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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Does anyone have any proven methods for stopping mosquito bites from itching? A few of them are now massive and I scratched two of them so hard that I bruised the skin beside them.
All this because I put insect repellent on my arms and neck for my zoo based Christmas party but didn't think about the exposed skin from my ripped jeans and they had a FEAST.
https://www.amazon.com.au/MUHI-IKEDAMOHANDO-Mopidick-s-Lotion-50ml/dp/B07BYR9LDB this changed my life
There's a piezo electric mozzie zapper device which is the same thing as the click-starter on a bbq or gas hot water system. Gas stove's have them too but they're often mains powered. If you see an old gas hot water system on the nature strip you can extract the clicker/zapper without tools. Then you zap the mozzie bite to help with the itch. Or, and maybe TMI, zap your partners bits while blindfolded but consenting. It's a pretty mild zap, as young teens we'd collect them to torment each other.
e: first I found without much searching: https://www.amazon.com.au/ZAP-Mosquito-Bite-Relief-Scratching/dp/B00CG3CM6Y?th=1
e2: This is what I pull out of hot water systems - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/203034603706
Annnd I have the worst buyer’s remorse… The level of it is a surprise. I haven’t not bought wanted not needed items before, but this…
(There is a little bit more to it which I think blew it up. I somehow bought the wrong side (there is L/R and I clearly stated which side when I arrived) and no one picked it up, including myself until I got home.)
I think it’s because I wasn’t 100% and I overrode myself. I’m also usually super fussy as hell and was a blasé.
Lesson learned. I should have stayed with my gut.
Can you exchange it?
We’ll try today. Downside is that it wasn’t immaculate when I took it and I didn’t think to actually ask, which is not like me. And if I had of, it would have been picked up.
It’s not 100% the end of the world, but it’s definitely a downer.
This Conference isn’t a patch on last year’s. Let us see if day 2 improves…
