Ah, but
you've never experienced Adirondack blackflies and deerflies. They're the stuff of legends.

www.maykuth.com/Archives/flies93.htm is a good description of them. www.thriftyfun.com/tf598029.tip.html is another good one.

And www.4peaks.com/fklycrit.htm gives a good overview of what I grew up with.

Trust me on this one. Australian bugs are nothing compared to this. There was a very good reason that I never wore shorts until I was in my 30s.

And the one and only thing that will keep them all at bay that I have ever found is Burt's Bees.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 3 Feb 2009, 13:27, Reply)