Things I DON'T like. 

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats) 07/03/2017 at 23:46 • Filed to: None

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It’s summer, nearly midnight, 75° out, and I have a fridge full of cheap beer, but can’t sit outside without wearing a hoodie unless I want to be savaged by these fuckers.

Fuck you really hard, mosquitos. Night drinking on holiday eves is my one thing I have.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/03/2017 at 23:56

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Add biting flies to that list.

Maxima Speed > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/03/2017 at 23:56

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Know the feeling, gone are summer nights chilling on the porch, because of these guys.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/04/2017 at 00:01

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My uncle bought something similar to the  Mosquito Magnet . It’s a propane-powered mosquito trap. We used to slather on the DEET before walking into his back yard. Now it’s safe to go out there without any repellent. These things work!

Honeybunchesofgoats > Maxima Speed 07/04/2017 at 00:01

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It makes me miss living in the city. At least there I didn’t have to worry as long as I left my wallet and phone inside.

Honeybunchesofgoats > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/04/2017 at 00:03

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I like this idea. In the worse case scenario, I just shoot the propane tank.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/04/2017 at 00:10

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Only thing worse is horse flys. I was done in a area that’s mostly swamp today I couldn’t even leave the indies open in my car without one of those big ugly things flying in every minute.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/04/2017 at 00:12

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I’ve been getting eaten alive this last little bit. With all the rain we’ve gotten it’s like a damn swamp everywhere.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/04/2017 at 00:14

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This is definitely the worse I remember it being in a while.

DipodomysDeserti > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/04/2017 at 00:18

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There’s one benefit to it being 100F with the sun down.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/04/2017 at 00:26

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I grew up in Manitoba. If you’re not inhaling mosquitoes with every breath, they ain’t all that bad.

Also, mosquito bites up the nose are the worst. Except for the ones that get you at the urinal. Or the ones hiding in the toilet bowl.

Honeybunchesofgoats > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 07/04/2017 at 00:31

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That’s horrifying. I didn’t think anything was going to top horseflies.

tromoly > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/04/2017 at 00:54

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If it was 98% humidity I’d think you were in Argentina.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 07/04/2017 at 08:57

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This. Manitoba mosquitoes are horrible. And huge.

The only upside is they’re also quite slow because they’re so big, and easily noticed for the same reason... so you have a fighting chance of squishing them before they get started. But as night falls completely, you’ve got only two hands to deal with the buggers and it ain’t enough...

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 07/04/2017 at 15:31

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I’ve almost given up squishing them. The first few nights of the summer are pretty awful, but eventually you get used to it. Sorta. I mean, the bumps quit itching after a day or so if you give them time to pull their saliva back out.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 07/04/2017 at 15:44

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Get some of this. I started out skeptical, but this shit really works. I mean, “99%” is marketing BS, but it does a good job regardless. And you aren’t inhaling a bunch of chemicals when you put it on, which is nice. Normally I’d rather go nuts slapping myself than use repellent just because I hate the smell.

Interestingly enough, I was introduced to it by a Manitoban...

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 07/04/2017 at 17:37

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Not a company I choose to support.

I don’t bother with repellents either. Really don’t enjoy having anything on my skin. I’ll put up with the bugs.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 07/04/2017 at 18:58

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Suit yourself. I don’t use it at home (because I never got any and there’s not really any point most of the time in southern Ontario) but I found it a lifesaver in Manitoba. All in what you’re used to I guess.