Last post wins!!!!!

[perfect_pitch]

Myosin motor protein walking on a microtubule filament.

That's sounds like the worst scientific joke ever...

A Myosin motor protein walking on a microtubule filament enters a bar...

[yewtree]

[perfect_pitch]

Oh dear...

[Bob]

Cat swaggers through the thread alla the honey badger, oblivious to perfect_pitch.  It's got enforcers with it.

[perfect_pitch]

Pffft... I know these guys...



I'm not worried...

[Bob]

[perfect_pitch]

Seagulls are crafty little bastards, aren't they?

[Bob]

Quite clever indeed....

[Bob]

And then an ocean sunfish randomly swam through the thread....

[outin]

Quite clever indeed....

I don't usually like birds much, but seagulls are pretty cool.
They are not all the same though...

These are nice:


There are not so nice:


And these are quite a pain in the a**:

[perfect_pitch]

Maybe... but to me - Crows will always be the jerks of the bird kingdom:



However, these guys are really awesome:

[outin]

I have always had a soft spot for



and

[perfect_pitch]

I had one of these little guys:



...eating out of my hand when I was on my holiday to Scotland - SO COOL!!!

Mainly because I live in Australia now, and the only bird that's really interesting (apart from the Red & Grey Galah) is:

[outin]

What do you mean?? You have these

[perfect_pitch]

Considering we have these little b@#$ards...



That hide in the tiniest of places, your mailbox, in the clothes peg basket - we're far more worried about them than our emus.

Emus are dumb.    

[Bob]

[outin]

Considering we have these little b@#$ards...

From what I hear these are a much bigger problem...

[perfect_pitch]

I've seen one of these:

...in the last 22 years of living in Australia.

I killed one of these:

..hanging off my front fence, yesterday afternoon. The one before that was a few days ago, next to my water heater, and the one before that was just over a week ago, near my washing line.

[pencilart3]

This one hits a little closer to home for me

[Bob]

God dammit....

[outin]

This one hits a little closer to home for me

Aren't those cuties pretty harmless? Not more venomous than wasps and rarely bite unless really provoked?

I am afraid we don't have truly venomous spiders at all...or really big ones.

These are very common on our summer place though:


And there's a colony of these at my balcony:

I always wonder how they manage to survive the winter...and my cats

[lostinidlewonder]

This is my favorite spider.

[perfect_pitch]

Well... all this talk of spiders - I thought I'd be a real prick...

ENJOY!!!

[Bob]

Sonofa.... *Bob cannot scroll upwards anymore...*


*Bob commences scratching...*

[Bob]

[outin]

[Bob]

[perfect_pitch]

Sonofa.... *Bob cannot scroll upwards anymore...*

BEST REPLY I could hope for.

Okay... How about we agree that you and Outin don't post any more cat pictures in this thread, and I won't go on the internet and find about another 1,000 animated gifs that involve spiders the size of dinner plates maliciously horrifying people at their worst...



Deal???

[outin]

Okay... How about we agree that you and Outin don't post any more cat pictures in this thread, and I won't go on the internet and find about another 1,000 animated gifs that involve spiders the size of dinner plates maliciously horrifying people at their worst...

Deal???

Why? I love spiders...I actually found a really cute hairy one yesterday when cleaning. It's very rare to find those in city flats during winter.

I was worried my cats would eat it so I moved it to a safer place. Hopefully it will live a long and productive life and there will be many more around in the future

[Bob]

I hit the end key to get to the bottom of the page.  Then the pics start loading (slow connection), and a spider pic pops onto the screen.  I hit end again... Then the page pops up to a spider again.  Ugh...

[outin]

I hit the end key to get to the bottom of the page.  Then the pics start loading (slow connection), and a spider pic pops onto the screen.  I hit end again... Then the page pops up to a spider again.  Ugh...

Poor Bob...Let me tell you a little story: When I was very young I was really disgusted and afraid of spiders. Then I started school in an old wooden building full of spiders. After a while I realized that the boys who tried to bully me were afraid of them as well and I could make them pee their pants by overcoming my fear, catching the spiders and playing with them. So the spiders became my friends and I realized there was nothing to be afraid of


Although there are a few species in this thread you might like to leave alone

[perfect_pitch]

Although there are a few species in this thread you might like to leave alone

Yeah... you should definitely keep an eye out for the vicious ones - you don't want them turning up in your life...

[outin]

.

[outin]

Yeah... you should definitely keep an eye out for the vicious ones - you don't want them turning up in your life...

Yes, beware the mouse spiders!

[Bob]

...

[Bob]

Here's how this thread has gone. 

https://gfycat.com/ChubbyVelvetyIbex

[Bob]

[pencilart3]

yay way 2 go broncs

[outin]

Here's how this thread has gone. 

https://gfycat.com/ChubbyVelvetyIbex

You don't seriously think I am going to click on your links?

Oh, and once again

[perfect_pitch]

It took me a little while to get the reference, since I'm not American...



...and mainly because, I think Football sucks.

https://gfycat.com/ChubbyVelvetyIbex

Actually, it genuinely doesn't have a thing to do with spiders - it's actually quite entertaining.    

[outin]

Actually, it genuinely doesn't have a thing to do with spiders - it's actually quite entertaining.    

I was not worried about spiders... And after 99 pages in this thread I doubt what entertains you would do the same for me

[perfect_pitch]

God dammit....

I wonder if that's how we get Bob to stop posting in this thread - just fill it with Spider pictures...

 

I think that might work. Then it'll just be me and you Outin.   

[Bob]

Posting in case Nils closes this thread too.  I see he's been out recently.  Or someone has.

[outin]

I think that might work. Then it'll just be me and you Outin.   

Yeah...Good luck trying to figure out a way to drive me away

[perfect_pitch]

Yeah...Good luck trying to figure out a way to drive me away

[outin]

Such cute little insects keeping themsleves so busy
Delicious when fried also, btw...

[visitor]

[outin]

And while we are at it...

[perfect_pitch]

Are you afraid of clowns, Outin???

[lostinidlewonder]

ARRRG!