We had a cabin in the Big Cypress Swamp, and an outhouse, for awhile, till my Dad and cousin set up a water tower, and Pump, and got real indoor plumbing.
But when we had the outhouse, I would take a stick, and a can of raid, and a lighter, when I used it, and of course a flashlight at night. Well we have a big spider down here in Florida, we just called it a roach spider, but it was pretty much just a BIG brown recluse. It wasn't a recluse, but I know my Dad got bit by one, and it made a mess on his hand. Anyway, I would take the stick and whack the toilet lid, and seat a few times, and then carefully lift them with the stick, and then light the lighter, and spray the raid, all around the rim of the hole, and you could hear a lot of "Things" dropping down.
Always made a couple of passes, just to make sure. And I never caught the outhouse on fire!
I had one of those big roach spiders jump on my hand one time, and I almost flung my hand off of my wrist! I was slinging my hand so fast and hard, that when the spider was slung off, it hit the wall, and splattered. My wrist swelled up, and was sprained, but I was not about to let the thing bite me. They have big fangs! As a kid we would take a stick and get the big Golden Silk Spiders, and fling them into another web. Sometimes they were dinner, and sometime they were the diner.
Not a big fan of spiders, nor scorpions, though I did raise some big ones for awhile.
Wayne
