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*Daily Chat Thread**19th Aug 2008**

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  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    Working in schools and having had three kids, i always find it worse just after summer hols. The best thing i found was baby shampoo, a few drops if teatree oil and a nit comb. Every day i did this and washed hair afterwards..head feels good as well and head lice heat tea tree oil. I have tried all sorts in the past, but persisitance and a comb the best. As well as good conditioner on hair as their legs can't grip as well then!
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • cat4772
    cat4772 Posts: 2,467 Forumite
    (Land_of)_Maz wrote: »
    OH MY GOD IS THAT TRUE!! DO THEY LIVE ON ANIMALS?!?!

    Lewis is gonna love that?!??! lol!

    No but... cat fleas can live on humans.

    Added: SILs cat was infested and all four children had little head-guests!
    DFW Nerd Club #545 Dealing With Our Debt
    :onever attribute anything to malice which can be adequately explained by stupidity, [paranoia or ignorance] - ZTD&[cat]
    :othe thing about unwritten laws is that everyone has to agree to them before they can work - *louise*

    March GC £113.53 / £325
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
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    cat4772 wrote: »
    No but... cat fleas can live on humans.
    ... I'm not feeling well all of a sudden.... They're definately nits and not fleas though.. :confused:
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • cat4772
    cat4772 Posts: 2,467 Forumite
    When Chalky arrived, he'd settled on the living room rug. I went to throw out the cardboard box from the shoip and saw three fleas (or black jumping dots). a second later there were two jumping dots in the box and a dot on me (I was wearing a white dress). I almost had third degree burns the shower was that hot.

    Cat flea drops and flea bombs treated the house: we do the cats every six weeks and the house once every three months (boil wash covers and cat bedding, and use a flea bomb as well).

    Cat,x
    DFW Nerd Club #545 Dealing With Our Debt
    :onever attribute anything to malice which can be adequately explained by stupidity, [paranoia or ignorance] - ZTD&[cat]
    :othe thing about unwritten laws is that everyone has to agree to them before they can work - *louise*

    March GC £113.53 / £325
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
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    cat4772 wrote: »
    I almost had third degree burns the shower was that hot.

    Cat,x
    Sounds EXACTLY like me! :rotfl: :rotfl:
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • cat4772
    cat4772 Posts: 2,467 Forumite
    immoral_angeluk wrote: »
    Sounds EXACTLY like me! :rotfl: :rotfl:
    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    What are we like?
    DFW Nerd Club #545 Dealing With Our Debt
    :onever attribute anything to malice which can be adequately explained by stupidity, [paranoia or ignorance] - ZTD&[cat]
    :othe thing about unwritten laws is that everyone has to agree to them before they can work - *louise*

    March GC £113.53 / £325
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
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    I remember having nits as a kid and loving nothing more than popping the little blighters... lol. Used to brush my hair over a piece of paper and they soon got popped once they hit it!

    Urgh.. makes me itch just thinking about it.... *Shudder*

    Got my last and final tattoo appointment at 2. Having my arm finished off and the orchids touched up a bit. Just want it finished now!! lol
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • (Land_of)_Maz
    (Land_of)_Maz Posts: 11,738 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    i still pop the little !!!!!!s anyway!! isn't that what you're meant to do!!!
    I'm just a seething mass of contradictions....
    (it's part of my charm!)
  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    Its very satisfying doing that..they deserve it!
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    boredofbeingathome wrote: »
    Its very satisfying doing that..they deserve it!
    Damn straight!!!!!
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
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