Keep away mosquitos while shooting?
Aug 3, 2017 12:40:08 #
rook2c4 wrote:
Smoke a cigar while shooting. That usually keeps mosquitoes away from your hands and face area. Just make sure not to accidentally burn a hole into your camera strap.
Side benefit: It keeps most people away, too! And your spouse probably gets to enjoy your life insurance.
Aug 3, 2017 12:54:54 #
rmalarz wrote:
Gernerally, I rely on my personality. Even mosquitos are repulsed.
--Bob
--Bob
Do you also use your personality for birth control, Bob? 😛😈
Aug 3, 2017 13:11:20 #
rmalarz wrote:
Ditto Gernerally, I rely on my personality. Even mosquitos are repulsed.
--Bob
--Bob
Aug 3, 2017 13:18:27 #
burkphoto wrote:
A 42-pound mosquito
Slapped on my windshield
I sure as hell couldn't avoid it
No matter how hard I swung the wheel.
Burma Shave
Slapped on my windshield
I sure as hell couldn't avoid it
No matter how hard I swung the wheel.
Burma Shave
Are any of those signs still out on the roads?
Aug 3, 2017 13:29:55 #
rmalarz wrote:
Gernerally, I rely on my personality. Even mosquitos are repulsed.
--Bob
--Bob
ROFL
Aug 3, 2017 13:52:23 #
Aug 3, 2017 14:01:35 #
dsmeltz wrote:
Are any of those signs still out on the roads?
Not that one! That is a John Stanfield song that he performed live. I added Burma Shave for laughs.
John was a 12-string guitarist from NC until arthritis sidelined him early in life. I recorded his first demo, and photographed his first album cover (Carolina 12-String on Philo-Fretless if you can find it). His music was pretty amazing.
Aug 3, 2017 14:16:47 #
burkphoto wrote:
A 42-pound mosquito
Slapped on my windshield
I sure as hell couldn't avoid it
No matter how hard I swung the wheel.
Burma Shave
Slapped on my windshield
I sure as hell couldn't avoid it
No matter how hard I swung the wheel.
Burma Shave
The ones I saw always rhymed?
Aug 3, 2017 14:17:41 #
burkphoto wrote:
Not that one! That is a John Stanfield song that he performed live. I added Burma Shave for laughs.
John was a 12-string guitarist from NC until arthritis sidelined him early in life. I recorded his first demo, and photographed his first album cover (Carolina 12-String on Philo-Fretless if you can find it). His music was pretty amazing.
John was a 12-string guitarist from NC until arthritis sidelined him early in life. I recorded his first demo, and photographed his first album cover (Carolina 12-String on Philo-Fretless if you can find it). His music was pretty amazing.
Ahhh, that explains it.
Aug 3, 2017 14:31:17 #
I have been a mosquito magnet all my life. I tried Citronella, (didn't work) pure eucalyptus oil (didn't work and very expensive) Deep Woods Off and Cutter (stinks and it's greasy) I finally discovered something a couple weeks ago that actually works: a product made by Pic called Mosquito Coils. I bought mine at a Dollar General store for $1.00 for a package of four coils. You light them and let them burn within a few feet from you. I think they work within six or seven feet, maybe more. I do wear long pants now if I'm going to be outside late in the day or evening. I thought about rigging up a hat and wearing the burning coil on top of my head. My brother said "whatever you do, don't let anyone see you"
Aug 3, 2017 14:49:26 #
cameranut wrote:
I have been a mosquito magnet all my life. I tried... (show quote)
They used to sell that at drive-in movie theaters in the '60s and '70s. They had a funny cartoon ad they would run before each show, along with the come-on for snack bar stuff.
Aug 3, 2017 15:04:07 #
ballsafire
Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana
The Mosquito is the Louisiana State Bird! There are so many in the gulf marshes that they are known to suffocate cattle esp. young calves because of their sheer numbers. You hear a humming sound getting louder as the sun sets over the marsh!
Aug 3, 2017 16:29:39 #
Treepusher wrote:
The local mosquitos are so big we generally use a 12-gauge on them. Altho I have a neighbor who says he prefers .50 cal. Anything smaller just annoys them.
I use my Ruger 10-22 (22 cal)Tactical with Nikon P22 scope, I like to shoot one leg at a time as pay back for giving two weeks worth of itches!
Aug 3, 2017 16:30:30 #
burkphoto wrote:
They used to sell that at drive-in movie theaters in the '60s and '70s. They had a funny cartoon ad they would run before each show, along with the come-on for snack bar stuff.
Darn! Somehow I missed that. I was at drive-in theaters almost every weekend too.
Aug 3, 2017 16:37:24 #
cameranut wrote:
Darn! Somehow I missed that. I was at drive-in theaters almost every weekend too.
But did you ever "see" the movie? Or were you to busy?
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