In a message dated 98-05-31 22:38:53 EDT, SGScorpio_at_aol.com writes: << You need to find a Avon salesperson to get some SSS. I found that it did not work all that great and it makes you smell kinda *fruity*. We used it for sand fleas and chiggers in Costa Rica and El Salvador with marginal results.>> I'd second Steve's comments. The stuff got big play when the military issued it as a bug repellent a while back, and a lot of military surplus stores carried it --- and some still do. Some of them still have a <lot> of it, though, because the results aren't that impressive. It did zip-point-nothing to the attack bugs in Alaska last summer! Go DEET --- but be careful with its reactions with synthetics! Jack *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
On Mon, Jun 01, 1998 at 06:42:13AM -0400, JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: > I'd second Steve's comments. The stuff got big play when the military issued > it as a bug repellent a while back, and a lot of military surplus stores > carried it --- and some still do. Some of them still have a <lot> of it, Avon also now makes a combination bug repellant/sunscreen related to it. No word on its aromatic properties. ;-) And I just saw an article -- in Canoe & Kayak, I think -- about some nifty DEET wrist/ankle-bands that release it slowly over a 4-5 day period, alleviating the need to coat yourself in the stuff. ---Rsk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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