XPost: soc.culture.scottish, soc.culture.irish, soc.culture.british   
   XPost: alt.religion.druid   
   From: firstname@lastname.oc.ku   
      
   On 5/15/2011 5:48 PM, Robert Peffers wrote:   
   > "S Viemeister"  wrote   
   >> On 5/15/2011 1:30 PM, Robert Peffers wrote:   
   >>> Over here we have midges. Like small Mosquitoes but more hungry, more   
   >>> aggresive and with far bigger teeth.   
   >>> They also hunt in packs of several billions. BTW: only the females bite   
   >>> and suck blood.   
   >>> Oh! And repellant wont stop the wee buggers.   
   >>>   
   >> If you remember to re-apply it every half hour or so, Avon Skin-So-Soft   
   >> works surprisingly well.   
   >> I have a midge-proof jacket to wear when working in the garden, and   
   >> midge-proof screens in every room of the house.   
   >   
   > I had, so called, midge proof screens on a caravan once. The little beasties   
   > still got in. Mind you, in a lifetime touring Scotland, I've never come   
   > across such a hungry batch of midges as on that site. Just on the outskirts   
   > on Oban.   
   >   
   Mine are truly midge-proof!  _Very_ fine mesh, and attached to the   
   window frame with velcro, so the beasties can't get in along the edges.   
     I made and installed them myself, as I couldn't find anything suitable   
   ready-made.   
      
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