Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Wed, 25 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 24 Dec 2024 22:52:48 +0100, D wrote:
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This is the truth! During autumn they start to disappear. Then you can
sit outside all night without any mosquitoes, very nice for fishingand
just general camping!

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No wonder Scandinavians gravitated to Minnesota; just like home! Why the
Somalis went there beats me. An advantage of a semi-arid climate is the

The somalis, like ticks, enjoy living off scandinavians. They do it in sweden too! ;)

mosquitoes flourish for a couple of weeks, and some years not at all. I
think I saw three this summer and only one tick. Every spring I spray my

Please tell me you killed the tick! I do not like them at all.

hiking clothes down with Permethrin, It doesn't repel ticks but scrambles
their nervous system. I've seen ticks make it half way up my leg before
running out of steam. For actual repellent it's DEET all the way. The hell
with eco-friendly patchouli flavored organic tea tree oil or whatever.

Hah! Tell me about it! My wifes mother loves everything eco, alternative and hippie! She dabs me with some weird smelling pine oil + vegetable mix that does absolutely nothing to repel mosquitoes.
It is very fascinating how ticks are attracted to different people. I get between 0-3 or so per summer depending on how much I need to walk through bushes and underbrush on my way to fishing spots.
In the country house the neighbour have a daughter, and when she was a child she was literally rolling around in meter high gras in a field, and she never got any ticks. Very strange. She must be blessed!
With ticks, my best strategy is to check myself religiously and remove them as quickly as possible. I use pincers, and just gently pull them straight out.