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nebby70

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7. 1. wash your exposed skin with COLD water and Fels-Naphtha soap...
Thu Jun 29, 2023, 02:04 PM
Jun 2023

.. .I can look at that stuff and start getting itchy...
... yes, wash everything you were wearing separately....(I rinse twice - just saying)
... Personally, I even envelop my shoes in bags to keep any of the sap from them ...
... when (if) the rash becomes 'weepy' there's always a risk of infection
-- consider Bernadine since it's not only antibiotic but a drying agent --

go after that hateful vine early in the day and of course in the least amt of wind --

these are the helpful things I've learned in my 70+ years

best case for me has been that my newest neighbor seems to be immune to the stuff and he takes it out of the bushes for me...

good luck ---

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