RE: [Leica] WAS:have a beer, NOW: mosquitos! ;-)

["Steve Unsworth" <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk>]

Ted, same problem here, they _love_ me. The worst bites I ever had was when
I was staying in a hotel in Cairo opposite a drainage ditch. I didn't know
that one person could have so many insect bites.

Steve

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ted Grant
Sent: 15 July 2001 08:06
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] WAS:have a beer, NOW: mosquitos! ;-)


Mike Quinn wrote:
>>(1) Years ago I noticed that mosquitoes would sometimes bypass me to land
on people they found more attractive. One girl in particular was a real
magnet.  I married her.<<<<<<

Cool I like that plan! ;-)

>> (2) Failing method #1,  you can move from the frozen north to a desert or
a mountain. Mosquitoes don't seem to last long in the deserts, and they fly
so
> slowly in high mountains that you can nurse your single malt while
watching
> them struggle in the thin air and then pick them off as they pause to
catch
> their breath.<<<<<

Hi Mike,
Actually where I live here in Victoria on the tip of Vancouver Island, we
are basically mosquito free with many of the houses without window
screening. It isn't necessary as we're almost bug free!

So when I go to a mosquito infested area, the little blood suckers lie in
wait for me to get off the plane.  I know this for a fact, because I've seen
them looking in the plane window as we taxi to the docking ramp at the
terminal. What's worse, the little buggers have smiles on their faces and
are pointing at me! ;-)

ted. ;-)











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- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Quinn" <mlquinn@san.rr.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] WAS:have a beer, NOW: mosquitos! ;-)


> Ted:
>
> I've been fighting similar mosquito problems for years.
> Two things seem to help:
>
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Mike Quinn
>
> Ted Grant wrote:
>
> > John Collier wrote:
> >
> >>>>> The evil mosquitoes tend to gather thick on the ground in Edmonton
too
> > (thankfully not this year). <<<<<<
> >
> > OK John a big thanks for that information, as I arrive Edmonton  28 July
for
> > the World Athletic Championships and I don't want to see one damn
mosquito
> > as they and I do not have any affinity for each other simply because
they
> > love my blood and I want them dead!;-)
> >
> > Do please look after this bug problem before I arrive, that's a good
fellow!
> > ;-) thank you.
> > ted
> > Ted Grant Photography Limited
> > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
> >
>
>