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Sandra B | Report | 15 May 2006 09:30 |
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Thanks Rags , will be there later....! this is really weird....we even think alike..... |
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Lewella | Report | 15 May 2006 09:29 |
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No Polly, lol. Mudgee is Aboriginal for 'Nest in the Hills' and, no, I'm not Aboriginal!! Father's family originally from Scotland, mother's from England. Pretty narked, 'cause I don't have any convicts and that's a badge of honour here! Lew Lew xxx |
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JanJan78 | Report | 15 May 2006 09:28 |
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*twighlight zone theme (again!)* The best thing for them is avons skin-so-soft dry oil spray bout £5 for bottle but you only need a little and I buy the green one (not sure if the pink one does the same) and it lasts our family all summer....barbecues etc. included. It kills them on contact with your skin.....the only downfall is you end up with an arm/face/back/anywhere full of dead midgies and have to go wash after a while or you look minging!! P.S. when you spray it on DON'T rub it in just leave it as it is :-)))) I know a wee shop in Mallaig who sells it.....'GOT IT' it's beside the lifeboat shop round the corner past the mission as if your heading for the pier. You OH might wana try it if he reacts to their bites :-))) |
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Sandra B | Report | 15 May 2006 09:28 |
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Sorry about that Foxy, there is a product by avon called Skin so Soft that is supposed to scare them off......Rag Dolly---do we have an Avon Lady up here.......? |
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Sandra B | Report | 15 May 2006 09:25 |
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Linda, looks like they are spreading out now, probably caught the over night sleeper.......Lew, Lew, just spotted you name , mudgee....Do you have mudgees there.,? |
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Sandra B | Report | 15 May 2006 09:22 |
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~~~to Rag Dolly~~you must have been up before me , pesky pests aren't they....I think we have a telepathy thing going....weird.... |
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JanJan78 | Report | 15 May 2006 09:20 |
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aye but ours aren't 'normal' midgies....oh no!!! Ours have pick axes and tackety boots too!! pmsl :-)) sorry to hear your getting bitten too polly :(( I wrote it on a good morning post earlier!! |
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Sandra B | Report | 15 May 2006 09:20 |
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you will if you are visiting up here...Christine, They have the odd snap at me as well but OH really gets attacked...out in blotches...not a pretty sight...they are early this year... |
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Lewella | Report | 15 May 2006 09:19 |
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Glad you didn't send them out to Aus with all the other pests we've got! foxes, rabbits, rats, poms, oops, sorry, got carried away, Lew Lew xxx |
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Daniel | Report | 15 May 2006 09:17 |
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Being English I haven't had to deal with such annoyances. Sigh :-) |
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Woody's | Report | 15 May 2006 09:17 |
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Grew up in Skye but they've forgotten that and bite me every time! Daniel, if you ever base a story in Scotland in the 'summer' include a few thousand midgies! |
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Sandra B | Report | 15 May 2006 09:15 |
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Scottish midgies Daniel, nasty wee beasties that swarm in clouds and not fond of foreigners.... |
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Daniel | Report | 15 May 2006 09:13 |
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Eh? |
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Our Em | Report | 15 May 2006 09:13 |
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they hate me too Polly :((( |
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Sandra B | Report | 15 May 2006 09:12 |
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first sighting of a midgie....OH bitten...He is a sassanach and they don't like him.... |
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