[vash]

i pull them out with two credit cards. better to use someone else's cards. work them like big flat tweezers. works like a charm.

ticks are gross. i once was asked to put a dog out of it misery. it was a stray that set up residence at the local dump. it had mange or something. on the portions of the body that was furless, it was covered with ticks, shoulder to shoulder. the animal control guy burned it. i still get heebed out thinking about it. (my arms look like a plucked chicken right now)