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Re: [pct-l] On Mosquitos, On...

Sounds like what I hear Steve Queen's solution on the AT was.  I hear he
left dead mosquitos on his face as a warning to those still living.  Any
truth to this Steve?  Did it work?

Ed

Jeffrey Olson wrote:
> 
> Reading the advice on how to deal with gnats I'm reminded of sage advice
> from a long ago friend on how to deal with mosquitos.  The advice was picked
> up by Herb Caen, a recently deceased, long time columnist for the SF
> Chronicle, which does not legitimate it, but at least provides a bit of
> history.
> 
> My friend insisted that rather than getting wound up and frantic at the
> presence of mosquitos, that instead, you inhale a dozen or so.  Mosquito
> death is somehow transmitted to surviving mosquitos and they stay away from
> the face as chemically they recognize the scene of their potential demise.
> 
> I have not tried this method of repelling mosquitos.
> 
> Jeffrey Olson
> Seattle, WA
> 
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