Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]DEET... Haven't some PEOPLE been permanently repelled with this stuff? As in carried over the River Styx?Personally, I am not bothered by bugs...must be my natural chemistry! Maybe why I had a hard time getting dates in College! But then I found a long time ago that a lot of colognes and after shaves attract certain insects, as well- usually the more nasty type with stingers, stripes, and foul attitudes toward humans! I rarely wear perfumes because of asthma, and even washed with Octagon soap at one time, so maybe the less attractants one wears has a big effect. Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: Henning J. Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] depressed about investment > Tina wrote: > > >>BTW- Tina- what kind of insect repellant do the pros recommend, in places > >>like Honduras!? My wife can go into the back yard, and she immediately > >>becomes a 'skeeter' buffet, and dessert for all sorts of pesky gnats, midges > >>and bloodsucking varmints of various caliber! She needs a professional > >>strength 'skeeter' dope really bad! > > >I use Avon's Skin So Soft - better than 100% Deet and good for your > >skin. Folklore from Honduras also says eat lots of garlic and don't eat > >bananas. Mosquitos hate garlic-flavored blood, but they love those bananas! > > Besides being something I don't want on my skin, Deet will also destroy > your clothing; anything synthetic has a short lifespan with Deet. > > Something else that helps apparently (I haven't tried this one) is to have > drinks of orange juice and baking soda starting ten days to two weeks befor > exposure; apparently it changes you skin ph so that the mosquitoes don't > find it tasty. > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com