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Monday, February 24, 2020
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7 comments:
bruce
said...
So annoying when you open the pack and most of the coils are broken. Can't remember when I last used these but it was only a decade or 2 ago, in a bush shack or somewhere.
I remember those worthless things. My parents tried them a couple of times, but gave up because they didn't seem to work. I guess the mosquitoes around our place were too smart.
I remember those things too. I remember the coiled ashes the next morning with a bunch of dead mosquitoes who landed on it because they apparently liked the smell.
I made me leery of all repellents until I realized Off works and so does citronella. But I was in my 40s before I accepted that. All because of that crappy coiled mosquito-attractor.
Over 50 or more years of swatting 'mossies' as we call them, I notice either they're getting smarter or I'm getting slower (both of course). Natural selection - by culling all the dumb 'squitoes we are creating a super-race who will eventually be unstoppable. Aaah!
I, too, have a vague memory of these things from my youth, including the recollection that the coils tended to break rather easily.
We have a few lemon balm plants around the house, and we sometimes wipe our hands and faces with the leaves; the oil includes citronella, I believe. But for real protection, Off! seems to be the best. I also remember when I was a kid my father had some kind of G.I. stuff from his days in the Army Reserve that was more effective than anything I've used before or since.
7 comments:
So annoying when you open the pack and most of the coils are broken.
Can't remember when I last used these but it was only a decade or 2 ago, in a bush shack or somewhere.
Apropos of nothing, check out youtube "officer steve 'candy' cane." and his irs scammer call.
I remember those worthless things. My parents tried them a couple of times, but gave up because they didn't seem to work. I guess the mosquitoes around our place were too smart.
Or lacked a sense of smell.
Jonah, you might like this channel.
Scammer rage quits when I wipe his PC!
I remember those things too.
I remember the coiled ashes the next morning with a bunch of dead mosquitoes who landed on it because they apparently liked the smell.
I made me leery of all repellents until I realized Off works and so does citronella. But I was in my 40s before I accepted that.
All because of that crappy coiled mosquito-attractor.
Over 50 or more years of swatting 'mossies' as we call them, I notice either they're getting smarter or I'm getting slower (both of course). Natural selection - by culling all the dumb 'squitoes we are creating a super-race who will eventually be unstoppable. Aaah!
I, too, have a vague memory of these things from my youth, including the recollection that the coils tended to break rather easily.
We have a few lemon balm plants around the house, and we sometimes wipe our hands and faces with the leaves; the oil includes citronella, I believe. But for real protection, Off! seems to be the best. I also remember when I was a kid my father had some kind of G.I. stuff from his days in the Army Reserve that was more effective than anything I've used before or since.
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