Moral advice needed (spider related)

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Now then you all know how important sound signals are too me (For anyone who doesn't I use the horn all the time!!!!)
Shock, Horror today the horn didn't work, just a funny clunking sound so I took it off and found my Ship's spider who made his home under the horn about 6months ago. Now as you can imagine he can't be too happy about being turfed out of his permanent residence on my boat. So what do I do? Keep the horn for the Spider to live in or Chuck the Spider over the side and get a new horn????
Help, the poor spider is now living in the saloon until I decide what to do/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

P.S I will be at the Cowes Fireworks tomorrow (they are tomorrow aren't they?)

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El Alce
 
Destroy the stupid little arachnid and restore normal service! You can't use a spider to blast at racing raggies outside Birdham Pool!

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Your spider is probably happier in the saloon rather than the horn. Its quieter!!
In my experience, spiders don't object to being relocated but in no circumstances should it be thrown overboard. If this is a real problem for you, I am prepared to adopt it, as long as I can tell it (at the appropriate time) who its real Mummy and Daddy are. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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Poor thing's probably aurally challenged by now - a bit of a serious responsibility for adoption. Move it from the horn to the antlers (couldn't resist). Plenty of web space. Would it eat fleas and ticks instead of mosquitos and midges?

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I would be willing to take on the spider should he not wish to stay on your vessel. Derek the crosstree spider has been complaining that he is lonely and would like someone to talk to on the port yard.

He may also appreciate the sedate raggie lifestyle.

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Drown the little swine, great for keeping flies down, but the webs are a bloody nuisance! Get new horns, really load ones like Matt has. Have you seen Dune? Sound as a weapon, now your talking! Dissolve the racing fleet!

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We are plagued by the bloody things.. and they are huge... I am sure that they are not native.. some of them have bodies the size of table tennios balls. Each morning the shrouds are festooned with web.

SWMBO has developed a game where she uses her flip flop to whack them into the water... makes her feel better..

Course then it gets interesting as aforementioned spider swims to next boat, usually after having beaten up a fish or two, climbs ou,t shakes an angry leg or two at us, then scurries up shroud and starts working on a monster web between boats.

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I thought it was just me...

But apparently everybody has a ships' spider to keep the flies away. Last week, I left mine on the sand bank where we went for a couple of hours of sun bathing (well, he was hiding in the beach towel). I hope he made it, allthough at high tide there's about 2m of water of the bank.

Well, I'll have a new eight-legged tennant soon, I'm sure.

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you should see the spiders we get up here - too many bloomin midges for them to feed on I think.

always good for a squeeeeal or 2 from SWMBO when she unzips the canopy!!



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