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I found some of the etiquette really helpful and some of it obviously bitter and biased. I snore when I'm exhausted, I sure as heck am not going to drink less wine. Lol
I am an EMR - Emergency Medical Responder, and I love the high horse people can get on when they don't actual have much field/trauma experience. I was on a flight from Africa and was paged for a nauseous woman. I told her she could have some of my Gravol (anti-nauseant medication in Canada)...
Again, given the strength, personally I wouldn't use it in place of my daily bug repellent, or put in directly on my skin, in a past life I probably went without the lead paint on my face too ;) I'm not a doctor, but I did just fine in a rural wetland areas with permethrin treated clothing...
I apologize to any of my fellow peregrinos if they are present when I come across these kinds of complainers..
Like the guy who burst in front of me at the Heathrow airport to complain about a missed connection.. "Don't mind me, who needs patience and courtesy? I've only been awake for 37 hours...
Permethrin, like any chemical needs to be used with some common sense. I treated all of my clothes/scarves/gloves with it generously BEFORE going to Africa this summer and I wasn't bitten by a thing. I will be treating my coat/sleeping bag/backpack and scarf when I begin the camino this May...
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