How To Avoid Ticks
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Ticks are one of the most dangerous creatures in the woods -- tiny, silent, and with the potential to carry some pretty serious diseases. There are many conventional methods to deal with them -- here's an unconventional one that gives you a good chance of "feeling" them crawling on you before they ever bite, plus builds your overall mindfulness and awareness.
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We've had a flea infestation some years ago, after waking up a few mornings full of flea bites and I shifted my focus on the existence of the fleas in our house I became super aware of them. I could feel one landing or walking on my skin, I could track their movement if they jumped near me and I was even able to see them on my clothes even if those clothes were black. Sure enough every time one of my "flea senses" would tingle, I would find at least one flea.
We didn't call an exterminator or anything just tried a few homemade remedies to get rid of them but I was the first one to report if we still have them or not way before they would bite any of us.
It's crazy too because many times I wasn't even focused on it, I would play a video game or watch a movie but then either my tactile or visual sense would pick up on them.
It may be a result of video games but I discovered then that while my eyesight is very poor, my visual sense of tracking movement is near cat like. I can make out even the slightest movement in my peripheral vision as tiny as a flea jumping. Humans have some pretty crazy abilities that we don't often pay attention to or even know we have!
Wow! That's amazing! A testament to how we can develop "superpowers" if we don't rely so heavily on "easy fixes". =)
Yea 😄 we sell our self short alot
Simple, incorporate garlic in your diet and ticks, mosquitoes, lice, fleas, etc. won't ever bother you again.
Unfortunately the same goes to most humans, and not just the bothersome.
*activates garlic acquisition*
@@sotesz perhaps garlic is a good way of filtering out the more undesirable people from ones life! 😁
Sensory perception is a great way to help avoid being bitten once they're on you. Repellents don't always work and sometimes you can't avoid the areas they are typically found, like game trails. Great video my friend! Love to you 💚
Oh yes -- those game trails are always temping pathways through the woods =)
Consuming more raw garlic in the spring and summertime seems to help me combat all biting insects. I usually just take a supplement. Since my kids aren’t great about taking supplements, I can drop some in their smoothies and cover the flavor by adding honey.
Plus that garlic is pretty good for you, I hear! =)
Great video. I haven't use insect repellent since I saw your video about it a few years ago. For ticks, I've always been able to feel them and then pick them off before they attached. Don't know how or why I feel them, I just do. Chiggers are the worst though...no warning and never see or feel them til its too late. Thanks for sharing, keep up the good work!
Awesome my friend! Doesn't surprise me that you'd feel them, as you have some high-level awareness going for you! Chiggers we don't have to deal with up here -- I hear they are less than fun =)
I have never had a tick problem, but that is because my system can't be healthy. I call it the trio system. Permethrin treated clothes with my pants tucked into my socks, picaridin applied every 6 hours and deet sprayed on clothes and hat.
Picaridin has been amazing and uses the chemical found in hot peppers. Lastly I always feel these buggers crawling on me but I watch them fall off of my clothes because of the permethrin. I have been in beds of ticks without a problem with my trio method
Nice! I've never tried the repellents, but I've heard they can be super effective =)
You do realise that DEET causes cancer? I wouldn't use it unless I was visiting a malaria hotspot and I decided that the benefit outweighed the risk.
This popped up and i started watching a went oh snap..i do this too! I wonder if its because i practice yoga.and teach..and nidra is my superpower...guided meditation..i feel it when the babies are on me..we live off grid in the woods..4 years now.. and i have acclimated to sensory acuteness..how cool. Im glad i came across yall. You rock. Yall come visit in virginia.
What a beautiful invitation! Just subscribed to your channel =) So cool that you do this already! That overall yogic mindfulness has so many "superpowers" that come with it. This is just one of many! So glad to have you on the channel, and looking forward to seeing you here in the comments more!
Love,
Kenton
Thanks for the tip, ticks are already out in the warm spots here in the hills. Makes you appreciate winter.....
Ah yes, the winter certainly has its benefits. A few months mosquito-free, along with those ticks! =)
I've gotten lymes THREE TIMES in the past 3 or 4 years!! this video will definitely be useful, thanks!
Uuugh. Sorry, William. Not fun =)
I'm pretty tuned into this as well. I guess spending my entire life in the Southeast has helped develop that for me and I usually get to them before they bite me. Thanks for sharing!
Nice. I feel like when we rely on our natural abilities, they definitely strengthen.
This is a great idea and thought provoking too. I've never had a tic in my life thus far and often walk around the countryside in shorts and sandals. I'm in the UK.
Interesting! I wonder if you have some sort of natural "immunity" to them. Pretty cool!
I used to cover up completely. Now I go barefoot and wear a sarong. This helps me a lot feeling and seeing ticks crawling up on me and it's much nicer in the summer not to be covered up and I even get to enjoy the mosquitos!
I know the advise is usually to tuck in one's pants legs, but I've always wondered about that -- it gives the ticks a free ride all the way up to your neck before you have any chance of feeling them crawling. Your way seems to make more sense to me =)
Wow!, you didn't take any pain relievers for shoulder surgery. I'm not one to take drugs for pain, but when I woke up from shoulder surgery (broken tuberosity and 3 titanium screws) I was in shock and begging for pain relief. It took several shots of morphine (over several hours) to numb the excruciating pain. I didn't bother much with Tylenol 3s afterwards, because they didn't do much to relieve the pain and cause other (very uncomfortable) problems. I was in constant pain for at least 6 months and sporadic pain for over 2 years. I guess I learned to tune out the pain and on a positive note nothing since (20 years) has really caused me any pain. Everything is relative and once you go through such long lasting excruciating pain like invasive shoulder surgery, not much in the way of pain can phase you after that.
I think I always had a rather high tolerance to pain, but my shoulder surgery took it to a whole new level. I also learned a valuable lesson to not be so sure of myself. When admitted to the hospital I was told that I had to spend the night for pain control. I thought that was stupid as I had been through a couple hernia surgeries and went home a few hours afterwards. I thought, ahh I can handle the pain you don't need to make me stay overnight. I was dead wrong. I couldn't tune out the initial pain right after surgery. It took over my whole being. It made me stronger though, so the ordeal was a bonus in the end. A little ache here or there isn't even considered "pain" to me anymore. More like a little annoyance. No big deal.
By the way, how is your shoulder feeling my friend?
Wow, that sounds like a level of pain far more intense than anything I've experienced. And I mis-spoke here, I did take a couple of normal Tylenol in the days afterward. But just a couple =) I was referencing opiates, but I also try to avoid the "normal" pain killers. Still, I wasn't quite strong enough to say "no" to them completely.
And the shoulder is great, thanks for asking! My physical therapist told me I shouldn't ever do things like back handsprings again, but I've disobeyed and it's doing fine =)
Oh I love it, that's a awesome meditation to try and add to our tool box of mindfulness practice, and I guess it can be done for every other sense as well.
Thanks for the tip I'm going to try this asap.
Hope you guys are enjoying a sunny day in the forest ticks free💕😁🌲🐦🐿️🦃🍀
I hope you like it! As you say, it's viable for any of our senses, and when we go deeper into any of our senses, there are huge gifts waiting for us =)
I read somewhere that spreading white ash on your clothes will keep ticks away but i never have tested that since summers are too dry for campfires and winters have no ticks. Anyway lovely video as always!
I haven't tried that either. Might have to do a "crawl-over" test to see what the ticks think of it =)
Great video! Ticks are an incredibly frustrating problem. In addition to the basic tick born illnesses everyone knows about there is a condition called Alpha-Gal that is supposedly transfered/catalyzed from the Lone star tick. It is an allergy to any mammal meat or meat derivative such as gelatin and flavorings. Can cause deadly anaphalatic shock, hives and swelling. We are trying to be more aware and feel them. We have something we call "turkey mites" but they are really an early life stage of tick. They swarm over you and all you feel is the slight tickling sensation. You have to INSTANTLY rub them off vigorously while they are in a tight formation or they go everywhere and it is almost impossible to remove them before they embed. I'm talking sometimes hundreds in a matter of seconds the size of the period on a smart phone keyboard. Not fun!
Yikes. That swarm sounds intense! And yes, that Lone Star tick can be devastating. They aren't common up here in Wisconsin, but we actually found one two years ago. A distinctive looking little critter =)
Thanks again
Absolutely, Adian!
Ha, I was wandering how you meet this issue, thanks for the tip! Tics became more here too. Chickens will eat them in your garden, but dogs bring them back in.
I remember when we had chickens -- they helped SO much with keeping the tick population down. But as you say, the dog made up for it with his tick import strategy =)
If you feel them on you and find one, could it have already bitten you? When you had it 4 times, how long did you have it for?
Sometimes we feel them after they've bitten -- just an inflammation that tells us where they are. As for Lyme, the first time I had it I went untreated for about a month and a half -- it was almost 3 decades ago, and I had just returned from Nepal. The doc was convinced I had a tropical virus. The other 3 times I had the distinctive rash and treated right away. For me, I haven't had any long-term issues, thankfully =)
Oh and you can observe them in trails waving there legs I've looked at the front most legs the apper to have a sticky substance on the feet
Great observation powers! They do indeed sit near pathways with those arms up in the air, waiting for someone to pass by . . . =)
you reminded me of something
thanks again brother
would love to visit you oneday
I love your mysterious comment here, Alex. I hope it was something interesting that you remembered! Sending you love!!
Glad I found your channel, I'm in central WI and there's lots of deer ticks by me. I'm interested to try this.
Kelly, I grew up in Stevens Point, I'm guessing not too far from you? Ticks can be pretty intense here in Wisconsin. I find this technique to be a great add-on to whatever other methods you use. Glad to have you here, by the way! Welcome to the channel, and I hope you like our other videos! =)
@@ReWildUniversity yep, I moved from Langlade co to Shawano co and its beautiful except for the ticks. I'm learning to forage so I'll definitely check your other videos out!
I'm super excited that you're getting into foraging! Have you checked out Sam Thayer's books? He's a great local expert and his books mostly cover plants in our area.
@@ReWildUniversity yes! I have Nature's Garden and Foragers Harvest. I was very surprised when I found out he's located in Ladysmith. I don't know why but I wasn't expecting him to be local haha. I am mostly focusing on foraging greens, I've only been dipping my toes into mushroom identication. Mushrooms are really daunting. So far I've let some little grape puffballs and shaggy mane go to spore because I wasn't 100% sure what they were til it was too late. But I assume all mushrooms are not edible unless I'm positive they're ok. And I'm not positive about almost all of them!
Ah yes -- I'm careful about mushrooms too -- luckily I have a friend who's a mushroom foraging expert and I can always run finds by him. Btw, if you ever have foraging IDs you're not quite sure of, you can email me through rewildu.com and I might be able to help!
=) Kenton
Very helpful advice. I had this skin awareness in my younger years. Now to regain youth through meditation and less medication.
Right on. Keep me updated on your progress, my friend =)
I just looked up lymes and about what it does if left untreated. Nasty! Makes me wonder what people can do if things ever really went grid down? I also looked up its estimated first appearance and was surprised to find it's been around at least 60,000 years. Both Europe and America are long time home for Lymes. Seems we would've developed immunity by now? Did our forbearers have stronger immune systems, or did they avoid it by living in areas without ticks? Seems sort of unlikely. Could it be like the way eating local wild foods helps get us over local problems, and therefore our ancestors had a sort of ongoing defense against Lymes? Of course even super strong and robust populations died off from the introduction of smallpox (Blackfeet) but some also got it and recovered WITHOUT the early cowpox 'vaccine'. Gotta wonder about the absolutely incredible world of immune response potential buried within us. After all, every living thing is descended from countless 'survivals' and like other un-wilded attributes is just waiting to emerge....
John, I think you're hitting on something important -- probably, our ancestors were just "tougher" in that they had a cleaner diet, they dealt with natural stressors that we now shield ourselves from (cold, for instance, which seems to be able to create a robust immune system if we have regular exposure), and weren't under the chronic "thinking stress" that many of us are infected with. Perhaps they were just better able to weather things like Lyme? Too, there are herbs that are currently used by some health practitioners to combat Lyme, and those herbs might have been part of the regular diet of some of our ancestors. Some people feel that ancestrally, for every ill in a given ecosystem, there was an herb to treat it. I can't say whether that is true, but it presents another thought as to how our ancestors might have remained relatively unscathed.
Finally, some ecologists feel that the increase in Lyme comes from the eradication of predators. In the past, more coyotes and wolves might have meant many less mice in the woods (from which the ticks are infected with Lyme). By reducing the numbers of predators and increasing the numbers of prey species, we've created the perfect breeding ground for more Lyme-infected ticks.
I spent the last week in Scotland exploring forests and hillsides that (due to deer overpopulation at the moment) are absolutely tick infested, I should have watched this video before I went but I didn't, I had an average of 5 ticks each day for the first three days and then I decided that it was stupid and I was going to end up with lyme disease so I went up to the forest and looked, and tried to think of a way to avoid them, I never thought of trying to feel them crawling on me but here's what I did come up with:
the animal they mainly feed off is deer, deer learn habits in the woods, the drink in certain places, and walk on specific routes leading to the formation of forest clearings and deer paths, as a woods rambler like myself I found that I naturally walked on deer tracks because the undergrowth was clear but when I thought about it, that would be where the most ticks would be so for a day I made an effort to stay well clear dear tracks, deer hoof-prints, deer poo, deer clearings etc... I didn't change the way I had dressed, I didn't use chemicals but at the end of the day: No ticks! and for the rest of the week I only manged to pick up one so it's not fool proof, but it was a massif improvement
This is awesome! I think you've just outlined perhaps the most powerful non-chemical method we can use. It does take awareness and some woods-knowledge, but hopefully we're all striving to increase our stock of both. So thank you, my friend, for sharing such a wonderful way to avoid those ticks =)
@@ReWildUniversity Thanks a lot, and no problem :)
Thank you for this advice. I have been working on being more in tune with all my senses in general and it's really changed my life. It's helped me understand the messages my body tells me too and helped me make healthier decisions. However I do find that when I tune in to my senses, the modern world can be quite uncomfortable and overwhelming. Constant music playing, fluorescent lights, food that's full of sugar and salt, screens everywhere, and this is all especially true in cities. I think I've realized that in order to stay sane in the modern world, lots of people disconnect from their bodies, numb themselves and tune things out. How do you manage to stay in touch with your senses without being overstimulated and losing your mind? Is it similar to how you manage pain as mentioned in the video?
Sometimes the rewilding journey can make it harder to live in the modern world.
Agreed -- once we begin on a journey like this, living in our world can become MUCH more difficult. You illustrated the sense of sensory intensity so vividly. I remember coming back from my 3 months in the woods in my late teens and stepping into our world. It seemed truly insane.
How do I stay in touch? Well, I must admit that mostly, I stick to environments that aren't so intense. Living in the country, having a quiet house where we don't often play music (unless we're playing it ourselves on an instrument), having no TV, not bothering with things like lots of movies, and cultivating, as a family, a sense of awareness and inner peace -- plus surrounding ourselves with people who live similarly, makes things much easier than if we lived in, say, the middle of a city.
Still, when we do go into the city or visit people who have lots of stimulation going, it's a great time to practice putting my awareness where I want it. Do I get sucked into a state of letting my attention flicker from stimulus to stimulus? Sometimes I do, and then my mind can feel overwhelmed. But if I'm in a better place, I can keep my focus on, say, the sensation of my breath, or the squirrel out the window, or someone's face. Then the stimulation doesn't get to me =)
@@ReWildUniversity thank you for your thoughtful response. I think my journey will need to include more time in the wilderness. Every evening I try to go outside and at least observe meditatively for a few minutes so that has to be better than nothing. I don't want to lose connection to what's sacred out there.
Bug sprays cause cancer which never seems to be noticed by advocates
I am reminded here of the film African Queen when Bogart has leeches on him. A classic scene
Good idea as always
Haven't seen that scene! We'll have to see if we can find it on YT =)
@@ReWildUniversity Very hard to find! 5:24
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Omg now i know why we have hair in vulnerable areas
Definitely could be a reason!! =)
you could make some lavendeloil urself. just use a expressomachine or something with lots of lavendel flowers. then vaporize the water. be carefult at the end. i would just let it stant in the sun, till the last water is vaporized. Lovendel Flower is the flower of me and my girlfriend and works for nearly 4 years now :D
I love this! Sounds like a great natural repellent =)
Please tell Rebecca that I am using her 100% rule and I am on day 3 of zero sugar. No gingerales for 3 days. I was quite emotional, but that is calming down today. I love your videos and I will try your tick trick. It's a great time for hiking, but winter came back to Ontario as well. Now yesterday. Next week, it will be much nicer. We go from winter to hot summers here. I love it!
Wow, she's super excited that it's working for you! Way to go with the ginger ale!! Amazing!! =)
awesome info. thanks.i am in the woods every day..subbed you.
So glad to have you here, especially someone who's in the woods so often! I hope you find value in the other videos, and I appreciate your subscription! =)
I've visited the woods and camped all my life, from the California mountains when I was a kid, to now the Wisconsin northwoods and the Michigan U.P. I have never been bitten by a tick, and only remember one crawling on me once, and that was a year or two ago! Maybe they don't like me? ;-)
Interesting! Another person was saying a similar thing. I do wonder if bugs are just attracted to some people more than others. That's definitely my experience with mosquitoes -- they just don't like me as much as they like most other people. Lucky me, I guess!!
@@ReWildUniversity Kenton, the mosquitoes obviously know that you survived a night naked in the wilderness in winter. They know a bad-ass when they see one, and they leave you alone!🤣
I have tourettes so i cant avoid ticks :( LOL but awesome video rho theese little rascals aint no joke!
A bit of self-humor -- well done! And yes, they can really cause misery -- Lyme and those other diseases can be quite a bummer, to say the least =)
i do a tick check every km or so; get them before they bite= usually on your legs by then..
Great policy -- those checks are probably our best defense.
An interesting thing to play around with, is inducing sensations in your body, either physically or as a mental construct, and either way, then moving that sensation (mentally) to a different part of your body. Or amplifying or diminishing it. Sounds weird, but very possible, and actually pretty easy with a little practice.
Interesting! Seems that would give you even more "power" over things like pain.
@@ReWildUniversity It is useful for that, actually. Rather than trying to "move the pain", what I find works best is to focus on the pain, become hyper-aware of it, determine the center... Then move your focus slowly away from the center, noticing how the sensation changes. When you reach an area of your body without pain, you dial-in on that sensation of no pain, and try to bring that sensation into the center of your pain. You can also move your awareness to an area just outside your body and use that as your "pain free" place. Either way, "moving" that sensation of non-pain into the place where you're experiencing pain several times can make a huge difference; sometimes even complete dissolution. Each time I do it, I like to give a simple mental command to "return" or "heal". In some cases, it can be helpful to imagine breathing in a white light that blasts away dark 'crud' (your pain for example) in a similar fashion to stripping old paint with highly pressurized water, and when you exhale, imagine that 'crud' leaving your body.
All sounds very woo woo, but if we pause a moment, and consider that our entire way of experiencing the physical world is electrical signals perceived and interpreted by our brain... Then why shouldn't our brain be capable of functioning as an active transceiver, transmitting signals to our body that we actively give it with our minds, rather than behaving in a more passive manner, only transmitting what it generates itself? We already know that it does work this way, from studies done on groups of athletes. One group only trains physically, another group only trains mentally, and a final group trains both; physically, as well as mental visualization of themselves performing physical actions flawlessly. The group that only trained physically saw improvements in performance, the group that trained physically and mentally saw the greatest improvements, but the most interesting thing is that the group who *only* trained mentally also saw improvements in their performance of physical actions. Similar experiments have also been carried out for purposes of improving cardiovascular health. And again there, the group which received zero medication or exercise also saw improvements in their heart rate, blood pressure, how quickly their heart returned to resting rate after physical exertion, etc..
So all of this should really tell people a whole lot about what the mind is truly capable of doing.
I know this was a long reply, thank you for reading it 😊🌿
I think we can say there are four lines of defence against ticks.
1, avoid the worst areas where ticks are common.
2, Wear clothes and tuck in your inside your shoes, your shirt inside your pants etc.
3, use tick repellents, either on clothes or skin or both.
4, Kenton's tactile senses :D
And get the vaccination for Lyme decease!!
All inclusive! I love it!! =)
Thank you! 🙏 I hadn’t thought about that approach, and I love it! I’m also curious of how you dealt with that shoulder surgery without anesthesia and about handling physical pain in general, vs fears (from experience, not theory). Guy Mauve
Guy Mauve, thanks for letting me know about your YT name change =) Ah, the shoulder surgery. There were two main methods I used. The one I used most often was just to "feel" the actual sensation. Fear or resistance was always trying to infiltrate my mind, and when it did, the pain could become really intense. But when I could just feel the actual sensation, it was bright and powerful, but not overwhelming.
At times when my mind became too weak and resistance filled me, the pain would seem to be too much. Then I used the Wim Hof breathing, and it gave me something to focus on mentally, plus during the inhale after the breath hold, I would "go away" due to the effects of the breathing, and I would experience 5-10 seconds of complete pain-free consciousness (or semi-consciousness, as sometimes I was doing the breathing so many times that I nearly passed out =)
Love,
Kenton
@@ReWildUniversity Wow, that’s really fascinating! Thanks for taking the time to answer. I’m not used to physical pain in serious amounts, and don’t feel confident enough as to consciously decide to experience the painful way when I have the choice… unless it’s small enough (including cold showers), which is a good start. But pain is of course not always asking, so at least it’s good to have these techniques and principles in mind… Plus I think it’s not so different from psychological pain in the ways of handling it, is it?
It really isn't -- the very same principles apply to both the physical and mental. Being able to consciously shift our focus, recognize when a sensation is trying to "carry us away", noting how our resistance to a sensation can seem to strengthen it. Good observation, my friend!! =)
Oh, and thanks for the Video. I hate Ticks more than anything.
They can definitely be a bother =)
I need more information and tips about it to do it , can anybody help me? I really want to experience awareness and consciousness and anything about this... 😕
My friend, awareness and consciousness will absolutely change your life in amazing ways!
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Plus there is a Patreon community I'm starting if you want to go deeper into what the book outlines.
Finally, we have an online course called ReWild Your Mind, and if you write to me through rewildu.com I will gift it to you for free!
Love,
Kenton =)
because I'm autistic the benefits I'd can feel even fungus gnats and tiny spiders
Wow, that's a super power, Dakotah! Very useful skill, actually.
Thx
Absolutely! =)
Surgery with no drugs? Didn't you have to take some meds after surgery? What happened to your shoulder?
I tore my rotator cuff =) They did the usual full anesthesia for the actual surgery, and antibiotics. Then they sent me home with prescription opiates, which I promptly put in a box -- I wanted to see if I could make it through without using them. I did take an occasional tylenol, but tried to avoid that as well -- wanted a chance to try to deal with some significant pain via other methods =)
But how do you keep them off your pets?
Teach them meditation, of course!! Lol =) No, sadly we resort to a tick prevention drug with them. We just have one dog, and he's short haired, so it's pretty easy to spot them on him.
Stay out of Missouri is one way to avoid ticks.
Yeah, I hear it's pretty intense down there tick-wise =)
When you had Lyme Disease, how long did you have it?
I'm just curious...
The first time I had it I was sick for about a month and a half -- that was about 28 years ago, and the medical establishment didn't really think of it as a usual diagnosis. I had just been to Nepal, and the doctor was sure I had a tropical virus. The other times I got a bulls-eye and treated right away. I always convinced the docs to use the treatment I had used initially -- 28 days of doxycycline, and I've never had any follow-up issues, thankfully =)
@@ReWildUniversity Oh, that's great that you had no follow up issues! And that you have a treatment that works. It would be quite the challenge to train forest monks if you were lying in a bed.
There not dumb spiders
How to avoid ticks…
Don’t stand near a clock or a watch…
This also prevents tocks.🤪
Lol!! =)
You could meditate about ticks or permethrin. Either or. Land surveyor here, in the year prior to permethrin I'd have as many as 3 dozen ticks on me a day. Since. I get zero. From a man that has decades in the woods as a career, gotten lime desease zero times. I'll stick with the spray. Thank you tho. 😂
Nice! So glad you found something that works for you! I have a friend who worked outside as a naturalist, and he never used any protection at all (like you before permethrin?) Oddly, he never got Lyme either. It makes me wonder if some people are just immune or highly resistant, as well?
Just be a hairy fella like myself I feel then moving my hair on my legs or arms
Yeah, hair can certainly help!! =)
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So the big "secret" is to just feel them on you? Hahaha
That's it =)