"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
04/10/2019 at 16:56 • Filed to: None
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"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
04/10/2019 at 16:56 • Filed to: None | 2
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I know it was hardly off-roading by any real standards but I had to inspect 3,000 acres of a hunting club/logging plot and it was so much fun.
The only thing that could’ve been better was if we figured out some way to completely eliminate the entire existence of ticks. I had to walk down the ATV trails where the truck obviously wasn’t going to fit and I’m pretty sure I’m going to be hallucinating that I feel them for weeks. There were none on me when I left the place but I found one dig into the back of my knee when I got back home (after imagining a thousand times on the plane that I could feel them everywhere). So gross.
xc90v8/I4 :(
> smobgirl
04/10/2019 at 17:08 |
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just check your balls carefully, that’s where I had them.
Oh wait it says girl in your name. No idea if you even have balls. Anyway check warm/moist places
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> smobgirl
04/10/2019 at 17:11 |
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I just literally shivered in my chair. I FUCKING HATE TICKS.
BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
> smobgirl
04/10/2019 at 17:12 |
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Ticks are the worst. Bugs, in general, are the worst part of being outside.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> smobgirl
04/10/2019 at 17:36 |
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Ticks are the number one reason for avoiding the outdoors.
vicali
> smobgirl
04/10/2019 at 17:39 |
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Ticks love you, they just want hugs!
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> smobgirl
04/10/2019 at 17:52 |
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I take it you have the same tick attracting problem that I do. Everywhere they are, somehow, I collect them. Natives don’t... The upper midwest/plains is a tick-infested wasteland .
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smobgirl
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
04/10/2019 at 17:56 |
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It’s hit or miss, I think. I never saw a single one when I worked in archaeology in the southeast/midwest but I had poison ivy for a couple years straight. I think the deer-attractant characteristics here were also attracting the ticks that want to feed on the deer :(
Mosquitos are a different story. If they’re within a mile of me they will find me and dine heartily.
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smobgirl
> xc90v8/I4 :(
04/10/2019 at 18:01 |
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Yep, no balls. Useless info for you, but they really like to snuggle under sports bras too ...thankfully I didn’t find any there.
I’m really freaked out I’m going to find one on my scalp in a couple days since it’s hard to see through the hair.
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smobgirl
> TheRealBicycleBuck
04/10/2019 at 18:02 |
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I’m not gonna lie, they’re one of the biggest reasons I want to stay in this part of the country.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> smobgirl
04/10/2019 at 18:10 |
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Wait, you want to stay because of the ticks?!?
AestheticsInMotion
> smobgirl
04/10/2019 at 18:11 |
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I found one in between two toes about a month after a long camping trip. I had just though I’d bruised the bone....
Ticks are the worst
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smobgirl
> TheRealBicycleBuck
04/10/2019 at 18:11 |
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We don’t really have them in CO. I think there might be one species that lives here but none of the really aggressive ones from the eastern half of the US do. Outdoors here is much safer :)
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> smobgirl
04/10/2019 at 18:12 |
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Ah. I understand.
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smobgirl
> vicali
04/10/2019 at 18:29 |
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I want them to love me for my personality! I feel so used.
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xc90v8/I4 :(
> smobgirl
04/10/2019 at 18:30 |
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I doubt there’s one on your head. They really like sweaty, warm places. So checking your armpits, private bits and (news to me) wherever you use a “sportsbra” should be enough.
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vicali
> smobgirl
04/10/2019 at 18:31 |
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Spent close to 5 years working in the bush, now that we’re all turning 40ish I’ve got three friends who ended up with Lyme disease..
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smobgirl
> xc90v8/I4 :(
04/10/2019 at 18:37 |
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I had a few on my scalp as a kid. If you wear a ponytail and get sweaty it’s sort of the same environment, plus they can stay there for longer because you won’t feel them until they’re more full. So...nightmares and flashbacks. Thankfully as an adult it’s a lot more work for them to walk that far before they dig in for lunch.
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xc90v8/I4 :(
> smobgirl
04/10/2019 at 18:39 |
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Ou yeah didn’t think of that. Okay good luck then. I bet the driving was worth it though!
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smobgirl
> vicali
04/10/2019 at 18:40 |
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Yeah, I was complaining to my boss and he says he’s had it twice. I was unsuccessfully trying to bargain that I’d take Florida and poison ivy and he could keep the Tennessee/Alabama/Mississippi tick sites.
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smobgirl
> xc90v8/I4 :(
04/10/2019 at 18:42 |
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I loved the vehicular part of the survey! I thought I was going to end up in a Fiesta so I was thrilled I got to drive a big chunk of the site. Not that I’d ever take a rental off of paved roads, I mean. Cough.
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xc90v8/I4 :(
> smobgirl
04/10/2019 at 18:49 |
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Of course not! We’re responsible adults.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> smobgirl
04/10/2019 at 21:49 |
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Mosquitoes are nasty. I’ve watched those things swarm and just stab the hell out of tent walls, glass, seals around windows, etc. So nasty.
My memory of Minnesota was a blur of itching from mosquito bites and searching myself constantly for ticks every time I walked outside. It was insane, I have no clue how people survive that constant fight against insects.
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smobgirl
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
04/10/2019 at 22:03 |
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Yeah, when I worked in archaeology in the Everglades I couldn’t fathom how miserable native people must have been there. We were in a low mosquito season but maybe the poison ivy, bugs, snakes, spiders, alligators, and godawful humidity were a good trade off for not freezing to death? And yeah, then there’s Minnesota and you trade the alligators for freezing.