Re: which spray or lotion

well then.....after fighting the water lily out of the pond, my Illinois skeeters will win.  We have a steriod crop this year!  
   
  My mother asked me what I ate that I broke out in hives today...em no, those are skeeter bites!
   
  Donna
  

james singer <islandjim1@comcast.net> wrote:
  Oh, man! This is the latest buzz on the Mosquito Olympiad, sports 
fans! It's heating up!

On Jun 17, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Kitty wrote:

> oh now come on, don't give us that old "everything in Texas is 
> bigger" line! Some of our Indiana mosguitoes could go proboscis to 
> proboscis with yours. And the smaller ones, well, think about 
> it...with all the moisture and humidity we have here, compared to 
> Kemp, I think ours could outswarm yours.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" 
> To: 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] which spray or lotion
>
>
>> LOL - yeah they are and I'm a big oil slick. But mother has dry 
>> skin and
>> they love her too. Wonder if it's just body chemistry or 
>> something. Plus
>> we have BIG skeeters here man. Some look like small helicopters, 
>> the little
>> vultures.
>>
>> On 6/17/08, Jesse Bell wrote:
>>>
>>> People with oily skin tend to be more prone to skeeter bites. My 
>>> twins are
>>> an
>>> excellent example (fraternal). One has oily skin (like her dad) 
>>> and the
>>> other
>>> has normal skin (like me). If there is ONE skeeter in the 
>>> house...it will
>>> find the one with oily skin. They both go to the lake or the 
>>> park...one
>>> comes
>>> home with nothing, the other is just covered in bites.
>>>
>>> I used the Listerine
>>> once...and it seemed to work. But skeeters aren't a big problem 
>>> for me
>>> normally. When I'm at PAM'S though...good grief...they are 
>>> EVERYWHERE and
>>> you
>>> cannot escape without a few bites. They are BAD in her back 
>>> yard.......
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Vera Metzke 
>>> To:
>>> gardenchat@hort.net
>>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 10:20:04 PM
>>> Subject: Re:
>>> [CHAT] which spray or lotion
>>>
>>> Not to throw a glitch in the system but isn't
>>> what we eat have alot to do
>>> with this also? Certain herbs repel the insects
>>> don't they? OK maybe just
>>> rambling but don't things like garlic that will
>>> circulate in the fluids we
>>> secrete help also to keep the little buggers at
>>> bay?
>>>
>>> Vera
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 8:38 PM, wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> Avon's Skin So Soft is a real oldie. I used to use it, but it
>>> > was never too
>>> effective for me. We have shad flies in the
>>> > spring and deer flies in the
>>> summer. It might be good for
>>> > mosquitoes but doesn't seem to phase deer
>>> flies.
>>> > Auralie
>>> >
>>> > In a message dated 6/16/2008 7:02:44 PM Eastern Daylight
>>> Time,
>>> > cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil writes:
>>> >
>>> > A lot of horse people swear
>>> that Avon's Skin So Soft will repel all
>>> > sorts of insects. Haven't tried it
>>> myself yet. I use Bullfrog on me when
>>> > I'm in the mountains.
>>> > We have fly
>>> spray for the horses and I bet we've tried a hundred brands
>>> > including all
>>> sorts of home-grown remedies, most of them don't last
>>> > longer than a few
>>> hours.
>>> > A fool-proof method might be one of those bug suits I see in 
>>> garden
>>> >
>>> catalogs.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL
>>> Autos for
>>> > fuel-efficient used cars. (
>>> >
>>> http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)
>>> >
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>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Pam Evans
>> Kemp TX
>> zone 8A
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Heat Zone 5
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