Bug spray

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:43:24 -0700 (PDT), DaveS wrote:

On Aug 19, 4:12*pm, jeff wrote:
wrote:
... *embroiled in a 413 post thread about
religion, responsibility, and pseudochemistry....

Good luck,
R

indeed...but, inexplicable mysteries abound.

Pseudo or no, one thing you would not want to do is spray that ammonia
onto anything with chlorine on it. A little on a lot of bleach or
"pool chemicals" and you could easily get a nasty explosion. A spray
or two onto or into bleach and you get a release of deadly chlorine
gas. Even a little of that gas will damage your lungs.

And another thing you don't want to do is jump off a 40-story building with a
large bench vise strapped to your chest while holding a monkey, either...

Chemistry is real.

So is physics...and forensics...

HTH,
R
....LET GO OF THE MONKEY, DAVE!!!



Dave

On Aug 19, 5:07*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:43:24 -0700 (PDT), DaveS wrote:
On Aug 19, 4:12 pm, jeff wrote:
wrote:
... embroiled in a 413 post thread about
religion, responsibility, and pseudochemistry....

Good luck,
R

indeed...but, inexplicable mysteries abound.

Pseudo or no, one thing you would not want to do is spray that ammonia
onto anything with chlorine on it. A little on a lot of bleach or
"pool chemicals" and you could easily get a nasty explosion. A spray
or two onto or into bleach and you get a release of deadly chlorine
gas. Even a little of that gas will damage your lungs.

And another thing you don't want to do is jump off a 40-story building with a
large bench vise strapped to your chest while holding a monkey, either...

Chemistry is real.

So is physics...and forensics...

HTH,
R
...LET GO OF THE MONKEY, DAVE!!!





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It's my monkey and I'll phi if I want to, phi if I want to.

Dave

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:12:05 -0400, jeff wrote:

wrote:

... embroiled in a 413 post thread about
religion, responsibility, and pseudochemistry....

Good luck,
R

indeed...but, inexplicable mysteries abound.

And yet, some are less inexplicable than others...in fact, I'd offer that many
of those are so explicable so to have completely lost all mysteriousness
whatsoever...

TC,
R
....very models of modern major explicableness, generally speaking...

On Aug 19, 8:39*am, wrote:
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:02:52 -0700 (PDT), digitaldougb
wrote:

I'm looking for recommendations for a bug spray that's:
1) odorless as possible
2) not gooey or sticky
3) preferably doesn't have Deet (which eats my watch crystal)
4) lasts for a couple hours at least
5) and keeps as many types of bugs away as possible.

Hope that isn't asking too much?????
Thanks in advance...
Doug

If your only issue with DEET is your watch, my advice would be use the DEET and
don't wear that watch (or get one with a mineral crystal). *There are dozens of
other "potions" out there that will keep a few pesky insects away for a limited
time - everything from "Skin So Soft" (or however it's spelled - an Avon lotion)
to citronella-based stuff to flower-based (it's some type of chrysanthemum,
which general group is also the basis for some insecticides - do a Google search
for products based on it), but in my considerable experience (I spend most of my
time in areas that are full of various "flying biting critters"), DEET is the
most readily available and effective. *

A little trick - keep a small bottle (1-2 oz/25-50ml) of household ammonia VERY
handy for gnat bites - if you get into a patch of them, simply rub some of the
ammonia on the area with the bites...that "bite stick" stuff, at $5-6USD a
"tube" is nothing but ammonia...and for God's sake, don't carry it in a Gatorade
bottle, a sippy box, Drambuie airliner, baby bottle, or anything that a child
(or child-like adult) might remotely mistake for a container that once held
consumable liquid, lest a child (or Louie) find it and guzzle it...or worse, it
might get Dave, Bill, and Goatgang embroiled in a 413 post thread about
religion, responsibility, and pseudochemistry....

Good luck,
R

Idiot.

g.

"Giles" wrote in message
...
On Aug 19, 8:39 am, wrote:
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:02:52 -0700 (PDT), digitaldougb

wrote:

I'm looking for recommendations for a bug spray that's:
1) odorless as possible
2) not gooey or sticky
3) preferably doesn't have Deet (which eats my watch crystal)
4) lasts for a couple hours at least
5) and keeps as many types of bugs away as possible.

Hope that isn't asking too much?????
Thanks in advance...
Doug

If your only issue with DEET is your watch, my advice would be use the
DEET and
don't wear that watch (or get one with a mineral crystal). There are
dozens of
other "potions" out there that will keep a few pesky insects away for a
limited
time - everything from "Skin So Soft" (or however it's spelled - an Avon
lotion)
to citronella-based stuff to flower-based (it's some type of
chrysanthemum,
which general group is also the basis for some insecticides - do a Google
search
for products based on it), but in my considerable experience (I spend most
of my
time in areas that are full of various "flying biting critters"), DEET is
the
most readily available and effective.

A little trick - keep a small bottle (1-2 oz/25-50ml) of household ammonia
VERY
handy for gnat bites - if you get into a patch of them, simply rub some of
the
ammonia on the area with the bites...that "bite stick" stuff, at $5-6USD a
"tube" is nothing but ammonia...and for God's sake, don't carry it in a
Gatorade
bottle, a sippy box, Drambuie airliner, baby bottle, or anything that a
child
(or child-like adult) might remotely mistake for a container that once
held
consumable liquid, lest a child (or Louie) find it and guzzle it...or
worse, it
might get Dave, Bill, and Goatgang embroiled in a 413 post thread about
religion, responsibility, and pseudochemistry....

Good luck,
R

Idiot.

g.


hmmm. One gives advice, the other one contributes....what, exactly?? It's
starting to become obvious who the idiot is, and sadly, that conclusion is
being brought to the forefront by the writer himself.
Tom

"Tom Littleton" wrote in message
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Idiot.

g.


hmmm. One gives advice, the other one contributes....what, exactly?? It's
starting to become obvious who the idiot is, and sadly, that conclusion is
being brought to the forefront by the writer himself.
Tom

****head :~^ )

Op

"Mark Bowen" wrote in message
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****head :~^ )

Op

Hillbillyg
Tom
(hmmmm.....football season is almost here)

Tom Littleton wrote:
"Giles" wrote
Idiot.

hmmm. One gives advice, the other one contributes....what, exactly?? It's
starting to become obvious who the idiot is, and sadly, that conclusion is
being brought to the forefront by the writer himself.

Poking a pile of **** with a stick will only serve to
make it stink worse. Better to just step around it and
remember to avoid it.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
...
Tom Littleton wrote:
"Giles" wrote Idiot.

hmmm. One gives advice, the other one contributes....what, exactly?? It's
starting to become obvious who the idiot is, and sadly, that conclusion
is being brought to the forefront by the writer himself.

Poking a pile of **** with a stick will only serve to
make it stink worse. Better to just step around it and
remember to avoid it.

--
Ken Fortenberry

When ya gonna come down and fish Upper creek with us. ( see pics at
alt.binaries)

Op

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
...
Poking a pile of **** with a stick will only serve to
make it stink worse. Better to just step around it and
remember to avoid it.

"poking a pile of ****", looking for the infrequent gem, pretty much
describes my time spent on ROFF over the past decade and a half. I wouldn't
avoid it at any cost. The gems have proven worthwhile.......
Tom