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MaggieD

MaggieD

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I know...I'm loony. But let me hear your thoughts...

Ok, so I'm visiting with friends, and one tells me that her 7-year-old son captured a spider. They put it in a jar, and the little boy checks him all the time to see how he's doing. Okayyyyy.

She told me her husband opens the jar a few times a day to quickly let air in and then closes the jar fast so the spider can't escape. Then she told me that, after a day or so, the spider built a web in the jar.

I am heartbroken. WTF is wrong with me??

Do you see the sadness in this story, or is it me? Can anyone relate?
 
MaggieD said:
I know...I'm loony. But let me hear your thoughts...

Ok, so I'm visiting with friends, and one tells me that her 7-year-old son captured a spider. They put it in a jar, and the little boy checks him all the time to see how he's doing. Okayyyyy.

She told me her husband opens the jar a few times a day to quickly let air in and then closes the jar fast so the spider can't escape. Then she told me that, after a day or so, the spider built a web in the jar.

I am heartbroken. WTF is wrong with me??

Do you see the sadness in this story, or is it me? Can anyone relate?
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Kid needs to poke holes in the lid and then drop a few ants into the jar. :mrgreen:

I never caught spiders when I was a kid, but damn I spent hours and hours dropping bugs in their webs and watching them have at it.

Also as far as ants, my friend and I would get ants from different colonies and put them in a jar together to watch the war. Them red ants kicked ass almost every time.
 
I guess I won't tell my stories of my battles against the ant hills when I was a little kid. :lamo
 
ajn678 said:
I guess I won't tell my stories of my battles against the ant hills when I was a little kid. :lamo
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Did they involve a magnifying glass? :mrgreen:
 
ajn678 said:
I guess I won't tell my stories of my battles against the ant hills when I was a little kid. :lamo
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Or ants and magnifying glasses. :2razz:
 
countryboy said:
Did they involve a magnifying glass? :mrgreen:
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Water hose actually. I blame it on being a young boy. I mean, I didn't grow up to be a serial killer. At least not yet...
 
Sorry, no.


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I never caught spiders....well, not in jars. I did, however, catch tons of lightning bugs in jars.

Come to think of it, I caught a bunch of toads and frogs too...and a few turtles...and after reading a few issues of Boy's Life I tried to snare damned near anything that moved.

Hmm...it's probably a good thing we didn't have pets.


Now, Maggie, you seem to be sad that the spider was all cooped up but decided to make a web and call the jar home anyway. Just think of it this way, maybe it was a Socialist spider and it liked the idea of being cooped up in a jar, protected from harm and so forth.
 
MaggieD said:
I know...I'm loony. But let me hear your thoughts...

Ok, so I'm visiting with friends, and one tells me that her 7-year-old son captured a spider. They put it in a jar, and the little boy checks him all the time to see how he's doing. Okayyyyy.

She told me her husband opens the jar a few times a day to quickly let air in and then closes the jar fast so the spider can't escape. Then she told me that, after a day or so, the spider built a web in the jar.

I am heartbroken. WTF is wrong with me??

Do you see the sadness in this story, or is it me? Can anyone relate?
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In principle, I totally understand your frustration, nay, sadness over this, what could be interpreted to be, an act of wanton cruelty.

But, then again, if you lowered your sun visor and a spider dropped in your lap, how long would it take you to smush 'em?

This is a missed opportunity to teach the child the traits of mercy and respect for nature, but I digress.

Hell, I have to digress. As a kid, I was a heathen. I would smush toads on the street, shoot armadillos, birds, grasshoppers, snakes, and other things I'm not too proud of. (Give a southern boy a Daisy Model 28 and all those thoughts of random kindness fly out the window.)

But my heart has changed. Some. Whitetail deer and all kinds of fish still fear me. As they should.

I recall something about changing the things we can, accepting the things can't, and the wisdom to know the difference, because a stitch in time, gets the worm. Or something like that.

I.O.W. Don't let it bother you. Pick your troubles. Don't let them pick you.

XOXO
 
Lutherf said:
I never caught spiders....well, not in jars. I did, however, catch tons of lightning bugs in jars.

Come to think of it, I caught a bunch of toads and frogs too...and a few turtles...and after reading a few issues of Boy's Life I tried to snare damned near anything that moved.

Hmm...it's probably a good thing we didn't have pets.


Now, Maggie, you seem to be sad that the spider was all cooped up but decided to make a web and call the jar home anyway. Just think of it this way, maybe it was a Socialist spider and it liked the idea of being cooped up in a jar, protected from harm and so forth.
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It built a web. Inside a sealed jar. Obviously a libertarian.
 
Captain America said:
In principle, I totally understand your frustration, nay, sadness over this, what could be interpreted to be, an act of wanton cruelty.

But, then again, if you lowered your sun visor and a spider dropped in your lap, how long would it take you to smush 'em?

This is a missed opportunity to teach the child the traits of mercy and respect for nature, but I digress.

Hell, I have to digress. As a kid, I was a heathen. I would smush toads on the street, shoot armadillos, birds, grasshoppers, snakes, and other things I'm not too proud of. (Give a southern boy a Daisy Model 28 and all those thoughts of random kindness fly out the window.)

But my heart has changed. Some. Whitetail deer and all kinds of fish still fear me. As they should.

I recall something about changing the things we can, accepting the things can't, and the wisdom to know the difference, because a stitch in time, gets the worm. Or something like that.

I.O.W. Don't let it bother you. Pick your troubles. Don't let them pick you.

XOXO
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Great post and great advice. Thank you, Captain. And funny you mention the lesson opportunity for her son, as I did the same. I suggested that instead of keeping the spider until it died, a better lesson might be to release it and teach compassion and the value of life. I hope she did that...

You do deer a service, imo. The fate nature has in store for them, and the herd itself, without hunting season is often far worse.
 
ajn678 said:
Water hose actually. I blame it on being a young boy. I mean, I didn't grow up to be a serial killer. At least not yet...
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Do you mean you havent killed enough people to be considered a serial killer or that you just havent been caught yet ;)
 
MaggieD said:
I know...I'm loony. But let me hear your thoughts...

Ok, so I'm visiting with friends, and one tells me that her 7-year-old son captured a spider. They put it in a jar, and the little boy checks him all the time to see how he's doing. Okayyyyy.

She told me her husband opens the jar a few times a day to quickly let air in and then closes the jar fast so the spider can't escape. Then she told me that, after a day or so, the spider built a web in the jar.

I am heartbroken. WTF is wrong with me??

Do you see the sadness in this story, or is it me? Can anyone relate?
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Was going to try and make a thoughtful post but Captain America said it better than I ever could have
 
Brown recluses can survive up to 6 months in a sealed, airtight bag without food or water. Freaking aliens. No food for months at a time is not usually a big deal for a spider. Just have them feed it at some point in the next few weeks and it'll be fine. Don't even need to give it air all that often either.
 
Note for feeding: make sure the kid doesn't give it a bug that is too big (i.e., nothing bigger than the body of the spider).
 
Oh, and if it ever starts sprouting an egg sac they might want to put it somewhere away from where they live.
 
Captain America said:
In principle, I totally understand your frustration, nay, sadness over this, what could be interpreted to be, an act of wanton cruelty.

But, then again, if you lowered your sun visor and a spider dropped in your lap, how long would it take you to smush 'em?

This is a missed opportunity to teach the child the traits of mercy and respect for nature, but I digress.

Hell, I have to digress. As a kid, I was a heathen. I would smush toads on the street, shoot armadillos, birds, grasshoppers, snakes, and other things I'm not too proud of. (Give a southern boy a Daisy Model 28 and all those thoughts of random kindness fly out the window.)

But my heart has changed. Some. Whitetail deer and all kinds of fish still fear me. As they should.

I recall something about changing the things we can, accepting the things can't, and the wisdom to know the difference, because a stitch in time, gets the worm. Or something like that.

I.O.W. Don't let it bother you. Pick your troubles. Don't let them pick you.

XOXO
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maggie, think of the jar as the spider's very own safe space
and the boy is just being a boy. a spider is a small price to pay for that
 
Quag said:
Do you mean you havent killed enough people to be considered a serial killer or that you just havent been caught yet ;)
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Wouldn't you like to know. :mrgreen:
 
MaggieD said:
I know...I'm loony. But let me hear your thoughts...

Ok, so I'm visiting with friends, and one tells me that her 7-year-old son captured a spider. They put it in a jar, and the little boy checks him all the time to see how he's doing. Okayyyyy.

She told me her husband opens the jar a few times a day to quickly let air in and then closes the jar fast so the spider can't escape. Then she told me that, after a day or so, the spider built a web in the jar.

I am heartbroken. WTF is wrong with me??

Do you see the sadness in this story, or is it me? Can anyone relate?
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My youth in australia was either looking out for spiders or looking out for snakes. I preferred the spiders.

The sad bit is that if they just put the jar in good spot and removed the lid entirely. The spider would of probably made it his home anyway.
 
MaggieD said:
I know...I'm loony. But let me hear your thoughts...

Ok, so I'm visiting with friends, and one tells me that her 7-year-old son captured a spider. They put it in a jar, and the little boy checks him all the time to see how he's doing. Okayyyyy.

She told me her husband opens the jar a few times a day to quickly let air in and then closes the jar fast so the spider can't escape. Then she told me that, after a day or so, the spider built a web in the jar.

I am heartbroken. WTF is wrong with me??

Do you see the sadness in this story, or is it me? Can anyone relate?
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I can totally relate! We don't kill spiders in our house and don't let anyone kill them. They eat nasty bugs like ants and flies.

Yes, I think I would be hard pressed to not say something to my friend about it not being right to do this. I'm also heartbroken thinking about it. I think you have a big heart and I do too, particularly when it comes to animals or living things.
 
tres borrachos said:
I can totally relate! We don't kill spiders in our house and don't let anyone kill them. They eat nasty bugs like ants and flies.

Yes, I think I would be hard pressed to not say something to my friend about it not being right to do this. I'm also heartbroken thinking about it. I think you have a big heart and I do too, particularly when it comes to animals or living things.
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I am sooo glad to hear that! I'm phobic about creepy-crawlies, but I've managed around it. We don't kill them in our house either. A piece of paper and jar without a lid solves my fears. We put them outside in warm weather and in the crawl space in cold. I cannot abide killing or injuring living critters.
 
MaggieD said:
I am sooo glad to hear that! I'm phobic about creepy-crawlies, but I've managed around it. We don't kill them in our house either. A piece of paper and jar without a lid solves my fears. We put them outside in warm weather and in the crawl space in cold. I cannot abide killing or injuring living critters.
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My husband would love you. That's what he does too (I leave the spider relocation to him). They go in the windowsills in cold weather, and either outside or in the fireplace (no fires of course) in the warm weather. I call it "upward mobility" for them. They're happy and we're happy. I have such a hard time killing anything, so it makes me happy to see the spiders kill the ants, as pesty as they (ants) are. Then it's nature and not me doing it.
 
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