Mozzie Misery
May 28th 2009, 5:14 pm
#31
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Re: Mozzie Misery
May 28th 2009, 5:38 pm
#32
Heading for Poppyland
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Location: North Norfolk and northern New York State
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Re: Mozzie Misery
Up here in the far north, we are having a cold, wet spring (early summer?) and the mosquitoes and black flies are about average .. but the deer ticks are really bad this year. Fortunately I'm getting quite skilled at pulling the little buggers out intact..
May 28th 2009, 9:01 pm
#33
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Re: Mozzie Misery
Deet...nothing else works really...as for bites, After Bite, or anything with ammonium hydroxide so you could slag it up and use plain ammonium...
May 29th 2009, 1:16 am
#34
Sleepless In Chicago
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Re: Mozzie Misery
I guess I slag it up with my Walgreen brand ammonium. Works well, smells like a ginnel.
May 29th 2009, 3:16 am
#35
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Re: Mozzie Misery
Am I the only one that likes to watch birds and bats?
May 29th 2009, 12:47 pm
#37
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Re: Mozzie Misery
We went camping this past weekend and I bought the new "OFF" clip on insect repellent and didn't get bitten once, usually they get only me. It has refill cartridges that last for 12 hours.
As for relief, tea tree oil or gold bond itch relief cream.
Damn mozzies!
As for relief, tea tree oil or gold bond itch relief cream.
Damn mozzies!
May 29th 2009, 1:12 pm
#38
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Re: Mozzie Misery
Saw those advertised on TV last night...I wondered if they were similar to the clip on one I use.
May 29th 2009, 3:50 pm
#39
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Re: Mozzie Misery
Good to hear it works. I like that. My own personal fog of keep-the-hell-offa-me.
May 29th 2009, 3:53 pm
#40
Sursum corda
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Location: Richmond Hill, GA USA
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Re: Mozzie Misery
No, I do, living on the farm we had tons of barn swallows and a few bats and I don't remember bugs ever being a problem, well except for bot flies for the horses.
Now I live next to a marsh, and while I do not use chemicals and don't wish to the bird population seems to be songbirds and that's about it,
Now I live next to a marsh, and while I do not use chemicals and don't wish to the bird population seems to be songbirds and that's about it,
May 29th 2009, 4:06 pm
#42
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May 29th 2009, 4:25 pm
#43
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Re: Mozzie Misery
That one is cute though....
May 29th 2009, 6:48 pm
#44
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Re: Mozzie Misery
Bats scare me....I have nightmares of being bitten by a rabid bat!! In fact when the bats come out at night I come in......true!!