Thank you to everybody who sent me suggestions for products and home remedies for the gnat bites that have been driving me mad. As it turns out, Miss Terry had the best answer, Windex. Yes, regular glass cleaner with ammonia in it. She told me to put some on my arms and darned if it didn’t stop the itching within a minute or so! And it kept it down for three or four hours. I’ve been using it since late Friday night and while the bumps are still there, as soon as it starts to itch I spray them again. Windex… who knew?
Terry spent yesterday stuffing envelopes while I sent out the link to the new digital issue of the Gypsy Journal. Which made my job a lot easier than hers. At least I was sitting down.
More and more of our subscribers are switching to the digital issue, especially those who are on the road. They don’t have to wait for the paper to catch up with them, they don’t pay for mail forwarding if they use a mail service, it gets to them quicker, and they save money. On our part, it’s a lot easier because we don’t have to pay to have them printed, or for envelopes or postage, and don’t have the physical work of stuffing envelopes and hauling them to the post office. Which allows us to charge less for the digital issue. It’s a win-win for everybody.
People often ask how they can determine when their subscription is due for renewal. If you subscribe to the print edition, there will be a two or three digit number on the top line of the address label on the envelope, above your name. This is issue 93 of the Gypsy Journal, so if that number is 93, this is your last issue. We send a renewal notice with your next to last paper, and again with your last one. If you subscribe to the digital issue, I e-mail a renewal notice when I send the link to your next to last paper, and again when I send the link to your last one.
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Nick, I love the good news that you found relief from those miserable bites and will try to remember your magic came from Windex. Miss Terry was brilliant to suggest that remedy.
All this reminded me of the old movie, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” in which the dad sprays Windex on a rash, on a burned hand, on his car windows and tells his daughter to put it on a blemish. I had no idea; maybe he really was onto something!
Lana beat me to the “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” reference, but if you haven’t seen the movie, Nick, you owe yourself the favor. It’s a great movie which my wife and I watched for the second time about 3 weeks ago. It’s really a classic.
Rick Stevens
White vinegar works for me on those bites.
so glad you found something that worked and it is a household product, not something fancy and expensive. As a retired nurse, I shuddered at the reference to the Greek wedding dad reference to using it on a burn, maybe a very minor one with no blisters, but one with blisters needs medical attention not a home remedy.