Comments on: from seas to trees http://prefectlife.net/blog/?p=29 Just another WordPress site Wed, 30 Oct 2019 22:58:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Sky http://prefectlife.net/blog/?p=29#comment-54 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:45:00 +0000 http://www.prefectlife.net/blog/2006/05/29#comment-54 “we’ve tried 3 types of repellants, deet and non, all minimally effective. what did work was sweating profusely with lotion on which creates a greasy film that the bugs get enveloped in as soon as they land. they get trapped on you like amber.”

Well at least you’ll build up immunity to all kinds of diseases around the world. The human grease fly trap method is rather unique.

But if you want to really ward off the flies, there are a pair of magical toxic shorts… another trip, another time.

Seriously, try dryer sheets. Rub them on your skin, and then stuff a few in your shirt and waist pocket. Something in the dryer sheets makes biting insects unhappy. But I don’t know… a Downey fresh Steve is unimaginable.

]]> By: mary http://prefectlife.net/blog/?p=29#comment-53 Wed, 10 May 2006 22:14:00 +0000 http://www.prefectlife.net/blog/2006/05/29#comment-53 nope, not sand flies. was bitten by those in belize, along with sun flies, and those just become little red spots. these turn into red bubbles. incredibly itchy inflamed orbs of agony that last for about a week, if you don’t scratch.

we’ve tried 3 types of repellants, deet and non, all minimally effective. what did work was sweating profusely with lotion on which creates a greasy film that the bugs get enveloped in as soon as they land. they get trapped on you like amber.

]]> By: steve http://prefectlife.net/blog/?p=29#comment-52 Wed, 10 May 2006 21:51:00 +0000 http://www.prefectlife.net/blog/2006/05/29#comment-52 I don’t joke about stuff like that since I started jumping into rivers and pools at the bottom of waterfalls down here. You just don’t know what’s in this stuff. Of course, I’m kind of a sissy, so I wait until I’ve seen someone else go in and not scream before I go in. I swam in a pool under a couple hundred foot waterfall today and there was guy pulling fresh water shrimp out for dinner. Huge suckers. There’s even lobster size man-eaters, but that’s a story for the main blog…

]]> By: Anonymous http://prefectlife.net/blog/?p=29#comment-51 Wed, 10 May 2006 03:30:00 +0000 http://www.prefectlife.net/blog/2006/05/29#comment-51 Steve, why didn’t you mention your leech problem in this posting. It’s not that embarassing to discuss… well, maybe it is for you. DEW

]]> By: Anonymous http://prefectlife.net/blog/?p=29#comment-50 Wed, 10 May 2006 03:29:00 +0000 http://www.prefectlife.net/blog/2006/05/29#comment-50 HA HA HA… sand flies?

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