mess with me...

I have lots of spider stories. They're just little guys, and usually can't do much damage to you, but they still kinda gimme the creeps.

#70713 10/12/06 10:48 AM
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This one's my dad's:
"Crawling in the crawlspace, soldering some copper pipe, a black widow spider crawls up next to me. I see it, ignore it. It moves three more inches, and I hit it with the torch. Only problem is, I also burned the hair off of my arm."

Ian A.


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#70714 10/12/06 11:04 AM
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iM A WILDLIFE FANANTIC but while working on a rectifier in the woods one day i heard the unmisstakeable sound of a rattlesnake. I ran and i do mean ran as far away as possible. I know they are a important part of the echo system but they make my skin crawl. Hope i never hear that sound again. I dont get spooked at all but these things send shivers down my spine.

#70715 10/12/06 12:16 PM
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This is one of my favorite builder's critters.
http://members.aol.com/gfretwell/judygator.jpg


Greg Fretwell
#70716 10/12/06 05:40 PM
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When I was an apprentice, we were running conduit underneath the bins in a grain elevator. The boss crawled in first, made it about ten feet and came out as fast as a grown man can crawl. When I looked in, the whole ground was covered with black beetles about the size of a nickel. He had beetles crawling inside his clothes, in his pockets, even where the sun don't shine.

#70717 10/12/06 07:30 PM
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Re-wiring an old house and found dead pigeons in the in the walls and attic. Had to have another company come in and do a much bigger demo than the customer had planned.

#70718 10/12/06 08:25 PM
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I was sent to repair an old broken light on a 2nd floor outdoor staircase. I took out the switch and did a quick continuity test. There was continuity between white and black, but no light bulb in the fixture. The wood ceiling was decaying so I decided to probe around a bit. I found a dead squirrel still attached to the romex cable by it's teeth. It was gross.

#70719 10/12/06 08:31 PM
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I've got some serious issues with those palmetto bugs. Makes my skin crawl! I could never do that show fear factor. No flippin' way im eatin a Roach! BARF!!!


Luke Clarke
Electrical Planner for TVA.

#70720 10/14/06 08:27 AM
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I was bit by a Brown Recluse spider in 1994, working in a drop ceiling. My hand swelled up the size of a softball in less than 10 minites.Went to emergency room in less than 15 minites.

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