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Old 05-12-2010, 02:26 PM   #1
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Thumbs up A Pleasant Surprise

AFTER buying and using a full length Painter's suit (white) KLEENGUARD
to help protect me while waging war on the copius amounts of POISON IVY here

I've been cutting it all down with a brush cutter blade...

I wrote (e-mailed) to the company to inquire about whether or not they are
Machine washable or not... because no where was there any reference.

I also Noticed on their website } Kimberly-Clark professional }
that there was a Blue type
R95 that is chemical Splash resistant
but mentioned that home depot did not carry them.

they responded with ...they are meant to be
disposable and didn't reccomend trying to wash them. oooohhh kay


Today i recieved an unexpected package that contained
three new Blue suits that are chemical splash resistant for free. Cool


so the point is ...it pays to write companies
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Old 05-12-2010, 03:03 PM   #2
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It's the begining Rave!!!! It's coming round. It's a small start but you will get what's due for all you've been through. Good for you!


"It's not about the fish, it's about fishing for the fish. The fish is gravy."
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Old 05-12-2010, 05:29 PM   #3
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It's not a case of "the squeaky wheel gets the oil", but a case of a customer (possible returning customer) that they want to impress with their customer service.

I'd say a job well done!
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Old 05-12-2010, 06:34 PM   #4
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Thumbs up

i forgot to mention that they also sent me three pro Dust masks too
as an added Bonus ..........so i cannot complain
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Old 05-12-2010, 06:41 PM   #5
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Raven -
after you cut it down are you going to spray something? or else it will grow back? curious because I have been waging the battle against it for many moons.....

"Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." - Henry David Thoreau
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Old 05-12-2010, 06:59 PM   #6
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All right, come over and deal with my PI and then we can go fish
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Old 05-12-2010, 07:28 PM   #7
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to kill poison IVY

there's three methods to win the war......

First you have to locate the BIGGEST vines usually growing
up trees and they have very easy to distinguish brown hairy
roots growing (attaching itself) to the BARK
and CUT them clean with a very sharp axe so as not to splatter
sap back at you......requiring one clean chop.

This is because they (the biggest vines) make tiny blue berry clusters that birds eat
and crap everywhere spreading it all over the place.

Second you have to smother it (a patch) to death with black plastic
to prevent any sunlight from getting thru then cover that with
rock , sand, dirt or whatever heavy material you have around to anchor it down with
......so it won't blow away.

Third ...you spray it with round up weed killer on sale at wally world for $15 buckaroonies
in its own pump up and spray bottle.

this is a systemic weed killer that is absorbed through the leaves and goes down
to the roots and kills it. The spring leaves are easier to penetrate with the weed killer
because it is new growth.

Usually you need 4 consecutive days of sunshine afterwards for it to work
GOOD or you'll have to re-apply it again....

On this property there were hundreds of stalk vines standing up
30 inches tall trying to compete with the barb wire like bittersweet vine so i chose to cut them low
to the ground to make smothering out that much easier plus i am spraying any leaves i see.

next, i will dig holes every 30 inches and plant sunflowers
and cor n to shade it out and create a wind break at the same time.

For me: all i have to do is look at poison ivy and flip it the bird
and the next day i have it.... so it's a real WAR
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Old 05-12-2010, 08:40 PM   #8
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Nice, my friend. It seems they truly appreciated your inquiry.

Be encouraging, not discouraging

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Old 05-14-2010, 07:01 AM   #9
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great customer service raven good things come to nice informed people,way to go.
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Old 05-14-2010, 07:37 AM   #10
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remember this....

poison IVY resin/oil
can penetrate bluejeans

it will be viable on those jeans for @2 years

unless washed with a strong soap like say.... doh i worked til 1:00 am so i fergit LOL

remembering to say...its on the tip of my tongue and i will remember -> then walk away from that mental thought train

but wash your hands endlessly with this soap when ya can find it...
it has to be strong laundry soap to cut poison ivy oil

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I cut wood for years with a bud of mine. He would always get it. I've never gotten any ill effects in my life from contact.

The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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Old 05-14-2010, 11:02 AM   #12
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I think you can still buy Green Soap which as a kid my father had us faithfully wash with after being in the woods and we never got poison ivy. It came as a liquid soap.
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I've never gotten any ill effects in my life from contact.
yep...some people have a Natural immunity to it whereas Others are particularly susceptible to it...

Possibly those with Scottish/Or Scandinavian skin /Ancestry it is SAID
are more inclined to suffer the consequences of contact.

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Green soap? is that a brand name or a description of color?
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Try some ground rhinoceros hoof I hear it does wonders



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Old 05-20-2010, 05:38 AM   #15
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thanks SCOTT

i'll grab some of this extreme stuff today

as calamine lotion isn't gonna handle it this time
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Old 05-20-2010, 06:26 AM   #16
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technu works the balls raven. Just keep putting it on every few hours and rub it in real good. It'll be gone in a day or so. Something about wood chips that draws the oil out...
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technu works the balls raven. Just keep putting it on every few hours and rub it in real good. It'll be gone in a day or so. Something about wood chips that draws the oil out...
Mebe? i should be Rolling IN freakin Hay
....LAUGHIN my ass off or balls off
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Old 05-24-2010, 12:09 PM   #18
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Arrow couldn't take it anymore

went to see the Doctor
and for the very first time
i am on PREDNISONE
to kick some poison Ivy ASS.
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You'll also find you need (crave) the chow bag!

Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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Old 05-24-2010, 01:25 PM   #20
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Arrow Healthy appetite

and when i'm not hungry i actually worry
that i'm coming down with something

having allot of pink lemon aid lately
and daily carrot juice regimen for extra Vit. A

the tide is turning though
just not quick enough to suit me.
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From the WSJ:

Poison Ivy: Complaints and Treatments - WSJ.com

Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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