To quote The Book of Rules: The Right Way to Do Everything, ""Americans are constantly videotaped, and with the popularity of the Internet, many sock-and-sandal wearers are unfortunately viewed worldwide. These individuals often symbolize American society, one of the causes of the decline of American popularity in recent years." FYI: The Romans started wearing socks with their sandals....10 years later their empire fell. Coincidence? I think not. View attachment 11181
There are many attributes to socks, the smelly ones, the ones with holes, loose garters, loose threads, but the news that they are /or will bring down America, knocks me right out of MY socks...
Then you, sir, clearly underestimate the damage that wearing socks with sandals can do to international relations.
Yeah! I Know, I am a pain, but YAWL like me, really! Under new regulations, shortly to be announced, socks will have to be Spelt SOX
Socks with... :O No, No, NO! Not cool! Not cool at all... o.O I'll just reach for the Aeroguard thanking you faced with the alternative... :/
Timely piece about, The Feared MOSY! As this thread is still running, I thought some might find this article, interesting to read. Obviously, as it is a thread about Mosquitos and it is getting quite, a few posts, it would appear we all have an interest, to be aware of dangers of the little blighters. Suspected chikungunya monitored in Dumaguete BY JUDY PARTLOW Local health officials authorities are keeping a close watch on suspected cases of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease that exhibits some similar clinical symptoms as those of dengue fever, in Dumaguete City. Dr. Socrates Villamor, chief of the provincial team of the Department of Health in Negros Oriental, said yesterday that a few suspected chikungunya cases were reported to his office by the Dumaguete City Health Office. But the patients were not subjected to blood serum testing by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Metro Manila due to late reporting. Ideally, a patient believed to have the viral disease should be subjected to testing within one week from the onset of symptoms, Villamor said. Other provinces in the Philippines have reports of confirmed cases of chikungunya but, so far, Negros Oriental does not have a single positive case, except for those that are under suspicion, he added. Meanwhile, the head of the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit of DOH-7 visited Negros Oriental last week and brought a rapid testing kit to be given to its provincial counterpart and to the CHO of Dumaguete, Villamor said. Chikungunya is a relatively new disease and not known to many, he said, but assured that it is not a life-threatening disease, unlike dengue fever, and does not cause in bleeding or hemorrhage. Its prominent symptoms are joint pains, and in severe cases, hindered mobility. Ma. Angelica Noel Solon, said in a telephone interview that her teenage son, Derrick, was diagnosed with chikungunya recently after he returned from Manila. Two of her workers, both from Barangay Cadawinonan, were also reported to have exhibited symptoms of chikungunya fever and were all diagnosed by a private physician in Dumaguete. Villamor called on the public to be vigilant and adopt measures against mosquito vectors of dengue and chikungunya. Both viral infections are transmitted to humans by an infected mosquito, specifically, the aedes aegypti, or the aedes albopictus. Symptoms of chikungunya that are similar to those of dengue are rashes, fever, muscle pain, headache and nausea. The public is enjoined to undertake preventative measures, such as the 4S approach, or search and destroy mosquito breeding grounds, seek early consultation, self protection like using insect repellant lotion and netting, and saying no to indiscriminate fogging, Villamor added.*JFP DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental JP.
I can not go out without long pants on even though it does make me warmer than wearing shorts.. I am errr.."blessed" with a condition known as hyperhidrosis.. Which simply means I sweat at a *drop of the hat*. About 3% of the worlds population has it..so lucky me!..But Im a skeeter magnet. I have tried what seems to be about 30 or more home cures for keeping them little buzzers away to no avail...some I felt pretty stupid doing ..like having a dryer sheet that is to make your clothes in your dryer smell better.. draped over my shirt collar in the back ! They really do have a heat seeking system so thats why even a very small hole in your skeeter preventing screens lets them in. They just use the built in guidance systems they have to fly through the *hot spot* on their *heat radar*..lol
