Re:[Paddlewise] Mosquito's

Richard asked:
>>>>>Has anyone tried these new ultrasonic mosquito repellants?  Do they
work, and if so, how do they hold up around salt water?<<<<<

I tried a cheap imported one I got at a close-out store for a few bucks
several years ago. As luck would have it a mosquito was in my garage shortly
after. I got out the device and turned it on. The mosquito landed on my arm
and started probing. I held the device close and closer to see if it would
scare off the mosquito. Finally, I bumped the back end of the mosquito with
it. She still didn't fly. Maybe she was deaf. Maybe she was too intent on
reproducing to notice it looming up behind her and ticking loudly. Maybe the
device was poorly tuned (but I went through the whole range of tunings
available with it with no result.)  Finally as the mosquito found her spot
and quit poking around at my arm the device worked. It worked much like a
roach killing device sold mail order in the 20's or 30's. Two bricks and
directions. Place roach on brick A, bring brick B down hard onto brick A. My
new mosquito repeller became a mosquito killer in my able hands and I didn't
even have to come down hard with it, just keep moving it closer until it
contacted my skin where the mosquito stood its ground (or should that be
arm?). Then again maybe mosquitoes, outside of  The Great Marsh anyhow, just
aren't as tough as roaches. I did no further testing as I returned the item
as defective before I saw another mosquito.
My advice to Richard is to just quit reading SPAM. Gee, I just thought of a
new product to sell on the internet. The Spam Ender. "Attach spammer's head
firmly to concrete block A". (Suggestions are welcomed for the next line of
the product directions).


Matt Broze
www.marinerkayaks.com
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