Re: Checking in

[email protected] (Sn!pe) wrote in
news:1qhrsur.emzrtl1q34du5N%[email protected]: 

> Merlyne <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> > Hi, Merlyne, lovely to see you again.
>> > 
>> > I've had a pretty quiet summer, I'm getting a bit old for
>> > gallivanting <g>.  Weather patterns seem to be changing.  We've had
>> > lovely weather in late spring and early autumn (the hottest day of
>> > the year was two days ago) but summer itself was a bit of a
>> > washout.  I still managed to get out into the garden when I wanted,
>> > though. 
>> 
>> The weather's been crazy here too. It was super hot early (May) and
>> when I say hot, I mean 40C and humid. We had a few tornados and of
>> course half the country is on fire. August was rainy. It's the first
>> summer in a long time where the lawn didn't burn out. Now it's back
>> to normal again. I didn't spend much time outside. The rain made the
>> mosquitoes bad :( 
> 
> I cannot be doing with skeeters!  
> 
> It's spider time here in dear old Blighty; I've just evicted a
> monster.* They prefer the warmth of indoors now that the nights are
> getting colder.  Fortunately I have a very effective humane
> spider-evictor, like this one (highly recommended): 
> 
> <https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31EKrpoNyXL._AC_.jpg>
> 

Cool! I usually catch them and put them outside. My BF hits them with a 
hammer.

> * We name our spiders.  Mostly they're Boris but also: Doris; Horace;
> Maurice; Norris; and Alanis Borisette (she's the one with the long
> hair who plays the harmonica - sorta...)
> 
> <https://youtu.be/bvFuUaCe8eY>
> 

I saw The Who live in Toronto back in 1989. When they played Boris the 
Spider, they unfurled huge spider banners down the speaker stacks at the 
side of the stage.