Comments on: Firewood http://robingallup.com/2009/01/26/firewood/ From there to here and here to there, funny things are everywhere. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:55:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Rob in Gallup http://robingallup.com/2009/01/26/firewood/#comment-616 Rob in Gallup Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:42:03 +0000 http://robingallup.com/?p=254#comment-616 Kelly, good call. Kelly, good call.

]]> By: Rob in Gallup http://robingallup.com/2009/01/26/firewood/#comment-615 Rob in Gallup Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:41:26 +0000 http://robingallup.com/?p=254#comment-615 Cilla, your comment cracked me up. It IS evil, but funny. The line you quoted might be some of my best material of the whole year. Cilla, your comment cracked me up. It IS evil, but funny. The line you quoted might be some of my best material of the whole year.

]]> By: Rob in Gallup http://robingallup.com/2009/01/26/firewood/#comment-614 Rob in Gallup Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:39:31 +0000 http://robingallup.com/?p=254#comment-614 Leah, Thursday night is TV night for us. Our shows are The Office and E.R. (And 30 Rock by default, since it comes on between The Office and E.R.). When it's Survivor season, we watch that, too, on the same night. Leah, Thursday night is TV night for us. Our shows are The Office and E.R. (And 30 Rock by default, since it comes on between The Office and E.R.). When it’s Survivor season, we watch that, too, on the same night.

]]> By: Leah http://robingallup.com/2009/01/26/firewood/#comment-605 Leah Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:02:22 +0000 http://robingallup.com/?p=254#comment-605 Can I ask what you go over to the cabin to watch? :) Can I ask what you go over to the cabin to watch? :)

]]> By: Cilla http://robingallup.com/2009/01/26/firewood/#comment-604 Cilla Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:44:26 +0000 http://robingallup.com/?p=254#comment-604 No, I'm not in Colorado; I live in Illinois. I know the brown recluse can become infected, but from what I have experienced, penicillin takes care of it pretty quickly. The only problem I have with them is an allergy to penicillin! The other antibiotics aren't as effective. We've learned the type of habitat they like, as with the black widow and the wood piles, and use good caution when dealing with one. And I reserve the right to make them go splat, contrary to my husband's preference to "catch and release"! No, I’m not in Colorado; I live in Illinois. I know the brown recluse can become infected, but from what I have experienced, penicillin takes care of it pretty quickly. The only problem I have with them is an allergy to penicillin! The other antibiotics aren’t as effective.

We’ve learned the type of habitat they like, as with the black widow and the wood piles, and use good caution when dealing with one. And I reserve the right to make them go splat, contrary to my husband’s preference to “catch and release”!

]]> By: Mom2 http://robingallup.com/2009/01/26/firewood/#comment-603 Mom2 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:19:39 +0000 http://robingallup.com/?p=254#comment-603 Cilla - Do you live in Colorado because we most definitely have black widows. Rob - Eww is all I can say about that disgusting word picture you painted for us of squishing the spider! Cilla – Do you live in Colorado because we most definitely have black widows. Rob – Eww is all I can say about that disgusting word picture you painted for us of squishing the spider!

]]> By: tigerlilysandybanks http://robingallup.com/2009/01/26/firewood/#comment-600 tigerlilysandybanks Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:44:54 +0000 http://robingallup.com/?p=254#comment-600 You ought to have some, if you don't already, emergency first-aid remedies on hand. I've read that their bites can be deadly especially for children and the elderly. That way, you can kind of treat it yourself until you can get to a hospital. You ought to have some, if you don’t already, emergency first-aid remedies on hand. I’ve read that their bites can be deadly especially for children and the elderly. That way, you can kind of treat it yourself until you can get to a hospital.

]]> By: Emily Straw http://robingallup.com/2009/01/26/firewood/#comment-599 Emily Straw Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:05:20 +0000 http://robingallup.com/?p=254#comment-599 Good call on not bringing the firewood inside. I may have to go through the firewood at my Grandpa's cabin this year before taking people up there. Cilla - just a warning that Brown recluse spiders are as poisonous if not more than black widows. My dad got bit by one and the only reason he didn't get extremely sick was because he was already loaded up on penicillan from another accident or something like that. But it still made him pretty sick, so definitely avoid them. Good call on not bringing the firewood inside. I may have to go through the firewood at my Grandpa’s cabin this year before taking people up there.

Cilla – just a warning that Brown recluse spiders are as poisonous if not more than black widows. My dad got bit by one and the only reason he didn’t get extremely sick was because he was already loaded up on penicillan from another accident or something like that. But it still made him pretty sick, so definitely avoid them.

]]> By: Cilla http://robingallup.com/2009/01/26/firewood/#comment-598 Cilla Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:19:45 +0000 http://robingallup.com/?p=254#comment-598 "It was huge and fat, and when I squished it, it exploded everywhere like some horrible pimple." I'm debating whether to share that line with my teen girls who have an irrational fear of spiders. The only semi-dangerous one we have around here are brown recluse spiders, and they're nowhere near as dangerous as black widows. But if they see ANY spider, even a friendly, helpful, garden spider, they (in their terms) freak out. I think their reaction to your very vivid description could be a lot of fun. Evil, aren't I? “It was huge and fat, and when I squished it, it exploded everywhere like some horrible pimple.”

I’m debating whether to share that line with my teen girls who have an irrational fear of spiders. The only semi-dangerous one we have around here are brown recluse spiders, and they’re nowhere near as dangerous as black widows. But if they see ANY spider, even a friendly, helpful, garden spider, they (in their terms) freak out. I think their reaction to your very vivid description could be a lot of fun. Evil, aren’t I?

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