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Originally Posted by BlueStreak
I went out with the astronomy club one warm summer night in sandals and shorts, I thought the place we were headed had concrete pads to set up on. It didn't. It was an open grassy field. The next morning, my feet were so swollen up with chigger bites I couldn't get my feet into my work boots. Had to stay home for three days, nursing my feet. Miserable, miserable experience that cost me three vacation days.
I like what you said about oranges, too. It's easy to forget that people once lived short, brutal lives. And that it really wasn't all that long ago. Unfortunately, some still do. We in the "developed nations" are very fortunate, despite our grievences. I'd rather live in an apartment in Europe, North America, or the more "developed" Asian countires than a mud hut in Rwanda anytime.
Dave
Dave
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I generally scratch chigger bites until they bleed and then wipe them down with lacquer thinner. It burns like hell, but it stops the itching within two or three days.
I think if you get bit enough you will eventually build up something in your bloodstream which causes them not to bite you. But I'll be damned if I'm going to use myself as a guinea pig to find out.
Chas