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Title: Mosquitos
Post by: Michelle on July 13, 2010, 21:24
 :omg:
I am fed up with mosquitos, I don't think I am ever going to leave my house again. If I go outside for like one minutes, I get 5 mosquitos bites. And since I am semi-allergic to mosquito bites it is even worse.
Does anyone have any tips on avoiding getting bitten? Once I get bitten I just apply some balms and stuff to make it itch less, but once they heal, it leaves a brown spot that takes about 2 years to turn back to my normal skin color. Right now, my legs look really weird because there are brown spots all over. I look like I have a disease or something :'(

I learned the things that attract mosquitos the most are sweat and CO2 from Lily. However, I find it hard not to breathe ..
Oh &, bug repellent doesn't work, it actually seems to attract the mosquitos more...
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 13, 2010, 21:45
Here's a site I found, and like...
I gave you a lot more tips for bug relief!
And avoid standing water/long grass! Stay high up and indoors....
I HATE THOSE LITTLE MONSTERS!  :defend:

http://tipnut.com/over-40-mosquito-bite-itch-relief-tips/ (http://tipnut.com/over-40-mosquito-bite-itch-relief-tips/)
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Michelle on July 13, 2010, 21:53
I want to fix the root of the problem of the mosquito bites, which is to not get bitten.
I remember the tips you gave for itch relief, like using toothpaste, aloe juice, deodorant, and vineager. I have a list of your tips in my folder of "things to remember". I want more tips on how to avoid mosquitos.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 14, 2010, 03:15
Close all windows, hide in a locked room 25 stories up. That's how to avoid it.
24/7, remember!  :goodmood:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Eri on July 14, 2010, 08:40
Okay two things ~
Get rid of any standing water around the house. They breed there.

Secondly, they are attracted to coconut. This includes any artificial coconut scents as well as oils, etc. So avoid using sunscreen that smells like coconut.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 14, 2010, 08:53
A) Impossible! Something I don't know?!!!
B) WHAT THE FUCK?! Eri's already rich! You don't know how long it took for me to get there! DAMMIT!
Soon she's going to catch up to me.  *dead
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Eri on July 14, 2010, 20:17
A) I only found out the coconut thing about a year ago. It's some special chemical it has in it that secretes from your pores and attracts the mosquitoes.
I also suspect that there's some link with people that eat lots of chocolate (maybe having sweet blood?), cos I always get bombarded whereas my mum rarely gets bitten.

B) You made it super easy for me to get Rich ~ you post so much and often that I always have something to reply to.  :love:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 14, 2010, 21:16
I know.
Don't you dare respond to this one.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Nicole on July 14, 2010, 21:26
Well, I can tell you that there may be hope for the allergy aspect: I used to get bites that would become the size of baseballs (the actual raised bite itself, not the redness).  Now I've mostly grown out of it. 

I would advise you to wear a jacket or jeans when you're going to be outside for a long time...especially in the evening and at night.

And you're going to kill me for this, but if we didn't have mosquitoes, there wouldn't be enough food for the spiders and bats [I <3 bats ^_^].  (That's another idea: build a bat house) 

Now take poison ivy...THERE'S something I think the world wouldn't miss...
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 14, 2010, 21:35
Bats can eat flies.
I vote for mass destruction.
Ugh... Allergies are hellll. Maybe you should ask your doctor about those monster bumps, Michelle.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Michelle on July 16, 2010, 00:18
I never knew that mosquitos like coconuts..it kind of sucks because I am kind of addicted to coconut flavored things after going to Hainan which is like China's Hawaii.

I don't think there is a link to eating chocolate and getting bit because I barely eat any candy while my cousin eats piece after piece but she doesn't get bitten.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Disturbance on July 16, 2010, 00:41
Quote from: Michelle on July 13, 2010, 21:24
:omg:
I am fed up with mosquitos, I don't think I am ever going to leave my house again. If I go outside for like one minutes, I get 5 mosquitos bites. And since I am semi-allergic to mosquito bites it is even worse.
Does anyone have any tips on avoiding getting bitten? Once I get bitten I just apply some balms and stuff to make it itch less, but once they heal, it leaves a brown spot that takes about 2 years to turn back to my normal skin color. Right now, my legs look really weird because there are brown spots all over. I look like I have a disease or something :'(

I learned the things that attract mosquitos the most are sweat and CO2 from Lily. However, I find it hard not to breathe ..
Oh &, bug repellent doesn't work, it actually seems to attract the mosquitos more...

I don't even need sweat. mosquitoes are attracted to me by nature. once i went to a camp, first night. and the camp was full of bugs and insects and the like.... i thought one insect repellent would be ok enough, but i ended up with 8 mosquitoes bites <_< and nobody else in the same room got bitten. Then i put on another insect repellent, i had a good night all right and i laughed when the other girls complained about getting bitten. Teeheehee, sweet vengeance.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 16, 2010, 10:31
yep. you post so much it makes it easy for me to become noble.


ME HATES MOSQUITOS!!!!
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Disturbance on July 16, 2010, 20:30
Quote from: icewing on July 16, 2010, 10:31
yep. you post so much it makes it easy for me to become noble.


ME HATES MOSQUITOS!!!!

i want to upgrade soon ):
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 16, 2010, 20:50
LOL!
Disturb is going on rampage.
It hurts my fingers. I have the post goal of
1) 700
2) 1800.
XDDD This is going dandy for me. Just a few hundred (thousand) posts more.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Disturbance on July 16, 2010, 21:00
Quote from: Furgeson on July 16, 2010, 20:50
LOL!
Disturb is going on rampage.
It hurts my fingers. I have the post goal of
1) 700
2) 1800.
XDDD This is going dandy for me. Just a few hundred (thousand) posts more.

I'm going a rampage, but your following me  %%  :woohehe:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 16, 2010, 21:05
Nah, your following me. You just haven't realized it yet.  :goodmood:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Disturbance on July 16, 2010, 21:15
Well, i just reply to whatever who have replied me <_,
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 17, 2010, 03:43
Zeomg. Typoes. Epic. Fail.  <--- Lol! So many periods...
<--- I'm aware of the irony. Bad pun XD  *skip
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Disturbance on July 17, 2010, 07:38
Quote from: Furgeson on July 17, 2010, 03:43
Zeomg. Typoes. Epic. Fail.  <--- Lol! So many periods...
<--- I'm aware of the irony. Bad pun XD  *skip

a very bad one indeed.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 17, 2010, 09:22
..............O.O
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 17, 2010, 21:02
Wow, that pun was a tad worse.
Is that even possible?! XDD
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 18, 2010, 10:31
.....................O.O                    TYPOS. NOT TYPOES.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 18, 2010, 20:33
That's slange.  :goodjob:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 19, 2010, 18:13
slange?
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Michelle on July 19, 2010, 19:46
To bring this board back on-topic XD
Apparently even when I am around like 20 or so babies/toddlers at a playground, I still get five mosquito bites while everyone else gets 0. You would think that the babies/toddlers would get bit more since there blood is probably better, right?
Also, during the 15 minute period, I didn't stop moving so I don't know how a mosquito got a chance to bite me ):
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 19, 2010, 20:41
Firstly, you did breathe.
Secondly, you like coconut.
Thirdly, PLEASE don't weat ANY perfume.

Maybe you're just more ripe.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 20, 2010, 19:26
xD i always get bitten. now i don't go out doors so............hee hee heeeeee.......
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Disturbance on July 21, 2010, 20:52
Quote from: icewing on July 20, 2010, 19:26
xD i always get bitten. now i don't go out doors so............hee hee heeeeee.......

it doesn't work that way for me. Sometimes, even when i'm HOME, i still get bitten. That's like, NOT FAIR  :donwan: :crywithno:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 21, 2010, 20:55
Well, it's all good when you're 21 floors up and you don't open the windows.
Well, only 18 floors. (no 4, 13, 14)
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 22, 2010, 18:46
i china, the first couple floors are the COMPLETE WORST. and it ends up........that i had to stay over my aunts house in china 4 years ago..........................that was on the FIRST FLOOR.

I WAS EATEN AAALIVE!!!!!
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 22, 2010, 20:47
 :indotz:
G-G-G-God help us!!! SKjfl;ajfkjds;!!!
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Michelle on July 22, 2010, 23:50
I am currently living in the highest apartment in the building..which is level nine so sometimes there are mosquitos but probably not as many as the lower levels.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 23, 2010, 22:11
ok. to make it simple. i don't like bugs. i like butteflies. and moths. but not those EVIL mosquitoes.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Michelle on July 23, 2010, 23:44
Quote from: icewing on July 23, 2010, 22:11
ok. to make it simple. i don't like bugs. i like butteflies. and moths. but not those EVIL mosquitoes.

haha, I don't even like butterflies...they always scare me by suddenly appearing out of no where D:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 28, 2010, 23:56
 aw......i did a butterfly dance a while ago. i loved the little costumes xD
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Shiki on July 29, 2010, 23:22
I hate them... I kill them when I see them... but I also fear them because god knows who's blood they have being sucking before and it will always be too late when you found out that they carried virus. -_- I REALLY HATE THEM! THEY ARE SO ANNOYING!!!! But good thing that are not in my house. It's rare for them to get in my house and even if they did, they are killed right away. Besides my blood doesn't really attract them either.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 30, 2010, 21:37
LET'S GO SHIKI!!! LET'S GO SHIKI!!! DON'T LET LIL CATCH UP!!!   

Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 30, 2010, 22:51
You wish.
Shiki's my next hurdle. But just like I jumped over the others, Shiki will go down, too.
:bye: LOL!
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Shiki on July 30, 2010, 22:58
Hmmm...? o.o I don't get what you guys are talking about? lol
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 30, 2010, 23:01
It's a post count war, Shiki.
I'm right below you, and I'm back from my un-posting hiatus!
Let's have some fun, SHiki!
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Shiki on July 30, 2010, 23:03
Ooh... lol but it won't be hard to beat me thou. I don't post as much as you do lol ><
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 30, 2010, 23:15
LOL! I barely post! You're so mean, Shiki! >_>
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 31, 2010, 19:07
aw..........nice use of sarcasm there!!  :dignose:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Furgeson on July 31, 2010, 22:25
WAIT! That wasn't sarcasm! Shiki posts more than I do! O_O
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on August 01, 2010, 00:23
but he doesn't post as frequent.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Beth on July 04, 2011, 09:05
I heard that if you eat lots of garlic and don't eat lots of sugar they won't bite.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 04, 2011, 09:56
 :swt:  they're like little vampires aren't they? lol garlic.

Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Beth on July 04, 2011, 17:46
@Icey: :noway: Oh my! Your right. They are! And they prefer people with type O blood. Wow... so that's what happened to all the vampires. They turned into mosquitos. That way they could get more blood :wahaha:. Evil little things...
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 04, 2011, 20:26
D: O blood?! that's the majority of people  :swt:

i'm O blood and mosquitoes love me  *dead
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Beth on July 04, 2011, 20:44
Aw poor Icey! I have no clue what blood type I am, but I even get bit by them in my house! There everywhere!  :noway:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 05, 2011, 04:14
today, a mosquito bit through my long pants =_=

and on my hand...again.  :touched:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Krissy on July 06, 2011, 18:54
a mosquito bit through my pants too... how do they even do that? I got on the bus today and everyone on the bus was constantly swatting mosquitos.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Renny on July 07, 2011, 10:01
I'm glad that it winter here because there no mosquitos. The only time mosquitoes bother me is in summer at night...

I like the comparisons of Mosquitoes to vampires... 
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 09, 2011, 23:14
i've gotten 5 more mosquito bites. in ONE DAY T_T
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Renny on July 13, 2011, 07:51
lol... my one  cousin went home after one of his campt covered with mosquito bites  :=X:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on July 16, 2011, 04:29
T_T i got another one on my knee yesterday.

grrr...the city isn't safe either!
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Disturbance on August 05, 2011, 04:32
one of my closer friend told me this: Cockroaches and mosquitoes are part of the price that humanity have to pay for sharing with Mother Nature.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: icewing on August 05, 2011, 10:08
T_T i got another 5 of them in one night...

O_O...well that's nice to know xD?
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: `Shally. on September 20, 2011, 18:24
Ew, i hate them.
but I ignore them if they don't bother me. :DD
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Ryu on September 20, 2011, 18:59
Is this, like, the only post you've done without size 10000 font and pink?!  :o_o:

Back to the topic... I. Hate. Mosquito. Bites. I don't actually hate the animal itself, but the bites they leave behind are worse than sunburns.  :touched:

I was playing tennis at a court I don't visit a lot, so I didn't know that the mosquitoes there are OUT TO GET YOU.
I walked away with 7 bites that day.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Luis on September 20, 2011, 19:59
 :bingo:

I've heard that mosquitoes have weak wings, so when your outside try to get a lot of air flow around the area that you have to be (like pull out a big industrial-sized fan) if you have to be outside in one place for an extended period of time... plus it doubles as a good way to keep a bit cooler.
:goodjob:

If you have a large body of water on your property like a pond, its almost essential to have fish in it to eat the mosquitoes and keep them from overpopulating... or if you have enough room you could attract mosquito-eating animals like some types of birds and bats.

:hmmm:

Other than that, just limit outdoor exposure and only go out on bright or windy days.

Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Renny on September 21, 2011, 07:14
Seems like your the expert on mozis  :=X:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Luis on September 21, 2011, 09:10
 :wahaha:

Hardly... I usually just stay inside due to my sensitivity to light (bright lights give me terrible headaches) which also keeps me safe from those ravening insects known as mosquitoes.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Yuukii on October 13, 2011, 08:45
My leg is full of mosquito bites and scrathes  :omg:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Renny on October 13, 2011, 08:53
Quote from: Luis on September 21, 2011, 09:10
:wahaha:

Hardly... I usually just stay inside due to my sensitivity to light (bright lights give me terrible headaches) which also keeps me safe from those ravening insects known as mosquitoes.
Hmmm... you stay inside due to that you dont like bright lights... Are you maybe a vampire?  :hmmm:

Quote from: Yuukii on October 13, 2011, 08:45
My leg is full of mosquito bites and scrathes  :omg:
:omg:mosquito scrathes?
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Yuukii on October 13, 2011, 09:14
It bit I scratch  :=X:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Renny on October 15, 2011, 13:28
Quote from: Yuukii on October 13, 2011, 09:14
It bit I scratch  :=X:
I do the same... And the mozis are comeing back these days  :crywithno:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Yuukii on October 15, 2011, 22:50
Hope they'll dissapear soon  :'(
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Renny on October 19, 2011, 08:38
they like warm weather... which is a reason not to like summer... and we have looong summers  :crywithno:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Yuukii on October 22, 2011, 03:56
Malaysia have only sun and rain...

Sun = mosquitoes outdoor
Rain = mosquitoes indoor

Either way have mosquitoes
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Renny on October 23, 2011, 09:09
 :omg: I feel sorry for you!
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Koyue on October 26, 2011, 19:44
I HATE THEM. I HATE THEM. I HATE THEM.

A few years ago, I got 17 bites on both of my legs altogether. B/c I couldn't fall asleep, I stayed up squeezing (as if it were a zit) the @$#@$#@ stuff the little buggers stick in you that irritate your skin  :noway:

I've avoided going outside at night as much as possible during the summer since then.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Yuukii on October 26, 2011, 23:13
Quote from: Renny on October 23, 2011, 09:09
:omg: I feel sorry for you!

That's why I stay in condo now, to avoid mosquitoes.

Indoor now = Window and door closed, air cond opened and closed only when necessary.

Mosquitoes are not welcomed in my house  :goodjob:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Koyue on October 27, 2011, 00:20
Quote from: Luis on September 20, 2011, 19:59
:bingo:

I've heard that mosquitoes have weak wings, so when your outside try to get a lot of air flow around the area that you have to be (like pull out a big industrial-sized fan) if you have to be outside in one place for an extended period of time... plus it doubles as a good way to keep a bit cooler.
:goodjob:

If you have a large body of water on your property like a pond, its almost essential to have fish in it to eat the mosquitoes and keep them from overpopulating... or if you have enough room you could attract mosquito-eating animals like some types of birds and bats.

:hmmm:

Other than that, just limit outdoor exposure and only go out on bright or windy days.



I shall try that air flow tip sometime. I have a few 'Asian' folding fans that I love to collect.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Renny on October 28, 2011, 09:43
hahaha I like the idea... Sitting outside with a big fan blowing your hair into all directions  :hmmm:
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Yuukii on October 28, 2011, 11:57
I can't  :touched: Once the window is opened, they come in...immediately.  :'(
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Black Miserie on October 28, 2011, 16:16
My little bro is allergic to the pests, when they bite him he ends up with hives...
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Yuukii on October 29, 2011, 00:29
That's unlucky  :swt: I'm allergic to bugs too. Once they fly or cross over me, my skin get itchy.
Title: Re: Mosquitos
Post by: Renny on October 31, 2011, 09:48
isnt that kind of normal?