[MHGinTN]

I collected and viewed on a microscope to get this straight. And yes, it did scare the poo out at first, but the little buggers are very identifiable under magnification. My larger problem is my sad cousin who has had several strokes and is lacking in common sense and living alone in an apartment! I'm his main resource and he has a PhD in Bio-Physics but is no longer able to even use the Net.

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but the little buggers are very identifiable under magnification

Thank goodness it was scabies. That didn't come out right but you know what I mean.

My larger problem is my sad cousin who has had several strokes and is lacking in common sense and living alone in an apartment!

Is he unable to medicate himself to get rid of the problem?

[JCEccles]

The human race has always had little mites and cooties living on its skin. We've got them infesting our eyelashes, for crying out loud.

But every generation has its trendy disease. We've exhausted the attention deficit disorder neurosis and its time to move on to something else I guess. This entire thread reads like Howard Hughes's diary, circa 1968.

Beware global worming!