A_boaterer wrote:
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On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:54:59 -0400, Wayne
wrote:


On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:07:06 -0400, John
wrote:


Got this in an email today. Haven't tried it, but it wouldn't hurt anything even
if it doesn't work.

Tick removal
Spring is here and the ticks will soon be showing
their heads. Here is a good way to get them off you, your
children, or your pets. Give it a try.

Please forward to anyone with children... or hunters or dogs,
or anyone who even steps outside in summer!!

A School Nurse has written the info below -- good enough
to share -- And it really works!
========
"I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best
way to remove a tick. This is great, because it works in
those places where it's some times difficult to get to with
tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark
hair, etc."


"Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick
with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few
seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on its own and be
stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away. This
technique has worked every time I've used it (and that
was frequently, and it's much less traumatic for the
patient and easier for me."

"Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this
would be damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's
wife call me for advice because she had one stuck to her
back and she couldn't reach it with tweezers. She used
this method and immediately called me back to say,
"It worked!"

And then there is the old boy scout method. I call it the boy scout
method because that's where I first heard of it - also reported to
work on crab lice:

Spray the area with lighter fluid.

Set on fire using the method of your choice.

Wait for ticks, lice to make a hasty exit,

Stab with an ice pick.

(old boy scout joke, just kidding) :-)

Why didn't you put the 'just kidding' part up front?

Now my dog's running around with ice pick holes all over her body!!

Now the two idiots, Don and Harry will think you really did such and
accuse you of animal cruelty!

And somehow fit racism into the mix...

On Apr 12, 9:44*am, John H wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:54:59 -0400, Wayne B
wrote:









On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:07:06 -0400, John H
wrote:

Got this in an email today. Haven't tried it, but it wouldn't hurt anything even
if it doesn't work.

Tick *removal *
Spring *is here and the ticks will soon be showing *
their heads. *Here is a good way to get *them off you, your
children, or your *pets. *Give it a *try.

Please *forward to anyone with children... or hunters or *dogs,
or anyone who even steps outside in *summer!!

A *School Nurse has written the info below -- good *enough
to share -- And it really works! *
========
"I had a pediatrician tell me *what she believes is the best
way to remove *a tick. This is great, because it works in *
those places where it's some times difficult *to get to with
tweezers: between toes, in *the middle of a head full of dark
hair, *etc."

"Apply *a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover *the tick
with the soap-soaked cotton ball *and swab it for a few
seconds (15-20), the *tick will come out on its own and be
stuck *to the cotton ball when you lift it away. * This
technique has worked every time I've *used it (and that
was frequently, and it's *much less traumatic for the
patient and *easier for me." *

"Unless *someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that *this
would be damaging in any way. I even *had my doctor's
wife call me for advice *because she had one stuck to her
back and *she couldn't reach it with tweezers. She used *
this method and immediately called me back *to say, *
"It worked!"

And then there is the old boy scout method. * I call it the boy scout
method because that's where I first heard of it - *also reported to
work on crab lice:

Spray the area with lighter fluid.

Set on fire using the method of your choice.

Wait for ticks, lice to make a hasty exit,

Stab with an ice pick.

(old boy scout joke, just kidding) * *:-)

Why didn't you put the 'just kidding' part up front?

Now my dog's running around with ice pick holes all over her body!!

That's a bit radical isn't it, John? I thought I could get all my
dogs ticks with a 12 ga. shotgun, but then I thought maybe a treatment
flea and tick spray would be more humane for the ticks.

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In article ,
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On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:54:59 -0400, Wayne B

wrote:

On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:07:06 -0400, John H
wrote:

Got this in an email today. Haven't tried it, but it wouldn't hurt
anything even
if it doesn't work.

Tick removal
Spring is here and the ticks will soon be showing
their heads. Here is a good way to get them off you, your
children, or your pets. Give it a try.

Please forward to anyone with children... or hunters or dogs,
or anyone who even steps outside in summer!!

A School Nurse has written the info below -- good enough
to share -- And it really works!
========
"I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best
way to remove a tick. This is great, because it works in
those places where it's some times difficult to get to with
tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark
hair, etc."


"Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick
with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few
seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on its own and be
stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away. This
technique has worked every time I've used it (and that
was frequently, and it's much less traumatic for the
patient and easier for me."

"Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this
would be damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's
wife call me for advice because she had one stuck to her
back and she couldn't reach it with tweezers. She used
this method and immediately called me back to say,
"It worked!"

And then there is the old boy scout method. I call it the boy scout
method because that's where I first heard of it - also reported to
work on crab lice:

Spray the area with lighter fluid.

Set on fire using the method of your choice.

Wait for ticks, lice to make a hasty exit,

Stab with an ice pick.

(old boy scout joke, just kidding) :-)

Why didn't you put the 'just kidding' part up front?

Now my dog's running around with ice pick holes all over her body!!

Now the two idiots, Don and Harry will think you really did such and
accuse you of animal cruelty!

****************

Now Kevin.... bet you $500 we won't.

Thanks again for making yourself look like an idiot!

In article ,
says...

A_boaterer wrote:
In ,
says...

On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:54:59 -0400, Wayne
wrote:


On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:07:06 -0400, John
wrote:


Got this in an email today. Haven't tried it, but it wouldn't hurt anything even
if it doesn't work.

Tick removal
Spring is here and the ticks will soon be showing
their heads. Here is a good way to get them off you, your
children, or your pets. Give it a try.

Please forward to anyone with children... or hunters or dogs,
or anyone who even steps outside in summer!!

A School Nurse has written the info below -- good enough
to share -- And it really works!
========
"I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best
way to remove a tick. This is great, because it works in
those places where it's some times difficult to get to with
tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark
hair, etc."


"Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick
with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few
seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on its own and be
stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away. This
technique has worked every time I've used it (and that
was frequently, and it's much less traumatic for the
patient and easier for me."

"Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this
would be damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's
wife call me for advice because she had one stuck to her
back and she couldn't reach it with tweezers. She used
this method and immediately called me back to say,
"It worked!"

And then there is the old boy scout method. I call it the boy scout
method because that's where I first heard of it - also reported to
work on crab lice:

Spray the area with lighter fluid.

Set on fire using the method of your choice.

Wait for ticks, lice to make a hasty exit,

Stab with an ice pick.

(old boy scout joke, just kidding) :-)

Why didn't you put the 'just kidding' part up front?

Now my dog's running around with ice pick holes all over her body!!

Now the two idiots, Don and Harry will think you really did such and
accuse you of animal cruelty!

And somehow fit racism into the mix...

Exactly!

On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:36:16 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Apr 12, 9:44*am, John H wrote:
On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:54:59 -0400, Wayne B
wrote:









On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:07:06 -0400, John H
wrote:

Got this in an email today. Haven't tried it, but it wouldn't hurt anything even
if it doesn't work.

Tick *removal *
Spring *is here and the ticks will soon be showing *
their heads. *Here is a good way to get *them off you, your
children, or your *pets. *Give it a *try.

Please *forward to anyone with children... or hunters or *dogs,
or anyone who even steps outside in *summer!!

A *School Nurse has written the info below -- good *enough
to share -- And it really works! *
========
"I had a pediatrician tell me *what she believes is the best
way to remove *a tick. This is great, because it works in *
those places where it's some times difficult *to get to with
tweezers: between toes, in *the middle of a head full of dark
hair, *etc."

"Apply *a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover *the tick
with the soap-soaked cotton ball *and swab it for a few
seconds (15-20), the *tick will come out on its own and be
stuck *to the cotton ball when you lift it away. * This
technique has worked every time I've *used it (and that
was frequently, and it's *much less traumatic for the
patient and *easier for me." *

"Unless *someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that *this
would be damaging in any way. I even *had my doctor's
wife call me for advice *because she had one stuck to her
back and *she couldn't reach it with tweezers. She used *
this method and immediately called me back *to say, *
"It worked!"

And then there is the old boy scout method. * I call it the boy scout
method because that's where I first heard of it - *also reported to
work on crab lice:

Spray the area with lighter fluid.

Set on fire using the method of your choice.

Wait for ticks, lice to make a hasty exit,

Stab with an ice pick.

(old boy scout joke, just kidding) * *:-)

Why didn't you put the 'just kidding' part up front?

Now my dog's running around with ice pick holes all over her body!!

That's a bit radical isn't it, John? I thought I could get all my
dogs ticks with a 12 ga. shotgun, but then I thought maybe a treatment
flea and tick spray would be more humane for the ticks.

Hell, you're just a lot nicer guy than I am.

Funny - last week Renee called me wanting to know how to remove a tick from her
dog, Mojo. I told her my way, using alcohol and a tweezers, but suggested she
take it to the vet just to be sure.

Later I got the email I posted about the liquid soap method. I forwarded it to
the kids when I put it here. This morning I got this email from Renee:

From: Renee ****
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 6:36 AM
To: 'John Herring'
Subject: Tick Removal

This is what the vet did when I took Mojo! He told me the same thing!