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It is, isn't it? I started reading too, and now I'm on Youtube looking for documentaries! :D
Oh boy.

[Janet , Moderator]

Excellent! :-D let me know what you find. I'm genuinely interested. I always believed the myth so this has come as a surprise about not being able to get past adult shoulders.

[Patricia]

Oh, yuck!!!

[Janet , Moderator]

:-D

[Groovy]

I absolutely do not like snakes--AT ALL!! I can't imagine anyone wanting to snuggle up to one at night, either. In the summer, where I live, if you stand and wait, you'll see one crawling out of the woods and on its way across the street....Disgusting!

[Janet , Moderator]

:-\ That's a scared face!

[Groovy]

LOL!!!

[Anne (Booklady)]

No thank you to Snakes. But I'm terrified of SPIDERS! :-/

What's that phobia of spiders? I have it. My baby cat found a big wood spider this evening while I was making a sandwich. He kept batting toward me and I kept backing up while screaming my lungs out. I finally got into my shower and Boots took off with that dang spider. Where he put it, I have no idea. But he does eat them when he finally kills them - yukkkkkkk

[E.]

In the last few months one of my dogs has brought from the back yard into the house a chicken, a opossum and a mouse. (A opossum or AN opossum..?) I'm not afraid of any of those but there was a creep factor when after I dragged the (presumed murdered) opossum back out to the yard it jumped up and trotted off, hardly ruffled.
We now have a check point before re-entry from the back yard.

[Patricia]

E. wrote: "In the last few months one of my dogs has brought from the back yard into the house a chicken, a opossum and a mouse. (A opossum or AN opossum..?) I'm not afraid of any of those but there was a cre..."

LOL E. That's hilarious!

[[deleted user]]

E. wrote: "In the last few months one of my dogs has brought from the back yard into the house a chicken, a opossum and a mouse. (A opossum or AN opossum..?) I'm not afraid of any of those but there was a cre..."

:D I think I'll laugh all day. Thank you, E.!

[Heather]

Anne (Booklady) wrote: "No thank you to Snakes. But I'm terrified of SPIDERS! :-/

What's that phobia of spiders? I have it. My baby cat found a big wood spider this evening while I was making a sandwich. He kept batting..."
Arachnophobia - my son has it. He won't go anywhere near a spider. If there's a spider in the bathroom he asks me to get rid of it before he'll take a shower. My husband used to tease him but I made him stop as it's a real condition and shouldn't be teased.

[Brenda]

E. wrote: "In the last few months one of my dogs has brought from the back yard into the house a chicken, a opossum and a mouse. (A opossum or AN opossum..?) I'm not afraid of any of those but there was a cre..."

E., you need to do a post-mortem!! ;-)

[Amber]

Anne (Booklady) wrote: "No thank you to Snakes. But I'm terrified of SPIDERS! :-/

What's that phobia of spiders? I have it. My baby cat found a big wood spider this evening while I was making a sandwich. He kept batting..."

Arachnophobia.

Heather: Sounds like your son would freak out over the spider fight in one of the HOBBIT movies. Or any scene involving Shelob in THE TWO TOWERS.

[Janet , Moderator]

The spider in Harry Potter was MASSIVE!

[Groovy]

I think just about everybody suffers from Arachnophobia at some degree.

**a little grammar tip** if the noun begins with a vowel, use "an" before it, as in "an opossum, or an egg". If it begins with a consonant, use "a", as in "a bell, or a car". Just thought I throw that in...:)

[Titas]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Wait... It's 5th January already?!

[Anne (Booklady)]

Heather wrote: "Anne (Booklady) wrote: "No thank you to Snakes. But I'm terrified of SPIDERS! :-/

What's that phobia of spiders? I have it. My baby cat found a big wood spider this evening while I was making a s..."

Thank you Heather and Amber for supplying the name of the phobia. My mind went blank. @Amber I can't watch a movie with spiders in it without hyperventilating. I also get all clammy too.

[Brenda]

Groovy wrote: "I think just about everybody suffers from Arachnophobia at some degree.

**a little grammar tip** if the noun begins with a vowel, use "an" before it, as in "an opossum, or an egg". If it begins wi..."

The problem with opossum is that we say 'possum. I believe this would be correct. It was a 'possum.

[Heather]

Amber wrote: "Anne (Booklady) wrote: "No thank you to Snakes. But I'm terrified of SPIDERS! :-/

What's that phobia of spiders? I have it. My baby cat found a big wood spider this evening while I was making a s..."
I'm not familiar with them but if they involve spiders then he probably would. :)

[Amber]

Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Heather wrote: "Anne (Booklady) wrote: "No thank you to Snakes. But I'm terrified of SPIDERS! :-/

What's that phobia of spiders? I have it. My baby cat found a big wood spider this evening while ..."

Even when you know the spiders are just SFX?

Heather: They do. Fake special effects ones, though. DESOLATION OF SMAUG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJHPt... I apologize for the el sucko quality.

Old Fat Spider, Glenn Yarbrough from the soundtrack of the Rankin/Bass version of the Hobbit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKdsB...

Shelob's Lair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gVBV...

Couldn't find the scene from the 1977 Rankin/Bass version of THE HOBBIT where Bilbo uses Sting to kill the spiders, though, Heather.

[Groovy]

Brenda, that is so right. I know we say possum here in the US south, so it would be "a possum". I hardly hear "Opossum".

[Jean]

I seem to recall that there was a very, very large spider in the play, The Hobbit, which my high school staged my senior year. My twin brother, who is quite small for a guy (maybe 5'3 at the most) was a spider, and he got to zip line in across the audience to the stage...BTW, there was a movie called "Arachnophobia" maybe 20 (?) years ago...

I cover my eyes whenever there are snake scenes in movies, books, TV. If someone talks about them, it's "la-la-la." Seriously DO. NOT. LIKE. THEM. I'd look up the term for that phobia but I'm afraid to.

[Gopal]

Jean you must have hated Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets then...

[Patricia]

So Jean I take it you have not watched the movie "Snakes on a Plane"!! A really campy movie.

"Arachnophobia" was good!

[Brenda]

Hey, everybody, the Pick It For Me threads for February are up!

[Janet , Moderator]

Oops, I forgot! Thank you, Brenda. My PIFM pa!! ;-)

[Janet , Moderator]

Snakes On A Plane?!! Forget it..... Never!!

[Brenda]

Janet wrote: "Oops, I forgot! Thank you, Brenda. My PIFM pa!! ;-)"

Anything I can do to help!

[Guy]

Pat wrote: "So Jean I take it you have not watched the movie "Snakes on a Plane"!! A really campy movie.

"Arachnophobia" was good!"

I quite enjoyed Snakes On A Plane Pat.

[Amber]

How's this for a lighter moment? We can talk about our favorite GODZILLA movies!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgZGx...

[Janet , Moderator]

Hah! Yeah, Godzilla I can cope with!

[Amber]

So, what was your favorite Godzilla movie, Janet?

[Janet , Moderator]

Crikey, I'd have to Google to remember the movies! Knowing me I'd be mixing things up with King Kong! :-\

[Amber]

LOL. Well, if you saw the video, you know he DID fight Kong... .

[Groovy]

Thank you for that, Amber

I have an old collection of Godzilla movies in VHS form and never got around to updating them. I am a BIG fan of all the old Godzilla movies. And I'm going to buy the ones on the list you posted. It made me miss watching them with my daughter. (Just like we watch the Kung fu movies together:)

I don't like the newer ones though, with Matthew Broderick, and I think there's another one. But thanks again...

[Patricia]

Guy wrote: "Pat wrote: "So Jean I take it you have not watched the movie "Snakes on a Plane"!! A really campy movie.

"Arachnophobia" was good!"

I quite enjoyed Snakes On A Plane Pat."

Enjoy away Guy! Absolutely! It took the idea of snakes invading a plane to a crazy level.

[Heather]

Amber wrote: "Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Heather wrote: "Anne (Booklady) wrote: "No thank you to Snakes. But I'm terrified of SPIDERS! :-/

What's that phobia of spiders? I have it. My baby cat found a big wood sp..."
Ooh scary. I think he's watched those films so I can just imagine his reaction.

[Amber]

Groovy wrote: "Thank you for that, Amber

I have an old collection of Godzilla movies in VHS form and never got around to updating them. I am a BIG fan of all the old Godzilla movies. And I'm going to buy the one..."

Yes, there was one from 2014. And here's the Honest Trailer for GODZILLA 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOyVy...

Pat: Samuel Jackson's extremely profane language didn't help, did it?

Heather: LOL.

[Kirsten]

Congratulations to "The Kid" -- Ken Griffey, Jr, into the Baseball Hall of Fame with 470/473 votes. (In other news, there are people that didn't vote for Griffey.)

[Amber]

WHAT HELLFIRE AND DAMNNATION WAS THIS COP THINKING? http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/...

[Groovy]

That Honest Trailer was soooo funny, and so to the point! I remember that one, we went to see it. It was a bit disappointing. They focused more on the boring people than Godzilla, but it was still better than the last one--thanks, Amber!

I'm off to buy all the old classics:)

[Anne (Booklady)]

Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "Congratulations to "The Kid" -- Ken Griffey, Jr, into the Baseball Hall of Fame with 470/473 votes. (In other news, there are people that didn't vote for Griffey.)"

Who were the 3 that didn't vote for him? He was a good player. Clean too, in the midst of the doping season.

McGuire didn't make it on this last chance to be inducted - good!

[Anne (Booklady)]

Heather wrote: "Amber wrote: "Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Heather wrote: "Anne (Booklady) wrote: "No thank you to Snakes. But I'm terrified of SPIDERS! :-/

What's that phobia of spiders? I have it. My baby cat found..."

Can't watch any spiders, even SPX. Had to leave the theatre when I saw the Harry Potter movie.

[Brenda]

I posted this in another thread, but thought it would get more answers here.

I was asked how many new-to-me authors I had read in 2015. I reviewed my Read shelf and came up with 54.

This is what I'd like to know. Is 54 a lot? I have nothing to compare it to.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

Brenda wrote: "I posted this in another thread, but thought it would get more answers here.

I was asked how many new-to-me authors I had read in 2015. I reviewed my Read shelf and came up with 54.

This is what ..."

I read 172 books last year Brenda, and just under half were by new to me authors.....

[Brenda]

Sandy, I read 148. For 17 of the 54 new authors, I read more than one of their books.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)]

Brenda wrote: "Sandy, I read 148. For 17 of the 54 new authors, I read more than one of their books."

I had several new ones also where I read more than one of their books. Isn't exciting finding so many great new authors, ones that you want to read more of!

[Brenda]

Oh, yeah! There were some real gems! Another little fact: For 9 of the new authors, it was their debut book in 2015.

[Lisa]

Brenda wrote: "Oh, yeah! There were some real gems! Another little fact: For 9 of the new authors, it was their debut book in 2015."

I really got sidetracked in 2015, lol. I read 182 books and 126 of them were new authors to me.

I didn't check the debuts but I know some of them were. I would guess about 15.