[Sca-cooks] Mosquitoes, was OT: Weather in Oertha

Sharron Albert morgana at gci.net
Tue Jan 24 23:57:36 PST 2006


>That's not a problem.  You can take care of mosquitos like that with 
>a 30-06.  The really nasty ones are about an eighth of an inch long 
>in basic black, so they disappear in the shadows.  Between them and 
>the no-see-ums (biting midges), they'll bleed you dry.  I was 
>wearing a Stetson (and Cutter insect repellant) while fishing Willow 
>Creek.  I lifted my hat off to wipe away the sweat and found the 
>entire brim covered with a layer of itty-bitty black mosquitos. 
>Drowned the little beggars, I did.
>
>Bear

I am so glad I was not drinking anything when I read that!

Morgana
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