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Vitamin B sounds like a good tip, thanks!

I'm same as you, I get eaten alive yet husband never gets touched, although he smokes so I wonder if that's why. Wait til he gives up!!! :p

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Yes I agree, I'm the only Pom in my household, they seem to like my blood compared to the kids and the Wife. I bought a midsized Yardguard in desperation about 2 years ago. Takes a week before it clears the mossies and now..... well life is great again. You get used to the noise and smell of frying insects eventually, infact it becomes strangley comforting. ;)


They clear about 1/3rd of an acre and definietly effective. Wish they had the same affect on flys.

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Vegemite mate, you'll be good (eat it don't wear it) :eek:

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You've just not meet the right bird yet :D

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What about garlic tablets, can they help?

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Come on, you must of tried it..............just once perhaps! :D

R.

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some friends of mine used to work in Taiwan and they had a hand-held mossie zapper - a bit like a table tennis bat.... it wasn't fantastically effective as it's so small, but provided hours of entertainment... especially when dive-bombed by a big moth... apparently they would sizzle and then dramatically burst into flames!!!

Do these zappers work for these horrible flying cockroaches I've heard about??

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I have tried everything except Vitamin b I am allercic to B6 tho so will avoid the pills, so will try that and hope. Sorry but I;'l try the Marmite before you get me eating that Vegemite cack.

BridieJ I smoke and have drunk vast quantities of Jack Daniels to try and scare them off (in the name of science of course), neither of these work so it isn;t the cigarettes that stop the hubby getting bitten.

Thanks for all the top tips guys, I thing I am running out of options and may just have to live with them.

Kala

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Have just had chat with hubby now in Singapore airport en route home - with his midgie and mossie bites! According to his mother's naturopath (? - everyone should have one?!) vitamin B1 thiamin is the thing... but if you take it you must also take a vitamin B complex as apparently the 1 on its own does nasty things to your system.... although perhaps not quite so nasty as having your red cells all sucked out by rotten buzzzzzzzing flying biting little critters!!

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I think (doh!) after a few years, you become immune to them so not long to go Kala ;)

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Marmite does work ...... it has vitamin B12 in it ........ but nobody will wanna kiss ya :D

Unfortunately for me I do get a terrible reaction to mossies, midges and anything else that bites it seems. I was told once that Citronella mixed into baby oil or grape oil is good ... I tried this when I went to spain one year and it did help but rubs off onto clothing .... could always try it in a lotion ?

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BTW, can someone explain to me how it is that mossies can definitely not spread aids, I'd love to give a scientest this challenge. 1 small sealed room, about 10,000 mossies, 1 vial of aids infected blood. Oh and of course one expert scientest that proclaims that Aids cannot be spread in this manner.

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There was a post on here the other day saying that its called 'Our Mate' in Oz.

R.

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You could consider changing your diet...eats lots of garlic and reduce the sugars you in take.

Chaval

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Thing is I've been following the GI diet for the last 3 weeks and the recipes tend to have loads of garlic in, but has done no good.....