Re: Fw: Mosquitoes now anthrax immunity

Since they vaccinate, doesn't matter.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 3:44 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Fw: Mosquitoes now anthrax immunity


> Wonder if that makes him highly attractive for special forces duty?
>
>
> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> --Albert Einstein
>
>  --- On Tue 07/13, Kitty < kmrsy@comcast.net > wrote:
> From: Kitty [mailto: kmrsy@comcast.net]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:42:39 -0500
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Fw: Mosquitoes
>
> Your immunity made me think of my nephew. It turns out he has a
> natural<br>immunity to Anthrax, of all things.<br>Kitty<br><br>-----
> Original Message ----- <br>From: "Judy L Browning"
> <judybrowning@lewiston.com><br>To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent:
> Tuesday, July 13, 2004 12:08 PM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Fw:
> Mosquitoes<br><br><br>> I hope something is helpful. When I was 8-9
> years old we spent most of one<br>> summer helping my gramma with the
> cattle at pasture in the mountains. Best<br>> grass was in marshy
> meadows, but you couln't leave them in one place or<br>> they'd destroy
> it. Every week or so we'd go round them all up & move them<br>to<br>> a
> different meadow. Luckily they were used to following the sound of
> the<br>> bells we put on several of the big mama cows. So once we got
> those<br>moving,<br>> the others mostly just fell in behind. They were
> barely smart enough to<br>> trust us to take them to greener pastures.
> To get to my point, that first<br>> summer the skeeters thought I was
> delicious. head to toe itchy bumps.<br>After<br>> about a month though,
> I developed an immunity & the few bites I got didn't<br>> itch or swell
> at all. Lasted the rest of that & subsequent summers when I<br>> had
> high exposure to mosquitos. When I went away to college, my
> exposure<br>> dropped & so did my immunity, darn it.<br>> ----- Original
> Message -----<br>> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net><br>> To:
> <gardenchat@hort.net><br>> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 9:37 PM<br>>
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Fw: Mosquitoes<br>><br>><br>> > Judy,<br>> > Thanks
> for the list. I wonder if the clear (or as I've heard
> it<br>referred<br>> > to, "white") vanilla works better than the brown.
> It is available here.<br>> > Costs more but is necessary if your recipe
> needs to stay white-white<br>> rather<br>> > than off-white.<br>> ><br>>
> > I'm already taking doses of B6 and B12 for CTS, maybe I should toss
> in<br>the<br>> > B1.<br>> ><br>> > Kitty<br>> ><br>> > ----- Original
> Message -----<br>> > From: "Judy L Browning"
> <judybrowning@lewiston.com><br>>
>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>> > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 7:22
> PM<br>> > Subject: [CHAT] Fw: Mosquitoes<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > > From a
> friend of a friend in Alaska, maybe bigger skeeters than<br>>
> Minnesota.<br>> > > Some suggestions we've already seen, couple of
> different ones. I use<br>> skin<br>> > so<br>> > > soft on a damp
> washcloth. Keep it in a baggie in my pocket, so I can<br>> wipe<br>> >
> on<br>> > > more every hour or so. Not sure how that would work in
> fierce<br>humidity,<br>> > maybe<br>> > > mixing it with alcohol would
> be better then.<br>> > > ----- Original Message -----<br>> > >
> From:Tami<br>> > > It's about that time folks - so thought I'd send out
> this<br>reminder!!!!<br>> > ><br>> > > OK, mosquitos... prepare to be
> repelled!!!!!<br>> > ><br>> > > Use Bounce Fabric Softener Sheets...Best
> thing ever used in<br>> > Louisiana..just<br>> > > wipe on & go...Great
> for Babies<br>> > ><br>> > > Bob, a fisherman, takes one vitamin B-1
> tablet a day April<br>> > > through October . He said it works. He was
> right. Hasn't had a<br>mosquito<br>> > bite<br>> > > in 33 years. Try
> it. Every one he has talked into trying it works on<br>> them.<br>> > >
> Vitimin B-1( Thiamine Hydrochloride 100 mg.)<br>> > ><br>> > > If you
> eat bananas, the mosquitos like you, - something about
> the<br>banana<br>> > oil<br>> > > as your body processes it. Stop eating
> bananas for the summer and the<br>> > > mosquitos will be much less
> interested.<br>> > ><br>> > > This is going to floor you, but one of the
> best insect repellents<br>> someone<br>> > > found (who is in the woods
> every day), is Vick's Vaporub.<br>> > ><br>> > > Plant marigolds around
> the yard, the flowers give off a smell that<br>bugs<br>> do<br>> >
> not<br>> > > like, so plant some in that garden also to help ward off
> bugs without<br>> > using<br>> > > insecticides.<br>> > ><br>> > >
> "Tough guy" Marines who spend a great deal of time "camping out"
> say<br>> that<br>> > the<br>> > > very best mosquito repellant you can
> use is Avon Skin-So-Soft bath oil<br>> > mixed<b
>
> r>
> > > > about half and half with alcohol.<br>> > ><br>> > > One of the
> best natural insect repellants that I've discovered is made<br>> >
> from<br>> > > the clear real vanilla. This is the pure Vanilla that is
> sold in<br>Mexico.<br>> > It<br>> > > works great for mosquitoes and
> ticks, don't know about other insects.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> >
> > When all else fails--get a frog<br>> > > Fight West Nile.....pass this
> along to all your friends in skeeter<br>> land!!!<br>> > ><br>> > >
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