On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 18:30:34 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 02:43:34 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>>
>>>"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>>>> "Julie Bove" wrote in message news >>>>
>>>> Now I am reminded of why I quit posting here.
>>>>
>>>> ==
>>>>
>>>> No need. You have a bin the same as I do and it is easy to ignore the
>>>> constant nasty comments. They are sad sods who don't know any other way
>>>> to
>>>> get their jollies.
>>>>
>>>> Tell me this ... have you ever ... and I mean ever ... seen them say
>>>> anything nice or kind to anyone??
>>>
>>>Nope. And I should just keep my mouth shut but I am crabby. Got what I
>>>think
>>>are numerous spider bites and they are driving me nuts.
>>
>> I thought that too recently. Turned out our (indoor) cats had fleas.
>
>These don't look like flea bites and both cats have just been to the vet. So
>no fleas. I felt the first bite itching right after I killed a spider near
>my computer. The ones we are seeing are the same. All black and sort of
>thick/chunky looking. Perhaps 1/2" from end to end. Others have been posting
>pics of them on FB as they have them too but nobody seems to know what they
>are. I will do some more searching later. So far I turned up no spider known
>to this area that looks like this.

I believe that spiders, as opposed to fleas etc., only bite in
self-defense, so to have many bites, you must have had many
confrontations with them that you didn't notice.

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