Hope those little pesky beasts don't bother you again! 


Wow, what a vacation, literally consumed by events so bloody intense and unforgettable. 

Danny Danzi

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Do I dare ask how Danny knows so much abut Avon products? 



;) 

Ok, ok, I cannot tell a lie. I dated a girl once that sold Avon on the side. She'd test the products out and I'd yell and complain she smelt terrible and I'd rather her go out and sweat for 3 hours in the heat over wearing some of that stuff!
 
One day, after coming home from being on my boat, I was all welted up and she says "Skin So Soft will repel those things!" I smelled it, and it didn't smell bad at all...and made my skin as soft as a new born baby. That scared me a little, but hey, if it stops those Green Heads from beating me up, I'm all for it! :)
 
I came to find out there were other "repel" type things this stuff did as far as insects go. It was also good at night when the skeeters came out. Better than smelling like "Off" or burning those Citrinella (or however you spell that) candles that smell so bad. Honest that's the truth! :)
 
-Danny

Ok ...thanks for explaining Danny. I am much more relaxed now!! LOL. ;) 


Don't scare us like that anymore! 

Thanks, Julien. I'm not sure I could offer any identifying features, as they're very, very small.
On a previous trip, I'd stepped on a nest of fire ants. Didn't need to look those buggars up in a book. I try to stand on pavement now when possible.
They're bombing the bedroom now. I don't know with what, didn't ask.
Meanwhile, I've at least found a treatment for the itching: aloe vera. We have it growing in the front yard. Works great. But apparently we have an actual Avon rep in the neighborhood, so I'm going to pursue the Skin So Soft option - I could use some softening anyhow.

Another downside to this place: they only play Kenny Rogers on the radio. It's all Kenny, all the time. "You Decorated my Life" will not leave my head now.

To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal, light up the stage, and wax a chump like a candle...

If you are dealing with ant's nests you need to recruit 11 year old boys as they will come up the most sadistic and inventive ways of wiping them out.

Aloe vera is great for insect bites and sunburn, it may also prevent ants biting you. Though it won't be as effective as Skin So Soft Bug Guard.

If you were in the UK, you'd be eaten by aunts instead.
(Just sayin'...)

Glyn Barnes


If you are dealing with ant's nests you need to recruit 11 year old boys as they will come up the most sadistic and inventive ways of wiping them out.

Like, OMG, how totally not Taoist!!

My wife pulled back the sheet on the bed and it was crawling with ants. I've been sleeping on an anthill all week!

She's been spared my fate by falling asleep on the couch watching TV every night.

My sister-in-law has supplied some kind of folk remedy. Some green goo that smells like menthol. Says it will keep the ants away. And pretty much everybody else, too.

The upside of all this is that it's made me oblivious to the severe sunburn I've acquired. I'm gonna be a real sight when I get back to the US of A.

Try chocolate. 

Melt it and dip the ants in it.... I hear they are quite tasty this way. 
You get to eat them, not the other way around.