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Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: Chez Miriam Date: September 20, 2018, 12:21 pm
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[quote author=Kaymyth link=topic=42.msg14228#msg14228
date=1537462571]
[quote author=Chez Miriam link=topic=42.msg14175#msg14175
date=1537438990]
[quote author=Kaymyth link=topic=42.msg14139#msg14139
date=1537388480]
[quote author=Chez Miriam link=topic=42.msg14131#msg14131
date=1537384649]
[quote author=Copper Horsewoman link=topic=42.msg14088#msg14088
date=1537326291]
OK, I finally got one for this topic: in my neck of the woods,
the mosquitoes outnumber the air molecules right now. I had to
do some weed-pulling last weekend, or my house might never be
seen again. Loaded up with DEET-heavy repellent, long-sleeved
shirt, long pants and boots. Once I started sweating, the
repellent wouldn't repel, even after reapplying liberally. I got
on with the job, taking swatting and cursing breaks.
I went back into the house and took off the shirt. Everywhere on
that shirt that I had been swatting, I must have gotten a
fully-loaded mosquito, because it looked like a crime scene,
with spots, splatters, smears and sprays.
Oh, and I discovered that they bit my scalp, especially along
the part and hairline, but also right through my hair!
[/quote]
I wanted to post a smiling smiley for the crime scene reference,
but a sad-face smiley for the bites. :-\
I remembered too late never to go anywhere near ivy in good
weather: harvest mites get under every tight spot on clothing
[knicker line, waistband, bra band & straps, etc, etc, etc] and
try to bite* their way out.
* I assume that's what they're doing, and I'm covered in bites.
>:(
[/quote]
That sounds like chiggers. They're mites that like to feast on
skin cells, and they go for soft skin and/or protected tight
spaces.
[/quote]
Thanks for posting that, Kaymyth. Chiggers isn't a term we use
in the UK, and I'd read it somewhere (long ago) and from the
description come up with scabies! :o
I only know that we call them harvest mites in the UK because I
had an attack of "aoutas" whilst in France one time, went to a
pharmacist for the insanity-creating itching, and they diagnosed
aoutas...
That didn't appear in my French-English dictionary, so I
(French) googled the Latin name and then searched for that in
English to come up with harvest mites!
I've learned something new today! ;D
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Ha! Definitely not scabies. Humans aren't even their natural
food source; they more typically feed on reptiles and
amphibians. But when you get a large population of them, they'll
eat whatever they can get. Horrible things. We had a terrible
problem with them earlier this summer - in one day of pulling
weeds I managed to get over a HUNDRED bites. It was so awful I
had to burn a couple of sick days because I couldn't handle
wearing much in the way of clothes.
You can see the adults crawling around; teensy tiny little red
mites. But it's the babies that bite you, and they're too small
to even see without a magnifying glass. And don't let all the
old wives' tales on how to kill them fool you - by the time the
bite appears, the critter that bit you is long gone, and it
often takes a day or two after picking them up for the bites to
start appearing.
The best prevention is to learn where you pick them up from and
shower as soon as you go inside. Scrub vigorously to get them
off before they find a tasty spot.
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Crikey to the first bolded - that must have been awful. :'(
Thanks for the prevention advice, I know where mine hang out
[anywhere with ivy on the ground], so I'll head for the soapy
water immediately next time!
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Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: Copper Horsewoman Date: September 21, 2018, 5:44 pm
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[quote author=VorFemme link=topic=42.msg14158#msg14158
date=1537405867]
I ran a search on mosquito repellent plants - turns out that
lemongrass is one of the ingredients in most repellants. I
bought a large bar of lemongrass scented soap, cut it into
slices, and scattered them around our room - trying to keep the
mosquitos out of our room.
They also don't like tea tree oil, eucalyptus, lavender,
rosemary (herb), basil (herb), garlic (seasoning), and even
catnip...it might not help much when I'm out of town on a trip -
but I just bought fresh mosquito repellant spray and I'm
planning on going home and picking through my collection of
scented soap to pack in my suitcase to keep any bugs out of my
suitcase, scent my clothes, and take with me on the next trip to
scatter around that room, too. I'm not sure about taking
incense or essential oils - as I'm afraid that they'd either be
unable to be burned in the room or they'd spill in the suitcase
and stain my clothes, not just scent them.
As a bonus, I can wash myself with the soap, too. I'm not sure
if the scent is strong enough to repell mosquitoes - but at
least my scent won't clash with the repellant.
I'm not covered in crime scene splatter - but I'm itching in
places on my back that I can't reach and it's really getting
annoying. I have lots of tiny little bloodstains - which is
going to be hard to get out...
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The unprintable little buggers that we have now are impervious
to persuasion. Part of the area I was weeding when I got bit to
bits is an herb garden containing rosemary, basil and parlsey.
The DEET containing repellant I doused myself with (Deep Woods
OFF! is the brand) did little but to "season the meat". My
current bath soap is a locally made bar of rosemary-lavender
soap. The weather is predicted to change to cooler temps, and
when it finally gets down to 50F overnight, it will take out
most of them, thank heaven!
#Post#: 14557--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: Ida Date: September 25, 2018, 8:17 pm
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I've discovered that disposable hand-cleaning wipes, the ones
with benzalkonium chloride in them, can relieve the itching
temporarily.
Long enough, e.g., to go to sleep.
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Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: frog24 Date: September 26, 2018, 3:47 pm
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Gross: finding the wall of dried boogers in my daughter's room
Worse than gross: realizing I'd already been leaning on it for
many nights while I read to her. Blaaaaahhhhhhggggghhhh!
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Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: Pattycake Date: September 26, 2018, 6:01 pm
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[quote author=frog24 link=topic=42.msg14640#msg14640
date=1537994856]
Gross: finding the wall of dried boogers in my daughter's room
Worse than gross: realizing I'd already been leaning on it for
many nights while I read to her. Blaaaaahhhhhhggggghhhh!
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at least they were dried!
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Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: Dazi Date: September 26, 2018, 7:01 pm
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[quote author=Pattycake link=topic=42.msg14647#msg14647
date=1538002913]
[quote author=frog24 link=topic=42.msg14640#msg14640
date=1537994856]
Gross: finding the wall of dried boogers in my daughter's room
Worse than gross: realizing I'd already been leaning on it for
many nights while I read to her. Blaaaaahhhhhhggggghhhh!
[/quote]
at least they were dried!
[/quote]
Well, she could have eaten them. 😂
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Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: frog24 Date: September 27, 2018, 3:43 pm
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I think this is how someone got the idea for textured walls.
They saw the grossness and decided to paint over it... tah dah!
textured walls.
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Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: Reika Date: September 28, 2018, 10:16 pm
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[quote author=frog24 link=topic=42.msg14699#msg14699
date=1538081021]
I think this is how someone got the idea for textured walls.
They saw the grossness and decided to paint over it... tah dah!
textured walls.
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That might explain my apartment complex's mentality. ;)
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Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: Snowfire Date: September 28, 2018, 10:46 pm
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Years ago DH had to clean out the cube of an engineer who had
been fired. In addition to a gravity defying hoard of computer
bits and parts he made a truly disgusting discovery under the
desk when he climbed under it to unplug things. The entire
surface under the desk, (at least the parts that could be
reached by a human arm), were totally covered in a thick layer
of boogers. That part of the desk went straight to the dumpster.
I think a file drawer or two did as well.
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Re: Gross Out (Not for the faint of heart redux)
By: HenrysMom Date: September 29, 2018, 11:51 am
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How gross can we be here?
After 10 days of constipation, it finally, with much wailing and
gnashing of teeth, came to a head, or rather an end this
morning. Let’s just say that multiple flushings were required.
I thought of my measuring tape, but decided against it.
And that’s all I’m going to say about that.
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