Yuck! A quart a day? If the ticks don't get you, you cardiac care unit will.

Another bit of skeeter/tick lore from this part of the country is...a jalapeno with each meal.....some Texican's swear by it. I eat my share (we don't have ticks much here) but notice no effect other than the skeeters bringing little packs of re-fried beans and tostadas to enjoy with the 'pepper sauce'.

Tick trick....go to the feed store and buy some sulfur powder. Put a table spoon full in a sock as a 'duster'. Lightly dust exposed skin, waist band, cuffs, etc. You shall get no ticks thereafter. Mom used to keep a duster by the back door when we kids played on the farm (lots of ticks!). Easier, cheaper, and safer than spray. You'll smell slightly like a 'black powder' shooter, but what the heck....make up a good story! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />