<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 2/28/2002 10:54:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, LgalilaAOL.COM writes:<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><B>someone wrote that he had had an awful rash and that the doctors had told him it was caused by bed bugs; he suggested that maybe one should take a bug spray along. Do you know something about </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE></B><BR>
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I never heard that as a complaint. But it is entirely possible. In one refugio where I slept on the floor I IMAGINED that there were bugs in the bed. So did Vivienne who slept in another room. I think that a sleep sack would probably avoid this as a problem. Everyone showers, but a few people end up smelly from not washing clothes often enough. The refugios are kept surprisingly clean considering the heavy use they get. Then again, I'm not a complainer. Howard Mendes, NYC</FONT></HTML>