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To: PatiBob who wrote (22710)	7/17/2001 8:29:38 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

They had to close a school 30 miles south of here for a few weeks because of the brown recluse spiders. The goldfish are in the pond to eat mosquito larva. I've seen some grow to about 10". Fun to watch. I had the worst pain in my stomach and back for 5 hours. It hurt to much to move. Bang, it was there and bang, it was gone.

To: PatiBob who wrote (22710)	7/19/2001 6:06:29 AM
From: CVJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

The brown recluse can be sumbichs. About 30 years ago when I lived in Mt. Vernon, IL, there was a case of a young man killed by brown recluse spiders. He was backpacking cross-country from who knows where to who knows where. He stopped to spend the night in an old barn and never woke up. When he was found the next day the autopsy report listed over 200 brown recluse bites. He apparently had lain down near them or rolled over onto a nest. They resemble a black widow except they are brown and have stronger venom. Chas·instillingarachnophobiaatSI

To: PatiBob who wrote (22710)	7/19/2001 6:31:31 AM
From: CVJ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

I've read somewhere or heard it somewhere that those goldfish can get as big as their surroundings. Is that true? If it is Ish, don't piss them babies off! I know a couple in Concord NC who have a Koi pond. I was told that a Koi is a Japanese goldfish with different markings than just gold color. Anyway, one of those puppies is more than a foot long and the others are a little shorter, but close to the same size. My son and I visited them while on a trip to visit one of our investments. He just fell in love with their Koi pond. He and his wife may have occasion to move to the Charlotte area. And if they do he said he will use the expertise of our friends to build a really elaborate Koi pond. He made a small first trial pond where he lives now in MD. If I get him talking about it sometimes, I get the idea he doesn't want it to be too much larger than Lake Michigan. <VBG> Chas·shipaKoilandlubbers