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Marine requests flea collars from home
The Advertiser, Lafayette, LA ^
| April 25, 2003
| Claire Taylor
Posted on 04/25/2003 6:20:38 AM PDT by Pern
Edited on 05/07/2004 6:52:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: carepackages; fleacollars; marine; sandfleas
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To those who have not had the joy of visiting the deserts of the Middle East, sand fleas are nasty critters that swell to the size of cockroaches when they are finished feeding from you.
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posted on
04/25/2003 6:20:39 AM PDT
by
Pern
To: Pern
Sand fleas. MMMmmm.
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posted on
04/25/2003 6:22:41 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Drug prohibition laws help support terrorism.)
To: Pern
The mililtary has requested that flea collars NOT be sent to the troops. Many flea collars contain toxic chemicals that cause skin problems on some humans. The military does not want to deal with this.
Leni
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posted on
04/25/2003 6:27:43 AM PDT
by
MinuteGal
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To: Pern
To: Pern
To: The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
given that this article is from reuters, and Ive heard nothing else on this I will continue to send as they where requested by my son
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posted on
04/25/2003 6:31:40 AM PDT
by
boxerblues
(God bless the 101st and keep them safe)
To: The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
These flea collars are harmful to pets, too.
To: boxerblues
Don't be ridiculous.
To: Cultural Jihad
Don't be ridiculous.
I wasnt trying to be...I havent found anybody else saying this expect in this one article. if my kids wants them I will continue to send them to him
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posted on
04/25/2003 6:36:11 AM PDT
by
boxerblues
(God bless the 101st and keep them safe)
To: boxerblues
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2003/n04162003_200304162.html "WASHINGTON, April 16, 2003The Pentagon is, once again, advising service members that flea and tick collars work great on pets, but not on humans.
And officials at the Armed Forces Pest Management Board said good-intentioned citizens and family members should not include the collars in care packages to troops."
To: Cultural Jihad
That flea in the pic is kinda like those in the Mid. East, but about 20 times smaller! I'm serious, those critters are mean, always hungry, and can still hop like a regular size flea, thus making them hard to kill.
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posted on
04/25/2003 6:37:00 AM PDT
by
Pern
To: Pern
Any scuba diver will tell you that Skin-so-Soft is the best thing out there to protect against critters of any kind.
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posted on
04/25/2003 6:37:19 AM PDT
by
sinkspur
To: boxerblues
Flea collars are not magical talismans which repel fleas. They work by absorbing poison into the blood stream. The critters then feast upon the host and die from ingesting the poison, leaving the host with bites all the same.
To: The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
I stand corrected.
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posted on
04/25/2003 6:38:08 AM PDT
by
boxerblues
(God bless the 101st and keep them safe)
To: Pern
Yikes!
To: boxerblues
Hey, it never hurts to get a second opinion, especially when dealing with the journalistic quackery of Dr. Reuters. ;) We hope you son is well, too.
To: boxerblues
I wasnt trying to be...I havent found anybody else saying this expect in this one article. if my kids wants them I will continue to send them to him When we were at Camp Lejuene NC a bunch of marines decided to use flea collars to ward off the sand fleas and there were a bunch of really sick marines. The chemicals do absorb into the skin. If you insist on sending them please tell him not to put them on his skin. There are warnings all over the packages that tell you this is dangerous. If you want to help him send him some Garlic vitamins and they will absorb into the body and the fleas will stay away. Of course so will everyone else.
You can also send " skin so soft" this is a great insect repelant.
Believe me. There are other less dangerous things to send the guys that do just as good.
To: Cultural Jihad
lol " Dr. Reuters" IMHO is so far out of it at times I dont believe anything from them, but as far as the collars go it was my understanding that they were keeping them in their humpsacks to keep the critters out and on the outside of the pants & boots, not next to their skin.
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posted on
04/25/2003 6:46:37 AM PDT
by
boxerblues
(God bless the 101st and keep them safe)
To: Cultural Jihad
lol " Dr. Reuters" IMHO is so far out of it at times I dont believe anything from them, but as far as the collars go it was my understanding that they were keeping them in their humpsacks to keep the critters out and on the outside of the pants & boots, not next to their skin.
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posted on
04/25/2003 6:46:38 AM PDT
by
boxerblues
(God bless the 101st and keep them safe)
To: The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
Wouldn't regular insect repellant like Cutter's or Deeps Woods OFF be better? After all it is designed for HUMAN use. There is a powder that is used to keep Chiggers off you when you are in the woods, but I can't remember what it is. I think it is Lime, but not absolutely sure.
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posted on
04/25/2003 6:48:54 AM PDT
by
GailA
(Millington Rally for America after action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/872519/posts)
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