5 minutes ago, Redleg said:

But guess what, lost 2 kgs in 5 days. Well on the way.

So what is the trick?

1 hour ago, old dee said:

So what is the trick?

Don't eat.

Just now, Redleg said:

Don't eat.

And you needed google for that!

3 hours ago, Redleg said:

But guess what, lost 2 kgs in 5 days. Well on the way.

Is that 'Well on the way' or 'Well, on the way'?

😉

13 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Is that 'Well on the way' or 'Well, on the way'?

😉

First.

On 1/4/2023 at 12:20 PM, Redleg said:

May not affect me as much as previously might have, as my latest diet doesn’t recommend Banana smoothies.

I’ve also jettisoned bananas from my diet, Red. But not for weight loss reasons. I have it on good authority that mozzies won’t feast on one if one refrains from eating bananas. I’ve not indulged for over a week, yet last night I was a 20-course degustation for the [censored]ers just while putting my wheelie bin out. So my good authority may not be as good as I thought. 
He’s a fellow-Demonlander so I won’t mention names. However, his initials are @skort😁

15 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I’ve also jettisoned bananas from my diet, Red. But not for weight loss reasons. I have it on good authority that mozzies won’t feast on one if one refrains from eating bananas. I’ve not indulged for over a week, yet last night I was a 20-course degustation for the [censored]ers just while putting my wheelie bin out. So my good authority may not be as good as I thought. 
He’s a fellow-Demonlander so I won’t mention names. However, his initials are @skort😁

seems others might disagree

 https://www.mosquitosquad.com/rhode-island/about-us/blog/tips-prevention/special-diets-for-mosquito-protection-are-banana/

 

44 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I’ve also jettisoned bananas from my diet, Red. But not for weight loss reasons. I have it on good authority that mozzies won’t feast on one if one refrains from eating bananas. I’ve not indulged for over a week, yet last night I was a 20-course degustation for the [censored]ers just while putting my wheelie bin out. So my good authority may not be as good as I thought. 
He’s a fellow-Demonlander so I won’t mention names. However, his initials are @skort😁

I think the mozzies put that out there, to lull the unsuspecting into a position where they can be voraciously attacked.

A tip for you, heat a spoon in boiling water and place on bites, as warm as you can bear the spoon and it will destroy the mozzie fluid injected in their bites.

 

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

I think the mozzies put that out there, to lull the unsuspecting into a position where they can be voraciously attacked.

A tip for you, heat a spoon in boiling water and place on bites, as warm as you can bear the spoon and it will destroy the mozzie fluid injected in their bites.

 

I’ve not heard this tip before.

I’ll try this tonight. If it doesn’t work, you’ll be immediately added to my list of ppl who give sh!tt advice. But if it does work… thank you!

A mosquito's main methods of detecting and approaching suitable prey include body heat and also, surprisingly, carbon dioxide emissions from breathing.

The obvious solution is to wear a full wetsuit and use snorkel. You'll be in 'Dutch vs the Predator' final battle mode.

A bit inconvenient for most of us but Uncle Bitters can just grab his usual saturday evening finest.

13 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

A mosquito's main methods of detecting and approaching suitable prey include body heat and also, surprisingly, carbon dioxide emissions from breathing.

The obvious solution is to wear a full wetsuit and use snorkel. You'll be in 'Dutch vs the Predator' final battle mode.

A bit inconvenient for most of us but Uncle Bitters can just grab his usual saturday evening finest.

I'm not certain what the mozzies would make of my skin tight figure enhancing latex Goffy.

21 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I'm not certain what the mozzies would make of my skin tight figure enhancing latex Goffy.

Nor anyone else for that matter.

Science.

https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/10/07/painting_zebra_stripes_on_cows_wards_off_biting_flies.html

2 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

Science.

https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/10/07/painting_zebra_stripes_on_cows_wards_off_biting_flies.html

 

are you suggesting wcw should......

a. paint herself in black and white zebra stripes?

   or

b. she is a cow?

13 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

are you suggesting wcw should......

a. paint herself in black and white zebra stripes?

   or

b. she is a cow?

I guess logically it goes "if B then A."

Maybe crazy stripes just deter bitey things? There was a fashion in surfing for a while to add all kinds of stripes on boards and wetsuits as a way to confuse sharks.

Then there's all those interwar-era navies that gave it a try, presumably to deter giant octopuses. Octopi. Giantopuses.

42 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

are you suggesting wcw should......

a. paint herself in black and white zebra stripes?

   or

b. she is a cow?

I wouldn’t be seen dead in black and white stripes! Nor am I a cow!

However, I bought something that I’ve yet to try but really don’t hold much hope of them working …  mosquito patches. They’re like nicotine patches except they adhere to your clothing and not to your skin, and they don’t help you give up smoking. 😁

I will use one of these patches tomorrow at feeding frenzy time and report my findings here.

You're all welcome.  

Just jumping in, as I do periodically, to send you stalwarts on this thread** a big, catching-up 😆. Too many posts to react to individually!

**Not actually so many of you, and I'm guessing you'll all read this 🙂

8 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I wouldn’t be seen dead in black and white stripes! Nor am I a cow!

However, I bought something that I’ve yet to try but really don’t hold much hope of them working …  mosquito patches. They’re like nicotine patches except they adhere to your clothing and not to your skin, and they don’t help you give up smoking. 😁

I will use one of these patches tomorrow at feeding frenzy time and report my findings here.

You're all welcome.  

I'm barracking for the mozzies!

Ladies, Gentlemen and others,

please suggesting that someone who posts on here should don black and white stripes, Are you suggesting they are covert colling cough cough wood closet supporters, I know its a bit rough round the edges here but, that is the height of political incorrectness.

you should apologise, noone on here is that bad, surely

maybe on your 21st birthday, you could have done it, but once you are all old and grown,    just ask for forgiveness and hate the bstards

I do hope that the Grundy situation bites those guys on the [censored] this year,  Go Dees

 

10 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I wouldn’t be seen dead in black and white stripes! Nor am I a cow!

However, I bought something that I’ve yet to try but really don’t hold much hope of them working …  mosquito patches. They’re like nicotine patches except they adhere to your clothing and not to your skin, and they don’t help you give up smoking. 😁

I will use one of these patches tomorrow at feeding frenzy time and report my findings here.

You're all welcome.  

Apparently if you have a lethal dose of vitamin b the mozzies dont bite. Anyway you wont feel it.

Black and white stripes, mozzies, heatwave, no bananas on my diet, what is happening around here?

1 hour ago, 640MD said:

Ladies, Gentlemen and others,

please suggesting that someone who posts on here should don black and white stripes, Are you suggesting they are covert colling cough cough wood closet supporters, I know its a bit rough round the edges here but, that is the height of political incorrectness.

you should apologise, no one on here is that bad, surely

maybe on your 21st birthday, you could have done it, but once you are all old and grown,    just ask for forgiveness and hate the bstards

I do hope that the Grundy situation bites those guys on the [censored] this year,  Go Dees

 

I spent 20+ years masquerading as a Carlton supporter. Does that count?

46 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Black and white stripes, mozzies, heatwave, no bananas on my diet, what is happening around here?

It gets worse, red: I’m attending a Big Bash match tonight. 

2 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I spent 20+ years masquerading as a Carlton supporter. Does that count?

Shows a poor upbringing perhaps but maturity brings sense.  Or so I am told perhaps it will still happen 

Just now, 640MD said:

Shows a poor upbringing perhaps but maturity brings sense.  Or so I am told perhaps it will still happen 

Au contraire 640! It shows an undying devotion to the mighty Dees. Do you realise how hard it is to silently barrack for our beloved Dees whilst wearing your Bruce 11 Doull duffel coat?!?!