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Stop Spraying Lavender Oil!
I'm bored so I'm looking at stuff. It's the Dry Oil that's the ticket rather than the many other types. It's not an urban myth that the military use it. However there are better options, with deet - that are a less nice. It costs so little, I'd try it, if it doesnt work, bin it...Just don't...- ddraver
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Stop Spraying Lavender Oil!
Not sure that's true. Thought maybe Spanish flying insects have different tastes to Scottish ones. Although rumours are that they ve changed the formula now so it's less effective. However, see here - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2045813- ddraver
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Stop Spraying Lavender Oil!
I thought of suggesting a deliberately off-hand comedic remark to them to perhaps hint that their behaviour is not fantastic... However, I'm still sat here 5 minutes later trying to think of a lavender based joke...- ddraver
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Words, words, words. Which ones bug you and why?
Pah! I have never "hiked" anything in the UK, nor have I heard anyone else saying that The true Brit "goes on a hike" (My biggest bugbear with it is when biking, people get off and walk 10 steps over a tricky but and then say they "hiked" it. No you did not! You walked. You did not "hike"...- ddraver
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Words, words, words. Which ones bug you and why?
OED -- hike, v. colloq. orig. dial. and U.S. 1.1 intr. a.1.a To walk or march vigorously or laboriously. b.1.b To walk for pleasure; to go for a long walk, or walking tour, spec. in the country. Also, to travel by any means. ----------- There's your problem! :P (love & hugs)- ddraver
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Do you think trip insurance is necessary?
I drive people from airports to ski resports and this occasionally comes up. What I usually remind them is that it's not the hospital bill that's expensive it's getting you to the hospital that's expensive! I tend to not bother with cancellation or insurance for my stuff as none of my stuff is...- ddraver
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Words, words, words. Which ones bug you and why?
Yeah but when people use "hike"as a verb! ...mate ;)- ddraver
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