The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Tee hee .. I wondered how long before someone asked and if we should keep you in suspense

Number 16 was a female Trapdoor Spider who died at the age of 43 years; the previous longest lived spider was 28 years I believe.

43!?!
Holy moly!

 

[Teila]

43!?!
Holy moly!

Yep and she did not even die of old age, she was taken out by a wasp sting

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Yep and she did not even die of old age, she was taken out by a wasp sting

 

[drumstick diva]

I read that about the wasp sting. Is that common for spiders? I guess they aren't fast enough to catch and mumify(?) a predator as agile as wasps.

 

[drumstick diva]

I was reading about the side effects of Shingrix - apparently common. I have a bad memory but don't think the other Shingles shot bothered me at all. I know it has to be better than what shingles would cause. But still...

 

[rjohns39]

There was an answer on the test I knew was the answer but I thought maybe they were trying to "trick" us, like of course you'd pick that one because there were two other similar ones of old school tactics/common beliefs, so I thought it went with those 2 and must be the one that was different from those 3. So I crossed it out and changed my answer. Just found that section in the book and I was right the first time! Gahhh!!

Always go with your first choice...

Take it from one who has had shingles:
You DO NOT WANT TO GET SHINGLES!!!! (except on your roof)

New vaccine is suggested for those 50 and older. The last one was 60 and older. I had shingles at 55. Right up there on the pain scale with kidney stones. Kill me, now, PLEASE.
Shingles can run down any nerve, some people get it in their throat! I can't imagine. With mine the pain shot around my back, down to my thigh and went around to the quad then down to my ankle. It wasn't constant but during some "events" it felt like someone drove a kitchen knife in my quad and twisted it back and forth.

So, if you are 50 or over and had chicken pox as a kid, I suggest you get the new vaccine.

Not something I even want to contemplate, DW had it a couple years ago...

I normally do because I learned that too that normally your gut is right and using that, I convinced myself NOT to change a couple other answers, but for some reason, I managed to convince myself that this one was wrong when it wasn't. :/

I think I overthink things haha

Over thinking is way too easy...

 

[rjohns39]

morning all

Best of luck teila on your new adventure..

 

[DigMyChicks]

Tee hee .. I wondered how long before someone asked and if we should keep you in suspense

Number 16 was a female Trapdoor Spider who died at the age of 43 years; the previous longest lived spider was 28 years I believe.

That is way to long for a spider to live!!

 

[DigMyChicks]

Good morning Bob and all.

 

[007Sean]

That is way to long for a spider to live!!

Yeah, and especially considering it was killed by a wasp...you'd think that it had the instinct to avoid them all those years, that it wouldn't have been it's demise?