XPost: soc.culture.scottish, soc.culture.irish, soc.culture.british   
   XPost: alt.religion.druid   
   From: firstname@lastname.oc.ku   
      
   On 5/15/2011 8:12 PM, Scotty wrote:   
   > On Sun, 15 May 2011 16:02:40 -0400, 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 saw this last week, still a long way from commercialization but there is   
   > hope for a longer lasting repellant.   
   >   
   > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/3343205/New-in   
   ect-repellent-last-three-times-longer.html   
   >   
   > http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/deetstreet/   
   >   
   > http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/ne   
   -bug-repellent-is-thousands-of-times-stronger-than-deet-2284584.html   
   >   
   > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110509151244.htm   
   >   
      
   Deet had been used for years, before we were told it was a neuro-toxin.   
     I hope the new compounds are thoroughly investigated.   
      
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