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Originally Posted by pgc hunter
Had no idea those tropical diseases are found here  Still, I refuse to use bug repellant. I think the best solution is to just wear long sleeve jumpers and long pants. Melbourne certainly isn't warm at night in summer anyway so discomfort isn't an issue. |
And there is that new strain of Dengee Fever (not sure how to spell it,
but sounds similar) which is usually found in the tropics. But this strain
they say isn't effected by the cooler climates of the southern states,
and maybe carried south as far as Melbourne.
pgc hunter, your welcome up here anytime
would love to see how
you go with several dozen scotch greys on ya back
they
have nice long needles that can get through several layers of clothing.
I had a mate stay with us once who said the same thing... mozzies
dont effect me... didn't take long before he was pleading for some RID.
But it's those lil black ones with the black and white strip leg, which
are called the asian tiger that mostly carry the bad stuff. Hell where
I'm live, it isn't unusual to have a couple of varieties attacking you at once.
At the end of the day I think I will be more than a lil careful. But
as mentioned ealier I've been using RID for years. Sprayed both sides
of my hands and the residue has never effected my Pentax XW, Naglers,
U/O HD's, Astronomic filters or telescope parts. But I think I'll be washing
my hands before I pick up my 450D.
Another interesting thing is and is why I never buy Meade products. I
had a Meade #140 barlow that had a very similar problem as that shown
in the first post. It appeared a few months after buying it. It was kept
in my ep case with everything else. It really peeved me off, enough to
never want to buy Meade products again thats for sure.
Cheers,CS
