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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar I" data-source="post: 49335" data-attributes="member: 3755"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Marguerite</div><div class="ubbcode-body"></p><p></p><p>we have a lady in the village who stinks out the local film night by drenching herself in citronella oil but she STILL gets bitten by mozzies - bitten AND gassed, what a lovely evening - so my current rule of thumb is, "speak softly and carry a big can of fly spray."</p><p></p><p>For bodily ailments I might try herbal treatments, but I don't think the various invertebrate nasties have read the same books about folk remedies.</p><p></p><p>Marg </div></div></p><p></p><p> :rofl:</p><p></p><p>Well, here is a funny thing that happened this morning re: woodticks and the lifestyle changes they encourage.</p><p></p><p>So, I am sleeping in the other bedroom with the cat because the dog is woodtick magnet and loves to sleep next to me, transferring the creatures by, so it would seem, a process similar to osmosis. (Each body would, at the end of the process, be covered by an equal number of ticks.)</p><p></p><p>In any event, I was lying in my bed in the guest room this morning thinking about how all this is so different from when we were in Florida last year where there were no bugs...and who should lift his head from my pillow BUT THE DANG DOG.</p><p></p><p>He had sneaked into bed with me in the night.</p><p></p><p>Lord only knows how long he was lying there beside me while I slept.</p><p></p><p>Or what may have been crawling along, attaching itself to me in the night.</p><p></p><p> :faint:</p><p></p><p>So, I put the dog outside.</p><p></p><p>And when I went back to make my bed?</p><p></p><p>You guessed it.</p><p></p><p>Woodtick.</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar I, post: 49335, member: 3755"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Marguerite</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> we have a lady in the village who stinks out the local film night by drenching herself in citronella oil but she STILL gets bitten by mozzies - bitten AND gassed, what a lovely evening - so my current rule of thumb is, "speak softly and carry a big can of fly spray." For bodily ailments I might try herbal treatments, but I don't think the various invertebrate nasties have read the same books about folk remedies. Marg </div></div> [img]:rofl:[/img] Well, here is a funny thing that happened this morning re: woodticks and the lifestyle changes they encourage. So, I am sleeping in the other bedroom with the cat because the dog is woodtick magnet and loves to sleep next to me, transferring the creatures by, so it would seem, a process similar to osmosis. (Each body would, at the end of the process, be covered by an equal number of ticks.) In any event, I was lying in my bed in the guest room this morning thinking about how all this is so different from when we were in Florida last year where there were no bugs...and who should lift his head from my pillow BUT THE DANG DOG. He had sneaked into bed with me in the night. Lord only knows how long he was lying there beside me while I slept. Or what may have been crawling along, attaching itself to me in the night. [img]:faint:[/img] So, I put the dog outside. And when I went back to make my bed? You guessed it. Woodtick. Barbara [/QUOTE]
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