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    It kills them within 5-10 seconds generally, I've used it on mounds before. A month or two later you can tell where you put it out their lines go around the area.

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    Quote Originally Posted by grannypat View Post
    You know that your permethrin has reached the end of its effectiveness when you discover a long trail of fire ants making your tarp ridgeline a handly little highway! Gesssshhhh! Does it never end!
    You spray your tarp with permethrin? I never really considered that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SilvrSurfr View Post
    You spray your tarp with permethrin? I never really considered that.
    I spray everything with permethrin! I hate spiders dropping down on me and ants crawling on me.
    Keep movin', keep believing and enjoy the journey!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MAD777 View Post
    Been there, done that! I found that laying in the underquilt is not nearly as comfortable as laying in the hammock.
    That taught me to wear my head lamp, even on a full moon!
    Yep, done it twice in 6 years when using a green Claytor No Net surrounded by a green Pea Pod. Just flipped right over flat on my back.
    So Granny, join the club!

    But wait: GrannyPat, I see you use an HH bottom entry. I did not know this could happen with that hammock? Looks like I am wrong again!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BillyBob58 View Post
    Yep, done it twice in 6 years when using a green Claytor No Net surrounded by a green Pea Pod. Just flipped right over flat on my back.
    So Granny, join the club!

    But wait: GrannyPat, I see you use an HH bottom entry. I did not know this could happen with that hammock? Looks like I am wrong again!
    I did it with my DIY gathered hammock. My HH was sent to Hennessey for repair after the falling tree incident. I just got the ship notice. http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=60808
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    Keep movin', keep believing and enjoy the journey!

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    Quote Originally Posted by grannypat View Post
    Ever tried to get leaves off of fleece?
    Yep, but that's nothin'. Ever have to get burrs off socks, t-shirt, and knit gloves?!!! Now you're talkin' PATIENCE and PERSEVERANCE!!!

    I wuz down your way last weekend under BEAUTIFUL blue, sunny skies. Here's proof (a photo of the Clemson scoreboard at the end of the game):

    Rain Man

    P.S. I even saw in the paper that my old high school (Wren) played "West-Oak," a school that didn't exist when I was in high school.

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    I still can't figure out what the ants were doing up there. No food up on the tarp. There was a line of ants the entire length of the ridgeline and a big bunch of them on one of the tree straps. Maybe they were eating the permethrin?
    Keep movin', keep believing and enjoy the journey!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rain Man View Post
    Yep, but that's nothin'. Ever have to get burrs off socks, t-shirt, and knit gloves?!!! Now you're talkin' PATIENCE and PERSEVERANCE!!!

    I wuz down your way last weekend under BEAUTIFUL blue, sunny skies. Here's proof (a photo of the Clemson scoreboard at the end of the game):

    Rain Man

    P.S. I even saw in the paper that my old high school (Wren) played "West-Oak," a school that didn't exist when I was in high school.

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    West Oak is not too far from us. I've never been to their games but one of our church members takes good photos and puts them on this facebook page. We have been having some perfect fall days.
    Keep movin', keep believing and enjoy the journey!

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    Quote Originally Posted by grannypat View Post
    I still can't figure out what the ants were doing up there. No food up on the tarp. There was a line of ants the entire length of the ridgeline and a big bunch of them on one of the tree straps. Maybe they were eating the permethrin?
    Squirrels and birds eat nuts the ants eat the little pieces that fall on the tarp.

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    Grannypat,would you share with me your permethrin treatment process?I have yet to find it on here and I didn't know this could be done to equipment.
    Nothing to see here. Keep moving.

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