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tomdkat · 09-25-2003, 04:15 AM

So, I was watching a DVD the other night and noticed a spider on the screen. Cool. I simply ignored it and finished the movie.

I was watching TV tonight and was sitting much closer to the TV than my normal viewing distance and realized the spider was, get this, on the inside of the TV screen!!!!! There is a "daddy long legs" spider on the INSIDE of my TV!!!!!!

I swear... This is my Toshiba 57HX81 that I'm talking about. I guess now it's time for ISF calibration and "debugging" of my set.

Peace...

downhuman · 09-25-2003, 04:40 AM

I don't know about you, but I know a friend of mine who probably would have jumped out of the window upon seeing that. Classic!

MurDiddlyUrdler · 09-25-2003, 01:07 PM

I don't know much about the Toshiba TVs, but are the screens easily removable that would enable you to remove the spider? I know that it would be a fairly simple process on my Mitsubishi.

I 8 Piglet · 09-25-2003, 02:01 PM

Tom just didnt realize he was actually watching Spiderman

Funny stuff

Notoriousaurus · 09-25-2003, 02:12 PM

Pop in The Ring and maybe it will come through the screen to the other side and you can pick it off.

limacharliewhiskey · 09-25-2003, 04:48 PM

I once had a spider inside a digital alarm clock (inbetween the clear plastic and LED lights), so it doesn't surprise me that they can get in through the vents on the back of your TV.

The good and bad news is that spiders usually won't find their way back out, so it'll likely die of thirst and starvation trying to figure out how to get out. You can wait it out if you want, and maybe in a week, it'll be crumbled at the bottom of the screen.

tomdkat · 09-25-2003, 06:18 PM

Well, it has once again disappeared so I have no idea where it is now. I swear....

Peace...

videoworx · 09-25-2003, 07:09 PM

would it be too off-topic to say daddy long legs are in fact NOT spiders?...they are, however, one of most venomous insects on the planet...

and, tom, i think this would only happen to you...

Rogue · 09-25-2003, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tomdkat

Well, it has once again disappeared so I have no idea where it is now. I swear....

Peace...

This happened to me too! Although it wasn't a spider it was a big ant! It went away on its own.

tomdkat · 09-25-2003, 07:14 PM

I guess I had better watch Arachniphobia tonight and see if that will scare the insect out of the TV...

Peace...

Cap42086 · 09-25-2003, 07:15 PM

Tom, I give you credit because I would never watch TV again if that happened to me.

I'm just going to move the Arctic tundra where there are no spiders and Netflix will be my source of film viewings.

lopper · 09-25-2003, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Cap42086

Tom, I give you credit because I would never watch TV again if that happened to me.

I'm just going to move the Arctic tundra where there are no spiders and Netflix will be my source of film viewings.

I'm with you on this one.

Spiders, or spider-like insects, are no good, man. Just reading these posts and thinking about spiders is making me uncomfortable.

Of course, now that it's closer to Halloween I have to open my drawers at work very carefully as more than one rubber spider has mysteriously found it's way in there. Rubber or not, I still don't like 'em.

Goddam boss' secretary.

videoworx · 09-26-2003, 03:33 AM

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I'm just going to move the Arctic tundra where there are no spiders

hey, am i the ONLY person here that watches Animal Planet?!!?

some of the deadliest spiders in the world live in barren cold (and hot) environments. They need more venom to ensure their prey doesn't run away (considering life is more scarce).

If you don't like spiders, I would consider moving to space. BTW, just to creep everyone out, you have all had a spider crawl into your mouth while you were sleeping...most of you have eaten said spider.

3DMan · 09-26-2003, 03:40 AM

Har, reminds me of a Bloom County comic strip:
"You sleep with your mouth open, and there are roaches that crawl on the ceiling. CLUMSY roaches..."

And I watch the AP too, it is the only channel I can tune to any time for my three-year-old. Love the future animals show(forget the name).

Crow T. Robot · 09-26-2003, 03:41 AM

I Remember on one forum i was on a guy had a fly in his pc screen and took pictures of it

If you see the spider take pictures of it

lizardking · 09-26-2003, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by videoworx

would it be too off-topic to say daddy long legs are in fact NOT spiders?...they are, however, one of most venomous insects on the planet...

and, tom, i think this would only happen to you...

They aren't arachnids? Hmm...I've never stopped to count their legs, never really payed attention to them, really. They seemed harmless enough.

I've heard that they are one of the most venemous spiders on the planet before. But the person I heard it from claims all sorts of trivial knowledge...read: he's full of it...so I didn't pay any attention. He told me that they're harmless to us, because they're jaws are too small.

To hear that from another source has me interested. Maybe I should watch Animal Planet more often.

Is Animal Planet your source for the spider swallowing post, vid? Oh, well, guess I'll have to tape my mouth shut when I sleep...

I think I'm gonna have nightmares...I may not have to go to sleep after all...what a blessing.

tomdkat, I'm not sure I'd want a spider decomposing in my TV. I'd hesitate to suggest calling an electrician to open that puppy up and remove said intruder, but that could be an expensive proposition.

tomdkat · 09-26-2003, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by shilo101

Screw it dude. Time for a new tv. Toss the old thing entirely.

It's funny you mention this since for the past few months I've been wondering how I would "dispose" of my current TV, insect problem aside, if I wanted to get a new one. It's not like I can just give it to a friend or throw it in the trash since it's a 57" RPTV.

At this point, I don't plan on replacing the TV, even with the "infestation".

Peace...

MurDiddlyUrdler · 09-26-2003, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by tomdkat

It's not like I can just give it to a friend

Why not?

tomdkat · 09-26-2003, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MurDiddlyUrdler

Why not?

I don't have any friends "local" to me with either the space or the desire to own a TV as large as mine. There IS a guy I know who is looking to remodel a room to make it an "entertainment center", but he wants a larger TV (like 65"+) and hasn't started remodeling yet.

Peace...

MurDiddlyUrdler · 09-26-2003, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by tomdkat

I don't have any friends

Now I just don't believe that.

tomdkat · 09-26-2003, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MurDiddlyUrdler

Now I just don't believe that.

Well, I wasn't counting you, Mur..

Peace...

brian · 09-26-2003, 05:08 PM

Snopes take on the daddy long-legs issue, for those interested.

tqpix · 09-27-2003, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Cap42086

I'm just going to move the Arctic tundra where there are no spiders and Netflix will be my source of film viewings.

Netflix only serves the U.S., I believe.

Frank Z · 09-27-2003, 12:59 PM

I recall reading a story about someone that through a shoe or something at their TV after seeing a cockroach crawl across the screen. Busted the CRT! Then they realized it was a commercial for Orkin Pest Control! If memory serves, they filed a lawsuit to get a new TV, and some spare change for Emotional Distress.

Frank Z · 09-27-2003, 01:02 PM

Here ya go! I was wrong, not a shoe, actually it was a motorcycle helmet! The story is about half way down the page.
http://www-cgi.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/...owbuzz/#story2

tomdkat · 09-27-2003, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Frank Z

Here ya go! I was wrong, not a shoe, actually it was a motorcycle helmet!

The moral of the story: "Violence and technology just don't mix!"

Thanks, that's funny...

Peace...

videoworx · 09-27-2003, 09:58 PM

what snopes fails to mention is that the insect daddy-long-legs (the one I was referring to) has incredibly powerful vemon. What I didn't mention - because I didn't really want to get too far off-topic - is that the teeth are far too tiny to impact human skin, so they pose absolutely no danger to us (I can remember being about 6 years old, and playing in a shed, covered from head to toe with these buggers, I would play with them all the time). However, if you are a lowly bug, and see one of these monsters towering over you - you are in for a horrible surprise (they lower their abdomen over their prey, open up the jaws, and chomp away - very freaky if you've ever witnessed it). I've never heard of a spider being called a daddy-long-legs, so I'm glad snopes is around for that...

Chest Rockwell · 09-29-2003, 01:27 AM

Just to clear up any confusion...

"Daddy Long Legs" is obviously not the real name for any animal, rather a generic name commonly applied to two different animals. One is a spider, the other is an arachnid, but not a spider.

I honestly can't say what post-graduate degree an arachnid must hold to elevate him to the status of "spider", but apparently not all arachnids are spiders. I believe, for example, scorpions are arachnids, but not spiders.

So, some daddy long legs are spiders...but only one type. The other type are just some other arachnid. The non-spider arachnid is not poisonous in any way. The spider is poisonus, but no human has ever been known to have been bitten. The reasearch is lacking because it hasn't been really necessary, apparently.

Check out the Straight Dope, a golden archive of human knowledge:

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdaddy.html

---and Tomdkat, if your on or near the east coast and if the price is right, I could see coming to pick up a 57" RPTV myself. Just a thought.

09-25-2003, 04:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
tomdkat Official Forum Warmonger "Dial Tone" Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Hayward, CA, USA	You are NOT going to believe this... So, I was watching a DVD the other night and noticed a spider on the screen. Cool. I simply ignored it and finished the movie. I was watching TV tonight and was sitting much closer to the TV than my normal viewing distance and realized the spider was, get this, on the inside of the TV screen!!!!! There is a "daddy long legs" spider on the INSIDE of my TV!!!!!! I swear... This is my Toshiba 57HX81 that I'm talking about. I guess now it's time for ISF calibration and "debugging" of my set. Peace... __________________ My DVD Aficionado List "At last we shall reveal ourselves to the Jedi, at last we shall have revenge!"

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09-25-2003, 06:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
tomdkat Official Forum Warmonger "Dial Tone" Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Hayward, CA, USA	Well, it has once again disappeared so I have no idea where it is now. I swear.... Peace... __________________ My DVD Aficionado List "At last we shall reveal ourselves to the Jedi, at last we shall have revenge!"

09-25-2003, 04:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
downhuman Actor Join Date: Oct 2001	I don't know about you, but I know a friend of mine who probably would have jumped out of the window upon seeing that. Classic!

09-25-2003, 01:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
MurDiddlyUrdler Banned Join Date: Aug 2002	I don't know much about the Toshiba TVs, but are the screens easily removable that would enable you to remove the spider? I know that it would be a fairly simple process on my Mitsubishi.

09-25-2003, 07:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
videoworx Would Make a Good Incubus Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: nowhere near Nebraska	would it be too off-topic to say daddy long legs are in fact NOT spiders?...they are, however, one of most venomous insects on the planet... and, tom, i think this would only happen to you... __________________ And let’s not forget the fact that Tron turned the Frisbee into an instrument of righteous smiting.

09-25-2003, 07:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
tomdkat Official Forum Warmonger "Dial Tone" Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Hayward, CA, USA	I guess I had better watch Arachniphobia tonight and see if that will scare the insect out of the TV... Peace... __________________ My DVD Aficionado List "At last we shall reveal ourselves to the Jedi, at last we shall have revenge!"

09-25-2003, 07:15 PM	#11 (permalink)
Cap42086 Actor Join Date: May 2002 Location: Rhode Island	Tom, I give you credit because I would never watch TV again if that happened to me. I'm just going to move the Arctic tundra where there are no spiders and Netflix will be my source of film viewings. __________________ A strange man defecated on my sister. My crappy DVD collection.

09-26-2003, 03:40 AM	#14 (permalink)
3DMan SOex Anonymous Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dallas, TX	Har, reminds me of a Bloom County comic strip: "You sleep with your mouth open, and there are roaches that crawl on the ceiling. CLUMSY roaches..." And I watch the AP too, it is the only channel I can tune to any time for my three-year-old. Love the future animals show(forget the name). __________________ My Shite hey dude maybve my spelling isnt as goo as youyrs but at least i dont spank it on a pillow -yellow475

09-26-2003, 03:41 AM	#15 (permalink)
Crow T. Robot Actor Join Date: Feb 2002	I Remember on one forum i was on a guy had a fly in his pc screen and took pictures of it If you see the spider take pictures of it

09-26-2003, 05:08 PM	#22 (permalink)
brian Digital Jesűs Emeritus Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Wisconsin	Snopes take on the daddy long-legs issue, for those interested. __________________ Why? fin.

09-27-2003, 12:59 PM	#24 (permalink)
Frank Z Actor Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Colorado	I recall reading a story about someone that through a shoe or something at their TV after seeing a cockroach crawl across the screen. Busted the CRT! Then they realized it was a commercial for Orkin Pest Control! If memory serves, they filed a lawsuit to get a new TV, and some spare change for Emotional Distress.

09-27-2003, 01:02 PM	#25 (permalink)
Frank Z Actor Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Colorado	Here ya go! I was wrong, not a shoe, actually it was a motorcycle helmet! The story is about half way down the page. http://www-cgi.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/...owbuzz/#story2

09-27-2003, 09:58 PM	#27 (permalink)
videoworx Would Make a Good Incubus Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: nowhere near Nebraska	what snopes fails to mention is that the insect daddy-long-legs (the one I was referring to) has incredibly powerful vemon. What I didn't mention - because I didn't really want to get too far off-topic - is that the teeth are far too tiny to impact human skin, so they pose absolutely no danger to us (I can remember being about 6 years old, and playing in a shed, covered from head to toe with these buggers, I would play with them all the time). However, if you are a lowly bug, and see one of these monsters towering over you - you are in for a horrible surprise (they lower their abdomen over their prey, open up the jaws, and chomp away - very freaky if you've ever witnessed it). I've never heard of a spider being called a daddy-long-legs, so I'm glad snopes is around for that... __________________ And let’s not forget the fact that Tron turned the Frisbee into an instrument of righteous smiting.

09-29-2003, 01:27 AM	#28 (permalink)
Chest Rockwell Actor Join Date: Jun 2000	Just to clear up any confusion... "Daddy Long Legs" is obviously not the real name for any animal, rather a generic name commonly applied to two different animals. One is a spider, the other is an arachnid, but not a spider. I honestly can't say what post-graduate degree an arachnid must hold to elevate him to the status of "spider", but apparently not all arachnids are spiders. I believe, for example, scorpions are arachnids, but not spiders. So, some daddy long legs are spiders...but only one type. The other type are just some other arachnid. The non-spider arachnid is not poisonous in any way. The spider is poisonus, but no human has ever been known to have been bitten. The reasearch is lacking because it hasn't been really necessary, apparently. Check out the Straight Dope, a golden archive of human knowledge: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdaddy.html ---and Tomdkat, if your on or near the east coast and if the price is right, I could see coming to pick up a 57" RPTV myself. Just a thought. __________________ "As a collector of pre-war cop jargon, I find the old man refreshing. However, he's one against two who killed two of our four. I suggest you let him 'C-your-A'"

09-29-2003, 10:38 PM	#29 (permalink)
tomdkat Official Forum Warmonger "Dial Tone" Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Hayward, CA, USA	Re: You are NOT going to believe this...