Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 A chigger is an evil little creature that hangs out in tall weeds/grass and hops onto passing warm blooded critters. It burrows into your skin and lays its egss (though I am not entirely sure on that) and then itches like H$#@. For a long time. They like to go to tight places, sock, underwear lines, bra lines... lovely places to be scratching. We had them up in Kansas and also down here, but not in the Carribean. We had other itchy things down there. The old remedy is to put nail polish on them but I dont think that works. I take an allergy drug, like Claritin (also used wonderfully on poison ivy) or something like that. Anyways, bug spray works great to keep them off but only if you remember to use it. When my friend and I went picking mustang grapes for jelly, we forgot to use bug juice. You would think two field botanists would keep it in the truck all the time... I literally had 2-300 bites. I nearly went mad. As bad as a good case of poison ivy. But now that I've found Claritin, poison ivy isn't so bad. I love drugs. (Can we say or so very very allergic to the green itchy stuff?) OK, enough rambling on itchy critters... Genie New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 , " Feral " <terebinthus> wrote: Oops! Not exactly sure why devoured my post. Don't they know it is national vegetarian awreness month AND world vegetarian day!? *lol* The nerve. Thanks for the info about chiggers. I am assuming they aren't really very big, and they just burrow deep enough to lay eggs, but don't take up residence there; please tell me they don't, I'm itchy just thinking about them. *lol* Nope. Oregon doesn't have chiggers. Phew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 On Tue, 01 Oct 2002 20:15:36 -0000, you wrote: >, " Feral " <terebinthus> wrote: >Oops! Not exactly sure why devoured my post. Don't they know it is >national vegetarian awreness month AND world vegetarian day!? *lol* The >nerve. > >Thanks for the info about chiggers. I am assuming they aren't really very big, >and they just burrow deep enough to lay eggs, but don't take up residence >there; please tell me they don't, I'm itchy just thinking about them. *lol* > >Nope. Oregon doesn't have chiggers. Phew. > None in Pennsylvania either. I'm very happy about that. I actually LIKE cold weather, and detest heat and humidity. We're in northern PA, in the Appalachians - this is a good place for me. Pat -- Pat Meadows Books, books! Low prices. Music CDs too! http://www.wellsborocomputing.com/sales.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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