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#161719 - 01/07/09 05:37 AM Re: What is worse in your opinion? [Re: Ranter]
wildman800 Offline
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We Cajuns have found that when beer and cayenne pepper is part of your diet, the mosquitoes and flies tend to leave you alone because they evidently don't like the taste of our sweat/body oils! YMMV.
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#161727 - 01/07/09 11:27 AM Re: What is worse in your opinion? [Re: wildman800]
Stu Offline
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[quote=wildman800]We Cajuns have found that when beer and cayenne pepper is part of your diet, the mosquitoes and flies tend to leave you alone because they evidently don't like the taste of our sweat/body oils! YMMV. [/quote
Ill have to try that. Thanks.
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#161987 - 01/08/09 09:47 PM Re: What is worse in your opinion? [Re: scafool]
samhain Offline
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Registered: 11/30/05
Posts: 598
Loc: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Originally Posted By: scafool
Black flies, or Snow flies?




Not meaning to be a smart-aleck, but I'd have to say:

"which ever one is bugging me at the time"....


I try to keep things in the "here and now"...
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#162067 - 01/09/09 04:53 AM Re: What is worse in your opinion? [Re: samhain]
Jakam
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Black snow.

Did someone say that already?

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#162237 - 01/10/09 03:46 AM Re: What is worse in your opinion? [Re: scafool]
dougwalkabout Offline
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Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 3238
Loc: Alberta, Canada
Originally Posted By: scafool
Originally Posted By: dougwalkabout
Snow flies or snow fleas?


OK, I was making a pun about the snow flying when I posted the question ...


Yeah, I know, I was just messin'. Most people just roll their eyes when I mention snow fleas.

Black flies en masse are pure hell. You are under personal siege by kamikaze-diving blood-sucking bugs. Mosquitoes are mild and polite by comparison. The more wind the better. Camp on a bald hill if you can.

A 'snow flies' day is variable. I don't mind a good winter storm, mostly. It depends on the wind chill, whether I need to drive in rush hour with crazy people, and whether I have the option of wearing two layers under my dress clothes. Better than black flies by a country mile.

But a 'snow flea' day is glorious. It's close to spring, the snow has consolidated so you can wear tiny snowshoes and tromp around, and the air temperature hovers around zero so you don't even need gloves. Pâté on crackers with a nice Malbec and pleasant female company. Ah, that's the life.

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#162241 - 01/10/09 04:02 AM Re: What is worse in your opinion? [Re: dougwalkabout]
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Registered: 12/18/08
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Originally Posted By: dougwalkabout
Originally Posted By: scafool
Originally Posted By: dougwalkabout
Snow flies or snow fleas?


OK, I was making a pun about the snow flying when I posted the question ...


Yeah, I know, I was just messin'. Most people just roll their eyes when I mention snow fleas.

Black flies en masse are pure hell. You are under personal siege by kamikaze-diving blood-sucking bugs. Mosquitoes are mild and polite by comparison. The more wind the better. Camp on a bald hill if you can.

A 'snow flies' day is variable. I don't mind a good winter storm, mostly. It depends on the wind chill, whether I need to drive in rush hour with crazy people, and whether I have the option of wearing two layers under my dress clothes. Better than black flies by a country mile.

But a 'snow flea' day is glorious. It's close to spring, the snow has consolidated so you can wear tiny snowshoes and tromp around, and the air temperature hovers around zero so you don't even need gloves. Pâté on crackers with a nice Malbec and pleasant female company. Ah, that's the life.


"But the black flies, the little black flies,
Always the black fly no matter where you go!
I'll die with the black fly a-picking my bones
In North Ontario-i-o
In North Ontario"
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#162243 - 01/10/09 04:09 AM Re: What is worse in your opinion? [Re: dougwalkabout]
OldBaldGuy Offline
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I have a good story 'bout snow snakes, but I'm not gonna tell it here...
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#162246 - 01/10/09 04:18 AM Re: What is worse in your opinion? [Re: scafool]
dougwalkabout Offline
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LOL! (I always liked the NFB animation with the dancing skeleton ...)

I went camping with a guy who bought that cheap 'blue shampoo' you used to be able to get for a buck. The black flies went straight for him, massing in formation and then peeling off and diving straight at his head like Stukas. I thought it was funny as hell.

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#162248 - 01/10/09 04:24 AM Re: What is worse in your opinion? [Re: scafool]
OldBaldGuy Offline
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I just though of a trick my wife, who has a lot less time camping than I do, taught me to take care of most flying critters while camping, be they black flies, snow flies, meat bees, or whatever. Come dinnertime, open a can of the cheapest cat food you could buy, and put it 20 ft or so away from your eating area. Those nasty flying critters will swarm the cat food, leaving you pretty much in peace...
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