FreeThinker
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Li'l bastards! 
Even without the threat of West Nile Virus, or Malaria, or what-have-you, they're just plain annoying varmints.
What do you do to keep them away, both in terms of your environment, and in terms of your person?
Evironmentally, of course, we've all been told not to leave standing water, as it provides breeding territory to skeeters.
Also, as an environmental repellent, mosquito coils (kind of like incense, but nastier) or citronella candles may be employed.
Or, perhaps you've got a bat-house in your yard.
For personal protection, those who can still find products with Deet in meaningful concentration may be applying it to their skin, while others may be using Avon's "Skin So Soft", and others yet may have found a more natural method.
My father, for example, told me that one of the B vitamins (I don't recall which one) causes the body to give off a scent that repels mosquitoes, while eating bananas causes the body to produce one that attracts them.
What are the myths?
What works?
Anyone?
Even without the threat of West Nile Virus, or Malaria, or what-have-you, they're just plain annoying varmints.
What do you do to keep them away, both in terms of your environment, and in terms of your person?
Evironmentally, of course, we've all been told not to leave standing water, as it provides breeding territory to skeeters.
Also, as an environmental repellent, mosquito coils (kind of like incense, but nastier) or citronella candles may be employed.
Or, perhaps you've got a bat-house in your yard.
For personal protection, those who can still find products with Deet in meaningful concentration may be applying it to their skin, while others may be using Avon's "Skin So Soft", and others yet may have found a more natural method.
My father, for example, told me that one of the B vitamins (I don't recall which one) causes the body to give off a scent that repels mosquitoes, while eating bananas causes the body to produce one that attracts them.
What are the myths?
What works?
Anyone?
