DEET in mosy spray
Jul 13th 2012, 8:47 pm
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Re: DEET in mosy spray
I'd try it but I try to avoid putting any repellents on anyway. Apart from the first bite of the season, they don't really bother me that much now.
Just out of interest, why not do a practical test yourself and compare it to a DEET product. Make a Youtube video with your findings?
Just out of interest, why not do a practical test yourself and compare it to a DEET product. Make a Youtube video with your findings?
Jul 13th 2012, 8:52 pm
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Re: DEET in mosy spray
Excellent. Finding evidence and facts to back up your statements is now a bad thing.
I don't use anything as things don't bite me as a rule - but if I did I would use something that is scientifically proven to work.
Who said you should do otherwise?
Please, stop with the fox news style anti-intelligence folksiness.
I don't use anything as things don't bite me as a rule - but if I did I would use something that is scientifically proven to work.
Who said you should do otherwise?
Please, stop with the fox news style anti-intelligence folksiness.
Ready?
Start to question things. Just because they say it is....it don't mean it is.
Jul 13th 2012, 8:59 pm
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Re: DEET in mosy spray
Stop with the faux cynicism as well. Just because they say it is... it don't mean it isn't. Not accepting anything you read makes your a paranoid fruitloop as much as accepting everything makes you naive.
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Jul 13th 2012, 9:19 pm
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Re: DEET in mosy spray
Avon Skin So Soft is a well-known folksy mozzy repellent, just like citronella.
I'm sure it works, for a little bit, for some people. Likewise, I'm also sure that for most people, industrially-produced insecticides are probably more efficacious at keeping bugs away.
My mum is a terrible one for insisting things like peeing on a bee-sting is better than any of that nonsense from the chemist. "But Mum... will you just pull your pants back up, we're in Tesco car-park!"
Simple folks like simple things. Leave them be, say I. No point upsetting them.
Anyway, the answer to mozzy problems is to smoke a pipe.
I'm sure it works, for a little bit, for some people. Likewise, I'm also sure that for most people, industrially-produced insecticides are probably more efficacious at keeping bugs away.
My mum is a terrible one for insisting things like peeing on a bee-sting is better than any of that nonsense from the chemist. "But Mum... will you just pull your pants back up, we're in Tesco car-park!"
Simple folks like simple things. Leave them be, say I. No point upsetting them.
Anyway, the answer to mozzy problems is to smoke a pipe.
Jul 13th 2012, 9:22 pm
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Re: DEET in mosy spray
I wonder if there is a placebo-effect in the realm of mosquito repellants?
Are mosquitos less likely to bite you if you *believe* that the ointment in question will have said effect?
Are mosquitos less likely to bite you if you *believe* that the ointment in question will have said effect?
Jul 13th 2012, 9:24 pm
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Re: DEET in mosy spray
I think you are getting pretty close to coming around to my way of thinking.
Jul 13th 2012, 9:28 pm
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Re: DEET in mosy spray
Avon Skin So Soft is a well-known folksy mozzy repellent, just like citronella.
I'm sure it works, for a little bit, for some people. Likewise, I'm also sure that for most people, industrially-produced insecticides are probably more efficacious at keeping bugs away.
My mum is a terrible one for insisting things like peeing on a bee-sting is better than any of that nonsense from the chemist. "But Mum... will you just pull your pants back up, we're in Tesco car-park!"
Simple folks like simple things. Leave them be, say I. No point upsetting them.
Anyway, the answer to mozzy problems is to smoke a pipe.
I'm sure it works, for a little bit, for some people. Likewise, I'm also sure that for most people, industrially-produced insecticides are probably more efficacious at keeping bugs away.
My mum is a terrible one for insisting things like peeing on a bee-sting is better than any of that nonsense from the chemist. "But Mum... will you just pull your pants back up, we're in Tesco car-park!"
Simple folks like simple things. Leave them be, say I. No point upsetting them.
Anyway, the answer to mozzy problems is to smoke a pipe.
Jul 13th 2012, 9:47 pm
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Re: DEET in mosy spray
But she's right in that urine contains ammonia, the healing action of which deals with any acid content in bug bites/stings (thanks to Novo for that explanation).
Also, no better place than to expose genitalia than in Tesco's car park. A bit like Wal-Mart people roaming around Wal-Mart, it helps correctly market the corporation to its demographic.
In future let her cure your bee sting. And remember, it's the thought that counts, not the aim
Also, no better place than to expose genitalia than in Tesco's car park. A bit like Wal-Mart people roaming around Wal-Mart, it helps correctly market the corporation to its demographic.
In future let her cure your bee sting. And remember, it's the thought that counts, not the aim
Jul 13th 2012, 9:49 pm
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Re: DEET in mosy spray
So anyone used the herbal stuff?
Citronella oil, mixed with lemon grass, eucalyptus and anything else that goes into them?
Citronella oil, mixed with lemon grass, eucalyptus and anything else that goes into them?
Jul 13th 2012, 9:55 pm
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Jul 13th 2012, 9:57 pm
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Re: DEET in mosy spray
But she's right in that urine contains ammonia, the healing action of which deals with any acid content in bug bites/stings (thanks to Novo for that explanation).
Also, no better place than to expose genitalia than in Tesco's car park. A bit like Wal-Mart people roaming around Wal-Mart, it helps correctly market the corporation to its demographic.
In future let her cure your bee sting. And remember, it's the thought that counts, not the aim
Also, no better place than to expose genitalia than in Tesco's car park. A bit like Wal-Mart people roaming around Wal-Mart, it helps correctly market the corporation to its demographic.
In future let her cure your bee sting. And remember, it's the thought that counts, not the aim
Jul 13th 2012, 10:05 pm
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Re: DEET in mosy spray
Would make things interesting 
But do any of those things actually work?
Citronella candles seem to work for a while in the garden, but as bug spray, not really. Works okay against other bugs like ticks I suppose, well they've not been a problem so who knows, but not made any difference against mozzies.
The problem I have with deet, I get eaten alive where ever I haven't sprayed a spot, but the missus, just a little bit of the stuff on the collar, wrists and the like, seems to work a treat.
But do any of those things actually work?
Citronella candles seem to work for a while in the garden, but as bug spray, not really. Works okay against other bugs like ticks I suppose, well they've not been a problem so who knows, but not made any difference against mozzies.
The problem I have with deet, I get eaten alive where ever I haven't sprayed a spot, but the missus, just a little bit of the stuff on the collar, wrists and the like, seems to work a treat.
Jul 13th 2012, 10:24 pm
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Re: DEET in mosy spray
That will be shinning bright ..... gluten free life and the mossies in Manitoba
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