"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 01:34:41 -0700, "Lobby Dosser"
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On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:16:06 -0400, Phisherman wrote:

On Mon, 31 May 2010 08:01:21 -0500, "basilisk"
wrote:

Watch out for those ticks, they are out and about and
spreading disease.

I've spent the last ten days with Rocky Mountain Spotted
Tick Fever.
The best way I can describe it is; the worst flu you ever had
X5.

I managed to eat the first meal I had in over a week
yesterday, today I feel almost back to normal with the
exception of being very weak.

The cure is simple, a short course of doxycycline
antibiotics and time.

Important thing is to get ticks off as soon as possible
and if flu like symtoms develope, seek out treatment
as soon as possible. RMSTF becomes more unforgiving
as treatment is delayed and is sometimes fatal.

basilisk




I already got bitten three times. One was a tiny seed tick I removed
last Wednesday. The area inflamed 2-3X a mosquito bite and turned red
the following day, improving slowly with applications of neosporen.
The OFF! doesn't seem to keep them off very well--looking forward to
winter weather when I can do more woodworking without the bloody
suckers.

I thought the bugs would be far worse here in Alabama than they were in
Vermont. Not at all. Other than ants (A few Sagans of sugar ants come
in
each fall) we have no issues with them at all. I'm rarely if ever
bitten.
They do have a truck that comes around and sprays once a week.


Sprays what?

And how about them Alabama Cockroaches?!

When I lived in Phoenix, AZ for a tech-school year, I had to avoid the
PHX cockroaches. They were so big that if you stepped near one, they'd
reach out, grab you by your big toe, and toss you off the sidewalk
before they continued on. _Nasty_ bastids, they was.

I was born in Anchorage, AK and was nearly carried off by an Alaskan
mosquito before my first birthday.

Ayup, bugs and I have a history.

Friend wearing flip flops jumped from the top bunk onto an Alabama cockroach
on the floor. Lifted his foot and the cockroach wandered off. We didn't dare
leave smokes or beer on the floor while playing cards, as the cockroaches
would steal them. Nothing worse than drunk cockroaches waking you up for a
light in the middle of the night. They were getting so big, some of them
were stealing uniforms and trying to get served at the NCO Club.

Then, of course, the Palmetto Bugs were Bigger ...