On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Derek Trotter <expat.arizonan@gmail.com>wrote:

>  I'd be happy to trade places with anyone tired of the climate in
> Arizona.  The last summer I was there I had 4 mosquito bites.  Last night I
> ended up with 6.  Someone here asked me to donate blood last summer.  I
> said I can't because the bugs took too much.
>

Clearly you haven't been exposed to the lathering of repellent rituals so
prevalent in our climate?

I believe the favored chemical this season is  3M UltraThon (made of
something like 90% DEET).

Of course, for people who disdain the sensual, or rarely have another human
being available for the slathering, we have the ThermaCell Incect Repellent:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/19206341?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227015528756&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=18153049990&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=40015351150&veh=sem

>
>  On 06/27/2013 03:36 PM, John J. Macey wrote:
>
>
> No, everyone has left for cooler climates. LOL!
>
> John
>
> On 06/27/2013 03:05 PM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. wrote:
>
> Ping........
> Not seeing traffic on the list, bored, and wondering if there is life
> outside of my office.
>
> Gilbert
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>
> "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I’m not there, I carry on as usual."
>
> Patrick Moore
>
>

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