--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <richardhughes103@> wrote: > > > > I had to abandon my meteor watching attempts this week because > > my garden has become overrun with mosquitoes, bastard little > > things will eat you alive. I'm gonna napalm my pond. > > One word, dude: citronella candles. > > Ok, that was two words. But they work. > > At least they work on the mosquitoes in Spain. I > have a big garden behind my place, and I like to > spend time in it. However, so do mosquitoes. This > creates somewhat of a conflict, one that the mos- > quitoes were winning hands down until I discovered > the citronella candles.
Thanks for the tip, I've got some jungle formula Deet but I don't like using it since I spilt some of it on the bottle and it melted the paint off! > What also works, and works better, is a little can > they sell here of citronella gel marketed under the > name of Blocodor. It just smells lemony, without > any chemical or spray-deodorizer overtones, and > it keeps the pesky little suckers away without even > lighting a candle. I haven't seen one in weeks, > since I discovered this stuff. Sounds like heaven, I can't believe it's got this bad here all of a sudden. I bet it's some global warming thing. > On the other hand, given the interconnectedness of > all things, there is some possibility that the very > mosquitoes I chased away from my garden in Spain > migrated north and are the ones inhabiting yours. > If you find the citronella candles, say hello to > the mosquitoes and give them an evil laugh from me > before you light the candles, just in case. :-) Aha! They must be yours, they're hungry and angry as Hell! I don't mind killing the things. As a Darwinist I consider that in wiping out all those that come near me, I'm helping a type of mozzy to evolve that doesn't like the taste of people.
