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Martin wrote: On Wed, 3 Sep 2014 12:24:07 +0100, Janet wrote: The manager of the sheep farm across the road from me, claims that Skin-So-Soft works very well, but wears off quickly and must be reapplied frequently. The midges here are truly vicious. It's a subject of Snopes http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/skeeters.asp That's about mosquitoes. Scottish midges are an entirely different insect species which IME are deterred by Avon skinsosoft exactly as Sheila said. DEET repels them all. To some extent. In my experience, it is only partially effective against Scottish midges and tropical insects (including mosquitoes). If you look, you will find lots of warnings not to rely on it as a defence against (say) malaria. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Saw our quack today to get advice on which malaria tablets to take (along side all the others). His coment was anything with DEET, BUT it is better to spray your clothes rather than the skin, something to do with stopping them getting up your trouser leg or down the neck of your blouse! -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales |
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On 2014-09-03 21:39:52 +0000, Roger Tonkin said:
As a slight aside, but not Off-topic: Saw our quack today to get advice on which malaria tablets to take (along side all the others). His coment was anything with DEET, BUT it is better to spray your clothes rather than the skin, something to do with stopping them getting up your trouser leg or down the neck of your blouse! Did he prescribe Lariam? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 03/09/14 22:39, Roger Tonkin wrote:
As a slight aside, but not Off-topic: Saw our quack today to get advice on which malaria tablets to take (along side all the others). His coment was anything with DEET, BUT it is better to spray your clothes rather than the skin, something to do with stopping them getting up your trouser leg or down the neck of your blouse! More off topic... My doctor was happy to give me whatever was needed, where "needed" was defined by the printout from http://www.masta-travel-health.com/ You specify when and where you are going, and get a usefully detailed and specific list of recommendations for avoidance, prophylaxis, prevention etc. It costs a small amount, but emails you updates if the situation changes (e.g. a local outbreak of Japanese encephalitis). Caution: I last used them ~6 years ago. |
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On 2014-09-03 20:13:57 +0000, Martin said:
On Wed, 3 Sep 2014 14:13:38 +0100, "philgurr" wrote: "Janet" wrote in message t... In article , lid says... On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 03:26:39 -0400, S Viemeister wrote: The manager of the sheep farm across the road from me, claims that Skin-So-Soft works very well, but wears off quickly and must be reapplied frequently. The midges here are truly vicious. It's a subject of Snopes http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/skeeters.asp That's about mosquitoes. Scottish midges are an entirely different insect species which IME are deterred by Avon skinsosoft exactly as Sheila said. Agreed, we are not talking about American mosquitos - we are talking about Scottish Midges! http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=53356 Before I encountered Skin So Soft, I had used OFF which I'd found in Turkey. It's very effective I'm just personally adverse to prolonged use of things like that. I use SSS rarely but effectively. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Roger Tonkin wrote: As a slight aside, but not Off-topic: Saw our quack today to get advice on which malaria tablets to take (along side all the others). His coment was anything with DEET, BUT it is better to spray your clothes rather than the skin, something to do with stopping them getting up your trouser leg or down the neck of your blouse! Sorry, but he's wrong. Yes, it is a good idea to do your clothes, but it is NOT more important than doing bare skin, and is because mosquitoes can bite through (thinnish) clothing. Mosquitoes will neither willingly enter enclosed spaces nor will 'walk' along a surface. Some other flying insects will. Also, it's not just anything with DTE, but with a high proportion of it (preferably 50+%). You should tuck your trousers into your socks (or use cycle clips) and wear more than a blouse in any location that mosquitoes are a serious problem. But, even with that, and slathered in DTE, you WILL get bitten. However, most tourists don't go where mosquitoes are a serious problem, anyway. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Janet wrote: I use Deet in the tropics against mosquitoes, where it works As a deterrent, yes, but not as a defence. And, in the tropics, that difference matters. There are no vaccines against many of the diseases caused by biting insects (nor effective treatments, in many cases). In my experience Deet is useless as a deterrent against Scottish midges. In Scotland, where I have lived for 40 + years, I use skin so soft. Exactly which one? My experience is that DTE isn't useless against midges, but the discomfort caused by it on the bites that do occur balances the discomfort of just getting bitten! I am interested in trying something better .... Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 04/09/2014 09:20, Martin wrote:
I use DEET on my clothes not on my skin. Dutch tests resulted in recommendations of repellents that contained at least 50% DEET. Yes, it works, but the biggest problem with DEET is that it is a pretty good solvent for some plastics. Many years ago some good Aussie friends were returning to Australia via some tropical countries. I did them a good turn (I thought) by making them a couple of hundred grams of 50% DEET in a cream base. As they were flying, to save weight, I used a plastic jar. When they got back to Oz they wrote that after a few weeks, the jar dissolved and they got a creamy, plasticky, mess all over their clothes! Fortunately we remained good friends... I sometimes wonder if there are strange fingerprint patterns over today's digital cameras and mobile phones if they are handled after someone rubs DEET on their skin. :-). -- Jeff |
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Jeff Layman wrote: I sometimes wonder if there are strange fingerprint patterns over today's digital cameras and mobile phones if they are handled after someone rubs DEET on their skin. :-). Yes, there are. And sunglasses, and .... Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 04/09/2014 15:41, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 04/09/2014 09:20, Martin wrote: I use DEET on my clothes not on my skin. Dutch tests resulted in recommendations of repellents that contained at least 50% DEET. Yes, it works, but the biggest problem with DEET is that it is a pretty good solvent for some plastics. Many years ago some good Aussie friends were returning to Australia via some tropical countries. I did them a good turn (I thought) by making them a couple of hundred grams of 50% DEET in a cream base. As they were flying, to save weight, I used a plastic jar. When they got back to Oz they wrote that after a few weeks, the jar dissolved and they got a creamy, plasticky, mess all over their clothes! Fortunately we remained good friends... I sometimes wonder if there are strange fingerprint patterns over today's digital cameras and mobile phones if they are handled after someone rubs DEET on their skin. :-). It's a good job that the implants women use to create silicon valley are below the skin |
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On 2014-09-04 18:06:12 +0000, Martin said:
On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:41:52 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote: On 04/09/2014 09:20, Martin wrote: I use DEET on my clothes not on my skin. Dutch tests resulted in recommendations of repellents that contained at least 50% DEET. Yes, it works, but the biggest problem with DEET is that it is a pretty good solvent for some plastics. I dripped some on a phone and it left a crater in the surface. snip And we're supposed to put this stuff on our bodies?! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 05/09/2014 18:34, Sacha wrote:
On 2014-09-04 18:06:12 +0000, Martin said: On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:41:52 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote: On 04/09/2014 09:20, Martin wrote: I use DEET on my clothes not on my skin. Dutch tests resulted in recommendations of repellents that contained at least 50% DEET. Yes, it works, but the biggest problem with DEET is that it is a pretty good solvent for some plastics. I dripped some on a phone and it left a crater in the surface. snip And we're supposed to put this stuff on our bodies?! That's why it works. The bugs have more sense than to come into contact with it. It's their way to take over the world. They just Buzz mankind enough so that everyone slaps so much of the stuff on that they dissolve. |
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