Re: Re:cats & spiders (don't read, !)

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> Helen:- I dropped the knife and

> jumped about 2 feet saying " F*****ing Hell* and I think my heart rate took

a

> couple of hours to come back to normal. I *hate* spiders.

>

> I hope that was not in front of the children!!!!!!

> Mine would save it up and repeat it in a similar situation and in the

> same tone of voice that I used!

Luckily Emma was in the lounge watching Tweenies! I try not to show fear

when she is around but this one really took me by suprise.

Helen

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>

> Helen:- I dropped the knife and

> jumped about 2 feet saying " F*****ing Hell* and I think my heart rate took a

> couple of hours to come back to normal. I *hate* spiders.

>

DH came upstairs while I was bathing the children this evening and said, in

that calm voice that you *know* means that there is something he's absolutely

terrified of somewhere, 'Darling (another clue that my help was needed) can we

swap jobs - you go and make the drink for and I'll bath them'

I kid you not - the spider was huge - big enough to eat our cat. (Well the size

of a tea plate)

Just as well one of us is brave enough to deal with them

PS Sue W have you read the section on spiders in the Aussie guide books?

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wrote:

>PS Sue W have you read the section on spiders in the Aussie guide books?

Not yet but the piece about swimming had us rolling! Beware of

freshwater crocs, sharks, jellyfish etc. There are thousands of kms of

shark nets but sometimes they aren't there; sometimes swimming in the

sea is an activity best left to marine wildlife etc.

That's why we have to blow all our money and get a swimming pool there.

:-)

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Sue

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Actually you really ought to read Bill Bryson's 'Down Under' very funny.

Even DH has read it and he liked it so much that when he got to the end he

started again!!

Sue Woollett wrote:

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> wrote:

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> >PS Sue W have you read the section on spiders in the Aussie guide books?

>

> Not yet but the piece about swimming had us rolling! Beware of

> freshwater crocs, sharks, jellyfish etc. There are thousands of kms of

> shark nets but sometimes they aren't there; sometimes swimming in the

> sea is an activity best left to marine wildlife etc.

>

> That's why we have to blow all our money and get a swimming pool there.

> :-)

>

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>Actually you really ought to read Bill Bryson's 'Down Under' very funny.

>Even DH has read it and he liked it so much that when he got to the end he

>started again!!

Nearly bought it on Monday but can't stand reading hardbacks and very

rarely make an exception (Harry Potter 4 being a notable one!).

Although if I can find it half price somewhere on the web I might.

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Sue

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I bought this book and really enjoyed it. It is a bit different from his

other books (Small Island, Big Country, Walk in the Woods etc), I think

because he is purely an observer in Australia (in the other books he was

laughing at himself as much as the country when he made his observations).

I think it would be great fun to go on holiday with Bill Bryson -

punctuating the serious stuff with trips to pubs at every opportunity. One

of the lines in the book was something like " we wondered if 10.30 (am) was

too early to start drinking " . That's exactly what dh and I are like.

Splash out! It's only £8.49 at Amazon - not much more than the cost of a

paperback.

Joyce

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> >Actually you really ought to read Bill Bryson's 'Down Under' very funny.

> >Even DH has read it and he liked it so much that when he got to the end

he

> >started again!!

>

> Nearly bought it on Monday but can't stand reading hardbacks and very

> rarely make an exception (Harry Potter 4 being a notable one!).

>

> Although if I can find it half price somewhere on the web I might.

>

> --

> Sue

>

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" J.M. " wrote:

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>

> I think it would be great fun to go on holiday with Bill Bryson -

> punctuating the serious stuff with trips to pubs at every opportunity. One

> of the lines in the book was something like " we wondered if 10.30 (am) was

> too early to start drinking " . That's exactly what dh and I are like.

>

I saw him on TV a while back. He looks and sounds nothing like I'd imagined,

his voice was a big disappointment after listening to Kerry Shale on R4.

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>

>>Actually you really ought to read Bill Bryson's 'Down Under' very funny.

>>Even DH has read it and he liked it so much that when he got to the end he

>>started again!!

>

>Nearly bought it on Monday but can't stand reading hardbacks and very

>rarely make an exception (Harry Potter 4 being a notable one!).

Snap! (or at least it was DH who relented for HP4) I read pretty fast

(don't be impressed, I don't remember much!) so it doesn't seem

'worth it'. In fact best of all is the library...(we have big

problems in this house with 32 books to get to and fro every month!)

--

Vaudin

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>I read pretty fast

>(don't be impressed, I don't remember much!)

Me too!

I forget the plot almost as soon as I've put it down!

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Sue

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>>I read pretty fast

>>(don't be impressed, I don't remember much!)

>

>Sue>Me too!

>

>I forget the plot almost as soon as I've put it down!

>

LOL me too, i need appx 5 average to thick pback novels for a weeks hol

(without kids) 3 with.

Angi