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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Is my mind playing tricks on me, or do I really remember reading something about this being an interesting new diet methodology?
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I remember this from back in the 80's, now I hear they are calling it a cleanse, there is a popular clinic here that offeres full body cleanses, you first drink the above concoction and don't eat anything for 7 days, then you go in for a rather unpleasant sounding enema. The best part is, you pay for this "Treatment". Really wish I had come up with that business plan.
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Black flies are the National Bird of Canada. There, they don't squirt them with bug spray, they shoot them with shotguns! Nasty bugs! I can remember some canoe trips into the 'Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness' where the Black Flies were so thick, you HAD to use head nets just to be able to breath without inhaling them! We had to cover ourselves with 100% Deet repellent as anything less wouldn't keep them away.
Stitchawl
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I think you are referring to our lovely Horse flies, only insect that can take a pound of flesh! I never did find an efective insect repellent, we would just wear hats with nets that would go into our jackets, the most common place to get bit is on the wrists where the gloves don't cover or the top of your head when swimming in the lake. The worst insects up North were the Noseeums I think they are called deer flies, little tiny buggers that would get in your mouth, ears, eyes and under your clothes if there was any gaps, or at night into your sleeping bag, just plain evil.
They look a little something like this:
Wish I could find one that shows the size better, but that are usually about an inch long (2.5cm) sometimes longer if your are up in the arctic areas in the summer.