Australia has the worlds most deadly and venomous spider in the Funnel Web Spider. These things are super aggressive and will chase you. They have fangs over 1 inch long.
We have the Black Widow, though we call it the Red Back. Think of them as cousins. Though the Black Widow/Red Back doesn't hold a candle to the Funnel Web.

Luckily for me it was neither of these. Looks like it was some kind of Mouse spider. Iv'e had the usaual treatments, i'm ok but don't feel very well at all. Can be life threatening for the young elderly or very sick but should pose no problem to me other than making me crook.

What is bothering me more though, is the bite caused me to run over my tool box and brand new spotlights with the car.
Spotlights, smashed. Tool box...smashed.
Cordless drill, smashed. Assorted other tools, wrecked beyond use.

I did not have a very good day. And i feel like shit.

Yikes! I had a similar day last time I got a bee sting. I am moderately allergic. Something about the venom caused an immediate aggressive reaction. I was working construction at the time, and cussed out the safery guy on the radio. He called me a pussy, or something, so he deserved it. I distinclty remember almost busting out the windshield of a truck with that radio, too. If it had not been for the 3 benadryls I took, I probably would heve. Nobody wanted to be anywhere near me for about 2 days after that, either.

Bummer about the tools and such, Neilo.  Nope, not a good day at all.  Hopefully, today will be better.

I hate spider bites.  I had one that started small and grew to the size of a quarter.  It got fairly deep, too.  It was eating my skin up.  By the time I got to the doc, it had run its course and there wasn't anything he could do to help.  Brown Recluse, we had figured.

I have a round, white scar to remind me.

I've been leery around them ever since, but I still like the Tarantulas and Wolf Spiders. 

Here's hoping yours heals up nicely.

And I highly doubt that neither your car insurance nor your health insurance would cover those damages.  I wonder if you could weasel that in though...perhaps as comprehensive or such.

I think it is time for the ToE and Kzin to put our heads together and try to find you a loophole!!!  A common enemy has been found!

No way, I like spiders....used to keep them for pets when I was a kid.

Sentient species taste better...

I used to have a rose hair tarantula. She was a sweetheart, except her food, crickets could drive you nuts

the female blue cobalt tarantula:

beautiful, but from what i understand, one hell of a mean streak.

Damn that is nice looking.

This is pretty close to what got me, though a little more darker.

It's a cousin to the Funnel Web, which i was glad to hear you can imagine. They look simiar, which is why i was worried at first.....

Funnel Web

Nice pics, Dys and Neilo. 

Finally! this thread is starting to look like a comfy home. Amazing what a few well placed Arachnids can do

damn neilo those are some mean lookin spiders.

i was reading a cracked article the other day... 7 Terrifying Creatures You'll Never See Coming. amusing quotes:

"Ah, Australia. You knew it would turn up on this list. Why? Because it's home to things like the f**king stonefish, that's why."

"We're just going to say it now; between dingoes eating babies and the lack of a suitable crocodile hunter, Australia is overrun with creatures that want you dead. Even the bugs could care less about you."

The top one that got me was about half the size of a playing card, roughly. Scared the shit outa me still though.

Nice article. 

Lol @ Dingoe eating babie...thats just a bad joke here now. And funnily enough i knew that family personally. they lived only in the next town from us. My mum and Lindy, mother of said babie used to attend the same family health clinic and saw each other socially for a few years around that time.

My latest game.  A "Rush Mumbler" that focuses on speed, with score being a secondary concern.  I did this one in about two weeks with some time off in there to work on some ZYDeths and a day or two away from the game.  A concerted effort could crank one of these out in about a week after work.  A more leisurely pace of 2 weeks is probably going to be the norm.

I've already given pretty much of a play by play as this unfolded, but I'll try to compile the elements of the Rush Mumbler to be posted for discussion.

Oddly, the year 1 score test on this was higher than my record game.  I still think that giving up the extra points for speed is a good compromise though.  I have some ideas to refine the approach, albeit at a lower score target.

Nice game mate!!!

Once again you have proven your might!!!!!

Awesome game Motti, congrats!

Sentient species taste better...