[thechat] my entry for 'Scar Like a Pirate' Day

[Erika]

is there any way to avoid brown recluse spider bites?  they seem like 
such an innocuous-looking spider...

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Joel D Canfield wrote:
>> You want "never"? Try "a brown recluse spider bit me on the butt" --
>> after a friend almost lost a leg to the effects of a similar bite :-)
>>
>> The pictures didn't come out nearly as good as yours, though.
> 
> eeg - a friend took one in the right side of his face. took a year for
> the skin grafts and muscle to heal.
> 
> ugly wound
>