phat, I hit the floor laughing when I read that <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

But while I was rolling around on the carpet the two dozen tick bites I have on me started itching again so I went and drank another cup of buttermilk <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I've heard of dusting with sulfur, tying a kerosene soaked rag around your ankles and eating garlic. I've tried the garlic and can tell you the ticks didn't mind a garlicy me.

I don't like deet. Citronella works, but it's oily and smelly. permethrin is scary. Right now I use a 15% Picaridin spray on my skin. No smell, no oily residue, last about 4-6 hours. But I use it only when I'm out in the thick of tick country for long periods.

I grew up in the Dairy Belt, we drank Buttermilk instead of Kool-Aid when we were kids. (Hey, maybe that's why I never got bit by ticks back then <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Bill