I F*cking HATE huntsmen!!!!

God damn motherhumping hairy bastards that they are. A few days ago I was on my way to work - sunroof and windows open. Suddenly these hairy bloody legs come crawling out of the enginebay and a huge bloody huntsman decides to crawl up my windshield. Trying desperately not to scream like a girl I repeatedly press all the power controls to close the roof and windows. The bastard having had his fun then runs back under the bonnet.

Fast forward to today. I get the hose and hammer the engine bay, hoping to drown the sucker. Nothing. Hmmm...

Hose out the wheel arches... nothing. Oh well, maybe he'd had his fun and had picked on someone else to terrorise. I go to the boot to get out some work papers, pop it open and... the f*cker is staring at me from the spot between hatch and the seal. He looks at me, I look at him and start gibbering like a lunatic. After a few seconds he casually lifts a leg (spider equivalent of flipping the bird I guess). I slam the boot as hard as I can to squash him and... the bastard runs down the side of the car and sits there staring at me.

Ok - bolt to get the hose... I get back... nothing. Shit. Hose the weel arches, under the car around the doors etc... gone.

Fine. Better put some fuel in... off to the servo, pop the fuel hatch... you guessed it.... F*CK!!!!! Run around to the driver's side to get the paper to flick him off there... gone. Meanwhile the other ppl at the servo are looking at me like I'm a lunatic.

2 bottles of mortein surface spray later and my car is choking on the fumes... but I still can't see the bastard. I swear that it's purpose in life is to leave me in a cold sweat.

Now most spiders I see I don't mind. Redbacks, funnelwebs other dangerous spiders.. I see them and either just walk around them or stomp them. Huntsmen are harmless but they're big, hairy and just know you're in fear of them. Hell, I've once had one charge at me. I dunno what it is. No other phobias except this one... and damn do the bastards make the most of it :rolleyes: BTW - this one was about 4 inches across... but I swear he was larger. Nasty evil f*cker that he is :mad:

I didn't know what a huntsman was til i read the 5th paragraph where you mentioned mortein.
While i was reading the first two paragraphs i imagined some hunter man with hairy legs crawling out of your bonnet :p and you're trying to close the electric windows while he tries to get in ;)

HAHAHAHA!!! Me too!!! I was like...i hunter man with hairy legs was crawling up your windshield?! LOL...

You're a real man...i would have screened like a little bitch...and told my mum to kill it. :hehe:

Originally posted by tannee
HAHAHAHA!!! Me too!!! I was like...i hunter man with hairy legs was crawling up your windshield?! LOL...

You're a real man...i would have screened like a little bitch...and told my mum to kill it. :hehe:

Maybe that's the problem with your slushbox? Your Mum trying to kill spyders with it? That's the way, I say.

Here's a pic of one. The fucker's are best known for hanging out under your dashboard or on your sun visors, waiting for you to flip them down. :D

http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/images/cain286.jpg

Originally posted by Setanta
Here's a pic of one. The fucker's are best known for hanging out under your dashboard or on your sun visors, waiting for you to flip them down. :D

http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/images/cain286.jpg

huntsman kill?

Gotta love NZ

I think we might have one poisonous spyder but theres only like 30 of them in the whole country of something.

No snakes, arnt like he top 10 most poisonous ones all found in aussie?

No crocodiles.

:finger: :finger: :finger:

HAHAHA.....geeze who's acting more like girls now......yes tannee get your mum to shoo it away :silly2:

How about bug bomb your car.....

You're not scared of the deadly ones but the harmless ones :silly2:

Hmmmm......sissys :silly2:

Ahhh, thats looks so cute! :flash:


How could you possibly want to harm it!
It clearly has a good taste in cars.

I currently have two large spiders living in my car. One in each mirror. (Eric has seen them) They come out to kix thier webs up at night, and hide behind the mirrors waiting for flies etc during the day.

The city turbo is infested with little spiders....hopefully the bug bombed killed a lot of them

Update: Spider: 4, me: 1

Washed the car. Just as I go to dry it the sucker decides to waltz along the bonnet (damn he gets around). I jump, but unfortunately for him, the hose is right next to me. Insy-winsy gets a couple of PSI of water blasting him off the car. Unfortunately these suckers are tough and he just heads off into the bush next to my car hissing (yes they do hiss... I could hear him as I finished drying the car).

Stay tuned for more adventures :D

Originally posted by Setanta
Update: Spider: 4, me: 1

Washed the car. Just as I go to dry it the sucker decides to waltz along the bonnet (damn he gets around). I jump, but unfortunately for him, the hose is right next to me. Insy-winsy gets a couple of PSI of water blasting him off the car. Unfortunately these suckers are tough and he just heads off into the bush next to my car hissing (yes they do hiss... I could hear him as I finished drying the car).

Stay tuned for more adventures :D

They also take forever to die, if you spray them with bug spray....we used to have a big pine tree at our house in Wollongong....and they were everywhere....You'd be spraying it for a few minutes and still it would be crawling around for a while!

Heheh... I've been known to leave a 1G by the side of the road with a bug bomb in it for a few hours. Of course, even their dead bodies freak me out :rolleyes:

HAHA....I know your weakspot now... :p

Ok... going to lock myself in a bubble now :D

Originally posted by Setanta
Ok... going to lock myself in a bubble now :D

Notice this is becoming a game of cat and mouse :silly2:

Where's the cheese? "There is no cheese"

Too much Matrix for me tonight :D

Originally posted by Setanta
Where's the cheese? "There is no cheese"

Too much Matrix for me tonight :D

Follow the white rabbit :D

Originally posted by Spunkymonkey
HAHAHA.....geeze who's acting more like girls now......yes tannee get your mum to shoo it away :silly2:

How about bug bomb your car.....

You're not scared of the deadly ones but the harmless ones :silly2:

Hmmmm......sissys :silly2:


Im a SNAG..what can i say? :p :p

I understand that men that drive autos are more of a cocktail weiner

:finger: :devil: :finger:

Originally posted by Setanta
men that drive autos

Another idiot with a blowtorch?

Originally posted by Setanta
I understand that men that drive autos are more of a cocktail weiner

:finger: :devil: :finger:

Turn it up!!
You wait...when you put ya hand on that gear knob to change from 1st to 2nd...and what is sitting on that gear knob is that good old huntsman...then who'll be wishing he drove an auto :D :hehehe:

Oh... you know what a gearshift is???? :finger: :devil: :finger:

Originally posted by Setanta
Oh... you know what a gearshift is???? :finger: :devil: :finger:

Isnt it that thing that helps u indicate? :confused: :p

Originally posted by tannee


Isnt it that thing that helps u indicate? :confused: :p

No....that's the "finger" or middle finger or also fist :flipa:

HAHA kidding :)

That reminds me of one of the old "Goodies" episodes on the ABC... sticks hand out to the left "going left", sticks hand out to the right "going right", sticks fingers up "going nasty". Bill Odie as I recollect, but it was years (decades?) ago :D

HAHAHA!!!

I remember the GOODIES....It was one of my favourite shows...yeah he was my favourite goodie too :D

lol..yea moppie has 2 spiders living inside his car mirrors!..that kick ass..they sure lvoe the sound of vtec every morning!..

lol..lucky I don't live in OZ!!!...coz that spiders looks so damn scary..i would've chickened out and ran out of my car like a sissy!..:D

but at first i thought u were tlaking about a hunting man with hairy legs climbing out of ur engine bay..LOL!!!!!:silly2: :silly2: :silly2:


:devil: :devil: :devil:

Originally posted by Spunkymonkey
HAHAHA!!!

I remember the GOODIES....It was one of my favourite shows...yeah he was my favourite goodie too :D

AHAHAHA...You remember the Goonies!?...Gonies? Whateva....THE ASIAN KID ROCKED! :p

Originally posted by tannee


AHAHAHA...You remember the Goonies!?...Gonies? Whateva....THE ASIAN KID ROCKED! :p

Goodies is different to Goonies Tannee.

Goodies was a UK based comedy show with 3 silly guys. Goonies was the movie with all the little kids...yeah you mean Data....he was funny. I have the movie on DVD :D One of my favourites :)

Originally posted by Spunkymonkey


Goodies is different to Goonies Tannee.

Goodies was a UK based comedy show with 3 silly guys. Goonies was the movie with all the little kids...yeah you mean Data....he was funny. I have the movie on DVD :D One of my favourites :)

Yeah..i know who the Goodies are...Ive got FOX! :p
You got Goonies on DVD??? SERIOUS???...MAN...i havent seen that eva since i was a kid...

Originally posted by tannee


Yeah..i know who the Goodies are...Ive got FOX! :p
You got Goonies on DVD??? SERIOUS???...MAN...i havent seen that eva since i was a kid...

Special copy from the states.... my sister got it as a birthday present last november. Apparently they sold out first week, and even the delivery man offered money for it. :)

lol - I picked it up on video a while back... still haven't got around to getting a DVD setup yet. One more thing to spend money on in a long list. Of course, I got Shrek on DVD when it first came out... I knew a few ppl who did even though they have no player :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Setanta
lol - I picked it up on video a while back... still haven't got around to getting a DVD setup yet. One more thing to spend money on in a long list. Of course, I got Shrek on DVD when it first came out... I knew a few ppl who did even though they have no player :rolleyes:

HAHAHA :silly2:

Bring...Bring..."Hey Q....do you mind if I can borrow your DVD player to watch my copy of Shrek??" HAHAHA

I've already got Shrek at home. :p

lol - Shrek rocks. Mind you, the camp I took my year 8s to was washed out so shrek was running each night... I got a little tired of it then.

Hmm... decisions... DVD player or car parts... :bloated:

Originally posted by Setanta
lol - Shrek rocks. Mind you, the camp I took my year 8s to was washed out so shrek was running each night... I got a little tired of it then.

Hmm... decisions... DVD player or car parts... :bloated:

Haha....DVD player :) but you can do them by the month if you want to space it out.

lol - You think one spring and strut a month is the way to go? :D

Originally posted by Setanta
lol - You think one spring and strut a month is the way to go? :D

Yeah...will probably drive better than the current set up :silly2:

Ooooh... nasty :( Just 'cause the Civic looks like a 4WD when sitting next to yours. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Setanta
Ooooh... nasty :( Just 'cause the Civic looks like a 4WD when sitting next to yours. :rolleyes:

....hey you're the one that said the suspension was crap :p

You should see what the city looks like parked next to mine...a bus :hehehe:

lol - I know I said it. Actually, it's not too bad, but the body rolls too much when cornering. I have to get off my butt and get a 22mm CRX rear bar to see if that stiffens it up first.

I'm just jealous that your car looks to handle so nicely :sun:

Originally posted by Setanta
lol - I know I said it. Actually, it's not too bad, but the body rolls too much when cornering. I have to get off my butt and get a 22mm CRX rear bar to see if that stiffens it up first.

I'm just jealous that your car looks to handle so nicely :sun:

I found that with my civic also... was really bad on corners, used to spin out...but then I believe the car had been hit on a corner, by the original owner so that's why, and then got rear ended too.

:D Does handle pretty well on those corners....

Too bad I have no traction in the wet. Bloody base model Falkens....thinking of getting Azenis next time, or something decent. Slight bit of water, and the car screeches to try and get traction, not until 3rd gear usually :rolleyes:

I get that with the Firestones I have on. First time I haven't had Yokohamas on a car in 6 years - they wern't available in the size I needed and rego was due. I'm going to tear the Firestones up as much as possible and then drop a set of Yokies on. I dunno - they just feel so much better and don't break traction as badly as other tires.

Originally posted by Setanta
I get that with the Firestones I have on. First time I haven't had Yokohamas on a car in 6 years - they wern't available in the size I needed and rego was due. I'm going to tear the Firestones up as much as possible and then drop a set of Yokies on. I dunno - they just feel so much better and don't break traction as badly as other tires.

I suppose the good thing about them is the last long. As you've probably seen plenty of threads about them in the performance forums.

With my civic didn't have much luck with the size. could only get crap tires. Had Nankangs on them for years, and they are really bad in the wet, and flat spot a lot. Had falkens a couple times and they were much better. Other than that, could only get crappy stuff.

P.S Did Tx2, and I look like what you expected?

you remind me of a friend who is the same age, and also into cars as well. same sort of build and look :)

Off to lunch. Back later :)

Originally posted by Spunkymonkey

you remind me of a friend who is the same age, and also into cars as well. same sort of build and look :)


Oh great... I'm stereotyped :D

I was sort-of close with how you looked... hair length I was way out :)

Totally out with TX2 :rolleyes:

Heheh - "Lunch"? At what time???? :bloated: I guess night-shifting it sounds right, but I'm thinking... "huh?" and then have to rethink it :D

Originally posted by Setanta


Oh great... I'm stereotyped :D

I was sort-of close with how you looked... hair length I was way out :)

Totally out with TX2 :rolleyes:

Heheh - "Lunch"? At what time???? :bloated: I guess night-shifting it sounds right, but I'm thinking... "huh?" and then have to rethink it :D

HAHA....if you saw my friend you could see why.

short hair... :hehe: yeah that must have blown you away. Yeah....asian girls...are hardly ever tall, so I'm sure that wasn't hard to figure out :)

What did you expect Deb to look like? :p

Yeah....lunch at weird hours :silly2:

Strangely enough, I thought Deb was Asian... dunno why though. Maybe I missed something that indicated she wasn't :D

Originally posted by Setanta
Strangely enough, I thought Deb was Asian... dunno why though. Maybe I missed something that indicated she wasn't :D

HAHA....maybe because more than likely I'd have an asian best friend :) She's actually part maltese, so she's got some wog in her :p

Deb, wouldn't be a very popular asian "australian" name though. More likely to get names such as Michelle. Don't ask me how many Michelle Wongs there are? :eek:

lol. I know. We are 48% NESB student population at work and we always get the same Anglicised names coming at us. Personally I prefer the Asian names, but the kids usually want to change them.

Originally posted by Setanta
lol. I know. We are 48% NESB student population at work and we always get the same Anglicised names coming at us. Personally I prefer the Asian names, but the kids usually want to change them.

Yeah....they're harder for the teachers to get right :flipa:

It's pronounced like Gwen but with a Q by the way :p

I still laugh at how many people have problems saying it. I used to be called Ms La, by one teacher who just couldn't get it. One of the security guards here calls me Quarn....i just ignore him though. He's probably only gotten it right once out of the last 2 years :rolleyes:

Hey - I'm actually pretty good getting names right at work... admittedly I write them down phonetically :D Then again... I still get them wrong now and then, but seeing as I teach 150 different students and am responsible for 205 more as year adviser I guess slip ups are ok now and then. :)

Heh... when you left a message I was trying to work out who the aussie chick was. Of course, you could have told me the pronunciation before we met :D

Originally posted by Setanta
Hey - I'm actually pretty good getting names right at work... admittedly I write them down phonetically :D Then again... I still get them wrong now and then, but seeing as I teach 150 different students and am responsible for 205 more as year adviser I guess slip ups are ok now and then. :)

Heh... when you left a message I was trying to work out who the aussie chick was. Of course, you could have told me the pronunciation before we met :D

Didn't I say it on the phone?

HAHA...yeah
People ask where am I from...I say Barrack Heights, and they ask where are you really from I say Hoxton Park...and they say no...where did your parents come from? and I say....from their parents :hehe:

lol - now I think of it, I think you did - doh.

Nice new avatar by the way :)

Originally posted by Setanta
lol - now I think of it, I think you did - doh.

Nice new avatar by the way :)


Caught you out ha :p

The avatar is shampoo from the Ranma cartoon series. I think she has similar qualities to me....long hair, and she kicks @ss! :D

Hmmm.... havent seen the series - I might have to fire up Morpheus to see what's around (pity dial-up is so slow).

Does she drive like a demon though? :devil:

Hmmm... just did some research (finished all my work for the night) and came across this:

"She turns into a cat when splashed with cold water".

Anyone got a glass of water? :D

Originally posted by Setanta
Hmmm... just did some research (finished all my work for the night) and came across this:

"She turns into a cat when splashed with cold water".

Anyone got a glass of water? :D

Haha...wouldn't you like to know ;)

Actually, why do I get a visual image of you hissing and spitting if someone tried to find out? :devil:

Originally posted by Setanta
Actually, why do I get a visual image of you hissing and spitting if someone tried to find out? :devil:

That makes me either sound like a snake or camel :hehe:

You might not be standing any longer if you tried to find out though :p

You've never seen a cat when it's had water thrown on it? Hisses and spits alright. I led a very twisted childhood - actually, it was prolly quite normal come to think of it. :devil: I remember a friend's cat - it hated a particular corner in his house, would hiss and bolt away from it as fast as it could. Hell, if you (gently) threw it into the corner then it's feet wouldn't touch the ground as it sprung away off thin air.

We, of course, tossed it into the corner on more than a few occasions :evillaugh

Now where's my glass of water? :angel: