On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:52:51 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Managed to resist scratching through sheer will power,

I ha a nurse tell me with a straight face that straitjackets are
treated with a chemical that causes intense itching, the idea being to
make it a learning experience, I suppose.

According to Scientific American, mosquitos home in on water vapor and
carbon dioxide, both emitted by fires.
So hopefully they go for the Coleman lantern. They find my wife
irresistible, while I am not particularly afflicted.

Casady