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From: jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick)
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Subject: Re: Re: Mosquitoes, other nasties
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Date: Sat, 18-May-85 23:47:19 EDT
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>  Musk-ol will prevent almost everything from
> landing, except possibly for Horse fly - you'll still need a baseball
> bat! (:-)).  

Thanx for the reply--I'll save it all. We certainly get black flies in New 
England; in fact you aren't allowed to kill them in Maine, on account of 
they're the state bird. 

Oddly enough, the weapon to deal with horseflies isn't a baseball bat, but a 
baseball HAT. Explanation: horseflies are not swarming insects, but one or two
will follow you for hours in sunny areas. They are very agile, and can dodge
almost any solid object; if you're lucky enough to connect, they are tough
enough to survive an impact. But I have a baseball cap that I sometimes wear
while canoeing, and the back of it is made of mesh. If the cap is held by its
peak and swung, the mesh back apparently isn't enough to create a pressure 
wave that the flies can dodge, so you can sweep them down against something
hard. It's especially gratifying to toss your persecutor overboard and watch
a fish appear from the depths and swallow it!

ps Muskol is widely sold in the States too. Is it really better than Old
Woodsman (I use the "jungle strength" grade) or is it just that the smell
makes one think that it's doing more good?

John Purbrick					jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA
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