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S.L.K. 2.0
Citizen
Username: Scrotisloknows
Post Number: 1898
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Friday, August 25, 2006 - 10:00 pm: | 
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i have a 12x15 deck that i am trying to keep bloodsucking free. what is the best remedy to do so?
i tried the OFF smoking candle that overall works....anything better?
thanks.
-SLK
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Heather
Citizen
Username: Heater33
Post Number: 80
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Friday, August 25, 2006 - 10:01 pm: |
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I've actually had great sucess with the OFF POWER PAD. I use two - on on each side of my patio - seems to really keep them away. |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 9162
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, August 25, 2006 - 10:27 pm: |
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I fog when I get home from work. Not environmentally friendly, but it works!
You can plug a high velocity fan in and run it on the deck. That works really well, too. The critters get blown away. |
Scully
Citizen
Username: Scully
Post Number: 991
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Friday, August 25, 2006 - 11:22 pm: |
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I've used fans too. They can even be on low. The critters don't seem to be able to handle the breeze. |
Chris
Citizen
Username: Crussell96
Post Number: 4
Registered: 7-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 12:51 am: |
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i too have this same problem. Every time I go outside a fresh round of bites. |
Matt Foley
Citizen
Username: Mattfoley
Post Number: 790
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 12:54 am: |
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Those oldschool zap boxes were awesome. My folks had one. Too bad it causes like 165 types of cancer. |
Darren Say Grrrrrrrr
Citizen
Username: Darrensager
Post Number: 526
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 9:59 am: |
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Clean your gutters. |
wunderdog
Citizen
Username: Wunderdogny
Post Number: 123
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 1:55 pm: |
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My gutters are brand new - so spotless you could eat out of them (if you were so inclined)?!?!?! I still have bugs galore on my deck and the chewed up ankles to prove it. |
LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 2310
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 2:40 pm: |
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Is it me or did the mosquitos get much bolder this year??? They never used to come up on my deck during the day, but now, I get eaten alive during the daytime. Is this a newly evolved species of mosquitos?? It's terrible. |
Tom N
Citizen
Username: Tjn
Post Number: 158
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 10:50 pm: |
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See my old post on this:
http://www.southorangevillage.com/cgi-bin/show.cgi?tpc=3131&post=659639#POST6596 39 |
Darren Say Grrrrrrrr
Citizen
Username: Darrensager
Post Number: 530
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2006 - 10:23 am: |
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A lot of nasty buggers breed in your gutter without most people knowing it. The Center for Disease Control recommends you keep them clean at all time to stop mosquitos and other things you bite you from using them as a home. How about your neighbor's gutters? My drive around town has shown me a lot of "trees" growing out of a number of gutters around town. |
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