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riven1950
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Nov 19, 2017

personal experience with these or similar bug repellents

http://www.trailerlife.com/rv-gear/gear/bug-off/?utm_source=exacttarget&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TLN19119_11172017 Saw these and got me to thinking. Anyone know for sure whether they work on m...
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dakonthemountai
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Nov 22, 2017
Second Chance wrote:
Members of the 24th Infantry Division used to buy Avon Skin-So-Soft by the gallon to fend off the no-see-ums (sand fleas) in Georgia in the field. Of course, it was rather humorous to observe a heavy mechanized infantry division head out on maneuvers smelling like a French bordello. The stuff worked, though...

Rob


I've been using this with 50% dilution with water for years at home (in the mountains) and camping to ward off mosquitoes. by diluting it it's not quite as odoriferous!

Dak

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