or you can rub yourself all over with mercury and not worry about
mosquitoes......
Bruce Kolber
St. Petersburg, FL 33715
USA
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From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 1:01 PM
Subject: RE: [OM] HELP: what should I take !?!?!
> Actually rubbing yourself with ashes is even better than ordinary dirt.
When
> I fought forest fires the mosquitoes never were a problem. /jnm
>
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> > [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dirk Wright
> > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:31 AM
> > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [OM] HELP: what should I take !?!?!
> >
> >
> > >If you get dirty enough the mosquitoes won't bother you. /jnm
> > >
> >
> > Mosquitoes are attracted by the CO2 that we exhale, that's how
> > they find warm
> > blooded animals to sink thier beak in to and suck thier blood.... I
don't
> > think they are repelled by methane though...<g>...so I'm not sure that
> > rolling in dirt/cow dung/swamp muck is going to help that
> > much....just stop
> > breathing and they won't bother you.....I suppose this is how the
> > determine
> > if they are sucking on a live one or not also.....<g>
> > --
> > Be Seeing You.
> > Dirk Wright
> >
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