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Re: OT Mosquitoes         


Author: Baz
Date: Sep 25, 2007 15:47

On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:11:50 +0100, Snowleopard
gmail.lair.com> wrote:
>
>Now currently a plague in my home (and many others).
>
>Unfortunately, the shops have decided that it is now Christmas so I
>can't get anything to kill or remove them. I do have a spray but it
>smells bad and I don't really want to sleep with it on. I'm eating
>lots of marmite.
>
>Any other suggestions??

Avon Skin So Soft. They hate it!

--
Baz who just happens to have a huge bottle of the stuff yet no mozzies
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Re: OT Mosquitoes         


Author: Larry Green
Date: Sep 25, 2007 16:42

Baz wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:11:50 +0100, Snowleopard
> gmail.lair.com> wrote:
>
>> Now currently a plague in my home (and many others).
>>
>> Unfortunately, the shops have decided that it is now Christmas so I
>> can't get anything to kill or remove them. I do have a spray but it
>> smells bad and I don't really want to sleep with it on. I'm eating
>> lots of marmite.
>>
>> Any other suggestions??
>
> Avon Skin So Soft. They hate it!
>
Yeah, I heard that was really good too....

and leaves your skin...errr....so soft!

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Re: OT Mosquitoes         


Author: Baz
Date: Sep 25, 2007 17:38

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:42:56 -0400, Larry Green
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Re: OT Mosquitoes         


Author: zeldabee
Date: Sep 25, 2007 18:09

Larry Green wrote:
> Baz wrote:
[skeeters]
>>>
>>> Any other suggestions??
>>
>> Avon Skin So Soft. They hate it!
>>
> Yeah, I heard that was really good too....
>
> and leaves your skin...errr....so soft!
>
>

I heard that Skin-So-Soft isn't really effective as an insect repellent,
and that that's a myth. It does smell rather nice.

--
z e l d a b e e @ g m a i l . c o m
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Re: OT Mosquitoes         


Date: Sep 25, 2007 21:05

On 26 Sep 2007 01:09:38 GMT, zeldabee apollo.geese.com>
wrote:
>Larry Green wrote:
>> Baz wrote:
>[skeeters]
>>>>
>>>> Any other suggestions??
>>>
>>> Avon Skin So Soft. They hate it!
>>>
>> Yeah, I heard that was really good too....
>>
>> and leaves your skin...errr....so soft!
>>
>>
>
>I heard that Skin-So-Soft isn't really effective as an insect repellent,
>and that that's a myth. It does smell rather nice.
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Re: OT Mosquitoes         


Author: Viva
Date: Sep 26, 2007 05:43

Baz wrote:
[mozzies]
>
> Avon Skin So Soft. They hate it!
>
>
Indeed .. and ants hate it too. I left a tiny trail of it across my kitchen
doorstep and they turned and went the other way.
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Re: OT Mosquitoes         


Author: zeldabee
Date: Sep 26, 2007 08:29

The Odd Stray spamtrap.com> wrote:
> On 26 Sep 2007 01:09:38 GMT, zeldabee apollo.geese.com>
> wrote:
[...]
>>I heard that Skin-So-Soft isn't really effective as an insect repellent,
>>and that that's a myth. It does smell rather nice.
>
> I expect it's like most of these "Works!" "Doesn't Do Diddly!"
> arguments. In reality, works for some folks and doesn't do diddly for
> other folks. In sum, worth a tryout ...

Well, I can tell you for sure that the mozzies and biting flies in
Wisconsin laugh at Skin-So-Soft, as they elbow one another out of the way
to get to every square centimeter of exposed flesh that isn't slathered in
Deet.

--
z e l d a b e e @ g m a i l . c o m
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Re: OT Mosquitoes         


Author: Bear
Date: Sep 26, 2007 15:28

In article <5lv2f6FafpjsU1@mid.individual.net>, Viva says...
> Baz wrote:
> [mozzies]
>>
>> Avon Skin So Soft. They hate it!
>>
>>
> Indeed .. and ants hate it too. I left a tiny trail of it across my kitchen
> doorstep and they turned and went the other way.

Makes you wonder what's in it!
--
Bear
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Re: OT Mosquitoes         


Author: Baz
Date: Sep 27, 2007 07:56

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:27:05 +0100, Halla
drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:43:29 -0500, "Viva" privacy.net>
>blethered:
>
>> Baz wrote:
>>[mozzies]
>>>
>>> Avon Skin So Soft. They hate it!
>>>
>>>
>>Indeed .. and ants hate it too. I left a tiny trail of it across my kitchen
>>doorstep and they turned and went the other way.
>>v
>>
>
>Good tip, that. It is sort of worrying though, considering it's
>supposed to be a moisturiser.
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Re: OT Mosquitoes         


Author: Viva
Date: Sep 27, 2007 09:31

"Bear" gmail.com> wrote ...
> In article <5lv2f6FafpjsU1@mid.individual.net>, Viva says...
>> Baz wrote:
>> [mozzies]
>>>
>>> Avon Skin So Soft. They hate it!
>>>
>>>
>> Indeed .. and ants hate it too. I left a tiny trail of it across my
>> kitchen
>> doorstep and they turned and went the other way.
>
> Makes you wonder what's in it!
> --
> Bear
>
Indeed! I don't use it on my skin anymore.
v
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