I'm so old I Remember when:

[tripletfeb]

I use eucalyptus essential oil when I go hiking. I only put it on my clothing not on my skin. It's the best thing I've found that actually works. Next to eucalytus oil is peppermint oil. It seems peppermint oil has a bit more of a tendency to burn a bit when you accidently happen to get on the skin than eucalyptus oil does.

You need to dilute the peppermint oil with a carrier oil. Like jojoba. Peppermint itself does tend to be a little stronger

 

[BDutch]

as thinking of something else as we're standing in a room trying to remember why we went in there.

I am doing that since I was a kid. Alway seeing new things that distract me and forgetting the purpose of going into that room.

 

[jxp]

If you have never been to a drive in move you've missed out on a right of passage.

They're still out there. Come to Oklahoma City OK or Fort Collins CO.

 

[jxp]

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Great. Now I've got John Travolta singing in my head.

 

[jxp]

I use eucalyptus essential oil when I go hiking. I only put it on my clothing not on my skin. It's the best thing I've found that actually works. Next to eucalytus oil is peppermint oil. It seems peppermint oil has a bit more of a tendency to burn a bit when you accidently happen to get on the skin than eucalyptus oil does.

I usually rub a citronella geranium leaf or lemongrass/ lemon basil/ lemon balm on my arms. Enough scent to keep the biters away.

The real trick is either eliminating a much standing water as possible and/or get you some ducks to eat their swimmers (larva). Easier said than done, I know.

 

[jxp]

I also remember the little spiral thing that burned real slow to keep skeeters out of your car in the summer time.

They're still for sale. Just look up mosquito coils. You should get a number of choices on where to buy.

 

[The Moonshiner]

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OG headphones?

 

[Evadig]

The real trick is either eliminating a much standing water as possible and/or get you some ducks to eat their swimmers (larva). Easier said than done, I know.

We have a whole pond in our backyard. We also have the ducks but they're not allowed in the pond. I just sit up on the deck, where there seems to be less skeets.

 

[Nomadicus]

We went to Expo 67 in Montreal, Canada. We spent a night at a hotel that was on a lake and were surrounded by some sort of tall grasses. The skeeters were the worst I have ever been in. They were tiny but pure evil and attacked in swarms like mad hornets.

 

[Canadian Wind]

We went to Expo 67 in Montreal, Canada. We spent a night at a hotel that was on a lake and were surrounded by some sort of tall grasses. The skeeters were the worst I have ever been in. They were tiny but pure evil and attacked in swarms like mad hornets.

Welcome to Canada!

I'm hoping the weird weather this year killed them all!