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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Gene, I think you know the effects of alcohol in the
> body/blood...lol...perhaps you have alcoholic mosquitoes there at
> Heartwood?  hehe

Nah, their driving is too straight.

> Mosquitos see differently than people.  They look for heat-warm blooded
> folks.  You may just have a higher metabolic rate than most people.

Alas, true. Chris calls me the French furnace. Gets me good snuggling 
in the winter. But in the summer . . . "it's too darn hot!"

During recent research I found that mosquitos find us, and other 
mammals, by the carbon dioxide we exhale. So when I go outside to pee 
at night I hold my breath. The experiment continues.

> Probably,
> your best bet is to apply lotions, creams, or simply use mud to repel
> skeeters..

I use all of the above except mud. Avon has a Deet-like spray that is 
safe to apply direct to your skin.

Imagine how the settlers suffered "in the good old days!"