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NeTree
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Must be an echo in here... 
Climbing in Florida
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OTGBOSTON
punk in drublic
Are you still in FLA Erik?
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bill22
Guest
What,he's in Fla?
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NeTree
Guest
Yup. Look behind you.
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bill22
Guest
Hell,wish I would have known that yesterday, I was just down the road from Skwerl in oviedo land.
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NeTree
Guest
Hell, it's been posted all over the place.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
That doesn't help if he doesn't pay attention.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Do they have these little buggers in FLA since there will be diving going on. I assume sandy places will also be involved.
Nasty little critters.
Another burrower is the chigoe flea, also known as the jigger flea. The chigoe lives in sandy soil in tropical climates. The female chigoe burrows into the skin of her host and lays her eggs there. The word "chigger" is probably a corruption of "chigoe" or "jigger," although the pests are not related.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chigoe_flea
Nasty little critters.
Another burrower is the chigoe flea, also known as the jigger flea. The chigoe lives in sandy soil in tropical climates. The female chigoe burrows into the skin of her host and lays her eggs there. The word "chigger" is probably a corruption of "chigoe" or "jigger," although the pests are not related.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chigoe_flea
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Those are in South America.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Also central America and the West Indies.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
OK, not here. ;<}
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Maybe not in LA Wonder about the Keys and such though
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
No chiggers here in PA. The worst thing Ive ever seen in a tree here is myself.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
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Mr. Sir
Guest
I've been climbing trees in Florida for 28 years, never saw a chigger. ~just sayin
Cobleskill
Treehouser
My bud had a place close to where it sounds like you will be. Taylor county. Eridu / Shady Grove. His wife still owns the 30 acres. I was down there a couple times. Live Oaks are amazing. We went out in the swamps to retrieve Cypress, some of which I was told have been lying there since being cut in the Civil War. Some get a fungus or rot that makes patterns in the wood they call Pecky Cypress. More value than sound wood. We were going in the swamp on a rubber track Bombardier, something like a small snow groomer. Swamp country was kinda cool but seemed pretty low wage area.
NorthWoodsDiver
TreeHouser
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Yeah, pay will be less than "poverty level for sure and there doesn't seem to be much of a job market, but I will be in the middle of cave country which is what is important to me right now. Being happy and poor is better than having money and hating life...
treelooker
Treehouser
man you must love caves. not a bad area; worked there last year. i get chiggers in live oaks etc covered with moss if i am underdressed. different bodies react to them in different ways--some sensitive. I use tea tree oil to get rid of them.
first tree job down there should be to tell live and laurel oaks apart; not easy for a MN guy but good to know.
first tree job down there should be to tell live and laurel oaks apart; not easy for a MN guy but good to know.
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bill22
Guest
Its not too hard, after the slightest wind,most laurel oaks break apart. How are you doing Guy?
treelooker
Treehouser
if thast is bill howe man i hope you got rid of that virus.
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bill22
Guest
Yeah,its me and yes its gonna.Damn email got hacked,but Its done with now. How are things up your way?
