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   From: nilita2004NOSPAM@yahoo.com   
      
   "Adam Whyte-Settlar"  wrote in message   
   news:Up6dndVZIoX01LzUnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@westnet.com.au...   
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   > "La N"  wrote in message   
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   >> "Adam Whyte-Settlar"  wrote in message   
   >> news:XcCdnfss85_7jr3UnZ2dnUVZ8gydnZ2d@westnet.com.au...   
   >>>   
   >>> " > Mind you - I think I was bitten by a spider yesterday (two ominous   
   >>> fang marks on my calf) so it's pretty anxious times at the moment   
   >>> waiting to see if I drop dead - or worse, slowly rot away over the next   
   >>> decade.   
   >>   
   >> A black widow?   
   >   
   > No. I think that's about the  only spider we don't get. It wouldn't stand   
   > a chance here against the locals.   
   >   
   > It could be just about anything small on legs. *Everything* is poisonous   
   > here. Even the flowers will grab you round the throat and throttle the   
   > life out of you given half a chance.   
   > There are a lot of spiders that aren't all that venomous but will still   
   > sink their fangs into if you annoy them by clearing up debri in the   
   > garden - which was what I was doing.   
   > Some bites have a delayed effect. So far so good.   
   >   
   >   
      
   "Even the flowers will grab you round the throat and throttle the life   
    out of you given half a chance."   
      
   That's pretty funny!  Conway, even *you* have to admit that this is one   
   funny Home Truth ... :)   
      
   Adam, by the way, has Oz ever offered you a job in the Tourist Promotion   
   Office?   
      
   - nilita   
      
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