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27 July 2013, 10:21,
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bigpaul
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American site but it still applies this side of the pond, I would add one thing to the article, don't go out in shorts!!! http://apartmentprepper.com/?p=10328
Some people that prefer to be alone arent anti-social they just have no time for drama, stupidity and false people.
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27 July 2013, 15:02,
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Grumpy Grandpa
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RE: ticks
(27 July 2013, 10:21)bigpaul Wrote: American site but it still applies this side of the pond, I would add one thing to the article, don't go out in shorts!!! http://apartmentprepper.com/?p=10328
A timely reminder BP - they can carry some evil stuff, the little buggers and we're right in the season for them! This wee tool looks like the ideal addition to an EDC 1st Aid Kit to deal with them...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcW3E3jNv8I
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27 July 2013, 15:10,
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Kenneth Eames
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RE: ticks
BP, Thanks for this post. GG, Thanks for the Tick Twister. I will see if I can buy some tick twisters. Kenneth Eames.
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27 July 2013, 15:16,
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bigpaul
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RE: ticks
tick removers, like everything else, are available on Ebay.
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27 July 2013, 17:32,
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Mortblanc
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RE: ticks
You need a flock of well trained security chickens!
I have not found a tick on me since I turned my first chickens into the yard two years ago. My neighbors even comment on how the ticks and bugs are gone from their yards too. I never hear a complaint about my roaming birds.
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27 July 2013, 17:41,
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Stewart
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RE: ticks
most vets and good pet shops sell them as well
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27 July 2013, 21:05,
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RE: ticks
I remove ticks from my dogs almost every night.
I dont use a tick twister, since a vet once told me that ticks drive themselves into the skin clockwise,... so it is a simple case to remove them by `unscrewing` them out,.. use tweezers on the small ones or finger for the bigger ones,.... they will come out cleanly after about five turns
I know,... I didn't believe him at first either,... but it is true honest
A major part of survival is invisibility.
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28 July 2013, 15:43,
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Stewart
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RE: ticks
aparantly ticks breath through their body,so a dab of nail varnish on them,they die and drop off without leaving teeth in the host.read this somewhere...my excuse for nicking the wives nail varnish 
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28 July 2013, 21:19,
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uks
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RE: ticks
Failure is NOT an option
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28 July 2013, 22:39,
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RE: ticks
I get them on me every time I skin a deer, and very often when walking the hills, I guess they make no distinction between dogs and humans....lol
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