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ckiefer
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Name your best mosquito repellent
No DEET please....
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BajaDanD
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Whats wrong with Deet
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ckiefer
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Doesn't seem like something I'd like to put on my body..... Besides, the last
time I tried, it gave me a huge headache.
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ckiefer
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaDanD
Whats wrong with Deet |
Hey look at meeeee, I finally got my junior nomad!!!!
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DENNIS
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DEET is the ingredient that works. Maybe it replaced DDT.
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longlegsinlapaz
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A lot of people are allergic to DEET; some severely...me being one of them. I've never found anything that works well to repel the little blood
suckers, but putting straight bleach on the bite within a few minutes really reduces the reaction. I spend evenings inside when mosquitoes are
around!
When you open this thread, there's an advertisement up top for a natural product: http://www.herbariasoap.com/specialty/citronella_mist.asp?gc...
[Edited on 5-15-2008 by longlegsinlapaz]
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bajaguy
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Avon Skin So Soft and Bounce fabric softener sheets work really well. Place the Bounce in your shirt pocket, under your hat or tucked in your shirt
collar.
Some manufacturers are making clothing products with "built-in" insect repellant.
I find everybody has a different body chemistry. Bajablonde attracts mosquitos no matter what she does. I can be standing next to her and I never see
a mosquito. I tell her she needs to increase her intake of olive oil and garlic!!!!
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Taco de Baja
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Bring along a friend that the mosquitos like better than you 
Truth generally lies in the coordination of antagonistic opinions
-Herbert Spencer
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longlegsinlapaz
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Taco de Baja
Bring along a friend that the mosquitos like better than you
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I haven't MET one!!!!! But I'm beginning to suspect that's why I get
invited!
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
| Quote: | Originally posted by Taco de Baja
Bring along a friend that the mosquitos like better than you
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I haven't MET one!!!!! But I'm beginning to suspect that's why I get
invited! |
No, you get invited because you are longlegsinlapaz!
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BMG
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| Quote: | Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
| Quote: | Originally posted by Taco de Baja
Bring along a friend that the mosquitos like better than you
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I haven't MET one!!!!! But I'm beginning to suspect that's why I get
invited! |
We went on a jaunt for a couple of days with another couple. Everywhere we stopped, a mosquito would find our friend. We all enjoyed our 'mosquito
free' zone while she was around.
Next party we'll invite her and LLILP to come and put them opposite corners of the yard for total protection.
The only repellent that I've heard of that seems to work without DEET is the Avon Skin So Soft as mentioned earlier, but we've always used Off or
JungleJuice when we need protection. The Bounce sheet works well when yellowjackets are a nuisance.
I think the world is run by C- students.
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wilderone
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If you're not allegergic to DEET, then use it because it works. You can spray it on your clothes and use something else on your skin. Mosquitos,
black flies and no-see-ums will flock to wherever I am. I don't fool around with Avon Skin so Soft - only works for about 3-4 hours, gets the
sleeping bag all greasy, then you're getting bit. It's no fun to go on vacation and have welts all over your legs, arms, back, elbows, neck, ears,
head, feet, between your toes. There are some Cutter wipe-on sheets that are pretty handy - I use it on my skin, then put it in my pants pocket, or
hang it on my hat or wherever. To help with any perceived detrimental effects of DEET (I haven't experienced any), take an anti-inflammatory, and
there's a ton of food supplements to counteract or flush toxins from the body. When I was in San Blas - notorious for biting insects -- people were
getting sick from their numerous bites. You can also get infections from scratching. I bought some Sting-Eez to reduce itching.
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Iflyfish
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From Dr. Green
Some studies suggest that taking thiamine (vitamin B1) 25mg to 50 mg three times per day is effective in reducing mosquito bites. This safe vitamin
apparently produces a skin odor that is not detectable by humans, but is disagreeable to pregnant mosquitoes (Pediatric Clinics of North America,
16:191, 1969). It seems to be especially effective for those people with large allergic reactions. Thiamine takes about 2 weeks before the odor fully
saturates the skin. Garlic may work in the same way (except, of course, the odor is detectable by humans), but I have seen no scientific studies
supporting this.
I have used B1 with some relief. Stay inside sunrise and sunset.
Iflyfish
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David K
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Isn't taking heavy amounts of B vitamins supposed to work... makes your blood taste bad to them?
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Sunman
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I use a combo of Greenhead (feet & arms) and Avon skin so soft (face & neck. I don't find that it makes me greasy but it definitely doesn't
last like deet.
http://www.green-head.com/main.html
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longlegsinlapaz
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
| Quote: | Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
| Quote: | Originally posted by Taco de Baja
Bring along a friend that the mosquitos like better than you
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I haven't MET one!!!!! But I'm beginning to suspect that's why I get
invited! |
No, you get invited because you are longlegsinlapaz! |
Thanks Ken!  I seem to recall that I was the only one complaining of being used as a local blood bank when we met!
DITTO for my visits with the M/M BMG's! I'm ON to you guys!
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Gadget
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I eat lots of garlic, good for the ticker you know.
Avon skin so soft is the bomb!
Leslie my wife, they fly for miles to feast on my sweety, bumber for her, good for me. 
[Edited on 5-15-2008 by Gadget]
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vacaenbaja
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Avon has a line of repellants that also contain sunblock.
They worked quite well in the tropics of Ecuador to keep the
hungry and large critters away. It does not smell bad either.
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ckiefer
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I have heard about the Avon Skin So Soft, anyone know a representative down here in Baja, San Lucas, San Jose?
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Gadget
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vacaenbaja
Avon has a line of repellants that also contain sunblock.
They worked quite well in the tropics of Ecuador to keep the
hungry and large critters away. It does not smell bad either. |
Yes they do. I had a small bottle of the spf 15 sunblock / repellant with me on a surf trip to mainland Mex with a few friends. They all had the
deep woods off stuff and were getting devoured. They had all been ribbing me about my "sissy" lotion. They had to eat some serious crow before I let
them have any.
It even stayed on pretty good in the water.
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