Comments on: The Mish: Mosquitoes or Fleas? http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: BrianJ http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953&cpage=1#comment-81421 BrianJ Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:53:41 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953#comment-81421 Tom: <i>"not rain foresty at all."</i> Ha! Brazil's northeast is a desert almost like Utah once you get just a bit inland. Doesn't stop the mosquitoes though---always warm and lots of standing water (for natural and man-made reasons). Tom: “not rain foresty at all.” Ha! Brazil’s northeast is a desert almost like Utah once you get just a bit inland. Doesn’t stop the mosquitoes though—always warm and lots of standing water (for natural and man-made reasons).

]]> By: Amy http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953&cpage=1#comment-81294 Amy Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:03:27 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953#comment-81294 Having experienced a good amount of both on my mission, I actually voted for fleas. Russ, I'd forgotten how the flea bites itched for so long, but I did not forget the three times I got dengue from mosquitoes. Having experienced a good amount of both on my mission, I actually voted for fleas. Russ, I’d forgotten how the flea bites itched for so long, but I did not forget the three times I got dengue from mosquitoes.

]]> By: David T. http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953&cpage=1#comment-81290 David T. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:56:52 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953#comment-81290 Sheesh! I should have read the comments before I voted. I thought we were likening missionaries to one of the critters. Sheesh! I should have read the comments before I voted. I thought we were likening missionaries to one of the critters.

]]> By: Tom http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953&cpage=1#comment-81286 Tom Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:36:40 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953#comment-81286 BrianJ, Minas Gerais, which is higher in elevation and not rain foresty at all. Mosquitoes weren't bad after the first couple months. BrianJ,
Minas Gerais, which is higher in elevation and not rain foresty at all. Mosquitoes weren’t bad after the first couple months.

]]> By: Emily M. http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953&cpage=1#comment-81284 Emily M. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:16:18 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953#comment-81284 Both! Fleas in the Ecuadorean sierra, mosquitoes in the coast. Both! Fleas in the Ecuadorean sierra, mosquitoes in the coast.

]]> By: BrianJ http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953&cpage=1#comment-81282 BrianJ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:29:33 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953#comment-81282 Never had fleas, so I'd choose the mosquitoes anyday (fear of the unknown and all). I don't know what part of Brazil Tom, #5, was in, but where I was in the Northeast it was impossible to sleep without a net or fan. Most of used a fan pointed at our heads to keep the mosquitoes away---they don't like flying in wind. Geoff J: I learned all I need to know about chiggers when I was visiting my in-laws in Missouri. One chigger is all it takes! Never had fleas, so I’d choose the mosquitoes anyday (fear of the unknown and all). I don’t know what part of Brazil Tom, #5, was in, but where I was in the Northeast it was impossible to sleep without a net or fan. Most of used a fan pointed at our heads to keep the mosquitoes away—they don’t like flying in wind.

Geoff J: I learned all I need to know about chiggers when I was visiting my in-laws in Missouri. One chigger is all it takes!

]]> By: Bret http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953&cpage=1#comment-81280 Bret Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:39:49 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953#comment-81280 L.A. has only one living thing that can somehow survive its smog filled jungle of concrete: people. I choose mosquitoes over them. L.A. has only one living thing that can somehow survive its smog filled jungle of concrete: people. I choose mosquitoes over them.

]]> By: Researcher http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953&cpage=1#comment-81275 Researcher Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:19:13 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953#comment-81275 I can only echo Nitsav's comment. In my mission it was a choice between pastries, not pests. (Unless you cared to categorize all the drunks as pests.) I can only echo Nitsav’s comment. In my mission it was a choice between pastries, not pests.

(Unless you cared to categorize all the drunks as pests.)

]]> By: Geoff J http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953&cpage=1#comment-81273 Geoff J Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:55:51 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953#comment-81273 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_mite#Chiggers" rel="nofollow">See here</a> to learn all about chiggers See here to learn all about chiggers

]]> By: Geoff J http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953&cpage=1#comment-81272 Geoff J Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:54:15 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=953#comment-81272 Chiggers Chiggers

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