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On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:05:31 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:33:34 -0400, Just John Again
wrote:

On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:45:02 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:17:42 -0500, cavelamb
wrote:

You can not cruise (or live in) the gulf states in the summer time
without A/C.

Whata wus.

Perhaps. We find that the biggest issue this time of year is the
mosquitos. The area where we live sprays and that keeps them under
control. Elsewhere however when you try to open things up at night
to ventilate, the critters just about carry you away. A/C solves all
that.

In Maine last week the mosquitos were atrocious. Lots of rain hasn't
helped the problem. When we opened the outer door, there'd be a thick
swarm around the screen door. Opening that, very quickly, would always
let about a dozen into the trailer.

Pain in the butt. I probably went through a pint of Deet.

The absolute worst mosquitoes I ever saw were down the road from Frog
Man's place on Cape San Blas. We stayed at some "salt factory" place
that was real nice, until the mosquitoes came out. Then you couldn't
open the door. They came down on you by the thousands in seconds.

The worst mosquito attack I ever came under was in LA when I worked
for Texaco. We had a production platform in the swamps outside of
Venice along the oil line supply canals. One day I had to visit with
a tech to make sure everything was ok, routine maintenance, etc. Crew
boat dropped us off around noon and said he'd be back around 1800 - a
couple of hours before dusk.

We did our thing, caught a few redfish waiting for the crew boat to
return - no crew boat. It's getting dark - we've got no place to hide
and the assault began. The crew boat showed up two hours late and we
were close to being eaten alive. :)

Still though, mosquitos ain't nuttin next to the Spring hatch of black
flies in Maine. Nothing like getting hit by a few of those.