Comments on: New England surprise http://polizeros.com/2007/04/30/new-england-surprise/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:05:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: DJ http://polizeros.com/2007/04/30/new-england-surprise/#comment-133836 DJ Tue, 01 May 2007 03:14:48 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/30/new-england-surprise/#comment-133836 We always used a good old-fashioned bar of yellow laundry soap. (My mom was horribly allergic to pison ivy, so we learned a few tricks over the years.) You should have one in your emergency preparedness kit anyway. We always used a good old-fashioned bar of yellow laundry soap. (My mom was horribly allergic to pison ivy, so we learned a few tricks over the years.) You should have one in your emergency preparedness kit anyway.

]]> By: Connecticut Man1 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/30/new-england-surprise/#comment-133835 Connecticut Man1 Tue, 01 May 2007 02:59:00 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/30/new-england-surprise/#comment-133835 Never heard of Tecnu... I'll have to look for it. Never heard of Tecnu… I’ll have to look for it.

]]> By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2007/04/30/new-england-surprise/#comment-133834 Bob Morris Tue, 01 May 2007 02:52:35 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/30/new-england-surprise/#comment-133834 Have no idea how I got it. Was walking and running on trails, but was wearing long pants and they are wide trails. Have no idea how I got it. Was walking and running on trails, but was wearing long pants and they are wide trails.

]]> By: Joe Hartley http://polizeros.com/2007/04/30/new-england-surprise/#comment-133829 Joe Hartley Tue, 01 May 2007 01:29:11 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/30/new-england-surprise/#comment-133829 I second Eli's suggestion of Tecnu. Best of all, it doesn't require a prescription. Have you been wandering around in shorts? Shame on you. Not that your legs aren't cute, but poison ivy is a disgustingly thick oil that will attach to anything, so it could have been something you rubbed up against. . Tecnu also has a cleaner that will get it off of you if you're foolish enough to rub up against anything that has it on it, for it WILL transfer and stick to you. Best of all, don't wear shorts, kilts, skirts, or dresses. I second Eli’s suggestion of Tecnu. Best of all, it doesn’t require a prescription.

Have you been wandering around in shorts? Shame on you. Not that your legs aren’t cute, but poison ivy is a disgustingly thick oil that will attach to anything, so it could have been something you rubbed up against. . Tecnu also has a cleaner that will get it off of you if you’re foolish enough to rub up against anything that has it on it, for it WILL transfer and stick to you.

Best of all, don’t wear shorts, kilts, skirts, or dresses.

]]> By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2007/04/30/new-england-surprise/#comment-133799 Bob Morris Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:02:42 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/30/new-england-surprise/#comment-133799 Didn't know about Tecnu, will get some. Thx! Didn’t know about Tecnu, will get some. Thx!

]]> By: Eli Stephens http://polizeros.com/2007/04/30/new-england-surprise/#comment-133797 Eli Stephens Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:38:02 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/30/new-england-surprise/#comment-133797 Getting poison ivy (or poison oak where I am) has nothing whatsoever to do with blooming; if anything, it's an inverse correlation. The bare twigs have just as much or more oil than the lives, <i>plus</i> they're harder to recognize. Two weeks ago I did a long run along a river, wearing a fairly thick long-sleeve shirt. I saw hardly any poison oak, and didn't think I came in contact with any of it. A few days later I found extensive poison oak on the inside of my arms (as well as on my legs). It was raining for much of the time, which may have promoted the penetration of the oil through the shirt, but it just goes to prove - that stuff is mighty powerful. A word to the wise - Tecnu! Getting poison ivy (or poison oak where I am) has nothing whatsoever to do with blooming; if anything, it’s an inverse correlation. The bare twigs have just as much or more oil than the lives, plus they’re harder to recognize.

Two weeks ago I did a long run along a river, wearing a fairly thick long-sleeve shirt. I saw hardly any poison oak, and didn’t think I came in contact with any of it. A few days later I found extensive poison oak on the inside of my arms (as well as on my legs). It was raining for much of the time, which may have promoted the penetration of the oil through the shirt, but it just goes to prove - that stuff is mighty powerful.

A word to the wise - Tecnu!

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