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<blockquote data-quote="nvts" data-source="post: 279223" data-attributes="member: 3814"><p>When we were kids we were in the woods until the street lights came on...then you ran like h-e-double hockey sticks to get home. Our parents used to check us for ticks and nine times out of ten we had them on us - the dog would have engorged ones weekly.</p><p> </p><p>Apparently, ticks when "latched on" breathe through a hole in their abdomen so what my mom would do was take a cotton ball and dip it in rubbing alcohol, hold it "around" the tick and it would back out of the skin after 30-60 seconds because it couldn't breathe. Worked every single time. Then she'd flush the tick. </p><p> </p><p>Naturally, we'd tell each other that the tick could survive in the toilet pipes and would crawl up and bite you on your "nether regions".</p><p> </p><p>Scared the prunes out of each other! Ahhhhhh, the good ol' days!</p><p> </p><p>Beth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nvts, post: 279223, member: 3814"] When we were kids we were in the woods until the street lights came on...then you ran like h-e-double hockey sticks to get home. Our parents used to check us for ticks and nine times out of ten we had them on us - the dog would have engorged ones weekly. Apparently, ticks when "latched on" breathe through a hole in their abdomen so what my mom would do was take a cotton ball and dip it in rubbing alcohol, hold it "around" the tick and it would back out of the skin after 30-60 seconds because it couldn't breathe. Worked every single time. Then she'd flush the tick. Naturally, we'd tell each other that the tick could survive in the toilet pipes and would crawl up and bite you on your "nether regions". Scared the prunes out of each other! Ahhhhhh, the good ol' days! Beth [/QUOTE]
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