[pct-l] Removing tics the pleasant wayl

[patti kulesz]

wait...we have to shower while we're there?
 
Sugar Moma  

 




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From: Melanie Clarke <melaniekclarke at gmail.com>
To: hiker97 at aol.com
Cc: peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com; baidarker at gmail.com; reinholdmetzger at cox.net; 
pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Wed, April 20, 2011 7:01:28 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Removing tics the pleasant wayl

Dear Switchback,

Okay, you can do this the easy way or the hard way, your choice.  The rest of us 
camping with you at Camp #22 are going to make sure you take a shower one way or 
another!

Melanie


On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 4:41 AM, <hiker97 at aol.com> wrote:


>Snow Bunny and Tick Master Reinhold writes: I don't know about Switchback, but 
>you can always count on JMT to come to
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>the rescue when Melanie and Sugar Moma come screeching out of the shower and 
>show you  "amateurs"  how to remove ticks from
>a lady the pleasant way.  I will remove the tics, wherever they may be, very 
>gently, with my nibbler teeth.  I will use tweezers only
>as a last resort in the hard to get to places.
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>Switchback replies: I have no experience removing ticks.  When on the trail 
>ticks usually jump on me and take a whiff.  They then
>go off to die in the bush.  It is the same with saber-tooth mountain lions and 
>grizzly bears along the PCT.  I present the serious
>hard core hiker trash aroma as I bang along the trail.  All run from me.  All 
>avoid me.  All have a natural aversion to me.
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>It will be the same at the April Kickoff.  As you survey Lake Morena County 
>Park, you will notice a cloud like Pig Pen has
>in the Peanut comic strip.  That will be me.  No one will be near me.  All give 
>a wide berth.  This is one of the best
>things about being a backpacker.
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