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Mercedes

Jul 20th 2005 6:24 am

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Meant to eat a glove a day, the special forces used to eat it in the jungle.....leaches don't like it either......then afterwards you eat a barrelful of apples to neutrilise your breath so it doesn't smell. :D :D

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Originally Posted by iaink

Doesnt work. DEETs about the only thing I trust.

Its worse outside the cites, and all homes have screens anyway so its an academic point. And yes, they are done by September, mostly.

They can be annoying. Annoying enough that we got a $400 SkeeterVac (not the crappy cheaper one without the vacuum system, they dont work) , and it catches large numbers for us...even more than are plastered on the front of the car! I'll post a picture of the trap basket sometime...probably a couple of hundred thousand little bastard corpses from about a weeks worth of trapping.

With the aid of the trap our yard is mostly OK, until after dark. For the few that hang around we use the kiddy OFF deet spray, and can live our lives in comfort.

dbd33

Jul 20th 2005 6:28 am

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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas

Redneck aftershave.

;)

Y'all know this year we've been releasing our inner trash. Who needs Appalachia ?

iaink

Jul 20th 2005 6:30 am

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Originally Posted by bombards

I have got so much to learn... sorry but what is Backwoods Off!???

The strongest DEET out there. Just dont get it on your plastic sunglass lenses. :(

On the bright side, be glad its Canada and not Australia. The Australian "Lonely Planet" Guide has a much thicker section on things that will kill you:D Here its pretty tame, a few bears, the odd black widow spider, thats about it. There its sharks, jellyfish, spiders, snakes, all kinds of em!

Mostly I dont have a problem with the bugs, but I dont recommend walking in the woods at dusk either! The only time they really get me is if my chain breaks or I have a puncture on my bike...thats why my saddlebag always contains a small spray bottle of backwoods OFF. Emergency use only! Otherwise the skintastic or the kids spray works for regular light duty living in the country. When I lived in town there was no problem at all.

iaink

Jul 20th 2005 6:31 am

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Originally Posted by Mercedes

The cure sounds far worse than the problem.

iaink

Jul 20th 2005 6:31 am

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Originally Posted by dbd33

Y'all know this year we've been releasing our inner trash. Who needs Appalachia ?

I can hear the banjos dueling!

dbd33

Jul 20th 2005 6:35 am

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Originally Posted by iaink

I can hear the banjos dueling!

Up river there was a shack with a sign "We don't call 911" !

bombards

Jul 20th 2005 7:04 am

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Originally Posted by iaink

I can hear the banjos dueling!

I can only hear the funeral march!!

Thank you everyone, for such graphic details. I look forward to sharing my horror stories next summer...

Bombards
:) :) :)

hot wasabi peas

Jul 20th 2005 7:04 am

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Y'all know this year we've been releasing our inner trash. Who needs Appalachia ?

Mine's trashier :p

dbd33

Jul 20th 2005 7:07 am

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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas

Mine's trashier :p

But you own. We rented.

hot wasabi peas

Jul 20th 2005 7:13 am

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Originally Posted by dbd33

But you own. We rented.

Ya yous aint legit, yous was juss purtendin.

dbd33

Jul 20th 2005 7:25 am

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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas

Ya yous aint legit, yous was juss purtendin.

We really had grits and collard greens. That's really a simple minded girl in farmer pants. And the breed of that there dog is simply "rez dog". Our trashiness may be transient but it's real alright.

zebedee

Jul 20th 2005 7:56 am

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Originally Posted by Mercedes

im both scared and confused at the concept of eating gloves as a mosquito repellant...makes even malathion look appetising ;)

or "i ate a mitten once ... still got bit tho"

Mercedes

Jul 20th 2005 8:38 am

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Originally Posted by zebedee

im both scared and confused at the concept of eating gloves as a mosquito repellant...makes even malathion look appetising ;)

or "i ate a mitten once ... still got bit tho"

Chop it up into a good curry.... :D :D

Travelled with a French guy once, and I got bitten alive and he didn't. He ate loads of garlic, so I now throw some into food with some chilli.......I don't seem to get bitten and apparently my boyfriend says my breath doesn't smell. But apprantly told its fresh garlic as the packet stuff makes your breath smell........I don't get bitten alive now, but he does, LOL.

I don't have any vampires visit either :D :D

Purley

Jul 20th 2005 9:16 am

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We haven't had much of a problem here this year, thank goodness. Also low counts of the ones that bring West Nile virus.

Biiiiink

Jul 20th 2005 9:20 am

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Originally Posted by iaink

The strongest DEET out there. Just dont get it on your plastic sunglass lenses. :(

Nor your lips. I sprayed into my hands as per the instructions, put a dab on my face and touched my lips by mistake. They went tingly, then completely numb... Surprised you didn't hear me freaking out in Ontario :scared:

I'm laying off the DEET now, I'll take the bites thanks!

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