Ardith...
 
 AH>           My grandmother used to say "You have to eat a peck of dirt
 AH> before you die."  Medical researchers are now telling us the immune
 AH> system needs something to practise on & they attribute the rise in the
 AH> incidence of leukemia
 AH> to modern standards of cleanliness.  There is also some concern that
 AH> the overuse of anti- bacterial agents has a similar result to overuse
 AH> of antibiotics, in that we are encouraging the development of resistant
 AH> varieties of germs.
 
  When we think about what we went through when we were younger, concerning
hygiene, cleanliness, etc. -- and see the excessiveness of what is done
today...one has to wonder "how did we survive??"!!
 
  I normally wouldn't be answering BBS mail at this hour...but I just got
back from a trip to the local Emergency Room...another kidney stone attack.
So, I'm answering BBs mail while I wait for the secondary pain medicine
to kick in, where I can get some sleep. At this rate, and considering it's
about an hour before sunrise at this typing, I may end up crashed out today.
Thank God I don't work a regular job anymore, because of being fully
disabled (it is a mixed blessing). Otherwise, today would definitely be
a "sick day".
 
Daryl
 
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