tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post9097546064271271065..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Never Tempt the MoiraiGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-81310593056111408752012-07-26T23:49:38.899+01:002012-07-26T23:49:38.899+01:00Surely if you have 330 million gods then one of th...Surely if you have 330 million gods then one of them must have responsibility for midges but as I am not au fait with them I'll just try to be more circumspect in future.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-37264178795838546742012-07-26T23:47:32.288+01:002012-07-26T23:47:32.288+01:00Midge bites don't cause me a problem as it hap...Midge bites don't cause me a problem as it happens. As you said it's the clouds of them and the fact that they get into any bodily orifice that you leave exposed that I find so awful. I wear a midge suit if I have to work amongst them but trying to get a sausage through the mesh at a BBQ is a challenge. <br /><br />The sandflies in New Zealand and some of the bitty things in France cause me real problems though. I'd love to know what the meat tenderiser was!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-90817387680079034982012-07-26T23:44:02.266+01:002012-07-26T23:44:02.266+01:00You see, Virginia, a practical approach is the bes...You see, Virginia, a practical approach is the best.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-51890529905780289592012-07-26T19:56:36.442+01:002012-07-26T19:56:36.442+01:00So they'd just been away on a little holiday t...So they'd just been away on a little holiday then! <br />I'm not sure which gods are supposed to be responsible for midges, but it certainly seems unwise to tempt the midges themselves. Obviously rumours spread fast among them...DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-82853805387944897552012-07-26T18:08:44.922+01:002012-07-26T18:08:44.922+01:00I was told by someone on Raasay that the myrtles t...I was told by someone on Raasay that the myrtles that grow there are a very good natural antidote to the bites if you rub the leaves on. I tried it and it didn't work for me. The only thing I ever found that took the itch and swelling of insect stings away was a bottle of meat tenderiser given to me by someone in Florida, where the bugs were about ten times the size of midges for a start, and just as plentiful. And this meat tenderiser actually worked. I don't know what on earth can be in it! <br /><br />But of course one of the nasty things about midges is the cloud that they form. Ugh!Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-87446803831981776922012-07-26T11:32:25.578+01:002012-07-26T11:32:25.578+01:00So my plan worked.....cut the grass yesterday and ...So my plan worked.....cut the grass yesterday and told them to go back whence they came.....VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-25429972700128765932012-07-26T09:02:31.846+01:002012-07-26T09:02:31.846+01:00I'm not superstitious says I as I touch wood.I'm not superstitious says I as I touch wood.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-90390070298426350082012-07-26T04:01:13.491+01:002012-07-26T04:01:13.491+01:00That's what we call "jinxing" onesel...That's what we call "jinxing" oneself. Did you forget to "knock on wood"? ha, haScrappy Gramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09009685288094065223noreply@blogger.com