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Originally posted by heleniwater:
Hello all.
I'm new, so be kind!
What does CQ forever mean. (JAD's?
Also, I loathe spiders, can't bear them and have to have them killed so they can't come back.

Welcome Heleniwater

CQ means Cleaning Queens!

Do a search on Google to find the site, and take a look, or better still, you could join!

mrs o, loved your bit about your mate sucking them in to her Dyson, poor spiders, must be like being on the Waltzers for them! Keep conkers in your rooms to stop spiders coming in, well, that's something I heard anyway.

Thanks for the welcome, P's A P.
Tried the K&A site but have not as yet got confirmation e-mail, it's been a few hours!
Hope it comes, it looks like a good site, thanks for the lead.

Forgot to say, have just ordered some of those electronic, sonic sound things that are meant to repel the S word things!
Does anyone know if they are any good?

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Originally posted by heleniwater:
Thanks for the welcome, P's A P.
Tried the K&A site but have not as yet got confirmation e-mail, it's been a few hours!
Hope it comes, it looks like a good site, thanks for the lead.

You are very welcome...

I only found out about it quite recently. It was someone on this Forum who told me about it

Look forward to seeing you over there heleniwater (love your name!).

Do let us know if the sonic thingies work on those 8-legged beasties.

Did you geyt on CQ heleniwater? See you there

Thanks for the welcome, J&D and fatbird.
Finally got onto CQ late yesterday afternoon, looks quite good but it will not allow me full access , haven't had time to figure it out yet, will try later.
See you over there.

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Originally posted by heleniwater:
Thanks for the welcome, J&D and fatbird.
Finally got onto CQ late yesterday afternoon, looks quite good but it will not allow me full access , haven't had time to figure it out yet, will try later.
See you over there.

I had the same problem at first Heleniwater. The girls explained to me that the more you post, the more access you have. I'm sure Jenny or Fatbird will be able to explain it more to you

I don't mind them! it's slugs that I don't like!

We have Brown Recluse spiders here (Colorado). Their venom is quite toxic, causing the tissue surrounding the bitten area to become infected and die.

Most of us that live up here keep our yards in a "natural" state since the deer and elk population will eat anything that you plant; but I do keep vegetation surrounding the house neatly trimmed to discourage spiders (and wasps) from setting up housekeeping.

Hia frencil, eww, don't like the sound of your spiders! How's Colorado lately - have you got any spare sun to send our way?!

I'll gladly trade you a few hours of sun each day for a few hours of rain!

DONE!!! You can have as much of our rain as you want,we've had far too much this year, whole areas being flooded out & people not being able to move back home for 9 months or maybe longer. It's dry at the moment but more rain due this afternoon...........

Well, whattayaknow? It rained today!

And guess what? It DIDN'T rain in my part of Blighty yesterday - but torrential rain expected today!

Not only expected, it jolly well arrived, a deluge of biblical proportions all morning here.

We were lucky, we didn't have any rain till late aftermnoon, it was raining quite heavily when I finished work but not torrential. Hope you get a dry weekend JAD

I neither love nor hate them, but I certainly respect them. I do my best not to harm them and am generally happy to let them live in ceiling corners, though at times there are a few too many living in the house. I re-home them to the outdoors or to our conservatory where they can do a world of good feeding on the fruit flies and moths that would otherwise be feasting on apple or my beloved knitting wool.

Admittedly, I did recently snuff out the life of a rather large, hairy beast that was moving a bit too fast for me to obtain a suitable container in which to transport him outside. He was the diameter of a mandarin and QUICK! It was me or the spider...

Aww, poor Incey. I generally just leave them to get on with their lives, or get Mr FB to take them outside, but wouldn't have the guts to go after a big one, you're brave KB

love them cant stand bluebottles