I can sure remember having lots of trouble with 'skeeters, while camping, when I was a kid. We would spray on the Off mosquito repellent......but it sure wouldn't seem to help. As a matter of fact, I often wondered if it wasn't sending out the message 'pick me, pick me!' When I got older and more into backpacking, I found a repellent called Cutters that really did the job. Just a drop or two, and the 'skeeters would stay away for hours.
Playing Babe Ruth baseball, was bad until the mosquito truck would come by. Then we would trade the awful bite of a mosquito, for the awful smell of the fogging truck! Maybe I just have not noticed, or maybe the trucks have been deemed environmentally unfriendly, but I haven't seen any in a long while.
The burning repellent offered by the Sky Vue drive in theater was a necessity. The theater was built just north and west of Town Creek, in true bottom land. A quarter sticks in my mind as the cost of the repellent. It came in a foil pouch, was green, and in a spiral shape. You would set it on its stand and light one end, and it was a real deterrent to the 'skeeters who wanted you for their supper!
You know.......the older I get.......the more comfortable my Lazy Boy recliner becomes.......the more I stay in a 72 degree, controlled environment.......the less 'skeeters seem to bother me! I think we will keep it that way.
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I remember the green coils that we would burn at the drive in for mosquito repellant. The name was "PIC" I think. We ran into some in our basement recently. You could do archaeology in my basement.
In the '50's, the City used a Jeep as a spray vehicle. It would spew a tremendous cloud of what I assumed was DDT. My dog chased cars and would stick his nose right in the worst of the fog. He lived to a ripe old age with no apparent ill effects.
I remember the City's "Skeeter Jeep", too. My pals and I used to hold our breath and run through the fog.
When it comes to "skeeters", I'm most interested in home remedies for keeping them at bay. The most recent one I have tried was rubbing fabric softener sheets on my skin before going outside. That worked well. A new one I heard is to put Mint Listerine in a spray bottle and spray it on your porch or deck. I'm looking forward to experimenting with that one.
HIstorically speaking, it's probably worth noting that if it weren't for "skeeters" we would not have had Grove HS. How's that for putting a positive spin on a real pest!
Years ago I used a product that you used by spraying the perimeter of the yard. It kept the "skeeters" at bay pretty good! Does anyone remember the name of it and know if it's still sold?
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